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Yokoyama Unpei
Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…
Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…
Ichikawa Raizo VIII
The star of Daiei Studio, Ichikawa Raizo got his start as a kabuki actor. Born Kamezaki Akio, he was adopted at six months old by kabuki actor, Ichikawa Kudanji. He was then given the name Takeuchi Yoshio. He debuted as a kabuki actor officially at the age of 17 (1948) in the play "Nakayama Shichiri".…
Matsu Takako
Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…
Qusumi Masayuki
Qusumi Masayuki is a mangaka and an essayist. Best known for his work of Kodoku no Gurume / Solitary Gourmet.
Oku Keiichi
Oku Keiichi is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger born in Shiga prefecture. He is presided over "or-lab." Oku graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and dropped out of the master's program at the same university. He joined Hiromi Go's…
Sakura Hisako
Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…
Isayama Hiroko
Isayama Hiroko, a Japanese actress and writer born in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Fukuoka Jogakuin High School before pursuing a career in acting. Moving to Tokyo in 1971, she trained at the Actor's Studio attached training institute and made her film debut in 1972 with "Play of White Fingers" (白い指の戯れ).…
Ichikawa Danjuro XIII
Ichikawa Danjuro XIII is a Japanese actor. He is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizo name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Ichikawa Danjuro XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six…
Horikawa Tonko
Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…
Mansaku no Hana
Japanese Drama - 1981, 156 episodes8.0
The 27th NHK Asadora. The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow
Marihu no Hana
Japanese Movie - 20052.0
"I" lived a peaceful life with my mother and older brother, but one day, my older brother decided to become a backpacker and moves to a southern island. A few years later, my mother died suddenly. "I" was left alone…
Hayazaki no Hana
Japanese Movie - 200610.0
After decades of absence, Minako returns to the small town where she had spent her childhood during WWII. Minako wishes to photograph the town's beauty as a way to remember her older brother, Shinji, and during this…
Sumire no Hana Saku Koro
Japanese Special - 2007, 1 episodes8.0
The drama lyrically depicts teenager's struggles of a 17-year-old girl whose secret dream is to become a member of Takarazuka Revue Company, leaving her rural hometown in Fukushima. (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from…
Naniwa no Hana - Ogata Koan Jikencho
Japanese Drama - 2009, 9 episodes5.0
Seemingly wimpish medical student Ogata Akira, later Ogata Koan, who was born to a samurai family yet lacks the fighting spirit, solves crime cases with a help of Sakon, a mysterious girl disguised as samurai belonging…
