Yamashiro Shingo

Yamashiro Shingo was a Japanese television and film actor. Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born Watanabe Yasuji but used Yamashiro Shingo as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957. Yamashiro starred in the television series Hakuba Doji, beginning in 1960. During the…

Miyashita Junko

Miyashita Junko is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema. Miyashita Junko was born in Tokyo. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films. Her debut film was in July 1971 with "That's How I Lost".…

Endo Koji

Endo Koji is a Japanese composer managed by SOUND KID'S. He has worked on a vast number of films in the past decade. He has been composing music for Takashi Miike since the 1997 film Rainy Dog. He currently works out of his own studio named SoundKids in Tokyo, Japan. Endo first picked up jazz guitar…

Hirayama Aya

Hirayama Aya, born January 13, 1984, is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys (2001), as well as appearing in two television programs in her native Japan, "Waratte Iitomo" and "Itsumo futari de". Aya was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara.…

Nishida Toshiyuki

Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida was an actor born in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Nishida Toshiyuki won two Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards, one for "The Silk Road" (敦煌) in 1988 (Best Actor) an the other for "Free and Easy 6" (釣りバカ日誌６) in 1993. In 2003, he won the Blue Ribbon Award…

Yoshida Yoh

Yoshida Yo is a Japanese actress born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Her real name and old stage name is Yoshida Yoko. She is represented by the talent agency Oranku. She discovered her love for acting after first appearing on stage in 1997, where she stayed until 2007 when she was discovered by…

Suzuki Seijun

Seijun Suzuki was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically…

Kitamura Kazuki

Kitamura Kazuki is a Japanese actor born in Osaka, Japan. He was previously affiliated with From First Production until September 21, 2022, and is currently represented by PANDA Co., Ltd. as of September 22, 2022. Kitamura attended Yuge Merchant Marine Technical High School but left early. He initially…

Sakamoto Takeshi

Sakamoto Takeshi was a Japanese actor born in Sakagoshi, Ago, Hyogo, Japan. His real name was Nagai Takehei (永石武平). After graduating from Sakagoshi Elementary School, he initially worked at a watch shop in Osaka, Japan. However, his life took a turn when he attended a magic show performed by…

Tanaka Kinuyo

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine,…

Rakujitsu Moyu

2.0

Koki Hirota was the only civilian hanged as a Class A war criminal by the Tokyo Tribunal after World War II. His life is the subject of "Rakujitsu Moyu" ("The Setting Sun Burns"), a drama based on the novel by Saburo…

Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto

7.2

The Hongo family, living near the Tokyo Skytree, is struggling. Yuji, who gave up his music dreams, works in human resources but is too afraid to take risks. Amid a recession, he is tasked with firing older colleagues,…

Taiyo ni Hoero

4.0

The story follows Fujisawa, a section chief who works at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Nanamagari Police Station, Investigation Division 1, and his adventures with a group of colorful detectives, each known by their…

Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku - Keiji Inukai Hayato

6.7

The dead body of a young woman is discovered in a park right in front of Kasugano Police Precinct in the heart of Tokyo. All her organs have been taken out. While an investigation task force is being set up, ace detective…

HAMU - Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko

6.8

Assistant Inspector Natsuhara Shinji of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division is an outstanding detective. A compassionate, affable person well-liked by his colleagues and juniors, he has a…

Gekikaradou

7.4

Sarukawa Kenta, a marketer for a mid-range drinks company based in Osaka, is transferred to the Tokyo office for a good job. But in the new place, all difficult clients were thrown off on him, and his colleagues are…

Gekikaradou Season 2

8.2

Kenta Sarukawa is employed in the sales promotion department at the Tokyo branch office of Lonron drink company, and he has a fondness for spicy cuisine. Miyu Onodera, who joined the company around the same time as…

Trace

7.8

Reiji Mano is a forensic science researcher at the Scientific Research Laboratory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is good at his job, possessing a vast amount of knowledge and having excellent technique.…

Chou no Rikigaku

7.6

Kisaragi Toko is a detective in Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano’s transfer…

Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 5

7.9

Kindaichi Hajime is a high school student and a private detective with an IQ of 180. He solves murder cases that are riddled with difficult clues. Kindaichi Hajime works with his childhood friend Nanase Miyuki and…