Kondo Keiko

Japanese nursery rhyme singer and actress She studied under Masayuki Yamamoto, who was a composer exclusively for King Records from the age of 7, and made her debut in 1951 with "Pig Pig Trumpet" . In 1954, King Records became exclusive, and Gyoji Osada, who later became a music culture researcher,…

Hanabu Tatsuo

Hanabu Tatsuo was born in Fukugawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (now Koto Ward, Tokyo). He is best known for being an actor that largely appeared in supporting roles in jidaigeki dramas. In 1930, he entered Tokyo Prefectural Third Middle School (currently Ryogoku High School, Tokyo) as a first-year student…

Ide Asato

Born from Aichi prefecture. Enrolled in Mumeijuku in 2009 while attending Seijo University. The same year, his first stage at "Macbeth". After that, he has been active mainly on the stage both inside and outside Mumeijuku. In 2018, he starred in "The High Chimney of a Town" and played Saburo Sekine,…

Dan Ikuma

Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo Music School in 1946. He studied with teachers including Kosaku Yamada, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Kan'ichi…

Shoji Taro

Shoji Taro was a Japanese singer born in Daidokoromachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1965. He graduated from Akita Prefectural Akita Junior High School, and moved to Tokyo to study at the National English School and enrolled in the Waseda University Faculty…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Akechi Juzaburo

After dropping out of Kanazawa Medical University , he joined Taiizumi Studio in 1950 as a new face. The following year, he joined the Toei Tokyo studio due to the merger of Toei , and in the same year, made his debut as a supporting character in the film directed by Masahisa Sunohara's "Limitless Passion".…

Iizawa Tadasu

Iizawa Tadasu, born Iizawa Tadasu (伊澤紀) in Wakayama, Japan, was a Japanese playwright, director, and novelist. He graduated from the Tokyo Higher Normal School's affiliated elementary school in 1922 and entered Musashi High School (武蔵高等学校) that same year. However, he struggled with…

Kobayashi Tsuneo

Graduated from Nihon University Art Department in 1934 . Selected and performed in the Takarazuka Revue review script open call for participants. In 1935, he joined the production department of the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory of the same Toho affiliate and studied under Shiro Toyoda , triggered by the…

Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

Sokaiya Kinjo: Shobushi to Sono Musume

~~ Adapted from the short stories collection "Sokaiya Kinjo" (総会屋錦城) by Shiroyama Saburo (城山三郎).

Under the Turquoise Sky

Takeshi grew up spoiled in an affluent family. One day his businessman grandfather Saburo sends him to the grasslands of Mongolia where he is to search for a daughter born out of Saburo's relationship with a local…

Ginza Yaro

Tetsu and Roku, street musicians in Ginza, struggle to cover hospital expenses when their friend Sabu is hit by a car. Help comes from barmaids Chiko, Kako, and Tonko, who secure a 30,000 yen advance from their boss.…

Kino Yori Akaku Ashita Yori Aoku -Cinema Fighters Project-

8.6

The fourth instalment of LDH Pictures, Cinema Fighters project. This time with all the main characters of the six short stories being portrayed by the members of Generations from Exile Tribe. > "Blue Bird" (Director:…

The Most Valuable Wife

6.5

The Mihara family’s three sons operate a trading company, with the eldest pair already married to daughters of the Nonomiya family, but when the Miharas’ youngest son Saburo and the Nonomiyas’ youngest daughter…

Honcho Azumi Season 4

7.1

One day, a shuttle bus explodes within the jurisdiction of Jinnan Precinct. Suda Saburo, a member of the precinct’s Violent Crimes Section, was on board that bus in pursuit of a habitual pickpocket. Although there…

Ultraman Blazar Special Episodes

7.2

>> Special Episode 1: "Uncover the True Identity of the Giant Creatures" Ultraman Blazar has fought many kaiju over the days. How do citizens view him? Reiko, Saburota, and Takuma examine Blazar from a new perspective.…

Shin Kuko Senkyo

7.3

Another large-scale takeover incident has occurred somewhere in Kanagawa Prefecture! The perpetrators are an armed group hiding their faces with masks. Caught up in it are several hostages and the man, Musashi Saburo.…

Tora-san 30: The Expert

7.5

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu, he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburo, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all…

Dai Byoin Senkyo

7.3

The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo is a police officer on a leave of absence who has to save the hostages within a set time…