Shimojo Masami

Shimojo Masami was a Japanese actor born in Busan, South Korea, to parents from Iki, Nagasaki, Japan. He graduated from Busan First Commercial School and lived in Busan until age 20 before moving to Tokyo to pursue a career as a film director. In 1936, he joined the Shinkyo Theatre Company and debuted…

Aoyama Kiyoshi

In 1955, while enrolled at Chuo University's Faculty of Letters , he passed Toho New Face Audition and entered the film industry. After dropping out of college and making his debut in Asagiri (Director: Seiji Maruyama , 1955), he moved to Nikkatsu, where he resumed filmmaking, and became a participant…

Kono Akitake

Kono Akitake was a Japanese actor, born in Shinko, Annaka, Nagasaki, Japan. He was originally performing under the stage name Yamazaki Shinzo (山崎進蔵). He attended Shimabara Prefectural Middle School and later Tokyo Physics School, though he left in November 1930. In November 1931, Kono joined…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Tamagawa Isao

Tamagawa Isao is a Japanese actor born January 11, 1922 in Shinjuku, Yotsuya, Tokyo (now Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo). He is known for playing intellectual villain roles. He debuted as an actor in 1954's "The Street Without Sun". He died on January 1, 2004 at the age of 81.

Claude Maki

Claude Maki is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer, under the stage name A.K.T.I.O.N., from Akasaka, Tokyo. He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki and Bibari Maeda , a Japanese-American actress. After much work in theatre, he made his television acting debut…

Nakahara Shoko

Shôko Nakahara was born on July 9, 1970 in Kumamoto, Japan. She is an actress and producer, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), Tsunagaru (2016) and Bijitâ Q (2001).

Yamamoto Kiyoshi

Yamamoto Kiyoshi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After growing up in Malaysia, Yamamoto attended the Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School and then graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of Psychology. After his directorial debut in 2003, he has been involved in the production…

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Honjitsu Kyushin

6.0

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day, a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 4

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Totsugawa Police Department" (十津川警部シリーズ) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 5

4.0

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Totsugawa Police Department" (十津川警部シリーズ) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 9

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Totsugawa Police Department" (十津川警部シリーズ) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Tales of Terror

6.4

An anthology series consisting of 20 short episodes released in the following order: >> Story 1: "The Elevator" (エレベーター) [Director: Shimizu Takashi] >> Story 2: "The School Excursion" (修学旅行) [Director:…

Crossroads

6.8

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. Okiku, desperate to protect…

Aibo Season 14

7.6

Sugishita Ukyo’s partner, Kai Toru, was arrested and Sugishita was put on an indefinite suspension. He takes temporary residence in the “old” Special Missions Section which has lost its head. Kaburagi Wataru…

Aibo

7.7

Tokumei Gakari (Special Mission Task Team) is not considered as important as it might sound. It is positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and so-called as the “oversized garbage dealer”.…

Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa

8.0

The special will follow Kotoko and Naoki as they go on their honeymoon in Okinawa, Japan. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Itazura na Kiss" (イタズラなKiss) by Tada Kaoru (多田かおる).