Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Ishihara Buryu

Real name Junichi Ishihara (石原 純一). Screenwriter.

Harada Yoshio

Yoshio Harada (原田 芳雄 Harada Yoshio, 29 February 1940 - 19 July 2011) was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.

Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in…

Ichihara Etsuko

Ichihara Etsuko was a Japanese actress from Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. After graduating from high school, she entered Waseda University's Second Faculty of Literature, and although she had decided to get a job at Fuji Bank, her thoughts on theater were hard to forget. She joined the Haiyuza Theater…

Nagayama Aiko

Nagayama Aiko is a Japanese actress.

Takasugi Koh

Ryu Raita

Ryu Raita, born Hasegawa Tatsuo on January 21, 1940 in Minoo (now Minoh), Osaka, Japan, is a Japanese actor.

Ishiyama Yudai

Ishiyama Yudai is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Kinjo Gakuen. After graduating from high school, he entered the Haiyuza Theater Company as a 12th gen member. After a three-year training period, he belonged to the Tokyo Theater Ensemble. In the 1980s, he belonged to Ishihara Promotions…

Nakayama Shinobu

n actress[1] and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama.…

Hasebe Kanae

Hasebe Kanae is an actress, voice actor, and writer from Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the movie director Hasebe Yasuharu and her brother is the novelist and screenwriter Hasebebakushino. She graduated from Tamagawa University. She's been active since 1985. She's best known for her "Abunai Deka" role,…

Kita no Kazoku

9.0

The 13th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Takahashi in a story about a brother and sister coming of age in Hakodate and Kanazawa.

Fuyu no Kazoku Mukoda Kuniko

~~ Adapted from the novel "Nemuru Sakazuki" (眠る盃) and essay "Yonaka no Bara" (夜中の薔薇) by Mukoda Kuniko (向田邦子).

Octo: Futatsu no Kazoku

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…

Kumo to Saru no Kazoku

Hana yori Dango 2 (Returns) Bangai hen: Makinoke Hajimete no Kazoku Ryoko in N.Y.

7.8

The Makinos take New York in this special Hana Yori Dango spin-off. Worried about Tsukushi going to New York by herself to look for Tsukasa, the Makino parents also head to the Big Apple for their first family vacation.…

Garasu no Ie

7.0

When Tamaki Rei was a child, her parents died in an airplane accident in France. She grew up in a difficult environment, and money was always hard to come by. Now in her thirties, Rei visits the accident site where…

Faraway Family

Kanata, who lost his father in the earthquake when he was young, can't feel his father's presence and doesn't know what he can do. Kanata's life begins to change little by little when he meets Riku, the son of a teacher…

Our Family

7.0

A family that is scattered get together because of their mother's sudden illness. They begin to about their family. Since Reiko turned 60-years-old, she seems to get more and more forgetful, but her husband Katsuaki,…

Tomorrow's Family

7.7

Onodera Risa's groom ran away on their wedding day four years ago. Her parents, Shusaku and Machiko, built a large house for Risa and her new family. When Risa announces her engagement to Kotaro, her father is surprised…