Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Kawai Genji

Kawai Genji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) and initially worked for various electrical companies, including Oki Electric Industry (沖電気工業株式会社). After World War II, while serving in the General Headquarters…

Watanabe Yoshinori

Watanabe Yoshinori was a Japanese movie and TV producer from Tokyo, Japan.

Kobayashi Tatsuo

Kobayashi Tatsuo is a Japanese screenwriter and critic from Tokyo, Japan.

Senda Mitsuo

Senda Mitsuo is a Japanese talent and comedian from Tokyo, Japan.

Nukui Tokuro

Tokuro Nukui, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese novelist.

Sugiyama Tokuko

Sugiyama Tokuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She graduated from Jissen Girls' School and initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in the advertising department at Chiba Shimbun. In 1946, she joined Toho's New Face program and trained at the Academy of Stage Arts. She became a member…

Naito Chin

Naito Chin was a Japanese comedian and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of Nihon University College of Art.

Isono Yoko

Isono Yoko is a Japanese actress and reporter from Tokyo, Japan.

Ito Takaaki

Ito Takaaki is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan.

Hanayome Rikkouho

8.0

Tokyo Times reporter Yukiko Kusao was struggling, but the company was on the verge of collapse. Editor-in-Chief Izumi was trying to take over the Metropolitan Times by funding Kamiyama, a young husband who is interested…

Big Time Gambling Boss

7.4

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. Other clan…

Onna Keiji Otomichi Takako - Kogoeru Kiba

6.0

Tokyo detective Otomichi Takako leaves for Tachikawa City to join the investigation of a bizarre, possible, homicide case. A businessman entered a family restaurant alone. Shortly later, the man burst into flames.…

The Golden Demon

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings and failures of courage, the engagement of Kanichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kanichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a…

Planet of the Crabs

Tokyo High Tide director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus…

Emergency Interrogation Room Season 4

7.7

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department decides to disband the special interrogation team Kintori. The team will be disbanded in 100 days, by September 2021, but the members of Kintori will still carry out their jobs.…

Mikkoku wa Utau Season 2

7.8

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Personnel Division is an elite group responsible for inspection work to uncover misconduct among the more than 40,000 personnel who work for the police force. It is…

Higanbana - Women's Crime File

7.2

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department creates a new division that consists of five female detectives. The new division is called Higanbana, which is a flower with a poison root. The five female detectives have their…

Sugar & Spice

6.7

A Tokyo suburb with a middle American feel, the city of Fussa is home to a US military base with its wide avenues, second-hand clothing stores peddling American merchandise and bars catering largely to G.I.s. Shiro…

SPEC: Birth

8.3

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department forms a special unit called Mishou (Unidentified Crimes Unit) to tackle complex cases with no evidence, witnesses, or connections to major organizations, which are beyond the…