A Restaurant with Many Problems

8.1

Tanaka Tamako, betrayed by her boyfriend-turned-chef and arrested after an incident involving sexual harassment of her friend, resigns from her male-dominated restaurant job. She opens a bistro on a rooftop in Jingumae,…

Women Document Detectives Season 3

7.5

Narumi Risa is an eccentric, intellectually brilliant detective with a pen fetish. She has been holed up in the 6th Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's Special Investigation…

Always: Sunset on Third Street

7.8

In 1958, with the impending completion of Tokyo's TV broadcasting tower as a symbol of Japan's escalating post-war economic recovery, rural schoolgirl Mutsuko arrives from the provinces to begin her first job with…

Drops of God

7.9

Alexandre Léger is the founder of a world-famous red wine guide and an authority on wine. He dies at his home in Tokyo, Japan. He has one child, Camille, but after Alexandre Léger divorced when Camille was 9 years…

The Taste of Tea

7.4

A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film…

Solitary Gourmet Season 2

7.7

Inogashira Goro, the food-loving, teetotaler, solitary merchant. Once again, he travels in and around Tokyo, visiting clients while checking out local cuisine and eateries along the way. This season, Inogashira indulges…

Trumpet of the Cliff

7.1

Aoi studies photography at a school in Tokyo. She undergoes a heart transplant operation and goes to the island of Okinawa to recover. Her uncle lives on the island. There, she holds a camera and walks along the island.…

Noriko's Dinner Table

7.0

The older Noriko is the first to leave her parents' house. She meets a young woman named Kumiko in a chat room and soon takes off for Tokyo to visit her. The younger Yuka follows within a few months. With Kumiko, they…

Trace

7.8

Reiji Mano is a forensic science researcher at the Scientific Research Laboratory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is good at his job, possessing a vast amount of knowledge and having excellent technique.…

Ichikei’s Crow: The Criminal Court Judges

7.9

Iruma Michio is a devil-may-care, unorthodox criminal judge at the Tokyo District Court’s first criminal court. He used to be a lawyer and was deeply involved in a past case that was behind his transformation into…

Mizuhara Maki

Mizuhara Maki, born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a former Japanese actress. She began her career as a child actress under the name Hagiwara Nobuko after joining Toei Children's Research Institute in 1963. Mizuhara graduated from Toyoko Gakuen High School. There has been no confirmed information about…

Nishi Akemi

Nishi Akemi is a Japanese actress born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Fashion College. She joined Shintoho in 1952, and her oldest recorded appearance is the movie "Koi no Oen Dancho". Her last recorded work is "Jiken Kisha Chabo!" which was produced in 1983.

Ota Tadashi

Ota Tadashi was a Japanese composer and pianist born in Tokyo, Japan. His date of death is unknown. He became acquainted with the organ at the age of 8 and began studying piano and composition at the age of 15. After graduating from commercial school in 1919, he composed numerous songs and children's…

Otsuji Shiro

Otsuji Shiro was born on August 5, 1896 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Niho meiyu no tabi dainihen (1921), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Bakumatsu (1970). He died on April 9, 1952. (Source: IMDb)

Kodaka Masaru

Kodaka Masaru is a former actor and child actor from Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo. He joined Shinko Kinema in 1937 and debuted with "Otoko Narya koso." In 1938, he transferred to Toho. In 1944, after transferring to Shochiku, he entered the School of Political Science and Economics at Hosei University but dropped…

Mizusawa Rintaro

Mizusawa Rintaro is a Japanese actor and model. He is from Saitama prefecture and he belongs to Ken-On entertainment. In August 2017, he made his debut as an actor in the third episode of "Caution, Hazardous Wife," in October of the same year. After that, he appeared in topical works such as "My Story…

Kudo Asuka

Asuka Kudo is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado. His father is a former professional baseball player(pitcher) Kimiyasu Kudo and his younger sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudo. He is the first and eldest…

Matsu Takako

Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…

Fukuyama Shodai

Fukuyama Shodai is a Japanese actor that was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. While he was still in middle school, he was approached by an entertainment production company in Tokyo but he missed his chance since he didn't reply to them immediately. After that he auditioned for a movie with the goal to enter…

Miura Tomokazu

Miura Tomokazu is a Japanese actor. He attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.…