Worlds Apart

7.3

It centers on 35-year-old novelist Kodai Makio and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed…

Uehara Ken

Uehara Ken was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He was born to wealthy, well-connected parents. He graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was first recognized for his musical talents and handsome appearance. Uehara joined Shochiku in 1935, debuting…

Yamaonna Nikki Season 2: Yama Fesu ni Ikou/Alps no Jou

7.6

Mountain climbing guide Tachibana Yuzuki invites lonely women who post on the website Yama Onna Nikki to find friends in the mountains at the Mountain Festival. Nishi Manami, who comes to the festival by herself, and…

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

Minato Kanae

Minato Kanae is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thrillers. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. In youth, she…

Maihane Mimi

Watanabe Dai

Dai Watanabe is a Japanese actor, known for Haudo romanchikkau (2011), Shirubau Kamen (2006) and Chiri tsubaki (2018). Though he rarely acknowledges the fact in public, Dai Watanabe is the son of Ken Watanabe: arguably Japan’s most internationally known actor since Toshiro Mifune. Among Japanese media,…

Miyagawa Reiko

Reiko Miyagawa is an actress, known for Musume jûroku jazz matsuri (1954), Geisha warutsu (1952) and Haha kikaku (1956).

Sato Ichiro

Sato Ichiro is a Japanese producer.

Uchida Minoru

Uchida Minoru was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Okayama. He was affiliated with Gekidan Subaru and was married to fellow voice actress Niimura Reiko. Uchida died from pneumonia on April 2, 2018, aged 91. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yamamoto Mutsumi

Akizuki Mika

Akizuki Mika is a Japanese actress.

Ikoku no Oka

~~ Based on a song written by Saeki Takao (佐伯孝夫) and composed by Yoshia Tadashi (吉田正).

Spy Dining

Public security investigators Kijima and Nakajo are investigating foreign neighborhoods across Japan in pursuit of a foreigner with a red bag containing mysterious confidential information. In order to find accurate…

Spy Dining Season 2

8.1

Ikoka Modoroka

Donto Ikou ze!

Maison Ikkoku Apartment Fantasy

6.4

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip;…

Maison Ikkoku

6.9

This is a romantic comedy about the relationship of Otonashi Kyoko, the beautiful widow and manager of a boarding house and Godai Yusaku, a poor student tenant. (Source: Dramawiki) ~~ Adapted from the manga "Maison…

Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

6.9

In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's impossibly perfect tennis coach for her affection. ~~ Adapted from the…