Fuji ni Tatsu Wakamusha

~~ Based on the life of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), a Japanese military commander and politician from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period.

Kaga Kunio

Mita Yoshiko

Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage.…

Ohkawa Hashizo II

Ohkawa Hashizo was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred Jidaigeki films from 1955 to 1967. Born in Tokyo, the son of a Yanagibashi geisha, he was soon adopted by the Ono family. His adoptive father was a kabuki actor named Ichikawa Takinoyo II, who trained him in dance and kabuki…

Yasui Shoji

Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by Kazuo Hasegawa. He entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by Ozu Yazujirou. After starring in The Burmese Harp, he starred with his own family in the television show Chako-chan. He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and…

Sawamura Sonosuke II

Sawamura Sonosuke II was a Kabuki actor born in Asakusa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture. His younger brothers are the actors Ito Yunosuke and Sawamura Shonosuke I. He debuted at the Imperial Theater in 1922. Two years later in 1924, he succeeded to the name of the second-generation Sawamura Sonosuke.…

Tsukigata Ryunosuke

Born in Miyagi Prefecture, Tsukigata entered the actor's school at Nikkatsu in 1920, but earned his first starring role working at Makino Shozo's studio in 1924. He became a star of chanbara films, but got into trouble when he ran away with Makino's daughter, Makino Teruko, even though he was married.…

Mishima Masao

Masao Mishima was born on January 2, 1906 in Niigata, Japan as Masao Nagaoka. He was an actor, known for Seppuku (1962), Banshun (1949) and Jôi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu (1967). He died on July 18, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. Source: IMDb

Ohkochi Denjiro

Ohkochi entered Shinkokugeki, training under Sawada Shojiro. Shinkokugeki was known for jidaigeki, the period drama genre, particularly for its realistic sword fights (tate) or swordplay (kengeki). With this background, Ohkochi entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1925 and soon came to fame in chanbara (sword-fighting)…

Okada Eiji

Eiji Okada was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him" in French) in the 1959 film Hiroshima mon amour, directed…

Hira Mikijiro

Hira Mikijiro was a Japanese actor and director born in Koami-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Kei Factory. At the beginning of sixth grade, Mikijiro evacuated to the home of his maternal great-uncle in Kamigeshi-cho, Konu, eastern Hiroshima, Japan. His mother remained in Hiroshima.…

A Shadow Standing on Mt. Fuji

7.0

Fuji ni Tatsukage

8.0

Dearest Viet

Duc Nguyen was born conjoined to his twin brother Viet in 1981 as a result of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The separation surgery in 1988 was a monumental achievement for humankind that was broadcast…

Shimeitehai 4: Yamagata no Ginzan Onsen

Engimono: Katte ni Nostalgia

5.5

Fuji-TV reserves the late-night time period to be used for experimental projects, giving up-and-coming young screenwriters, producers and directors a place to develop their skills and televise their works. Each renzoku…

Tetsudo Sosakan 11: Shitai wa Toi Kaisatsu Kuchi o Mezasu!? Senro no Tochu ni Shuchaku-eki Choshi Ku

~~ Adapted from the novel "Fuji Hakone Satsujin Route" (富士・箱根殺人ルート) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Kiri ni Sumu Akuma

A letter is delivered to Tatsumura Kei, who inherited a huge amount of assets. It was written that Kei's fiancée, who was about to hold the ceremony, was a devil. And the sender of the letter was a mysterious woman…

Ototo ni Jinsei wo Kuwareru Mae ni, Time Leap: Tensai Sakka Natsuki Hikaru

Ghostwriter Toma loses his life right after his younger brother, Hikaru, also kills his girlfriend, Yuki. However, he wakes up to find himself exactly one month before his death. If he doesn't change the future, he…

Koi ni Ochitara

7.3

A success story with depth involving work, love and friendship. Its setting is an IT enterprise which once basked in the limelight because it tried to take over management of a pro-baseball team. There's the entrepreneur…