Sugiyama Taiichi

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School (now Japan Institute of the Moving Image) in 1978, he met Director Morita Yoshimitsu and has since served as his assistant director for a total of 16 films. He now acts as first director in his movies.

Sonomi

She was born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

Egawa Ureo

Egawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a German father and a Japanese mother. His name "Ureo" is a Japanification of his German name "Willy". He joined the Taikatsu film studio in 1920, but not finding stable work, he joined a gang of delinquents. Egawa of this period became the model for Ton Satomi's…

Hirose Nanako

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1987 and studied at Musashino Art University Hirose Nanako has been working for Koreeda Hirokazu’s production company Bunbuku since 2011, starting out as an assistant on his films, as well as an assistant director to Nishikawa Miwa. In 2019, she gave her debut as a director…

Kung Mu To

Born in Kanagawa, Japan, Kung Mu To AKA Miyaki Yukio is a cinematographer who worked on over 50 films in Hong Kong from 1967-1985.

Kawamura Susumu

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1996, he entered Mumeijuku as a 20th gen member and started acting. In "Flame Man" (2010, directed by Hitoshi Uyama), he played Paul Gauguin and won the Okayama Civic Theater New Award. In 2014, he appeared on the stage "Romeo and Juliet" and played the role of Montague.

Hayafune Kaeko

She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2008, a finalist at the 34th Kido Prize Scenario Contest for “Sakana no Nemuri” (A Fish’s Sleep). In 2009, a runner-up at the 35th Kido Prize Scenario Contest for “Demosthenes to Gogatsu no Propeller” (Demosthenes and the May Propeller). After writing…

Tomita Keiko

Born in Kanagawa Ward , Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture . Graduated from Soshin Girls' High School. Her sister is Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子), also an actress. She's mostly known from her TV Dramas, and dubbing roles to foreign films, for e.g. "Gone with the Wind" or "Little House on the Prairie".

Den Ayaka

She was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She was part of Avex Artist Academy from 2009 to 2014. In 2009, she joined Chibiko AAA, taking the role of Ito Chiaki, for a brief period. From 2012 to 2013, she was part of the dance unit RONI GIRLS. Now, she is a member of the J-pop group OnePixcel.

YUKIPOYO

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture is a Japanese model and tarento. She is better known by her stage name Yukipoyo (ゆきぽよ). She is represented by her agency VIP Models Agency. Kimura's father is Japanese, her mother is half Filipino and half Spanish. (Source:Wikipedia)

Oishii Gohan

7.7

The show is set in a rice shop in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa. It is a home comedy about an obstinate but compassionate old man, Kasugai Ryuhei, who runs an old rice shop, his optimistic daughter-in-law Tae and…

The Naminori Restaurant

6.8

The drama depicts Oizumi as the manager of an unopened restaurant in Chigasaki, Kanagawa. Each episode depicts various people visiting the restaurant. This NTV drama is a special collaboration project with Japanese…

Kuro no Shamen

8.0

Tsujii Takashi, who works for a large construction company, lives with his wife Keiko in a house along the coast of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. They have been together for 10 years, but are still happily married…

Yokohama Neighbors Season 2

In Yokohama City, incidents of mysterious “Beard Man” stickers being put up occur one after another. After learning of the situation, Iwashimizu Kinta, a detective in the Kanagawa Prefectural Police First Investigative…

Koi no Last Vacation

A romance variety show that depicts young people who are working part-time at the popular beach house "Wild Boar" on the Zushi coast in Kanagawa and working toward their dreams. At a place that attracts attention on…

Odayaka-ya

7.2

A short film documenting a couple who, after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami, uproot their urban Tokyo lives and plant themselves in a traditional, natural farming community in rural Sagamiko, Kanagawa Prefecture,…

Tomorrow's Dining Table

7.5

Three mothers have sons with the same name of Yu Ishibashi, and they are all 10 years old. In Kanagawa, Ishibashi Rumiko is 43 years old, and she works as a freelance writer. She is married to Yutaka, who works as…

Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo Special

7.7

Fuji and Chiaki are busy with work and haven't contacted recently. After a long time, Chiaki invited her to visit Yokohama's famous architectures. They headed to Kanagawa Prefectural Library and Concert Hall by Kunio…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: Yugawara Inn

7.8

In a Russian Roulette style game involving sushi, Yamasaki, Tanaka, and Hamada lost and were punished in the second spa-themed no-laughing batsu game, filmed at Yugawara, Kanagawa. A riding crop was the punishment…

His: I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love

7.8

Nagisa is 17 years old and is in his second year of high school. He is apart from his parents and lives alone in the seaside town of Fujisawa in Kanagawa. He is passionate about surfing and works at a bathhouse in…