Fukae Shoki

Fukae Shoki, born Fukae Akiyoshi (深江和久) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor affiliated with Ishihara Promotion (石原プロモーション) and Group 71 (グループ71). During World War II, he served as a special naval youth recruit aboard the aircraft carrier Shinano. After working in…

Matsuyama Mary

Matsuyama Mary, born September 2, 1991, in Hyogo prefecture, is a Japanese actress. Possessing natural brown eyes and red hair, Mary is often mistaken as a "hafu" although she is pure Japanese. Matsuyama entered the entertainment industry in 2007 after being scouted on her way home from junior high…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Nakaya Noboru

Nakatani Noboru, a Japanese actor born in Takanawa, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan, initially enrolled in Chuo University’s Faculty of Law but left to pursue a career in theater. He began his theatrical journey with Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute in 1950, becoming a full member in 1951. His film debut…

Ying Da

He is a Chinese actor and director of Manchu descent. He's mainly known for his role as Zhao Xin Mei in "Fortress Besieged" (1990) and his role as Louie Wang in "Big Shot's Funeral", which earned him the "Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor" at the 25th Hundred Flowers Awards (2002). Prolific…

Hirata Akihiko

He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…

Kanno Yugo

Kanno Yugo is a Japanese composer and music producer. His agency is One Music. He graduated from Tokyo College of Music Faculty of Music. Currently, he is active in a wide range of fields such as dramas, animations, commercials, and games. He specializes in techno-pop, sound, and orchestration.

Yamasaki Mami

Yamasaki Mami is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. Yamasaki has done television commercials for the Japanese convenience stores Circle K and Sunkus. One of her best aspects is demonstrating her talents as a gymnast.

Terajima Susumu

He was born in Koto-ku, Tokyo. He is a member of Office Kitano.

Ning Chang

Ning Chang is a Taiwanese actress active in Taiwan and China. She was born in Germany. She attended National Taipei University and obtained a bachelor's degree in law. In June 2010, Chang graduated from the Institute of Industrial Economics at National Central University with a master's degree. She…

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

6.0

The elephant at Tokyo Zoo is dead. At the request of several scientists, he is posthumously implanted with a bacterium. However, when more and more people, hungry for the delicacy in the form of elephant meat, start…

Mitari Kiitari Tameshitari

Katsuta Junpei came to Tokyo with five children, Kenichi, Mariko, Fumio, Shosuke, and Ryoichi. He lives with his children in a military house where war-damaged orphans live. One of the orphans, Mariko, gets sick, and…

Hi no Ataru Ie

On the outskirts of Tokyo, the family of Nakahara Mitsu lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu’s husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as…

Seishun Hokago

“Youth After School” takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter’s marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology…

The Morning Schedule

Reiko returns to Tokyo with the luggage of her best friend who died suddenly on her travels. Sensing something suspicious about her, her classmate Shimomura decided to look at the 8mm film they had taken on her trip...

No Blood Relation

7.0

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim - with the help of her gangster brother - the daughter she abandoned years before. (Source: IMDb)

Zenryaku Ofukuro-sama: Series 1

6.0

Set in downtown Tokyo, a youthful drama about a shy young chef at a Japanese restaurant and the people that surround him.

Miss Sherlock

8.0

"Miss Sherlock" is set in modern day Tokyo and both lead characters are Japanese women – Dr. Wato Tachibana, a surgeon recently returned from a volunteer doctors’ mission in Syria and Sara Shelly Futaba, an investigation…

ST Aka to Shiro no Sousa File

8.0

The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Akagi works as an analyst on the ST team. He won't appear in front of others, but his colleagues trust him as a leader. Yurine…

Perfect Days

8.4

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books. Hirayama also has a fondness…