381 results found for: Asakusa Kid
Dazai Hisao
Dazai Hisao was a Japanese actor born in Senzoku, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. During middle school, due to the impact of military training where he was fired at close range by a machine gun, his hearing deteriorated slightly, and since then, his voice became about one octave higher than others. Although…
Shibata Hidekatsu
Shibata Hidekatsu is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asakusa, Tokyo and is affiliated with Aoni Production. He was a classmate of former prime minister Fukuda Yasuo at Azabu High School. Shibata was married to fellow voice actor Sekine Akiko. He is most known for his roles as Baron Ashura…
Hayashiya Chinpei
Hayashiya Chinpei was a Japanese rakugo storyteller and actor from Senzoku-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo.
Yanagi Sakuko
Yanagi Sakuko was a Japanese actress born in Nicho-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. Her real name is Kuroyanagi Chiyoko. In the 1920s, she was the heroine of numerous Shochiku films. She lost her father shortly after birth, and her mother died when she was five years old. Yanagi, who became an orphan, was taken…
Fushimi Nobuko
Fushimi Nobuko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Kojima-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Doshisha Girls' High School. Her father, Fushimi Saburo, is a Shinpa actor, and she appeared on the Shinpa stage early on with her sister Naoe as a child actor on the stage. In 1926, she joined…
Sazanka Kyu
Sazanka Kyu was a Japanese actor. Sazanka debuted as a singer in Asakusa in 1932 and was active on the vaudeville circuit as a member of the Akireta Boizu. He made his film debut in 1946. (Source: Wikipedia)
Ohmiya Toshimitsu
Ohmiya Toshimitsu was a Japanese actor. He was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
Takasugi Sanae
Takasugi Sanae, born Kinoshi Hiroko (喜熨斗弘子) in Asakusa, Japan, was a Japanese actress whose former stage name was Shimizu Hiro (清水ヒロ). She was married to thirdgeneration Ichikawa Danjiro (三代目市川段四郎), and they had three children: Ichikawa Eno, fourth-generation Ichikawa…
Sawamura Sadako
Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…
Atsumi Kiyoshi
Atsumi Kiyoshi (Born Tadokoro Yasuo) was a Japanese film actor. He started his career in 1951 as a comedian at a strip-show theater in Asakusa. After two years of fighting pulmonary tuberculosis, he made his debut on TV in 1956 and on film in 1957. His vivid performance of a lovable, innocent man in…
Leave It to the Nurses The Movie
Japanese Movie - 20027.5
Flighty young nurse Asakura Izumi longs to have her honeymoon in a far off tropical paradise but her doctor husband feels that he cannot afford to take time off from developing his career. To Izumi's dismay, Wakabakai…
Leave It to the Nurses
Japanese Drama - 1996, 13 episodes8.8
The drama follows Asakura, who is training to be a nurse and believes that nursing is the only profession for her, even after repeated failures.
Leave It to the Nurses SP
Japanese Special - 2014, 2 episodes5.0
The married couple Asakura Izumi and Takasugi Kentaro provide consultation to island residents at a clinic situated on a hill overlooking the sea. The two of them who met at Wakabakai General Hospital as nurse and…
I Just Want to See You
Japanese Drama - 2022, 4 episodes7.6
Childhood friends Nagase Yuma and Asakura Sakura have been together through elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Sakura has always felt something for Yuma that he could never say to him. In their…
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Japanese Movie - 20127.8
Reiko Endo is a local newspaper reporter in Amakusa. She then visits the city of Nagaoka for different reasons. One is to find out why Nagaoka accepted displaced victims from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami so quickly.…
Ai Yori Aoku
Japanese Drama - 1972, 312 episodes10.0
The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing…
Leave It to the Nurses Season 4
Japanese Drama - 2002, 13 episodes8.6
After their much awaited honeymoon, Izumi Asakura and Kentaro Takasugi return home. It's been seven years since Izumi started nursing, so she feels like she's a veteran. Unfortunately for her though, there is a new…
True Colors
Japanese Drama - 2025, 9 episodes7.6
Tachibana Misaki, who moved to Tokyo from Amakusa after graduating from high school, is now a top photographer in the fashion photography industry. She has gained the trust of top Italian designers and is trying to…
Blue Fight: Aoki Wakamonotachi no Breaking Down
Japanese Movie - 20257.4
Ikuto and Ryoma meet in juvenile detention and become fast friends. Inspired by one of Asakura's motivational speeches, they resolve to fight in the Breaking Down combat event, but rivalries plunge their lives into…
Unlucky Girl!
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes7.5
Fukura Sachi is a girl with zero luck with money, Asakura Kaori has zero luck with people, while the unemployed Ayanami Itsuki has zero luck with work. Three girls with different kinds of unluckiness accidentally meet…
