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)…

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…

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)

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Uesugi Futami

Uesugi Futami is an actress from Nagano prefecture. She belongs to Seinenza Theater Company. She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. She is a part-time lecturer at the Musical Department of Sakuyo College of Music and a lecturer at the Tokyo Bunraku Gakuin High School.

Sio: 100 Nen Tsutsukuten no Hajimari

A documentary about Toba Shusaku, the owner and chef of the restaurant "Sio", which has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide Tokyo for four consecutive years. (Source: MyDramaList)

FAKE MOTION: Tatta Hitotsu no Negai

7.5

In 20XX, it is not the strength of study or fighting that determines the superiority or inferiority of high school students, but "table tennis". There used to be fierce battles over the top spot in Tokyo. Ebisu Nagato…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 45: Shiga Kogen Satsujin Jiken ~Kurohime Densetsu no Nazo~

A beautiful woman whom Detective Kamei met in Shiga Kogen is shot in front of him and dies. Just before the woman took her breath, she entrusted Kamei with a talisman derived from the "Kurohime Densetsu" that was handed…

Solitary Gourmet

7.8

Inogashira Goro is a private merchant who personally runs his imported dry goods business on his own. Being a man of few words, he prefers to live an uncomplicated, solitary lifestyle. He smokes but doesn't drink alcohol.…

2030 Kanata no Kazoku

6.9

In Tokyo in the year 2030, 27-year-old Itakura Kakeru lives in a shared apartment. He is suddenly approached by Ogiwara Misae, his housemate three years his senior, about wanting his help to have a child. Kakeru has…

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…

Kurumi no Heya

6.4

In Tokyo in the 80s, before the Big Bubble: Momoko is the second oldest daugther of four siblings in the Mitamura family. After her father Tadashi Mitamura is laid off from work and suddenly disappears, the sensitive…

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…