Kosugi Ryuichi

Ryuichi Kosugi is a Japanese comedian who performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Black Mayonnaise. His standing position is on the left. His partner is Takashi Yoshida. Kosugi is represented with Yoshimoto Kogyo. He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Katsura High School. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yagyu Hiroshi

Yagyu Hiroshi was a Japanese actor, host, talent, voice actor, and organizational executive, born in Funajima, Ibaraki, Japan. He graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Tsuchiura First High School and briefly attended Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine before leaving due to poor eyesight and illness.…

Kuno Makiko

Makiko Kuno is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was Shōko Kuno; she changed it to Makiko Kuno, and switched to writing her surname in katakana in 2005. She has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987.

Ishidate Tetsuo

Ishidate Tetsuo was a Japanese actor born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a 13th gen member of the Haiyuza Theater Company and a member of the Bungakuza Theater Company, he made a big break in the 1970 TV drama "Oku-sama wa 18-sai". He starred in a number of family dramas in…

Ikuta Tomoko

Ikuta Tomoko is an actress, model, and voice actor from Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. She belongs to Toho Entertainment. Her husband is the soccer player Nakayama Masashi. After appearing in several works as a child actress extra, she made her official debut in the movie "Vienna Monogatari Gemini Y to S" in 1983.…

Himura Yuki

Himura Yuki is a Japanese comedian, presenter, and actor, born in Kurose, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. He is part of the comedy duo Banana Man. Himura grew up in Chuo, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, and is affiliated with Horipro Com. His wife, Kanda Aika, is a freelance announcer. He graduated…

Ibu Masato

Ibu Masato, born Murota Satoru in Nogata, Nakano, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. His previous stage names included Ibu Sen from 1966 to 1969, Ibu Masami from 1970 to 1973, and Ibu Masayuki from 1973 to 1980. He is currently affiliated with Papadou (パパドゥ). Ibu spent his…

Kojima Haruna

Kojima Haruna (小嶋 陽菜) is a singer, actress, and a former member of idol group AKB48 under Team A. Kojima started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an idol group under Stardust Promotion that disbanded in 2001. Initially, she was under contract with Stardust Promotion when she was still with…

Tanaka Minami

Tanaka Minami is a Japanese announcer and actress born in New York City, US, and was given the middle name of Amy. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Japan but after her first year in elementary school, she lived in London and San Francisco before returning to Japan for junior high school. She…

Aragaki Yui

Aragaki Yui is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyuu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is particularly recognized for her pleasant face and her movie projects. Aragaki's career started when her sister volunteered to turn in an audition profile for her after being informed…

Kiheitai

It is the second part of the period drama at the end of the Edo period, featuring Shinsaku Takasugi, who organized the Kiheitai and led the Meiji Restoration to success and depicts the turbulent life of the young samurai…

Have a Nice Day

6.0

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa…

Hatsu Tsubomi

5.0

Otami is an orphan working in a restaurant. She has been having an affair with a young samurai Hannosuke, although both know they can't marry because they belong to different classes. When Otami knows she is pregnant,…

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

7.9

The film depicts the uneasy life of Isomura Noe with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day, on the journey back home from her aunt's grave, Noe meets a Samurai under…

Crossing of Heat Haze Season 2

6.0

This is a story about a gifted swordsman who overcomes problems with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners. Four years have passed since Iwane moved to Edo but he still lived in a row house…

Naniwa no Hana - Ogata Koan Jikencho

5.0

Seemingly wimpish medical student Ogata Akira, later Ogata Koan, who was born to a samurai family yet lacks the fighting spirit, solves crime cases with a help of Sakon, a mysterious girl disguised as samurai belonging…

Kiheitai

A period drama at the end of the Edo period, featuring Shinsaku Takasugi, who organized the Kiheitai and led the Meiji Restoration to success, and depicts the turbulent life of the young samurai of the Choshu clan…

Shogun's Shadow

7.5

Tachechiyo embarks on a journey to Edo to participate in an initiation ritual that will mark his passage to manhood. Accompanying him on the journey are seven master samurai charged with the task of getting him there…

Sakurada Gate Incident

6.2

At dawn, on February 18, 1860, samurai of Mito domain Tetsunosuke Seki (Osawa Takao) leaves his wife Fusa (Hasegawa Kyoko) and son - Seki Seiichiro (Kato Seishiro) behind to fulfill a deadly mission. In January, Tetsunosuke…