Wakasugi Mitsuo

Wakasugi Mitsuo was a Japanese director and screenwriter from Beppu, Oita, Japan.

Endo Mitsuki

Mitsuki Endo is a Japanese actress, singer, and gravure idol from Oita prefecture. (Source: JP Wikipedia)

Honda Miyu

Her debut was in 2010 starring Pizza Hut advertisements but her popularity came with her role in Kaseifu no Mita as Asuda Kii. Untill then she played minor roles in shows like Marumo no Okite, Ikemen Desu Ne (ep1) and Gantz: the perfect answer. She started to learn ice hockey at the age of 3 and with…

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria, born Nakayama Yusuke, is an actor and singer born in Ōita Ōita Prefecture, Japan who premiered primarily on Japanese networks such as JDTV and JHJ. He was best known for his work on many popular game shows, television programs, and shorts. He is also known simply as "Yūsuke". His…

Abe Tetsuro

Abe Tetsuro was a Japanese screenwriter and broadcast writer born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. His name is also written as Abe Tetsuro (阿倍徹郎) and Abe Tetsuro (安部徹郎). In 1948, he joined the Japanese Communist Party. During his early membership, he was involved in the party’s movement to…

Ashida Mana

Ashida Mana is a Japanese actress and talent. She was born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She first acted in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2. She became the youngest lead star in Japanese drama history when she starred in the special drama "Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien".…

Ono Katsuo

Ono Katsuo is a Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer from Horikawa, Shimogyu, Kyoto, Japan. He began his music career as a member of The Spiders from 1962 to 1970. Following this, he joined PYG from 1971 to 1972 and the Inoue Takayuki Band from 1971 to 1980. In 1980, he formed…

Higashino Keigo

Higashino Keigo was born in the Ikuno Ward of Osaka City. He incorporates his experience in his hometown into his works, notable examples include "Byakuya" and "Namiwa Shonen Tanteidan". Originally, his last name was read as Tono but his father changed the reading to Higashino. He graduated from the…

Kawabata Yoshika

Hosokawa Shigeki

Hosokawa Shigeki is a Japanese actor and former model. From 1995 to 2000, he was a professional model. He took time off from modeling in 2002 to study acting more thoroughly. He did not go to an acting school after his high school graduation so he used this time to improve his skill. Though mainly a…

Saotome Chiharu no Tenjo Hokoku-sho 6: Yufuin Yukemuri Tour Satsujin Jiken

The stage this time is Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, a hot spring town. Chiharu challenges the murders that occur one after another in the hot spring town and the magnificent nature with her sharp reasoning power. The co-starring…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25

Himejima, a remote island floating in the Suo Sea off Oita Prefecture. While visiting the island on assignment, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko becomes close to the family that runs his lodging: Nakaseko Taishi, his mother…

Teppen no Ken

Yui is the best swordswoman in the Sengoku period. She somehow travels through time to Oita Prefecture in 2019. There, she meets Fujii Masato. He is a young CEO who runs a sake brewery. Fujii Masato was once good enough…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 42: Kyushu Hina no Kuni Satsujin Route

A call girl named Eve was killed in Tokyo. To find out the truth of the incident, Totsugawa and Kamei went to Hita, Oita Prefecture, which is thought to be Eve's hometown. The one Hina doll that remained in Eve's room…

A Sower of Seeds

8.0

"Tanemaku Tabibito: Minori no Cha" describes people who are enthusiastic to make refreshing tea. The background of the movie is set in Usuki, Oita. Kinjiro is a public officer who drinks alcohol with field workers.…

Sonjo Sokora Shotengai

4.0

In 2000, Aoyama Makoto returns to the deserted shopping street in his hometown of Bungo Takada City in Oita Prefecture for the first time in 15 years. The death of his mother spurred him to resign from the event company…

Good Luck

Just shy of 30, Oyama Taro is a self-proclaimed film director who has always depended on women to support him. After his film is selected for a festival held in Oita Prefecture, he travels there—only to be harshly…

South Bound

7.2

An eccentric family decides to move to a remote island and drop out of mainstream society in order to save the place the father once called home. ~~ Adapted from the novel by Okuta Hideo.

Sisters of the Gion

7.3

The story centers around two sisters, who are geisha, living in an okiya of their own in the licensed pleasure district of Gion, Kyoto. The two women have very different outlooks on relationships with men. Umekichi,…

52 Hertz no Kujiratachi

7.4

Mishima Kiko was abused and neglected by her family. After distancing herself from them, she moves to a seaside town in Oita, where she meets 13-year-old Mushi, a boy traumatized by abuse and unable to speak. His situation…