Nomura Masaki

The author of detective stories and motivational books and guides. Born in Kobe. He died of lung cancer on March 13, 2011.

Natsume Shunji

Natsume Shunji, born Ueda Yoshinori (上田嘉則) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and director. He co-founded the theater troupe Dokeza (劇団道化座) in Kobe in 1950. In 1955, he was scouted by Daiei (大映) and made his film debut in Tojuro no Koi (藤十郎の恋). Later, he became…

Kunihara Toshiaki

Kunihara Toshiaki is a Japanese director born on January 27, 1931 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Matsuo Kayo

Kayo Matsuo is a Japanese actress. She retired from acting following the Kobe earthquake

Fujioka Jukei

Fujioka Jukei, born as Fujioka Shigeyoshi, in Kobe, was a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Minakaze Yoko

Minakaze Yoko was a Japanese actress affiliated with the Mingei Theatre Company. She was born in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Her husband, Wakasugi Mitsuo, was a film director and producer, and their daughter, Wakasugi Tamami, is also an actress. Former Takarazuka Moon Troupe member Satsuki Rise was a distant…

Hishida Shinya

Hishida Shinya is a screenwriter, playwright and director from Kobe

Tanimura Masaki

Tanimura Masaki is a Japanese television series director. A graduate of Kobe University, he joined TV Asahi where he began to work on late-night series and then on a few variety shows. In 2006, he moved to Fuji TV, where he directed several episodes of various series, including one of the "Nodame Cantabile"…

Mishima Yukiko

Mishima Yukiko was born in Osaka in 1969. After graduating from Kobe College, she worked at the TV broadcasting station NHK before completing her first cinema feature, Shisei: Like A Smelling Moom, in 2009. Since then, she has worked as a director and script writer for cinema as well as TV productions.…

Kubo Haruka

Haruka Kubo was born on January 13, 1987 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Tamayura (2018), Miewoharu (2016) and Inosento 15 (2016).

Red Pier

7.4

50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns…

Ryouma ga Yuku

8.0

Ryoma ga Yuku is a five-hour epic which chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many…

Ryoma ga Yuku

This renzoku drama chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence…

Kanashii Boyfriend

9.0

37-year-old sales manager Iwatsu is so caught up in work, he's unable to truly live his life. One night while looking at his graduation album on his phone, he receives a sudden call from a girl named Kana. He's taken…

Thank You

4.0

Based on the real-life Furuichi Tadao, who experienced the Great Hanshin Earthquake and contributed to the reconstruction of the town while aspiring to become a professional golfer. An enormous earthquake struck a…

Orange – 1.17 Inochigakede Tatakatta Shouboushi no Monogatari

7.3

The challenges firefighters in orange encounter are incredible, but the rigorous conditions they must first pass to get into orange are equally demanding. Yuuchi Kohinata, himself a former “Orange” member, trains…

Nihon Toitsu 64

Sakaguchi Joji is shot by Isamu and collapses. Ishizawa Yusho and Yamamura Yoshiaki rush towards him and he flinches when they point guns at him, but Joji stops them. Concerned about the fate of Isamu and his friends,…

Nihon Toitsu 65

A Kyowakai member was shot in Kyoto without warning. This shooting incident, which occurred in the Kansai region where the Kyowakai was supposed to have unified, had a great impact on Himuro Renji and his friends.…

Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers

7.6

20 years ago in Japan, the 4 Ultra brothers Ultraman, Seven, Jack, and Ace were fighting a deadly foe known as Yapool. The brothers were barely able to defeat Yapool but the monster still needed to be sealed. However,…

Grave of the Fireflies

7.8

NTV in Japan produced a live-action TV drama of Grave of the Fireflies, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The drama aired on November 1, 2005. Like the anime, the live-action version…