Osawa Mikio

Osawa Mikio is a Japanese singer and former member of the musical idol group Hikaru Genji (光GENJIひかるゲンジ) which was named after the character Hikaru Genji of The Tale of Genji. They were managed by Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates from 1987 to 1995. His sister sent his resume…

Takahashi Hideki

Hideki Takahashi is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.

Wakayama Tomisaburo

Wakayama Tomisaburo was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His father was Tohiji Katsu (or Katsutoji Kineya), a noted kabuki performer and nagauta singer, and the family as a whole were kabuki performers. He and his younger brother, Shintaro Katsu, followed their father in the theater.…

Watanabe Misako

Misako Watanabe is a Japanese actress. She is a graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1997 she received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kishida Shin

Kishida Shin was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series. Kishida Shin was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyoko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were…

Matsukata Hiroki

Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor. As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut…

Kato Daisuke

Kato Daisuke, whose real name was Kato Tokunosuke (加藤徳之), was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Seventh Junior High School and began his career as a kabuki actor before transitioning to film. His father, Takejima Denzo, was a playwright and assistant…

Otaki Hideji

Hideji Otaki was a Japanese actor. After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television work from the 1970s, but he also appeared in many films, especially those of Juzo Itami. His last film, Anata e,…

Toake Yukiyo

Toake Yukiyo is a Japanese actress born in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. She won the award for best actress at the 23rd Blue Ribbon Awards for Furueru Shita and at the 29th for Gray Sunset. --Wikipedia

Aoi Teruhiko

Former Johnny's singer and actor. He began in show business at an early age by modeling for many magazines. Later on, he joined as a dancer for the idol group Johnny's. When Johnny's disbanded in 1967, Aoi later pursued a television acting career, debuting in the TBS television dorama Futari no Sekai…

Uogashi no Hikagenokazura

4.0

Adapted from novel by Mikiya Miyamoto (宮本幹也). Matsukichi Kimura, commonly known as Ishimatsu, who grew up on the banks of the Uogawa River, is a bit violent, but he is a man loved by everyone. Soon, flock of…

Watashitachi Ga Suki Datta Koto

10.0

Adapted from a novel by the same title by Miyamoto Teru.

Ore no Dandyism

6.1

41-year-old section manager Danta Ichiro hears a new hired Miyamoto Minami, whom he secretly likes, remark that she prefers dandies. Resolving to become one, he reads every male fashion magazine he can lay his hands…

Musashi

7.3

Movie follows the life and battles of legendary swordsmen Musashi Miyamoto and Kojiro Sasaki. (Source: AsianWiki)

New Nemuro Pro Wrestling Story

In 2006, Samson Miyamoto, a toy store owner in Nemuro, Hokkaido, founded “New Nemuro Pro Wrestling” to promote his love of wrestling and revitalize his hometown. His wrestlers were local customers and dairy farmers,…

Gibo to Musume no Blues Final 2024-nen Kinga Shinnen Special

7.9

One day, Miyamoto Akiko notices that her daughter Miyuki, who is working part-time at Bakery Mugita, is nearing graduation but isn't looking for a job yet. Akiko asks, "Why don't you just continue to work part-time…

Tokio

7.5

The year is 1979, and Miyamoto Takumi's life suddenly changes when he meets a mysterious young man named Tokio at a park in Asakusa. The young man says, "I've come from the future. I'm your son, Tokio." Thinking it's…

Musashi

7.6

Many are familiar with "The Book of Five Rings" which was written by Miyamoto Musashi in the 17th century. Musashi's treatise on strategy and the way to lead instantly became the business executive's bible when the…

Gibo to Musume no Blues 2020-nen Kinga Shinnen Special

7.9

It is the autumn of 2019, one year since Miyamoto Akiko re-entered the workforce. Her job is based in Osaka and she has been living apart from her stepdaughter Miyuki who is in Tokyo. Headhunted by a major consulting…