Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Matsumoto Taisuke

Matsumoto Taisuke was a Japanese actor born in Tachikawa-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. He was a big star who starred in a large number of historical and contemporary dramas, mainly films directed by Ito Daisuke, in Teikoku Kinema and Nikkatsu. In 1911, he dropped out of the old Tokyo Academy…

Miki Takashi

Real name Watanabe Tadashi, he left junior high school wanting to be a singer. But instead he debuted as songwriter in 1967 and went on to write over 2,000 songs. Together with Aku Yuu, who passed away in 2007, he was regarded as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century. His heyday for churning…

Gretchen Barretto

Gretchen Barretto is a Filipino actress. She was launched as one of the newest Regal Babies, and it features former child actress Janice de Belen and upcoming actress Nadia Montenegro. Barretto released her debut single entitled "Going Steady", which was also the official theme song of the movie "14…

Ishimaru Hiroya

Ishimaru Hiroya is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. After working for Himawari Theater Group, Taiyo Theater Group, JK Planning, and Aoni Production, he belongs to Production Baobab. Ishimaru graduated from Tokyo High School and dropped out of the Faculty…

Nakayama Keiko

Nakayama Keiko is a singer from Tokyo and a former idol singer. Her agency at the time of her idol period was Sun Music Productions. Her father is Satake Akio, an actor. Her maternal grandfather is film director Fuyushima Taizo. In 1975, she was scouted for Fuji TV's "All-star Kazoku Taiko Utagassen"…

Aono Hirayoshi

Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Azabu-ku, Roppongi (now Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi). His birthplace had the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Aono Sohonpo", and the popular product "Umochi" was also made by Aono's suggestion "a confectionery that can be eaten in the dressing room without…

Matsuo Fumindo

Matsuo Fumindo was a Japanese actor born in Minami-Ota, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He began his acting career as a child actor at the Shinpa Theater at age four in 1920. He achieved early success at Makino Production in Kyoto and later took leading roles at Kawai Film Production in Tokyo. In May 1924,…

Oku Keiichi

Oku Keiichi is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger born in Shiga prefecture. He is presided over "or-lab." Oku graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and dropped out of the master's program at the same university. He joined Hiromi Go's…

Kato Bin

Kato Bin was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and horse racing commentator born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Ichikawa Asataro, who turned from a Kabuki actor to a movie actor, is his older brother. He dropped out of the Kansai Engineering College and became a reporter while aspiring…

Maria no Oyuki

6.0

When a civil war threatens to break out between Government forces and Saigo Rebels, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior…

The Boy Who Came Back

7.1

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break from his tearaway past. (Source: IMDb)

Farewell to Spring

6.9

Longtime friends reunite only to find out that their bonds are not as strong as they thought they were. (Source: IMDb)

Victory

The movie story is born out of Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Biography of an Assassin", which originated from Yurang, one of the four great assassins in ancient China, and revolved around the allusion that "the…

The Field of Sunlight Pouring in

When the Korean War broke out, the boss, who was a great chaebol, was killed in a bombing while hiding a huge treasure in his hometown. The only person who knows the place is Jeol Rye, the daughter of the mountain…

Star Show 360

8.0

The hosts Tak Jae Hoon and Lee Teuk draw out genial laughs and thrills from their megastar-studded lineup! Melding talk with show-stopping performances and side-splitting sketch comedy, Star Show 360 reveals a full,…

Merry Queer

8.1

Marry Queer' features the stories of queer couples on their "coming out" journeys, whether it be revealing their "unconventional" relationships to families, friends, or the world. (Source: allkpop.com)

Pinocchio

8.3

The idealistic Choi In Ha has her work cut out for her when she becomes a broadcast reporter, especially when she suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome,” which makes her break out into hiccups whenever…

Memory

8.2

Park Tae Suk is a lawyer who finds out that he has Alzheimer’s and puts his life on the line to fight one last case. The drama depicts his vigorous efforts trying to protect the precious value of the life and family…

Pachinko Season 2

8.5

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989…