Ginga Banjo

Ginga Banjo, born Tanaka Takashi, is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is also married to voice actress Takashima Gara. Known for his deep baritone voice, his most well-known roles include Giren Zabi in Mobile Suit…

Kitamura Kazuo

Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…

Toyoshima Keisuke

Born in 1971 in Shizuoka. While studying at the University of Tokyo, Toyoshima’s short film Kanashii Dake (1994) was premiered at Pia Film Festival in 1994. After graduating from the university, he went to Los Angeles to take the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the American Film Institute.…

Bando Mitsugoro X

Morita Hisashi (January 23, 1956 – February 21, 2015) was a Japanese Kabuki actor, television presenter, and writer. Born as the eldest son of the Yamatoya guild, his grandfather was Bando Mitsugoro VIII, one of Japan's most revered kabuki actors who was designated as a "Living National Treasure"…

Kobayashi Kyuzo

Novelist , mystery writer . screenwriter and producer. Real name Hisami Kobayashi. Born in Koga City , Ibaraki Prefecture.

Fukuhara Hideo

Setouchi Jakucho

Setouchi Jakucho was a Japanese novelist and a nun of the Tendai sect. She graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University with a bachelor's degree in literature. She was the chief priest of Zenkobo at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. She had won the Women's Literature Prize, the Junichiro Tanizaki Prize,…

Ri Reisen

Ri Reisen is a Japanese actress, born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School. Her parents are the second-generation of Koreans living in Japan. Her birth name is Lee Cho Ja, and her Japanese birth name is Hoshiyama Hatsuko. She made her debut under the name of Hoshiyama Hatsuko…

Sawada Kenji

Takakura Miki

Takakura Miki is a Japanese gravure idol and actress born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Quick Draw Joe

9.0

One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the…

Akai Bunka Jutaku no Hatsuko

6.5

15-year-old Hatsuko lives with her elder brother in a humble townhouse. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends…

Your Own Quiz

The story takes place on the live quiz show Q-1 Grand Prix, where contestants compete for a 10-million-yen prize. During the highly anticipated one-on-one buzzer-quiz final, the climactic last question triggers an…

Wasurenagusa no Saku Machi de: Azumino Shinryoki

Tsukioka Mikoto, who graduated from the nursing faculty of a national university in Matsumoto, Shinshu, spends her busy days working as a nurse in the internal medicine ward of a small general hospital in Azumino.…

Edo Kid

Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by the actor Nakamura Utaemon, but Ko-en was taken by the Hatamoto, Ono…

The Big Bee

6.9

Set in 1995. Terrorists hijack a massive state of the art Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter called “Big B” and remotely direct it to hover menacingly over a nuclear power plant. At the same time, a fax is sent…

Million Yen Women

7.9

Michima Shin is a 30-years-old lonely and unpopular novelist who lives alone in a big house. Shin's father is a convicted murderer, awaiting capital punishment, who killed 3 people, including his wife, Shin's mother.…

Heibon Punch

8.0

Aki Mashima is a tubby 30-year-old indie movie director who meets a young actress named Mika, whose small breasts conform to his ideal image of the female form—even though she dreams of getting gigantic implants…

Omiai no Tatsujin

The drama is about matchmaking, from the perspective of the interested parties, but also their families and potential candidates. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~Based on the work of essayist Kumiko Mashima. Kumiko described…

Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna

7.6

A pet groomer at a salon in Shirogane, Nogami Meiko has a lot of celebrity dog-lovers as customers. She cheerfully serves customers with care, and her skills are tried and tested. The salon's owner, Kotomi, has a strong…