Girls in the Orchard

Hana no Naka no Musumetachi is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions--continuing family business, taking care of the land--and the modernity and the lure of a life in the…

Long Wakizashi of Flowers

Under the Magnolia

6.0

This movie is about the love between a Korean man and a Japanese woman who meet while studying in the United States. (Source: DramaWiki)

The Doctor

Symphony of Love

~~ Adapted from a novel by Kawaguchi Matsutaro (川口松太郎).

Coming up of Kodokan

Yamamura Misa Suspense: The Floral Casket

~~ Adapted from the novel "Hana no Hitsugi" (花の棺) by Yamamura Misa (山村美紗).

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

8.0

Jinta, a hikikomori high school student in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, is surprised when his deceased childhood friend Meiko appears before him one summer day. She’s dressed as she was when she died, but now looks…

Yamamura Misa Suspense: The Kyoto Floral Beauty Murder Case

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kyoto Hana no En Satsujin Jiken" (京都花の艶殺人事件) by Yamamura Misa (山村美紗).

Aratama Michiyo

Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy.

Yamazaki Toyoko

Yamazaki Toyoko was an acclaimed Japanese novelist. She was mostly famous for her Showa era based business, political, and social themed serial novels. Yamazaki was born in Senba, Minami-ku (now part of Chuo-ku), Osaka, to a family of long-established kelp business called Oguraya Yamamoto. After graduating…

Nomura Mansai II

Nomura Mansai II, born April 5, 1966 under the name Nomura Takeshi, is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. Takeshi is the eldest son of Nomura Mansaku II, a Kyogen master. His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas:…

Takamine Mieko

Mieko Takamine was born on December 2, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for The Inugami Family (1976), Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku (1979) and Hana no nagadosu (1954). She died on May 27, 1990 in Japan. She had a hit song - "Kohan no yado" (Lakeside Hotel) in 1940. (Source: IMDb)

Goda Mamora

Goda Mamora is a Japanese manga artist born in Ise, Mie, Japan. He studied graphic design at the Osaka General Design Technical School and began working as a freelance illustrator after graduation. In 1993, he debuted with two works, "Tora no Ko ga Yuku!" (虎の子がゆく!) and "Hana no Saku Niwa"…

Matsumoto Hakuo II

The 9th generation Matsumoto Koshiro was born in Tokyo, Japan. A graduate of Waseda University and a versatile actor, Matsumoto Koshiro IX has performed extensively in Kabuki and Western stage plays. He made his stage debut in 1945, at the age of three, under the name Matsumoto Kintaro II, and took…

Igarashi Izumi

Shimizu Yukiko is a former Japanese actress. She makes her debut in 1987 in a drama, Shoujo Commander Izumi. Even after the drama Shoujo Commando Izumi ends, she appeared mainly in TV dramas, but she did not receive as much attention as when she was a teenager. However, she was selected as the youngest…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Ichikawa Raizo VIII

The star of Daiei Studio, Ichikawa Raizo got his start as a kabuki actor. Born Kamezaki Akio, he was adopted at six months old by kabuki actor, Ichikawa Kudanji. He was then given the name Takeuchi Yoshio. He debuted as a kabuki actor officially at the age of 17 (1948) in the play "Nakayama Shichiri".…

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;…