Kanbe Musashi

Kanbe Musashi is a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, and essayist. His real name is Sakagami Jun (阪上順). He is one of the representative writers of the "Second Generation of Japanese SF Writers." Upon entering elementary school, his family moved to Niigata, Niigata, Japan, and when he…

Mizunoe Jun

Mizunoe Jun is a former Japanese singer and actress from Tokyo, Japan. She originally performed under the stage name Kayama Yuri (香山ユリ). Her real name is Suzuki Asako (鈴木朝子). She debuted with Toshiba Records, starting her career as an actress and singer. Later, she moved from Teichiku…

Fujino Setsuko

Fujino Setsuko was a Japanese actress, born in Harbin, Manchuria. Her real name was Takahata Kikuko (高畑喜久子). She was one of the founders of the theatrical company Shiki Theatre Company (劇団四季). Her former husband was the director Asari Keita (浅利慶太). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia…

Tsurumi Joji

Tsurumi Joji is a Japanese actor from Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. His real name is Masuda Kiyotaka (増田清貴). He is also a practitioner of Japanese traditional dance. He graduated from Keio University Senior High School. In 1954, he passed the 8th term of the Daiei New Face audition, and after training…

Fujisato Mayumi

Fujisato Mayumi is a Japanese actress born in Minamisenju, Minamitoshima, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Tsuyako Isawa. In 1947, she joined the Shochiku Revue. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Okamoto Kido

Okamoto Kido was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Okamoto Keiji (岡本啓二). He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. At the age of three, he began studying classical Chinese texts under his father's guidance, and at nine, he began learning Chinese…

Kadota Ryusho

Kadota Ryusho is a Japanese non-fiction writer and journalist born in Aki, Kochi, Japan. His real name is Kadowaki Mamoru (門脇護). He graduated from Tosa Junior High School and High School, and later from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Chuo University. In April 1983, he joined Shinchosha…

Kawai Botcha

Kawai Boccha was a Japanese actor, singer, and broadcasting personality. His real name was Akimoto Yoshio (秋元 喜雄). After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, he worked as a mathematics teacher at his alma mater, Akasaka Junior High School. (Source: Japanese…

Amano Sojiro

Amano Sojiro was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Amano Sojiro (天野総治郎). He was a member of the founding group of the theatrical company Seinenza. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Sophia University. In 1954, he participated in the establishment of the Seinenza…

Yagi Shuichiro

Yagi Shuichiro was a Japanese playwright from Kanagawa, Japan. His real name was Shinichi Yagi. He dropped out of Yamagata High School.

Love Stories From Fukuoka 2

7.8

“Love Stories From Fukuoka” is a series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city…

Love Stories From Fukuoka 3

7.1

“Love Stories From Fukuoka” is a series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city…

Where The Miracle Happens

7.5

Pimdao, a successful real estate developer and businesswoman, is injured in an accident that kills her beloved daughter at a time when the two are estranged. After the accident, Pimdao decides to take her daughter’s…

Love Stories From Fukuoka 4

8.0

“Love Stories From Fukuoka” is a series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city…

Love Stories From Fukuoka 5

8.0

“Love Stories From Fukuoka” is a series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city…

Girls College Terror

5.6

Tales of terror spreading throughout Japanese high school girls…are real! While singing karaoke with friends, Ai found a strange silent girl in the room. The legendary female ghost of Ohatsutenjin would suck the…

Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta no ka

The book and the special are based on a real criminal case - named "Hikari City Mother and Child Murder Case". We learn the story from the perspective of the journalist Kitagawa, who tracks the trial of a teenage perpetrator…

Bundled

This debut feature is a new approach of real life in the cities where hope and imagination enchant even the homeless. (Source: IMDb)

Nekketsu! Shusaku ga Yuku

The story is loosely based on the biography of a real person - Shusaku Chiba. He was the founder of Hokushin Ittoryu Swordsmanship (北辰一刀流) - swordsmanship school. (Source: MyDramaList)

Raging Love

6.8

Serena grew up with no memory about her real identity and why she was swept off to an island. With no family to hold on to, Serena finds and forms a special bond with Ruben, the fishing village's roguish champion,…