Akira Takarada

AKA: Акира Такарада, آکیرا تاکارادا

1.0432

1934-04-29

Harbin, China

Biography

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.

Crew Roles

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

Executive Producer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {119}

Hideto Ogata

1954-11-03 7.646

Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form o ...

Genre :Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction

Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai

1964-04-29 7.039

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Science Fiction

Yoshimura

1966-12-17 6.3

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been ensl ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy

1956-02-12 0

Nigetekita hanayome

Genre :Comedy, Romance

2005-02-10 6

Fantastipo

Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's director. Through trials and tribulations, the two slowly b ...

Genre :Comedy

Teramoto Tadashi

1961-10-29 7.5

The End of Summer

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth. ...

Genre :Drama

1959-12-26 0

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Ma ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

1962-03-07 0

Long Way to Okinawa

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

2000-03-31 0

Road to the Don 12

The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film. ...

Genre :

Gunpei Takada

1962-11-03 7.3

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. ...

Genre :History, Drama, Action

1962-03-07 0

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

UN Secretary General Naotarô Daigo

2004-12-04 7.064

Godzilla: Final Wars

Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is s ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

1962-04-01 0

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

Sukesaburô Sasaki

1969-11-01 0

Travels of Lord Mito

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals, Sukesaburo and Kakunosuke, under the name of Koemon, a ret ...

Genre :Adventure

Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

1967-07-22 6.179

King Kong Escapes

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This le ...

Genre :Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

Dr. Ken Tashiro

1969-07-26 5.8

Latitude Zero

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The gro ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

Environmental Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamino

1992-12-12 6.9

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a m ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Ogata

1956-05-18 6.5

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Astronaut K. Fuji

1965-12-19 6.8

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing God ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action

2015-09-19 0

The Man of the Political Economy

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity busin ...

Genre :

Ichirô Yabe

1957-05-15 0

Birth of Romance

The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with youn ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Takano

1961-10-08 6.2

The Last War

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers. ...

Genre :Drama, Science Fiction

Kentaro - Ueshima

1960-02-02 0

Beyond the Hills

Story of young love in the hills. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Akinosuke Takarai

1958-04-29 0

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are c ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Ogata (as Akiro Takarata)

1957-03-14 8.588

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone mark ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Kobayashi

1992-05-16 6.7

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important forei ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Kensuke Akagi

1961-11-12 0

Different Sons

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden unemployment later in life causes friction among the ...

Genre :Drama, Family

1960-04-26 5.6

The Storm of the Pacific

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on ...

Genre :War, Drama

The Boy (Her Brother)

1958-12-01 3

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by moder ...

Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Koichi Shimizu

1963-11-16 7

A Woman's Life

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son. ...

Genre :Drama

Andrew Hoshino

1968-03-16 6.5

Golden Eyes

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo. ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Thriller

Keizo

2022-04-01 4

A World Without Cherry Blossoms

Saki, a high school girl who always skips classes, works part-time as a life adviser. ...

Genre :Drama

Takeshi Iijima

1955-08-14 4.5

Half Human

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure

Andrew Hoshino

1965-12-05 6.2

Ironfinger

After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning the favor of a notorious arms dealer. ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

1959-04-28 6.7

Samurai Saga

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps an ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Inukai

1990-06-02 6.4

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Kichitaro Shiratori

1995-08-19 2

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her marriage, but in her heart, she wanted to marry Tets ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

1959-03-29 6.3

A Whistle in My Heart

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state. ...

Genre :Drama

1960-07-12 6.333

The Lovelorn Geisha

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers hims ...

Genre :Drama

1983-07-02 0

Legend of Plumeria

Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get ...

Genre :Romance

Kohei Hayano

1960-12-25 0

The Masterless 47

Part one of The Masterless 47. ...

Genre :Comedy

Saitaro Okazaki

1955-01-29 0

All is Well

Genre :Drama

1955-02-20 0

All is Well 2

Genre :Drama

2013-11-16 9

A Sparkle of Life

Lonely after the death of her husband, whom she nursed for years, Tae decides to find a new life partner. Her family and friends try to dissuade her. ...

Genre :

1962-09-15 0

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1962-12-08 0

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a foreign visitor by setting him up with a beautiful "m ...

Genre :

Sec. General Fuji

2014-11-06 9

Godzilla Battle Royale

Godzilla Battle Royale is a low-budget Godzilla fan film, directed and written by Billy DuBose. It was theatrically screened in the Pickwick Theater. ...

Genre :Action

Gentleman in a White Mercedes

2007-06-02 6.3

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Voiceover

2005-01-01 0

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he appeared in the talkie works "My Wife, Like a Rose" and "T ...

Genre :Documentary

Ogata

1977-01-01 6.657

Godzilla

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other scien ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Himself

2015-07-11 7

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greatest monster, Godzilla. Filmed on location in Tokyo to document kaiju-related events, locations and to ...

Genre :Documentary

Reiji Sakanishi

1960-05-21 7.111

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own famil ...

Genre :Drama

Fukuya

1962-09-29 7.2

A Wanderer's Notebook

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest perf ...

Genre :Drama

Mineo Komatsu

1959-01-15 6.3

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta love ...

Genre :Crime

1968-08-14 0

Imaginary Paradise

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends. A kind of Walter Mitty, Japanese-style. ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Kosuke Sakai

1962-01-28 6.5

Woman of Design

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm. ...

Genre :Drama

Himself

2008-08-03 8.4

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasuyuki Inoue along with various crew members who cra ...

Genre :Documentary

Rokkakuya Kou

1962-01-14 7.3

The Wiser Age

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner. ...

Genre :Drama

1964-05-16 0

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater. ...

Genre :Comedy

Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

1956-10-16 0

Love on Rainbow Island

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet ...

Genre :Drama

Immigration Officer

2014-05-14 6.348

Godzilla

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating cris ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Hiroshi Tanaka

1961-07-01 0

A Night in Hong Kong

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He p ...

Genre :Romance

1964-07-01 0

Blood and Diamonds

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise. ...

Genre :Action, Crime

1996-05-25 0

Sure Death 6

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assassin, who by chance encounters an old friend... ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Hasegawa Toru

1962-07-14 0

Star of Hong Kong

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The two meet again and fall in love in Hokkaido when ...

Genre :Romance

Prince Wakatarashi

1959-11-01 5.4

The Three Treasures

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and cons ...

Genre :Fantasy, Action, Drama

Koichi Yamawaki

1957-03-13 0

Price of Beauty

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity". ...

Genre :Drama

CEO Ogata

2018-06-30 0

Bridge over Troubled Water

Miyuki works as an OL. Her younger sibling died from a car accident in 1989. Due to her sibling's death, her mother became ill and her father drank constantly until he died. Miyuki believes if she cou ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Daisuke Kaneko

1959-09-08 0

Someday I'll Know

A modern love story involving different affairs. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1968-01-14 0

Devils-in-Law

Genre :Comedy

Kou Kure

1967-01-01 0

Let's Go! Young Guy

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who ...

Genre :Comedy

Machin Ueda

2019-08-16 7

Dance with Me

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Narrator

2018-12-15 6

The Great Buddha Arrival

An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju sto ...

Genre :Fantasy, Science Fiction

Kudo

1966-10-01 0

The Daphne

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various ...

Genre :Drama

Kunio Murata

1958-01-21 0

City of Love

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

1961-02-25 0

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Genre :Comedy

Tatsuo Ito

1957-07-09 0

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film. ...

Genre :

2014-08-25 0

A Far Promise

There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled against perpetual cold and hunger. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Police Commissioner

1997-09-27 6.4

Woman in Witness Protection

Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Thriller

1957-01-29 0

The Paradise Island Story

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Kubota

1956-08-15 0

Jacks and Jills

Genre :Music, Comedy

Hajime Kyosu

1957-07-13 0

On Wings of Love

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

1957-07-09 0

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film. ...

Genre :Drama

Self - Actor

2019-04-02 8.6

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, t ...

Genre :Documentary, History

Himself

2010-01-22 9.2

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

A look into the production of the nineteenth Godzilla film. Includes filmmaker and actor interviews with behind the scenes footage of the film's visual effects. Includes an interview with Akira Ifukub ...

Genre :Documentary

2019-03-09 0

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transferred from Aizu Wakamatsu City to Naraho Town to t ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Drama

1960-06-26 0

The Dangerous Kiss

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion. ...

Genre :

Emcee

1984-11-17 0

The Audition

Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom! ...

Genre :

Akihiko Kinugasa

1962-08-11 0

Me and Me

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla. ...

Genre :Comedy

田中清辉

1965-01-01 0

The Longest Night

Genre :Drama, Romance

Akira Wakayama

1956-06-14 0

Morishige, where are you going?

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, is vividly depicted to the tune of "Moonlit Desert" ...

Genre :Drama

Yuichi Okamoto

1963-11-01 0

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the franchise, taking stars Lucilla You Min and Takarada Akira across the Pacific to Hawaii, where scenic travel ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

1961-01-26 0

Taking a Success Course

1961 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1960-02-28 0

Arashi o Yobu Gakudan

Musical about the "Blue Star," a struggling jazz band led by pianist Takarada and trumpet player Takashima and their love interests. Done very much in the style of a Fox musical of the same 1940s, com ...

Genre :Music, Drama

George Tanaka

1958-04-15 0

A Holiday in Tokyo

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. B ...

Genre :Drama

1961-01-15 0

Lovers of Ginza

1961 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

2001-11-10 0

Prince Shōtoku

In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Prince Shotoku, second son of Emperor ...

Genre :History, Drama

Susumu Utsugi

1965-08-25 0

The White Rose of Hong Kong

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unravel a complex web of betrayal. As love, family, an ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Masuda Sotaro

1954-06-01 0

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Despite facing opposition from his family and nationa ...

Genre :Drama, History

Shirō Arisaka (Kyōko’s husband)

1958-08-19 0

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's past, she must decide whether to run or face it—wi ...

Genre :Drama

1964-02-12 0

Mr. Giants

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the Yomiuri Giants. Nagashima nickname was 'Mr. Giants ...

Genre :

1985-02-09 0

Clara White Paper - ShohjotaiPHOON!

Three young girls coming of age in a Catholic boarding school bond over the strict rules and vow to support each other. Kikuka dreams of becoming a manga artist, Makiko an actress. Shinobu just didn't ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1994-01-01 0

The man who became a billionaire.

Everyone has the potential to become a millionaire! A super success story based on a true story! Childhood friends Tetsuya (Yakumaru), Akio (Sakaue) and Kazumi (Ikuta). Tetsuya marries Saori (Watanab ...

Genre :

2023-04-16 0

Nikko Story

Oba Kamon runs a cafe in the Nikko city. One day, a mysterious woman appears before him and leaves behind a message, “In the ring where the sun shines, there it is.” Kamon begins to search for it's me ...

Genre :Drama

2014-07-07 0

The Cabin Attendant

Miho (Kyoko Fukada) works as a cabin attendant for an international airline. She takes a job to find wine to serve to passengers on a New York route. Miho doesn't know much about wine and turns to sen ...

Genre :Drama

2000-11-03 6.5

Tales of the Unusual

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These i ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy, Romance

1999-01-01 0

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps 2

Genre :

1998-02-21 0

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy

1999-01-16 0

Japanese Gangster History Ambition Corps

Genre :

Mizukami Gorō

1960-01-27 0

Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social expectations. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ikeda Shigeaki

2015-08-22 0

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK. ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

1992-10-16 5

Homework

A drama about two young couples, both of them having problem keeping their relationship together. ...

Genre :Drama

2011-10-03 8.2

Carnation

Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshi ...

Genre :Drama

Shiratori Kichitaro [Reiko's father]

1993-01-14 6

My name is Reiko Shiratori!

The series follows the rich, beautiful, and stuck-up Reiko Shiratori, who has been in love with her friend Tetsuya Akimoto since childhood. ...

Genre :Comedy

Joji Murai

2000-04-03 7

Watashi no Aozora

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father, Murai Kento had aspirations to be a professional bo ...

Genre :Family, Drama

2019-04-08 8

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Genre :Drama

Mononobe no Moriya

2001-11-10 6

Prince Shotoku

In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Shotoku Taishi, second son of Emperor ...

Genre :

1980-03-14 0

Nukata no Ōkimi

A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two brothers, Emperor Tenji and Emperor Tenmu, and the formation of an ancient nation. ...

Genre :Drama

2009-11-29 8.1

Clouds Over the Hill

Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episo ...