Natsuki Shizuko

A pioneer of Japanese detective novelists, she was called the "Queen of Mysteries". The novelist Hitoshi Igarashi is her brother. Most of her titles, were adapted to the specials.

Shiomi Yo

Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…

Yabe Kenji

Kobayashi Nenji

Kobayashi Nenji is a Japanese actor. He won the award for the best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya. (Source: Wikipedia)

Cent Chihiro Chittiii

Cent Chihiro Chittiii is a Japanese singer and a former member of the alt-idol group BiSH. BiSH disbanded after the Tokyo Dome concert in June 2023. On January 5, 2024, it was announced that she had signed with Stardust Promotion. (Source: Tokyohive)

Naganuma Makoto

Sasaki Sumie

Sasaki was born on June 22, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. She has a younger brother and sister. In 1951, she married journalist Akira Aoki. The two remained married until Aoki's death of lung cancer in 2003. In 1951, Sasaki joined a theater troupe and acted in her first play, Sono Imoto. She won an award for…

Iwashita Shima

Iwashima Shita was born in Tokyo. She's married to the film director, Shinoda Masahiro.

Natsuki Mari

Mari Natsuki is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started work as a singer from a very young age, her specialty being jazz and a level of sensuality that was somewhat shocking at the time. She did not marry, which made her quite an icon. But in 2007 she announced…

Asaoka Yukiji

Asaoka Yukiji is a Japanese actress.

Saiai no Hito: The Other Side of Nihon Chinbotsu

7.1

This side story from "Japan Sinks: People of Hope" retells the story of the aspiring painter (also a part-time waitress), Ai, who encounters the newly resident doctor, Kiseki, in her workplace; and a hidden message…

Ai wo Kou Hito

7.4

Toyoko doesn't know how to love her daughter Terue and subjects the latter to physical abuse when she was a child. As a result, Terue was hungry for love but didn't know how to be loved. Years later, Terue grows up…

Fuyo no Hito - Fujisancho no Tsuma

7.2

In 1895 (Meiji 28), Nonaka Chiyoko prays for the safety of her husband Itaru who is attempting to climb Mt Fuji in midwinter. If he accomplishes what no one has done before, he would finally build an observatory on…

Marumaru na Hito no Matsuro

7.5

Totsuka Kenta has an unexpected windfall from dabbling in cryptocurrency; Youichi Mano runs a dry-cleaning shop that puts its customers first; Toshiki Hagiwara is tired of city life and wishes to live a laid-back lifestyle…

Mukashi, Suki Datta Hito Kara Line ga Todoita

7.5

The story is about 2 people who study at the same university and who meet by chance. Haru is a somewhat innocent girl who falls in love easily. Shiro, on the other hand, is a very nice boy and has an innocent face,…

Unmei no Hito

7.7

A newspaper reporter uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story. ~~Adapted from…

Toshiue no Hito

7.2

2nd year university student, Ito Tsutomu is impotent due to an accident when he was a young child. He meets first year student Osanai Ageha at a university club. Ageha looks just like the girl that has appeared in…

Toga no Hito

7.1

In the past, Maki Shizuri worked as a detective. She was partners with Detective Maeda while working on a murder case involving a robber. During their investigation, Detective Maeda was injured while covering Shizuri…

Hitoribocchi: Hitori to Hito wo Tsunagu Ai no Monogatari

6.9

Sugi Shinya is an architect who lost his parents at 15, and then his sister to illness. Now, he sleepwalks through life as a water meter reader until a friend takes him to a rice ball shop called Tachibana. There he…

M: Ai Subeki Hito ga Ite

6.7

Set in the 1990s, high school student Ayu lives with her mother and grandmother in Fukuoka. She works as a model, but to pursue an acting career, she goes to Tokyo with her grandmother. While attending high school,…