Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

Shiozawa Kaneto

Shiozawa Toshikazu, better known by the stage name Shiozawa Kaneto, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the time of his death, he was attached to Aoni Production. His stage name originated from the Japanese director Shindo Kaneto. He was best known for his performances as Rei…

Kim Sung Won

Kim Sung Won was a Korean actor, voice actor, and theater actor. He was born in 1936 in Pyongyang, South Pyongan Province (which became part of North Korea) but spent his childhood in Wonju City in Gangwon Province, remaining in South Korea after the nation divided. After graduating from Seorabeol University…

Kuroki Kazuo

Kuroki Kazuo was born on November 10, 1930 in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan. He attended Doshisha University, but left before graduating, instead finding employment at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga). There he directed PR films and documentary films, while also participating in the "Blue Group" (Ao no kai)…

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

James Miki

James Miki was a Japanese screenwriter, writer, director, and former singer from Mukden City, Fengtien Province, Manchuria, from where he moved to Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture when he was in elementary school. In the second year of junior high school, his father died suddenly of heart disease. After…

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Hosokawa Toshiyuki

Hosokawa Toshiyuki was a Japanese actor associated with the Aktor. Born in Fukuoka and raised in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, he completed his education at Yamaguchi Prefectural Toyora High School and briefly attended Gakushuin University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics, where he was involved…

Ohira Toru

Ohira Toru was Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He was a representative of Ōhira Production. One of his most known roles is the dub voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars. He was also known for his many narration roles, most notably in the Super Sentai series. He was a…

Tani Marika

Tani Marika is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member of HKT48's Team KIV and now currently a member of SKE48's Team E. Tani passed HKT48's second-generation auditions on 23 June 2012. Her debut was on 23 September 2012 at HKT48's Team H stage performance. Her debut stage…

Love Lies

7.4

‘When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies.’ – says Shakespeare. Widowed for years, reclusive obstetrician Yu meets Joe, who is disguised as a middle-aged French…

8 Love Stories

7.5

The drama describes 8 different love stories. Story 1 (Ep. 1-2) : Sunflower - love story about a stalker. Story 2 (Ep. 3-4): Message - love story by a mobile phone and other communication facilities. Story 3 (Ep. 5-6):…

Miyako ga Kyoto ni Yattekita!

7.5

Kakinoki Kukichi is a doctor who runs a small clinic in Kyoto. He specializes in making house calls and even helps his patients with shopping and taking care of their bonsais. One day, his only daughter, Miyako, who…

The Lone Ume Tree

7.6

Tamako is a popular fortune teller who lives with her adult son, Tadao, due to his intellectual disability and autism. While he does spend time at a workshop designed to help him develop the ability to live independently,…

Way to Find the Best Life

7.6

Yukie Kitahara is a housewife and she has devoted her life to her family. Mako Goda is a wealthy woman who runs a business. They are both diagnosed with terminal illnesses and are told they only have a short time left…

13 Assassins

7.6

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will…

The Way We Talk

7.6

Three sincere deaf young people: Ji Seun comes from a deaf family, lives in a silent world, and is full of obstacles, but he lives with confidence in sign language. Sou Yan was implanted with cochlear implants since…

Keiji 7-nin Season 3

7.4

The fight for redevelopment rights intensifies in the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Rinkai area is on the way to becoming a new hotbed for crime. Amagi Yu and the team have to tackle extremely violent crimes…

Unbowed

7.4

Professor Kim Gyeong Ho insists that a math question for the 1995 university entrance exam is wrong. Later, Gyeong Ho is not re-hired at his university. He then starts a lawsuit against the university. By January 12,…

Family Matters

7.6

Elder sister, Spring, seeks her origins before heading to university, Autumn, the mother, grapples with conceiving a child through artificial insemination, Summer, the younger brother, tries to engage with a paternal…