Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

Ishihara Tatsumi

Ishihara Tatsumi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Chikyugi and was previously associated with En Theatrical Group, Shinkokugeki, Cosmo Project, and Stardas 21. (Source: MyDramaList)

Misaki Fuko

Misaki Fuko is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. She was formerly affiliated with Office Junior. Initially starting her career as an actress, she later transitioned to voice acting, participating in Toei Animation productions. (Source: MyDramaList)

Kishi Kotaro

Kishi Kotaro is a former Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name is Ishikawa Kotaro (石川浩太郎). From 1989, he changed his name to Onodera Mitsuru (小野寺充). At one point, he directed adult films under his real name. (Source: MyDramaList)

Utena Masataka

Utena Masataka is a Japanese film decorator based in Tokyo, Japan, currently affiliated with Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. During his student years, Utena worked part-time on commercial sets and was inspired to pursue a career in the film industry after visiting a film set of Kurosawa Akira. In 1990,…

Umeura Yoichi

Umeura Yoichi is a Japanese television and film producer born in Tokyo. He has served as the head of Toho Television and as the President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha. In 1993, Umeura became President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, a subsidiary of Toho, where he continued his work in television film production. However,…

Ogasawara Ryoichi

Ogasawara Ryochi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan, affiliated with the theater company Haiyuza. He began his training at Haiyuza's institute in 1959 as part of the 8th class. In recent years, he has continued to work actively in stage performances. (Source: MyDramaList)

Takigami Yuka

Takigami Yuka, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a former Japanese idol and talent. She was previously affiliated with Horipro. In 1999, she passed a magazine audition, and in 2000, she joined the entertainment industry as a member of the idol group P-chicks, following a public internet vote. After P-chicks…

Endo Haru

Endo Haru was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She was affiliated with Gekidan Shiki, Talent Agent, Tokyo Actor's Pro, Gekidan Ars Nova, and Gekidan Bara-za before joining Aoni Production. Endo passed away on September 20, 1999, at the age of 66. (Source: MyDramaList)

Ishiyama Katsumi

Ishiyama Katsumi is a Japanese actor and television host based in Tokyo. After leaving Meiji University’s Faculty of Literature, he joined the NBK Theatre Company in 1954. He has since worked across theater, film, television, and radio. (Source: MyDramaList)

Haru no Sanmyaku

After graduating from high school in Tokyo, Tomoko returns to her hometown. She wants to find a job there, to help her mother and younger brother. Due to the fate, immediately after her arrival, she manages to find…

She and He

7.8

A middle-class woman in Tokyo, Ishikawa Naoko lives with her husband in a shining new apartment building on a hill overlooking a slum. As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as a businessman, Naoko…

Dangerous Blues

A North Korean spy working in Tokyo cabaret, luring in South Korean tourist for information.

Red Paper Lantern

6.1

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.

The Tattooed Hitman

The most dangerous hired gun in Tokyo’s underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there’s a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed…

Brother And Sister

9.0

Set in a rural village outside of Tokyo, 'Brother And Sister' is a dark drama of obsessive family relationships marked by both violence and tenderness. Mon, the eldest daughter of an authoritarian father who has come…

The Twilight Story

4.0

A village girl lives in Tokyo as a prostitute to support her ailing mother. One day she meets an allegedly unmarried teacher and falls in love.

Beauty the Enemy

4.0

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of an orchid farmer is abandoned by her two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city. (Source: Filmaffinity.com) ~~ Adapted from a novel by Kawaguchi Matsutaro…

Kieta Kyojingun

All the players of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, a professional baseball team, who got on the Shinkansen to move to Koshien Stadium, suddenly disappeared. A newly-married detective, Susumu Sagami and his wife, Fumiko who…