Nishimura Kou

Nishimura Kou was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Kurosawa Akira's "The Bad Sleep Well" and "Yojimbo", Okamoto Kihachi's "Sword of Doom", Nomura Yoshitaro's "Zero Focus", and Ichikawa Kon's "The Burmese Harp". (Source: Wikipedia)

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Morishige Hisaya

Morishige Hisaya was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School) and attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchukuo. He appeared in nearly 250 films,…

Sano Shiro

Sano Shiro is a well known Japanese actor and director, born on March 4, 1955 in Yamanashi City, in the Yamanashi Prefecture. He directed the movie Tales of Terror from Tokyo Vol. 1. (Source: French Nautilijon)

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…

Adachi Yumi

Adachi Yumi is a Japanese actress, model, and singer born in Taito, Tokyo. Her artistic surname, Adachi, corresponds to her mother's maiden name. She made her modeling debut at two years of age and her J-Pop singing debut on 23 June 1993, aged almost twelve. Her big break was in 1994, with the drama…

Kazama Morio

Kazama Morio, real name Sumida Tomohito, is a Japanese actor, born on April 26, 1949 in Satagaya, Tokyo. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for Shiki Natsuko and Yūgure made and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yamano Umi

Yamano Umi is a Japanese actress.

Furukawa Kotone

Furukawa Kotone is a Japanese actress born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She began learning ballet when she was a child and loved being in front of people. As an extension of ballet, she decided to start acting and joined the drama club in both middle school and high school. She went to Rikkyo University…

Makoto Naoya

Makoto Naoya debuted as an actor in 1971. His first appearance was as a guest performer in the film Gendai Yakuza: Sakura Chi Sankyoudai at the age of 23. In 1971 and 1972, Makoto appeared in the film series Furyou Banchou. Over the next few years, Makoto performed in a variety of small roles. He also…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 14: Umi o Watatta Ai to Satsui

A dream competition between Inspector Totsugawa, a work by Nishimura Kyotaro, and Meitantei Catherine, a work by Yamamura Misa! This work is a very valuable thing that Nishimura Kyotaro wrote for the program in order…

Ki no umi

6.9

At the foot of Mt. Fuji lies the so-called suicide forest, a notorious place where people wary of life can exhale their last gasp. The four different stories in Jyukai all focus on this truly existing forest in Japan,…

Kawa, Itsuka Umi e

7.2

NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of Japan today. A ball floats from the river's source to the sea, unlocking…

Karera no Umi

Part of documentary serie, " Their Sea" (彼らの海) aired between 1999-2008. Part 7-8, as this one, were dramatized, then they back to their documentary style. Aired on Kumamoto TV, related to Fuji TV .

Fumiko no Umi

8.0

A blind girl faces a series of hardships — poverty, discrimination, the death of a friend, and more, but she never gives up hope. To make a living, Fumiko, who is around 10, is apprenticed to a masseuse. While coping…

Hikari Sasu Umi, Bokuno Fune

4.0

When her brother dies, a girl's relationship to her parents changes forever.

Coyote, Umi e

4.0

The drama tells the story of Haruya, whose father suddenly disappeared from his life. To know more about his father, Haruya leaves for New York, where he experiences his first exposure to 'Beat Generation' culture…

Ruten no Umi

It is an autobiographical story, covering half-life of Kumago Matsuzaka modeled after novelist Miyamoto Teru's father. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Ruten no Umi" (流転の海) by Miyamoto Teru (宮本輝)

Sora to Umi wo Koete

Sorekara no Umi

A drama that looks at the current state of the disaster-stricken area filmed in Tanohata-mura, Iwate Prefecture, which was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. A family living in temporary housing takes a step…