Tamori

Kazuyoshi Morita, known by his stage name Tamori (an anagram of his surname), is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi) and Sanma Akashiya. For more than…

Katagiri Kenji

Katagiri Kenji was born in Osaka in 1979 and was already making 8mm films when he was in high school. After graduating, he worked in France for three years as the assistant for Yann Dedet, who edited several films by François Truffaut. He returned to Japan in 2003 and gathered experience as an assistant…

Okamura Takashi

Okamura Takashi is a member of the comedy duo Ninety-Nine along with former soccer player Hiroshi Yabe. The two of them also appear on the comedy program Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! which usually consists of comedic celebrity interviews, elaborate pranks, absurd group challenges, and recurring skits that occasionally…

Sugimoto Miki

Sugimoto began her career as a model and television personality. She made her film debut in Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha (1971), which starred Reiko Ike. Sugimoto's and Ike's careers would become closely linked in several of Toei's Pinky Violent films, in which they were usually cast as rivals. In 1973,…

Take Masaharu

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1967, Take Masaharu graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1986, during the course of his studies, he began making independent films. He then moved on to work as an assistant director for directors like Ishii Takashi or Sai Yoichi and made his feature film debut with…

Park Chan Ho

Park Chan Ho (Korean: 박찬호; Hanja: 朴贊浩; born June 30, 1973) is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball…

Matsui Daigo

Daigo Matsui (松居大悟 Matsui Daigo, born November 2, 1985 in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. During his studies at Keio University he established a theater troupe called “Gojigen”, which he still manages today. He made several short films, music videos, and…

Imai Mika

Mika Imai was born in Gumma Prefecture. She decided to become a director because she had felt that there are no movies in Sign Language. She has been making short movies in Sign Language since she was 12 years old with her younger brother. She enrolled in the Wako University in 2011 and she studied…

Gosha Hideo

Gosha Hideo was a Japanese film director born in Arasaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from high school and served in the Imperial Navy during the Second World War. After earning a business degree at Meiji University, he joined Nippon Television as a reporter in 1953. In 1957, he moved on to…

Rhee Dae Eun

Lee Dae Eun, known as Rhee Dae Eun as he prefers to stylize his last name as "Rhee" instead of "Lee", is a South Korean retired pitcher. He graduated from Shinil High School and in 2007 he was selected by the Chicago Cubs as part of the Major League Baseball entry draft. He moved to the United States…

Nakai-kun Onsen

From July 1996, broadcasts were started every Saturday at midnight on the Osaka area local ( Nippon TV , West Japan Broadcasting, etc., with some delayed broadcasts). Initially, they enjoyed talks at the public bath…

Dasshutsu Game DERO!

Dasshutsu Game DERO! was a quiz game show that was broadcasted in Nippon TV from late 2009 to early 2011. Blinfolded participants were taken into a room with various puzzles or quiz questions, which they must able…

Guru Guru Ninety Nine

"Guru Guru Ninety Nine" is a comedy variety show hosted by Ninety Nine that has been broadcast on the Nippon Television Network since April 10, 1994. The shows has many segments, but the audience rating of the program…

Ano Yoru wo Oboeteru

"When you dance and I sing, a new era of nights is born." "All Night Nippon" began on a certain night in 1967. Fun nights, lonely nights, anxious nights. On any night, the voice coming from the radio was right there.…

The Sheep Story

4.0

Chronicling the adventures of a young man and his sheep, as well as the exploits of a middle-aged man who’s running after his first love. (Source: Nippon Connection) ~~ Release date: 2015 (Festival)

The Phantom Atom Boy

In time for the second Tokyo Olympics in 2018, and the world is full of turbulent war refugees due to terrorism and economic depression, Nippon is as compassionate as it is now. Repeatedly, every day of forced voting…

Kuroe no Ryugi

6.6

Chloe is a French girl attending a Japanese high school, and despite her pretty blonde hair and blue eyes, she is obsessed with Japanese culture and historical dramas, making her speak like a samurai. (Source: moshimoshi-nippon.jp)

Budokan

6.9

Budokan is an upbeat touching story that revolves around a fictional idol unit NEXT YOU struggling for a break in the industry and striving to perform at the famous Nippon Budokan–one of the most revered concert…

Yamashita Tomohisa: Route 66

7.5

Hit the legendary Route 66 with Yamashita Tomohisa! The former NEWS member gets in a pickup truck and drives across America – from Chicago to Los Angeles – for the 12-episode Nippon Television documentary. Along…

Another Gantz

7.3

Before finding out the "Perfect Answer", discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect Answer, this film is an alternate perspective version of the first…