Namihira Akio

Namihira Akio was a Japanese singer known for his wartime songs. His real name was Namihira Yoshihiro (波平惠弘). He was born in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan. He attended the Kanto State Dai-Ren Second Junior High School but transferred to Miyako Junior High School to prepare for entrance exams to a music…

Yagi Kosei

Yagi Kosei is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Hyogo, Japan, affiliated with the talent agency 81 Produce. He leads the reading group "Korokai: Kosei Yomi Gatari no Kai." Yagi received a strict language education from his father, who was a Japanese language teacher. He graduated from the Tokyo…

Migiwa Natsuko

Migiwa Natsuko, born Miyamoto Junko (宮本順子) in Osaka, Japan, is a Japanese actress and talent. She graduated from Osaka Women's Academy Junior High School and entered the Takarazuka Music School in 1962. After graduating in 1964, she joined the Takarazuka Revue as a member of the Snow Troupe,…

Yada Minoru

Yada Minoru is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and children's song singer, affiliated with Kekke Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to the Japan Actors Union. Born in Yodobashi, Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan, he began his career in 1939 as a children's song singer, working with labels such as Nippon…

Yuki Tsuyako

Yuki Tsuyako is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Miyagi, Japan. In 1946, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute. In 1949, she joined the Baraza theater company. In 1951, she joined the Shichiyokaikai theater company. In 1955, she participated in the establishment of the Bungakuza Studio…

Oki Shiro

Oki Shiro is a Japanese actor from Yanagawa, Yamakon, Fukuoka, Japan. Previously known by the stage name Oki Shiro (大木史郎), he has worked with the Shinkyo Theater Company, Tokyo Geijutsuza, Toei, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Society. (Source: MyDramaList)

Morikawa Kinya

Morikawa Kinya was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Harbin, Manchukuo. He graduated from the Department of English Literature at Meiji University. He spent his early years in Manchukuo until the end of World War II. After the war, he repatriated to Hiroshima, Japan, and graduated from Kure Mitsuta…

Kuno Shiro

Kuno Shiro was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Asakusa, Japan. In 1933, he debuted on stage with the Shinpa theatrical group. In 1937, he joined the Todo troupe. In 1945, he became a member of the Enoken troupe. In 1947, he joined the Toho Theater Division. In 1948, he founded the Shortcake…

Ichimura Naoki

Ichimura Naoki is a Japanese actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is affiliated with R Crew. Previously, he was associated with the acting department of Tsuburaya Productions and Hoei Television Productions. His official debut was in "Matsubazue no Rugbyman" (1991). At the age of 19, he joined the…

Okamoto Yoshihiko

Okamoto Yoshihiko was a Japanese film director, television drama director, and journalist, born in Korea during the Japanese colonial period. He attended the Army Officer School (陸軍士官学校) and witnessed Japan's defeat in World War II. Afterward, he joined the Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党)…

Cinderella Formula

7.6

The University of Tokyo is the most prestigious national & public university in Japan. A charismatic teacher who suffers cancer meets the poor-but-clever girl and he teaches how to overcome the barrier of the entrance…

Hakoiri Musume

7.1

The older sister who had setbacks in Tokyo, and her younger sister who wants nothing more than to move there.The two sisters, who were born and raised in a teahouse called Juicchome Chaya halfway up Mt. Takao on the…

Shadow of Sand

7.0

Set in Tokyo in the 1980’s. Yukie, a young woman lives with the vision of the lover she has murdered. After his death he continues to appear in her room. Yukie maintains her usual life, trying to avoid discovery…

Dreams on Fire

8.0

Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfill her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn't something that comes quickly or easily. Whilst juggling her job as a hostess…

Heisei Cho Very Good Ikka 199X

The story is set in the suburbs of Tokyo in 199X. A salaryman father, a part-time working mother, a high school–aged daughter, and an elementary school–aged son. An ordinary—or perhaps slightly odd—family of…

Jubilation Street

5.0

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye. (Source: TMDB)

Hi no Ataru Ie

On the outskirts of Tokyo, the family of Nakahara Mitsu lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu’s husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as…

Ozu

Taking after the story for “Tokyo Twilight”, the film forms itself around the travails of a father and his two daughters. Noriko, the eldest, is struggling with a marriage to a violent and uncaring husband while…

Fake Mommy

8.0

After graduating from the University of Tokyo and joining a major company, Hanamura Kaoru was on the fast track to becoming an elite, but for some reason, she suddenly quit her job and is now struggling to find a new…

Your Home is My Business

7.9

With four years left before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, housing sales are fiercely competitive. At this time, Sangenya Machi, an excellent real estate agent, appears. She is single, 30-years-old and has an…