Naruse Katsuo

Naruse Katsuo is a Japanese director and screenwriter. In 1997, he made his directorial debut with "Immoral Affairs". In the same year, "Setouchi Moonlight Serenade" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, and then moved on to drama, writing screenplays such as Kiraware Matsuko no Issho,…

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Ando Mitsuo

Ando Mitsuo was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He began his career with the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1947 at the age of 18, remaining until 1953. He made his film debut in 1958 with Toei in "Jigoku no Gozen Niji" and continued into the 1960s, appearing in gangster films and action movies…

Nitani Hideaki

Nitani Hideaki was a Japanese actor born in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School (京都府立東舞鶴高等学校) and attended Doshisha University (同志社大学) but dropped out of the Department of English Literature. After leaving university,…

Nanao Reiko

She was a student at Tokyo Prefectural third higher girls' school (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School) in 1942 and joined NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe after graduation. She played an active role as a voice actress in the radio drama "Kimi no Naha" in 1956. After that, she was been active…

Sakurai Reika

Sakurai Reika is a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 and the captain of the group. On July 9, 2019 she announced that she would be graduating from Nogizaka46 after after wrapping up their nationwide tour 'Nogizaka46 Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2019' on September 1, 2019,

Wakamatsu Setsuro

Wakamatsu Setsuro is an alumni of Nihon University College of Arts, graduating from faculty of broadcasting. He is known for his association with Oda Yuji, Sato Koichi and Matsushima Nanako in multiple dramas and movies. As a director, Setsuro Wakamatsu has produced multiple award-winning and nominated…

Okada Masumi

Okada Masumi was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the…

Toda Erika

Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture. Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model by the age of 13. She moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school and started her acting career…

Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Eden no Umi

4.0

Based on book by Wakasugi Kei (若杉慧).

Hatoko no Umi

6.0

The 14th NHK Asadora. Starring Mihoko Fujita as a woman who lost her memory after experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Yasube no Umi

Yasuyo Iwata, the youngest daughter of a knitwear wholesaler, devotes herself to practicing the piano . Her dream was to become a professional pianist, but her worried parents, pushed her to marry Sasaki, shop clerk,…

Eden no Umi

6.6

A new teacher from Tokyo called Nanjo is transferred to a rural all-girl high school. He is happy and kind, and with one exception, the students love him. The exception is not so friendly toward him. This girl and…

Saikai no Umi

6.0

Emerarudo no Umi ga Nikui

Kumiko, a seamstress, works in a boutique. But everyone keeps telling her that she can do better. One day, a woman witnesses a murder, but the crime makes her dream come true, and it helps her, to become owner of the…

Kyoshoku no Umi

A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment…

Haru no Umi

Minami no Umi de Dokkiri Taiken

Screenwriter meets with some older man, because of the interview. Soon, the old man dies, resulting in a series of bizarre deaths. Who is the killer and what is his motive? (Source: MyDramaList)

Kin Iro no Umi

6.5

Sanae Hashida (29 years old), who works for an advertising agency in Tokyo, accumulates physical and mental fatigue and makes an important presentation. While being overwhelmed by the feeling of frustration, she decided…