Uemura Naomi's Story

5.0

Adventure-drama based on the life of Naomi Uemura (Nishida), the first Japanese mountain climber to scale most of the world's highest peaks and explore the arctic and Antarctic. (Source: IMDb)

Iwamoto Masuyo

Iwamoto Masuyo was a Japanese actress born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. On August 19, 2020, she was found dead at home at the age of 80 following a cardiac arrest.

Sato Junya

Sato Junya was a Japanese director and screenwriter. He was born in Tokyo and graduted from University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters. His son is director Sato Toya. Sato died in Tokyo of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at the age of 86.

Otowa Nobuko

Nobuko Otowa was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She appeared in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. She posthumously won the award for best…

Takewaki Muga

Takewaki Muga was a Japanese actor from Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture. After working for Ishihara Promotion, Takewaki Production, and Izawa Office, he belonged to Actors Seven.

Igawa Hisashi

Igawa Hisashi is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's "Dodesukaden", "Ran", and "Madadayo". He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of "The Man Who Turned Into A Stick", a surrealist play, in 1969.

Kusami Junpei

Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

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…

Ikebe Ryo

Ikebe Ryo was born on February 11, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kyuketsu-ga (1956), Desertion at Dawn (1950) and Madame White Snake (1956). He died on October 8, 2010 in Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as…

Sugai Kin

Kin Sugai was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.

Gold Sunset

7.7

Uemura Kotone is a middle school student who carries an emotional scar in her mind. She lives in an old apartment. One day, she hears a strange shouting voice from her neighbor. She figures out that the voice is of…

Darkness in the Noon

1.0

Seiji Uemura, a young man with a fiancee, is arrested as a suspect for a murder that he does not remember. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

You Taught Me All the Precious Things

7.2

Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, are two high school teachers due to marry in six months. On the eve of the new school year's opening ceremony, Shuji becomes involved with the young Hikari Saeki, both unaware that…

Target

Thirty years ago, Takashi Uemura wrote a couple of articles that changed his life. His report for the Asahi Shimbun on a former Korean comfort woman included her claims that she had been forced to sexually service…

Our Meal for Tomorrow

7.5

A 7-year love story between Hayama Ryota and Uemura Koharu from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid…

Appassionata

This story is based on the novel “Jo no mai” by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece…

Toilet no Kamisama

7.4

Toilet no Kamisama is a drama special inspired by the autobiographical events described in Japanese singer-songwriter Uemura Kana's song, "Toilet no Kamisama". The drama is based on Uemura's relationship with her grandmother,…

3 Nen C Gumi wa Furin Shitemasu.

6.8

In a high school where students can marry without parental consent due to the new “18-year-old adulthood” law, the story delves into themes of first love, pregnancy, marriage, and infidelity. The story follows…