Tokyo Trial

6.6

In the wake of World War II, 11 Allied judges are tasked with weighing the fates of Japanese war criminals in a tense international trial. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Co-production with Canada and the Netherlands.

The Human Body

7.6

NHK Special “Human Body” PR drama. A school drama that “visualizes” the network of organs, as revealed by the latest science, as a romantic comedy of anthropomorphic organs.

Mikaiketsu Jiken: File.08

This NHK drama special covers the famous assassination of the 35th U.S. president, President John F. Kennedy.

Radio

6.9

Radio (NHK Drama Special, Winter 2013) takes place in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the many coastal towns that were devastated during the 2011 Great Tohoku Disaster. "Onagawa Saigai (Disaster) FM", a provisional…

Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories III: Mitsushima Hikari x Edogawa Ranpo

Osei Toujou Story: The bewitching Osei (Mitsushima Hikari) is married to a wealthy husband (Kudo Kankuro) whose poor health gives her the opportunity to indulge in an affair. Although she trembles with a guilty conscience,…

Shojiki Fudosan Special

7.5

It features the famous duo composed of real estate salesman Nagase Saichi, who can't lie, and his junior colleague Tsukishita Sakura, who puts the customer first! Nagase learns that his best friend from college, Tomonori,…

Shimobee: Tokubetsuhan

7.4

Drama 10 "SHIMOBEE" returns as a “special edition” with additional scenes set in 10 years after the original story! A high school student Yurina downloads a mysterious smartphone application. Since then, when she…

Taroman

7.6

A tribute to Japanese avant-garde painter, sculptor, and art theorist Taro Okamoto made by the NHK to promote the 2022 Taro Okamoto Exposition in Osaka. A sun-faced giant, Taroman, comes to Earth to face off against…

Yoshiyuki Aguri

Yoshiyuki Aguri was a Japanese pioneering beauty specialist. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Yoshiyuki opened a beauty shop in Tokyo after marrying writer Eisuke Yoshiyuki at age 15. Despite the sudden death of her husband in 1940, she raised three children while working as a beautician. In 1985 Yoshiyuki…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Nogiwa Yoko

Nogiwa Yuko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Tsubata Town in Kawakita, Ishikawa, and raised in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, as well as Amanuma, Tokyo. She attended Rikkyo University's Department of English and American Literature. She was selected as the university's first Miss Rikkyo. After graduating…

Wada Shu

Wada was born in Kagoshima prefecture. After graduating from Haiyuza Theatre Company, he formed the Yoru no Ki theater troupe in 1980. He appeared in the Katsu Kaishū and Musashi Musashi NHK Taiga dramas, the Nurse no Oshigoto and Aibō live-action television series, and Odoru Daisōsasen THE MOVIE.…

Yakusho Koji

Yakusho Koji is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was inspired, first to watch, and then later to take part in, as many plays as possible. In 1983, he landed the role of Oda Nobunaga in the year-long NHK drama Tokugawa Ieyasu and was catapulted to fame.…

Mitsugi Kiyotaka

Japanese actor, singer and tarento. His career has centered on television tokusatsu and jidaigeki. He starred in the 1967–68 television series Kosoku Esper and the 1973 series Shirojishi Kamen, and played a supporting role as the ninja Saizō in Series III, Episodes 1–57, of Abarenbō Shōgun. In…

Wi Ding Ho

Wi Ding Ho, born and raised in Malaysia, attended the film school at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, lives in Taipei these days. His first feature film Pinoy Sunday (funded and supported by NHK, Japan) garnered a pair of awards at Taipei International Film Festival and also won Wi Ding a Best New Director…

Murakyami

Murakyami, born Murakami Ai (村上愛), is a Japanese comedian from Sumiyoshi, Osaka. She is one half of the comedy duo A Masso (Aマッソ). She graduated from Hannan University. In 2021, Murakami made her debut as a narrator on the NHK General program "Shibuya Note Presents KID FRESINO - one-off…

Hino Satoshi

Hino Satoshi is a Japanese actor and director from Kyoto, Japan. He is affiliated with Final Baroque. At the age of 16, he moved to Tokyo and joined the Tokyo Theater Seminar. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Theater Department of Tama Art University. He later joined the Haiyūza…

Non

Nounen Rena is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kamikawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She debuted as a fashion model in 2006 and was selected as the eleventh image character for Calpis in 2012. In 2012, she was chosen in an audition of 1953 women to play the heroine in the 2013 NHK Asadora "Amachan".…

Jiro Shirasu

2.0

The NHK drama "Jiro Shirasu" covers the life of Jiro Shirasu, famous in Japan because of his defiant negotiation sessions with Douglas MacArthur after Japan's defeat in World War II.

Kaidanbotandoro Ibun

Aired on NHK BS. ~Adapted from Sanyutei Encho's "Kaidan Peony Lantern".