Kitabayashi Tanie

Kitabayashi Tanie was a Japanese actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well-known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue…

Mori Mitsuko

Mori Mitsuko, real name Murakami Mitsu, was a Japanese actress. In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play Hōrōki (放浪記 "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded…

Hidari Tokie

Hidari Tokie is a Japanese actress from Toyama prefecture. She graduated from the Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education. After working for My Promortion and Takase Productions, she joined Fathers Corporation.

Ikeda Ko

Born in Nagasaki prefecture . After graduating from Waseda University , he belonged to the Shiki Theater Company and Tokyo Kid Brothers , and while stepping on numerous stages, he also showed a solid presence in TV dramas . Also active as a singer, released a number of special effects and anime theme…

Otani Kazuo

Otani Kazuo was a Japanese composer, arranger and keyboardist from Tokyo, Japan.

Kobayashi Toshiko

Kobayashi Toshiko, born in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. In April 1946, she left school and joined the Nichigeki Dancing Team (NDT), making her stage debut in February 1947. In 1949, she was scouted by director Kinoshita Keisuke of Shochiku and debuted in the film "Yabure Daiko."…

Hosoyamada Takahito

Hosoyamada Takahito is a Japanese actor. Height 177 cm. Weight 60 kg. Blood type A type. Special skill is basketball. He is from Tokyo. Graduated from the Nihon University College of Arts. He debuted in 1989. He is a former child actor who made his debut at the age of 4 at the movie "Water Moon" in…

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Kanai Dai

Kanai Dai was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. He dropped out of the Chuo University, Department of Law. In 1952, he founded the theater company Izumiza. His eldest son is the actor Kanai Setsu. On June 17, 2001, at the age of 74, he died of pneumonia at a hospital…

Ishii Hideaki

Ishii Hideaki is an actor and voice actor from Niigata prefecture. He belongs to the theater group Yen. When he was a junior high school student, he aspired to become an actor when he remained in the final selection of the movie "Shonben Rider". He moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school. After…

Manzai Association the Movie

A documentary film about comedians in Tokyo who put their hearts on the stage. Why do Manzai performers continue to stand on the "stage"? Since June 2023, as a new and youngest ever chairman of Manzai association,…

Nibisabi no Su

After leaving Ishikawa Prefecture to live in Tokyo, Haruto is confused by the changes in people, towns, and time after his grandmother's death and feels that life is difficult. One day, his older sister Akane, who…

See You Again

Manga artist Yuki rushes from Tokyo to Kyoto upon receiving news that her father has been critically injured in an accident. After her father is discharged from the hospital, he goes to a nursing home named Hallelujah…

Nihon Toitsu 67

Himuro Renji and Tamura Yuto return to Tokyo to confront Okada Toru. What awaited them was a notice of succession from the Hasseikai, which was supposed to be affiliated with the Kyowakai. When Himuro learns that the…

Blood & Sweat

Suzumiya Aki is a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division. She possesses an exceptional nose and tenacity at crime scenes and has solved numerous challenging cases. However,…

Bumpkin Soup

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A country girl visits a college in Tokyo in search of her high school band heartthrob. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus--a constantly horny coed, a psychology…

Tezuka's Barbara

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The story is set in modern-day Tokyo. Famous novelist Yosuke Mikura encounters a young girl in the subway station and brings her home to his condominium. The girl's name is Barbara. For all her bad manners and constant…

Return to Sender

A quiet little shop in downtown Tokyo serves as a haven for Japan's lost young souls. They share their innermost feelings with their future selves in letters they'll receive exactly one year later. (Source: nhk.or.jp)