4889 results found for: Monogatari
Jiro Monogatari
Japanese Drama - 1964, 101 episodes
Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother. (Source: worldcat.org) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Jiro Monogatari" (次郎物語) by Shimomura…
Yoshikawa Eiji
After getting various jobs, he started working as a writer and became a popular writer with " Naruto Secretary ". " Miyamoto Musashi, " which began serialization in 1935, gained a large number of readers and became a representative work of popular novels . After the war, he wrote major works such as…
Sugiyama Kohei
Sugiyama Kohei was a Japanese cameraman born in Hamamatsu Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. After serving as a cameraman for Mizoguchi Kenji's "Genroku Chushingura" from the end of 1941 to 1942, he became the chief engineer of Manchukuo Film Association. At the same association, he was a cameraman…
Migiwa Natsuko
Migiwa Natsuko, born Miyamoto Junko (宮本順子) in Osaka, Japan, is a Japanese actress and talent. She graduated from Osaka Women's Academy Junior High School and entered the Takarazuka Music School in 1962. After graduating in 1964, she joined the Takarazuka Revue as a member of the Snow Troupe,…
Asano Atsuko
Atsuko Asano is a Japanese writer born in Okayama, Japan. She began writing children's novels while in college and graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with a Bachelor of Letters degree. Following her graduation, she worked as a temporary elementary school teacher in Okayama for two years. Her first…
Arai Tamao
Arai Tamao, a former Japanese actress from Setagaya, Tokyo, was affiliated with Hirata Kon Promotion in 1984 and later with Natsuki Production in 1989. She is the niece of actress Ishihara Maki. Encouraged by her mother, Arai joined the Wakasou Theater Company at age four and pursued acting from her…
Ogawa Hirooki
Ogawa Hirooki was a Japanese composer born in Shinbashi, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. He served as a director of the Japan Composer's Association. He graduated from Daikura High School of Commerce's Junior Division in 1943, and furthered his studies in vocal music under Tachimatsu Fusako and Sonoda Seiichi,…
Kawai Shinya
Kawai Shinya is a Japanese film producer born in Osaka, Japan, and raised in Nara, Japan. He served as a judge for the Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival Scenario Award and as chairman of the feature film section at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival in 2012. Additionally, he has…
Suzuki Yasushi
Suzuki Yasushi is a Japanese singer, actor, talent, and voice actor from Ota, Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University College of Economics. He made his first TV appearance in 1957 in "Sebango 16: Kawakami Tetsuharu Monogatari" (NTV). In 1961, he was scouted while performing at a jazz cafe and was…
Onoe Kozo II
Onoe Kôzô II was a tachiyaku actor, who was active from the beginning of the 1860s to the first half of the 1930s. He performed in ôshibai as a supporting actor and in koshibai as a leading actor. In koshibai, he was a mainstay at the Kotobukiza. His most famous performances were in roles like Gonta…
Horikawa Tonko
Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…
