Oya Ichijiro

Oya Ichijiro was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa Suga, Tokyo. He made his stage debut in 1907 at the age of 13, performing as a child extra in Beggar's Child or Nobleman's Child (乞食の子か大名の子か). He studied under actor Fujii Rokusuke (藤井六輔), adopting the stage name Fujikawa…

Mizushima Mitsuyo

Mizushima Mitsuyo is a Japanese actress born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.

Kuno Shiro

Kuno Shiro was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Asakusa, Japan. In 1933, he debuted on stage with the Shinpa theatrical group. In 1937, he joined the Todo troupe. In 1945, he became a member of the Enoken troupe. In 1947, he joined the Toho Theater Division. In 1948, he founded the Shortcake…

Mizuki Ranko

Mizuki Ranko was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.

Sawamura Sonosuke II

Sawamura Sonosuke II was a Kabuki actor born in Asakusa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture. His younger brothers are the actors Ito Yunosuke and Sawamura Shonosuke I. He debuted at the Imperial Theater in 1922. Two years later in 1924, he succeeded to the name of the second-generation Sawamura Sonosuke.…

Kojika Ban

Kojika Ban, born Kojika Atsushi (小鹿敦) in Asakusa, Kappabashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Initially interested in painting, he became passionate about theater after joining his high school drama club at Omiya High School (大宮高等学校). He later pursued a degree in Theater Studies…

Onda Seijiro

He was born in 1907 (Meiji 40) at Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Asakusa District (now Tokyo, Taito-ku, Asakusa) . His father was a landowner in Saitama prefecture . In 1925 (Taisho 14), at the age of 18 , entered the gate of Toyo Kinema 's famous actor Kondo Iyokichi .He was a movie benshi until 1935.…

Mori Shizuko

Mori Shizuko was a Japanese actress and former child actor born in Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. Her birth name is Kimura Shizuko. In 1915, under the guidance of her father, she made her stage debut at the age of six. In 1917, she entered Matsuba Elementary School in Asakusa Ward.。 In 1937, she married actor…

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…

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…

Leave It to the Nurses The Movie

7.5

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 SP

5.0

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…

Aruhi, Ahiru Bus

7.9

40-year-old Asakura Hazuki used to work for a big publishing company and was the editor of the female magazine ‘Us’. However, the magazine is discontinued. Hazuki’s contract with the publishing company is not…

Leave It to the Nurses

8.8

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.

Miss Target

7.0

35-year-old Asakura Sumire is a marriage con artist who has used her beauty and skillful techniques to trick many men. She targets men who make a killing through nefarious means. The people she deceives are also guilty…

I Just Want to See You

7.6

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

7.8

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

10.0

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

8.6

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

7.6

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…