Nakamura Shikaku

Nakamura Shikaku II was an important 20th century supporting onnagata actor. "Active in both Tôkyô and Ôsaka, he was well versed in old onnagata customs and wrote books such as "Kabuki Zuihistu" ("Kabuki Jottings") and "Yakusha no Sekai" ("The Actor's World")." (Samuel Leiter in "New Kabuki Encyclopedia")(Source:…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Katagiri Ryuji

Katagiri Ryuji is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. He belongs to Toei Management (former Toei Actor Center). After working at Osaka Gas , he joined Toei company in 1969 as a 13th gen member of Toei New Face., and in 1971, he made his full-scale debut in the movie " Queen Bee Strikes…

Ku Wen Chung

Ku Wen Chung was a Hong Kong actor. He migrated south to British-occupied Hong Kong during World War II to re-establish his career both as an actor and director, primarily for Cantonese films as well as titles filmed in Mandarin and the Amoy dialect during the formative years of the Hong Kong stage…

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

Ko Hsiang Ting

Ko Hsiang Ting was a Chinese actor born in Suzhou, China. He became a member of the National Revolutionary Army Corps of entertainers. He moved to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War and started an acting career that spanned over one hundred credits. He was awarded the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor…

Yagyu Hiroshi

Yagyu Hiroshi was a Japanese actor, host, talent, voice actor, and organizational executive, born in Funajima, Ibaraki, Japan. He graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Tsuchiura First High School and briefly attended Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine before leaving due to poor eyesight and illness.…

Takasugi Teppei

Takasugi Teppei is a Japanese male actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University, and made his debut in 1938. After working for the theater company Small Theater, Toho Theater Club, Takarazuka Theater, and theater company Togei, he became the Tokyo Actor's Life Cooperative…

Ikeda Shuichi

Ikeda Shuichi is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. Ikeda is married to Tamagawa Sakiko, although he was once married to Toda Keiko. He currently works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

Chou

Cho (Born as Nagashima Shigeru) is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Kōnosu, Saitama. His former stage name was Nagashima Yuichi. He is a graduate of the Nishogakusha University Department of Literature and received training at Bungakuza's research establishment and the Seinenza Theater Company…

Kumanokara Into The Shinguu

Actor and essayist Kaibe Tsuyoshi and his editor Seki visit Shingu City to cover a story. There, locals honor the spirits of those sacrificed in a treason case to try to injure the Meiji Tenno (Emperor) where six people…

Method Acting

7.3

Actor Lee Donghwi plays a character named Park Kyung Soo, who is anorexic. Becoming deeply involved in the role, he fasts throughout the shooting and is highly praised by the film crew. Although he endures the suffering…

Hontokana?

5.0

Actor and comedian Kendo Kobayashi boldly hosts a taboo-filled variety show not suitable for traditional TV. (Source: Flixwatch)

Calm Before the Storm

Actor Kai spends his days attending rehearsals for stage performances while working part-time jobs. However, those stage productions also intentionally collapse for the purpose of obtaining financial aid... Rin is…

Method Acting

Actor Gao Jun joins a student film project but struggles with his performance, causing the production to stall. Faced with crew members abandoning the shoot, the director briefly considers giving up. Gao Jun, however,…

Tokyo Kaiki Sake

6.7

Actor Yosuke Sugino is not very good at horror, but he gets an offer to star in a horror movie. Then one day, he hear the story of "Mysterious Sake" from Toru Seino, a manga artist who made a guest appearance on his…

Little Valentine

7.5

Actor Hu Jun plays a single dad to his only daughter played by Gina Jin. The modern drama explores the relationships between various types of parental figures as Hu Jun learns the dos and donts of being a dad. Beside…

Kumanokara Romanesque

Actor-cum-travel writer Kaibe meets a young woman in Yoshino who says that her code name is Claudine. Kaibe writes up the incident in a magazine article, and then a letter stating that "I am the real Claudine" arrives…

Kamiki Ryunosuke – 20 Year Old Travel

8.9

Actor Kamiki Ryunosuke (21) takes an 6 day travel for the length of 450 kilometers by train in Vietnam. Renowned as a railway fan, Kamiki will have chance to travel by various types of trains from the normal ones to…

Ride Now: Northern Xinjiang

8.1

Actor Wu Lei shares his travels to the Northern Xinjiang region primarily by bike as well as meeting the locals, camping, learning about their culture, food, and having an adventure of a lifetime. (Source: MyDramaList)