Kinoshita Houka

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…

Ogura Hisahiro

Ogura Hisahiro is a Japanese actor. He was born in Taiki, Watarai, Mie, Japan on October 26, 1954. He has a main role in film Yumemi Doori no Hitobito as Satomi.

Katase Rino

Rino Katase is a Japanese actress. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 11th Japan Academy Prize for Gokudō no Onnatachi 2 and Yoshiwara Enjō.

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)

Fukiishi Kazue

Fukiishi Kazue is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami and Memories of Tomorrow. Her father, Fukiishi Tokuichi, is a former Kintetsu Buffalos baseball player. She married actor Fukuyama Masaharu on her birthday…

Murakami Makito

Murakami Makito is a Japanese director.

Izumi Hina

Uchida Yasuo

Kuroki Hitomi

Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress. Before entering the television business, she was one of the top musumeyaku (those who play the female role) in the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female theatre troupe. In 1997, she won many awards for her outstanding performance in "Lost Paradise". Apart from her acting…

Sakurai Hiroko

Sakurai Hiroko is a Japanese actress, author and producer at Tsuburaya Productions.

Dokuhime to Watashi

6.5

Single publishing editor (Sakurai) who encounters a young aspiring author (Kurokawa Mei) who has to use a wheelchair. Because of her sharp tongue, the young woman is referred to as a "Dokuhime," or "poison princess."…

We Love Quintuplets Season 4

The fourth installment follows the Sakurai quintuplets, who have quickly grown into fourth-grade students. Their personalities, both strengths and flaws, have become even more distinct: eldest son Takuya shows strong…

We Love Quintuplets Season 5

The fifth installment follows the Sakurai quintuplets as they enter fifth grade. Their dreams for the future are becoming more defined, and their distinct personalities are clearer than ever. As they grow, each begins…

We Love Quintuplets Go Go!!

The second installment follows the Sakurai quintuplets in their second year of high school. As they steadily grow more independent, handling their studies, romances, future plans, and even friends’ problems on their…

We Love Quintuplets Go Go Go!!

The third installment follows the Sakurai quintuplets as they enter their final year of high school. Takeya struggles to raise his grades while aiming to become a doctor. Miho hopes to enroll in a well-known women’s…

The Boat to Heaven

9.0

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean every day. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin and…

Happy Hour

7.3

Akari, Sakurako, Fumi, and Jun are in their late 30s. They think they are friends that can talk about anything to each other, but they learn that Jun has been in the process of divorce for over a year. This stirs the…

Virgin Road

7.5

To pursue her dreams, Sakurai Kazumi quits her job and goes to New York to study jewelry design, against the objections of her naggy and stubborn but well-meaning father. As part of remaking herself, she changes from…

Shoro Nagashi: Anata wo Wasurenai

8.0

In the summer of 1982, Sakurai Masahiko returns home to Nagasaki so he can participate in sending off the floating lanterns during O-bon. It's the first O-bon since his beloved aunt, Setsuko, has died. Masahiko is…

Sabae to Yattara Owaru

6.8

Uji spends his days consulting with Sabae Reika, Sakurai's best friend and Uji's friend, about his feelings for his classmate, Sakurai. However, sometimes, he becomes strangely conscious of Sabae, gets nervous, and…