Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Maeda Tetsu

He is from Osaka Prefecture. At the photo studio, he worked as a freelance assistant from a part-time job of a tool, and became an assistant director, and he was involved in works by Itami Juzo, Takita Yojiro, Sakai Yoichi, Sakai Yoichi, Sakamoto Junji, Matsuoka Koujishi, Suo Masayuki and others. Under…

Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

Yamamoto Satsuo

Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho.…

Egawa Ureo

Egawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a German father and a Japanese mother. His name "Ureo" is a Japanification of his German name "Willy". He joined the Taikatsu film studio in 1920, but not finding stable work, he joined a gang of delinquents. Egawa of this period became the model for Ton Satomi's…

Mitsui Koji

Mitsui Koji was a Japanese movie, TV, and stage actor. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1925 to 1975, including 29 of Kinema Junpo’s annual Top-10 winners and three of its Top-10 best Japanese films of all time. The son of a Shochiku movie theater owner, Mitsui joined the studio in 1924, making…

Nagisa Mayumi

Nagisa Mayumi is a Japanese actress and singer. She was born in Tokyo. After dropping out of high school, she made her debut in 1961 in the film Yuyake Ko yake no Akatonbo. She went sold out as Daiei Film's fresh star. Her stage name, "Nagisa Mayumi", was named by composer Yamada Kosaku. She appeared…

Sendo Akiho

Sendo Akiho is a Japanese actress, born on April 5, 1969 in Hyogo, Japan.
Akiho debuted in January 1990 as a Japanese idol, releasing the song "It's a Melody."
In the early 1990s, Akiho was called the "Gakuensai no Queen" (Queen of School Festivals).
Variety shows she either emceed…

Bando Mitsugoro X

Morita Hisashi (January 23, 1956 – February 21, 2015) was a Japanese Kabuki actor, television presenter, and writer. Born as the eldest son of the Yamatoya guild, his grandfather was Bando Mitsugoro VIII, one of Japan's most revered kabuki actors who was designated as a "Living National Treasure"…

Prior Convictions

7.7

Agawa Kayo works as a probation officer and faces a heinous crime taking place. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga "Zenkamono" (前科者) written by Kagawa Masahito (香川まさひと) and illustrated…

Ore wa Shinji Matta ze!

7.8

Kazuhiko Sakurada works as a host at a club. One day, he is hit by garbage truck and dies. The next moment, he realizes that he is dead. He is now a ghost and can see his dead body, but people around him can’t see…

Snowball Project

7.8

This TV show serves as a collaboration between SM Entertainment and Mystic Entertainment, where their musicians work together on making new music.

Bansan Blues

7.9

Takubo Yuta works as a drama director at a TV station and has achieved his dream, but he is very busy with work. His former passion has disappeared, and he is living an unstable life, getting irritated all the time.…

Go Fighting! Season 8

7.9

It is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually, each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story. Each episode varies…

Konya Sukiyaki Dayo

7.9

Ota Aiko works as an interior designer. She does her job well, but she is not so good doing housework. She has a strong desire to marry and she is engaged to her boyfriend, but their values about marriage differ. Around…

Go Fighting! Season 5

8.0

It is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually, each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story. Each episode varies…

Hana-chan no Misoshiru

7.7

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however,…

Medical Team Lady da Vinci's Diagnosis

7.6

Shiho works as a neurosurgeon at Nishitokyo General Hospital. She decides to quit her profession after hallucinating during surgery. Her ex-teacher Masayuki Kitabatake is the director at Tokyo University Hospital and…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: Police Station

8.0

This batsu game premiered as a three-hour special. The losing players were Yamasaki, Hamada, and Endō, who lost at a Russian Roulette style game using large tubs suspended from the studio ceiling, and cutting loose…