Tokyo Family

7.4

An old retired couple, Shukichi Hirayama and his wife, Tomiko, come from their island near Hiroshima, to visit their children in Tokyo. They have 3 children. The oldest son, Koichi is a doctor, his sister Shigeko runs…

Shakespeare in Tokyo

7.6

An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome, sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his over-bearing older brother and prove his independence. Along the way he uses his knowledge…

Grand Maison Tokyo: Hirako Shohei no Yureru Omoi

7.7

This is a spin-off drama of Grand Maison Tokyo, focusing on Hirako Shohei's story. 3 minutes summary of each episode of this drama is aired at the end of each episode of the original story, Grand Maison Tokyo. 3 years…

The Solitary Gourmet

7.5

Inokashira Goro, a trader of imported goods, enjoys dining at restaurants. The story opens with a quick jaunt to Paris, where an elderly Japanese expat, Ichiro, entrusts Goro with a mission to find the ingredients…

The Day's Organ

7.6

Set towards the end of World War II, Itakura Kaede, who leads kindergartners, and Nonomiya Mitsue, who enjoys music, persuade the parents at the school to take their children out of Tokyo. They seek shelter at an abandoned…

Tokyo Taxi

7.8

One day, a taxi driver, Usami Koji is assigned to take an 85-year-old, Takano Sumire, from Shibamata, Tokyo, to a senior citizen's home in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. On the way, Sumire asks Koji to make a few side…

The Eternal Breasts

7.7

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with…

The Chinese Widow

7.3

It brings a realistic depiction of the atrocities committed during the Second World War. The story is told through the heart-wrenching romance between an American pilot who crash lands in China and the widow who saves…

Tora-san 16: The Intellectual

7.4

Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's mother after her husband had…

Photo People in Tokyo

7.8

Moving to Tokyo, JYJ's Kim Jae Joong, and Jo Se Ho are joined in season 2 by a new group of photography enthusiasts. This time the groups mission will be capturing the perfect photo for Korean magazine LEON.

Setoyama Misaki

Misaki Setoyama was born in Tokyo in 1977. After graduating from the Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics, she worked as a freelance journalist before, and for a while after, starting Minamoza in 2001 — the theater company she founded on determinedly gender-blind, non-hierarchical…

Hanazawa Tokue

Hanazawa Tokue was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. nHe made his film debut in 1937. He was also a painter and even held his own solo exhibition. Hanazawa Tokue was a member of the Japanese Communist Party for more than 50 years. He died from prostate cancer on March 7, 2001, at the age of 89.…

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…

Kaneda Osamu

A director, action director and a stuntman. He is the president and CEO of Japan Action Enterprise, and a graduate of Tokyo Designer Gakuin College.

Terashima Takuma

Terashima graduated from Tokyo Announce Gakuin, voice training school. He had initially belonged to Holypeak until December 2008, and then to Production Baobab up until September 2011 when he switched to Axlone, Toshiyuki Morikawa's own agency. He is married to voice actress Satomi Satō. On December…

Kiyama Hiroshi

Graduated from Fuji Normal Elementary School in Tokyo City. Before the war, he served in the Shizuoka Oi Navy Air Corps. In 1946, he established the theater company Jiyoza and appeared on stage and in TV dramas as an actor. He also acted as a voice actor for Chinn Ho Kelly and Ward Bond dubbed in "Hawaii…

Ishido Toshiro

Toshiro Ishido was born on July 17, 1932 in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Black Rain (1989), Eight Below (2006) and Return of Ultraman (1971). He died on November 1, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. He went by the pen name Ishido Yoshi Akira. (Source: IMDb)

Katou Yuusuke

54th The TV Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2007, “Life”) 57th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2008 “Last Friends”) 76th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2013, “The Best Divorce”) International Drama Festival in TOKYO Tokyo Drama Awards Kids…

Kanazawa Naoya

Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from the School of Performing Arts SA. Member of the musical company It's Follies.

Jeffrey Rowe

Canadian actor, voice actor and producer. Originally from Prince Edward Island though living on and off in Tokyo and Vancouver since 2003. Speak English, French and Japanese. Involved in drama and theatre since his teens (Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice). Many lead and featured roles in TV and film…