Kuga Yoko

Kuga Yoko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Her real name and maiden name is Koga Yoko. She belongs to Oscar Promotion. Her father is Koga Seiichi, the chairman of Oscar Promotion Co., Ltd. In 1988, she made her debut as an actress in the Fuji TV drama "Netsuppoino!". After…

Kurara Haruka

Kurara Harukaa, birth name Yamasaki Kumiko (山崎久美子) was a Takarazuka Revue Top Star before starting her TV and film acting career in 1984 with Toho Entertainment. Her stage name was given by the playwright Yashiro Seiichi. 'Haruka' (遥) means 'aimed at far away' while 'Kurara' is romaji for…

Ogoe Yuki

Ogoe Yuuki was a child actor under the talent agency Theatre. He is known for his role as Echizen Ryoma in Prince of Tennis Musical. His other roles included: Shion in Psychedelic Pain Musical Kaneki Ken in Tokyo Ghoul Stage Onoda Sakamichi in Yowamushi Pedal Stage Horikawa Kunihiro in Touken Ranbu…

Ogawa Hirooki

Ogawa Hirooki was a Japanese composer born in Shinbashi, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. He served as a director of the Japan Composer's Association. He graduated from Daikura High School of Commerce's Junior Division in 1943, and furthered his studies in vocal music under Tachimatsu Fusako and Sonoda Seiichi,…

Ryu Keiichiro

Ryu Keiichiro was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Akasaka-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Ikeda Ichiro. He graduated from the Department of French Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. During the war, he departed as a student soldier and fought in mainland China as an army officer.…

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

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,…

Okada Nana

Okada Nana is a former Japanese idol and actress. Okada got her start in show business in the TV Asahi program "Anata o Star Ni!" (You Are a Star!) in 1974. She was signed to NAV Records and released her first single, "Hitorigoto" (Soliloquy), in May 1975. In the spring of 1976, she released her biggest…

Aono Hirayoshi

Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Azabu-ku, Roppongi (now Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi). His birthplace had the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Aono Sohonpo", and the popular product "Umochi" was also made by Aono's suggestion "a confectionery that can be eaten in the dressing room without…

Shuchakueki Series 2: Shuchakueki

~~ Adapted from the novel "Shuchakueki" (終着駅) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Woman in the Mist

5.5

Otoku asks her brother Fumikichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel life. Bunkichi admonishes the boy to study harder, but it seems…

Shuchakueki Series 7: Machi

~~ Adapted from the novel "Machi" (街) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Munesue Keiji no Nise Kanzen Hanzai

~~ Adapted from the novel "Nise Kanzen Hanzai" (偽完全犯罪) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Shuchakueki no Ushio Keiji vs Jiken Kisha Saeko 15: Seizon-sha

~~ Adapted from the novel "Hokori Aru Higaisha" (誇りある被害者) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Shuchakueki Series 30: Satsujin no Saiken

~~ Adapted from the novel "Satsujin no Saiken" (殺人の債権) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Shuchakueki Series 31: Satsujin no Hana Kyaku

~~ Adapted from the novel "Satsujin no Hana Kyaku" (殺人の花客) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Shuchakueki Series 35: Kishimo no Matsuei

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kishimo no Matsuei" (鬼子母の末裔) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Shuchakueki Series 36: Yuki no Hotaru

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yuki no Hotaru" (雪の螢) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Detchiage: Satsujin Kyoshi to Yobareta Otoko

7.8

The year is 2003. Elementary school teacher Yabushita Seiichi is accused of corporal punishment of a student, Himuro Takuto, by a parent, Himuro Ritsuko. Corporal punishment is a harsh term, but the details of the…