4889 results found for: Monogatari
Tantei Monogatari
Japanese Drama - 1979, 27 episodes5.0
Shunsaku Kudo sets up an office in a rundown building as a private detective after spending five years as a cop in San Francisco, where he became familiar with firearms. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kuni Tori Monogatari
Japanese Drama - 1973, 51 episodes1.0
The drama is set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Oda Nobunaga and Mitsuhide Akechi. (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel by Shiba Ryotaro.
Otafuku Monogatari
Japanese Special - 1967, 1 episodes
A human story about a poor craftsman couple in the Edo period, centered on Mitsuko Mori, a woman who has a heart and considers others without difficulty, and the people around her.
Keiji Monogatari 3: Shiosai no Uta
Japanese Movie - 1984
Detective Katayama of Goto Chuo Police Station has many problems and spends his days as a detective in name only. One day, Katayama is ordered to act as a guide for detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's…
Hana Hajime
Hana Hajime was a Japanese actor. He was the leader of the comic jazz band The Crazy Cats, which featured such talent as Ueki Hitoshi and Tani Kei, and which starred in a series of film comedies (such as the "Irresponsible" (Musekinin) series at Toho) and in TV variety shows such as "Shabondama Holiday.…
Suzuki Noribumi
Suzuki Noribumi, also known as Suzuki Norifumi, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the Torakku Yaro series. Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant…
Ichikawa Sadanji II
Ichikawa Sadanji II was one of the most popular actors in Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. He was an open-minded reformist, working hard to promote new plays, and an adept of revivals of long-forgotten classical dramas. His close collaborations with Okamoto Kidô, Osanai Kaoru and Mayama…
Tsuchiya Tokio
Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…
Nakajima Sadao
Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director…
Horikawa Hiromichi
Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved…
Inoue Yasushi
Yasushi Inoue (May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels. Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in 1907, Inoue was raised in Shizuoka Prefecture. Inoue studied at both Kyushu University and Kyoto University. He balanced his studies with a career as college…
Ogawa Tomoko
Ogawa Tomoko is a Japanese actress born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. When she was a child, her family moved to Tokyo and she attended Kitaku Public Prince Elementary School. She also studied ballet while being part of the Toei Young Actor's Group. She made her acting debut in 1960 by appearing in…
Narita Mikio
Narita Mikio was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains. He appeared in many Fukasaku Kinji and Gosha Hideo`s films. Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963. In Japan, he is best known for his role in Tantei…
Maeda Tetsu
He is from Osaka Prefecture. At the photo studio, he worked as a freelance assistant from a part-time job of a tool, and became an assistant director, and he was involved in works by Itami Juzo, Takita Yojiro, Sakai Yoichi, Sakai Yoichi, Sakamoto Junji, Matsuoka Koujishi, Suo Masayuki and others. Under…
