Ryu Chishu

Ryu Chishu was a Japanese actor born in Tamamizu, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His family resided in Ryojoji Temple, which belonged to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect, where his father served as a priest. He graduated from Tamamizu Elementary School and then from Tamana Junior High School. Following this,…

Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

Ikeido Jun

Ikeido Jun was born in Gifu Prefecture. Following his graduation from Keio University, he began working for Mitsubishi Bank in 1988. Following his retirement from the bank in 1995, he began working as a consultant and wrote a number of business related books and supervised software for accountants.…

Ichikawa Utaemon

Ichikawa Utaemon was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Makino Shozo. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Bando…

Shimura Takashi

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…

Takemura Takeshi

Takemura Takeshi is a Japanese scriptwriter. After graduating from college, he joined an advertising agency because he thought it was a similar job. He happened to meet George Tokoro's former manager and told him that he wanted to become a broadcaster, and he was able to meet Naoto Tanaka, the chief…

Hashimoto Ryosuke

Hasshi is the youngest member of Johnny's group A.B.C-Z and was also the last to join. His admired senpais in the agency are Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa and also Kanjani8's Shibutani Subaru.

Kurihara Louis

Louis Kurihara (栗原 類 Kurihara Rui, born 6 December 1994) is a Japanese fashion model, TV personality, and actor represented by the Ever Green Entertainment agency. Louis Kurihara was born on to a Japanese mother and a British father. He appears on Japanese TV, playing on his "overly negative"…

Tamashiro Tina

Tamashiro Tina is a Japanese actress and model who is represented by the talent agency, Dine and Indy. Tamashiro is born to an American father and a Japanese mother. She was scouted by the president of her agency when she was walking home with her friends. In July 2012, Tamashiro won the Kodansha sponsored…

Koike Teppei

Teppei Koike is an actor and singer from Japan. He was born in Osakasayama, Osaka Prefecture. He belongs to the production company Burning Productions and is a member of the singer-songwriter duo WaT with his partner, Eiji Wentz. His immediate family consists of his father, mother, and a younger brother.…

Fuji ni Tatsu Wakamusha

~~ Based on the life of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), a Japanese military commander and politician from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period.

Persona no Mikkoku: 3 Ttsu no Kao wo Motsu Yogisha

7.9

Shishimai Wataru, a full-time househusband, was an excellent detective but retired after the murder of his wife, and lives a peaceful life while raising his only daughter in high school. One day, he is suddenly summoned…

Yakyubuin Engeki no Butai ni Tatsu!

Film adaptation of the same-named true story by Takeshima Yumiko, a teacher in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Yame High School baseball team was seen as a frontrunner for the Koshien baseball tournament, and discord…

Rainbow Hill

6.0

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named Hasegawa checks into the hotel in order to recuperate in a calm environment…

Like Bamboo, Like Bamboo Shoot

Akira is obsessed with handheld 'Teztsu' fireworks, which originate in Toyohashi. His son, Yuto, who is neurodivergent, has a talent for drawing pictures but Akira shows no interest in them. One day, Akira falls ill…

Storm Over Arabia

A young and rich heir decides to go abroad on the advice of his grandfather "to see the country and open his mind" before taking over the management of the family business. But his initiatory journey turns into a nightmare.

Hana no Wakare

~Aired on THK Sachiko works in a boutique and her mother is employed as a villa manager. One day, Tetsuo, the son of a villa owner, returns from United States. His return changes the previously stable life of Sachiko…

A Stitch of Life

7.3

Seamstress Ichie inherits her grandmother’s dressmaking shop. She uses the shop’s old sewing machine to make Western-style clothing, which is extremely popular with locals, but she continues on the path laid out…

The Lion Standing in the Wind

7.5

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa from a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles…

The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

8.1

Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide to marry, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffers from pregnancy…