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Kinoshita Houka
In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…
Murakami Hiroaki
Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…
Hira Mikijiro
Hira Mikijiro was a Japanese actor and director born in Koami-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Kei Factory. At the beginning of sixth grade, Mikijiro evacuated to the home of his maternal great-uncle in Kamigeshi-cho, Konu, eastern Hiroshima, Japan. His mother remained in Hiroshima.…
Saori
Saori is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol group Snappeas under the agency Stardust Promotion. Saori got her start in 2003 when joined the short-lived idol group Snappeas under her birth name "Koide Saori". Soon after, she starred in her first dorama, Tokyo Shoujo. In 2010, she changed…
Izumi Pinko
Takemoto Sayo (Maiden name: Eguchi, previous stage name: Mikado Mariko), known by the stage name Izumi Pinko, is a Japanese actress, comedian, comic storyteller, and singer born in Tokyo. In 1966, after dropping out of Nippon Music High School, she studied under Maki Shinji and made her debut as a singing…
Okina Megumi
Megumi Okina (奥菜 恵, Okina Megumi, born 6 August 1979) is a Japanese actress, and J-Pop singer in the 1990s.
Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The Grudge. She married Susumu Fujita…
Watari Tetsuya
Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…
Takamine Hideko
Takamine Hideko was a Japanese actress, singer, and essayist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name was Matsuyama Hideko (松山秀子), and her maiden name was Hirayama Hideko (平山秀子). Her family lived in a household run by her grandfather, Rokusho, who managed a soba restaurant called…
Harada Yoshio
Yoshio Harada (原田 芳雄 Harada Yoshio, 29 February 1940 - 19 July 2011) was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.
Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in…
Matsumura Yuki
Matsumura Yuki is a Japanese actor who has appeared in nine feature films, as well as a number of television series and theater productions. He is also a singer and has released eight albums and eight singles. He is represented with All-Stars Company. Matsumura was born in Bunkyo, Tokyo. While attending…
A Night in Nude
Japanese Movie - 19937.0
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who…
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima
Japanese Movie - 19887.1
Children all over Tokyo mysteriously disappear without warning. Kotaro suspects that the Gorgom are behind the abductions and follows a suspicious-looking tour bus with children on it, only to lose its trail off a…
Salaryman Kintaro
Japanese Drama - 1999, 11 episodes7.2
Yajima Kintaro comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life of the company's CEO. A former leader of a motorcycle gang, Kintaro, is known for his highly principled and forthright…
Call for Dreams
Japanese Movie - 20187.3
In a rain drenched Tokyo, from a high rise apartment, Eko complicates her life by publishing a 'Call For Dreams' ad in the newspaper. With her scooter she visits strangers who leave descriptions of dreams on her analogue…
Bu Su
Japanese Movie - 19877.3
Suzume moved in Tokyo where she's will be live in aunt's house, basically geisha house. She have no interest in any social activity, nor any friendship with classmates. She's not into geisha life style too. When school…
Kabei: Our Mother
Japanese Movie - 20087.4
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain…
Ring Wandering
Japanese Movie - 20227.4
In central Tokyo, young aspiring manga artist Sosuke struggles with drawing a Japanese wolf for his manga. One day, he discovers an animal skull at a construction site and wonders if it belongs to the extinct wolf.…
Gate of Flesh
Japanese Movie - 19647.0
In post-war Tokyo, a group of prostitutes follows a strict code, protecting their turf and punishing those who break their rules. Maya, a young woman who has lost her family, joins them. When Shin, a thief wounded…
Eve in Love
Japanese Drama - 2013, 1 episodes7.0
Set within the Tokyo DisneySea theme park, the love lives of various people are told. Gakkun has been preparing for his accounting license exam. Nao Nanami works in the gift wrapping section of a department store.
Nasake no Onna SP
Japanese Special - 2012, 1 episodes7.4
Matsudaira Matsuko of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau’s Eighteenth Tax Investigation Section, Information Branch is carrying out secret surveillance on a transsexual bar. She scents tainted money not just from…
