Hana no Furu Gogo

A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing those two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her…

Kotegawa Yuko

Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…

Takashima Masahiro

Takashima Masahiro is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He comes from a family of actors, including his father (Tadao Takashima), mother (Hanayo Sumi) and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005. Takashima debuted in the 1987 film "Totto Channel". His…

Furuoya Masato

Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th…

Himeda Shinsaku

Himeda Shinsaku was a Japanese cinematographer born in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture. He dropped out of the Imperial Art School and joined the Nikkei Tamagawa Photo Studio in April 1937 as a photography assistant. After working as a special effects photographer under Watanabe Goro, he moved to the…

Natsu Yusuke

Real name Hisayuki Taura (田浦 久幸). Former stage name Yuki Taura (田浦 幸). Actor. He died at a hospital in Tokyo on January 27, 2010 due to stomach cancer .

Tamura Eriko

Sakurada Junko

Sakurada Junko is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career, with 18 top ten singles in the 1970s. Her acting career ran from 1973 to 1993. She received multiple awards for…

Akaza Miyoko

Akaza Miyoko is a Japanese actress. She is married to Toshiya Fujita. (Source: Wikipedia)

Muroi Shigeru

Shigeru Muroi is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Hochi Film Awards for Izakaya Yūrei.

Watanabe Takayoshi

Laundry Snow

7.2

The two-part drama of Shiseido short drama morning version titled "21:25 Tokyo Hatsu Prague Iki" and night version titled "Natsu no Sora ni, Furu Yuki Wa". The morning story features Takahashi as the owner of a 24-hour…

Hana no Kariudo

Hana no Hokori

Hana no Youni Aruga Mama ni

A documentary that follows second-generation "Zainichi" Korean resident living in Japan, Ewha Bae, who is active as a dance performer in the heart of Kyoto. the film draws in on Bae who followed in the footsteps of…

Hana no Ran

7.4

The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Onin War. The main character in the series is Tomiko Hino, a historical figure with a bad reputation because of her actions to…

Hana no Zubora Meshi

6.8

The story is about the daily life of a 30-year-old new wife, Hana, who cooks “Zubora Meshi”, while her husband is on a job transfer away from home. ”Zubora-Meshi” is the corner-cutting and easy cooking people…

Hana no Kusari

7.2

The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another even though they are all tied by the same tragedy. While newly-unemployed Rika tries to get her ailing…

Hana no Asuka-gumi!

7.5

The story of Kuraku Asuka, a junior high student who has to fight a big delinquent organisation and their underlings.

Hana no Asuka-gumi!

6.4

In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is further complicated by the appearance of a mysterious girl named Asuka.…