Keiko Matsuzaka

AKA: Matsuzaka Keiko, 松坂慶子, まつざか けいこ
2.1964

1952-07-20

Ōta, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {148}

Toyoyo Ishiyama

1987-12-26 0

The Great Department Store Robbery

Genre :Drama

Konatsu

1982-10-09 6.1

Fall Guy

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mari

2013-11-10 6

Chicken Race

Story of friendship between an old man who slept for 45 years and his nurse who woke him up. (Source: D-Addicts) ...
Genre :

Terue Katakuri

2002-02-23 6.935

The Happiness of the Katakuris

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things ge ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Horror

Widow

2008-07-05 7.3

Tombstone of the Fireflies

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Midori Jinchoge

2009-05-23 6.9

Instant Swamp

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique s ...
Genre :Comedy

Queen of ground spider

2000-12-08 5.917

Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons

The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy

Tomiko

1998-05-17 6.583

Dr. Akagi

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History

1973-09-15 0

Love Is After School

Genre :

1978-04-29 0

Double Clutch

Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes ...
Genre :Drama

Takeko Inugami

2006-12-16 6.9

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mother ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller, Horror

1970-10-24 0

Midnight Disk Jockey

Pinky violence film ...
Genre :

Shino

1978-07-01 6.083

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

1970-12-15 0

The High School Deviates

Genre :

1971-05-05 0

Snow Country Elegy

Genre :

1971-10-30 0

Rikugun rakugo-hei

Genre :

2023-09-15 7.5

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

Kuno Totono, a curly-haired college student, visits Hiroshima and becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the inheritance of the Kariatsumari family's assets, using his intelligence and loquaciousn ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Tsuru

2023-12-08 6.3

Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill

Yuri is a high school student in the present day. She isn't happy with her life at home or school. One day, she has an argument with her mother and runs away from home. Somehow, when Yuri later opens ...
Genre :War, Romance, History

Miho

1990-04-28 5.9

The Sting of Death

Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage. ...
Genre :Drama

Machiko

1982-06-12 7.1

Lovers Lost

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Yoko Nishikawa

2012-11-22 5.6

Tug of War!

The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a female tug of war team. Nobuo MIZUTA mixes comedy, dra ...
Genre :Comedy

2011-07-23 4

Onmitsu Hicho

Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the murder of Tanuma Okitsugu's son Mototomo by Sano Masakoto. Those events are a matter of history but th ...
Genre :

Madam Umeki

2004-10-28 4.4

Colour Blossoms

A real estate agent is drawn into a torrid - and sadomasochistic - relationship with a morose, stunningly beautiful Japanese photographer. The two cavort in a luxurious apartment owned by an elegant u ...
Genre :Romance

Tae Ibuki

1981-01-15 7.3

Gate of Youth

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly eve ...
Genre :Drama

Judam

2013-02-23 6.9

GARO and the Wailing Dragon

Garo: Soukoku no Maryu (lit. Blue Cries of the Demon Dragon) is the second film to the Garo series. The film serves as an epilogue after Makai Senki and leads up to The One Who Shines in the Darkness. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Fantasy

1969-07-26 0

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2

Genre :

Minori Hokuto

2012-03-24 6

Train Brain Express

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. W ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Otsu

1973-07-13 7.1

Miyamoto Musashi

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, ...
Genre :Drama, Action

2004-10-01 6.3

Runin: Banished

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or su ...
Genre :

Princess Fuse (voice)

1983-12-10 5.852

Legend of the Eight Samurai

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the ...
Genre :Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Action

1971-09-04 0

The Night Clinic

Genre :Drama

2005-06-04 0

Miracle in Four Days

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after on ...
Genre :Romance

Fumiko Kita

2007-05-24 6.3

The Go Master

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China ...
Genre :Drama

Setsuko Ishida

2003-09-13 0

The Boat to Heaven

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn th ...
Genre :

1998-09-12 6

Ping Pong Bath Station

An unhappy housewife regains her passion for life by taking over a failing bath house. ...
Genre :

2009-11-21 0

Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent most of his life studying botany, and has lived w ...
Genre :Drama

Wife

2007-06-02 6.36

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

2017-11-26 0

The Last Reunion

After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate Norio inviting him to a reunion. During the reunion, none of them can claim to have had a wonderful ...
Genre :

Sumako Matsui

1988-10-01 8

A Chaos of Flowers

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, t ...
Genre :Drama

Madonna

1977-08-06 0

Botchan

1977 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume Soseki's novel. ...
Genre :Comedy

Fusaka Kubo

2008-10-21 0

Osaka Hamlet

A film about family life in Osaka. Following the death of their father, three boys struggle to find their own identity with the help of their outgoing mother and weak-willed uncle. ...
Genre :Drama

Kazue Sato

1973-09-29 7

Stray Dog

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly t ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Drama

1989-12-16 0

Water Moon

As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko. ...
Genre :Drama

Yuri

1976-06-26 0

Cobra 2

Japanese crime film. ...
Genre :Crime

Yoko

1993-12-25 8.5

Tora-san's Matchmaker

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an at ...
Genre :Comedy

Fumi Hamada

1981-08-08 8.5

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foil ...
Genre :Comedy

Yoko Miyamoto

2007-10-06 7

The Signs of Love

Sayaka Miyamoto (Nao Matsushita) and Keita Fukushima (Terunosuke Takezai) attend the same university and believe their love for each other will never end. However, as time goes by and they graduate, t ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

しず子、ユキエ

1996-09-28 4

New Ghost Pub

Attending the funeral of one of his friends, Satoru sees a woman who looks exactly like his deceased wife Shizuko. The film mixes reality with death and parting, when the ghost of the deceased wife ch ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Bai Ling

2017-12-22 6.2

Legend of the Demon Cat

During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two w ...
Genre :Fantasy, Adventure, Family

Edeli

2009-03-14 5.7

Honokaa Boy

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1984-12-28 0

Nezumi Kozō kaitō den

Japanese comedy film. ...
Genre :Comedy

Madoka Hatano (Madonna)

1984-10-06 7

Shanghai Rhapsody

Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teete ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History, Music

Hatsuko Sakai

1978-06-03 6.3

The Incident

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the mur ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Reiko

1974-09-20 7.8

The Last Samurai

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1979-03-10 0

Nichiren

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive m ...
Genre :History, Drama

Maki Tamiya

1973-02-10 0

Deeper Than Blue

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son. ...
Genre :Drama

1997-12-27 0

The Rainbow Seeker 2

Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother. ...
Genre :Comedy

1983-01-29 0

Theater Of Life

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel. ...
Genre :Drama

Tokuko Tanayoshi

1986-04-12 4.8

House on Fire

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work ...
Genre :Drama

1971-09-04 6

Games

A 16-year-old girl works in a factory to pay her late father’s debt. When she makes up her mind to become a hostess, a boy approaches her with kind and gentle manners...(Also occasionally known in Eng ...
Genre :Drama

Yuko Katagiri

1980-04-29 0

May Love Be Restored

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk. ...
Genre :Drama

Chizuko

2018-11-30 6.9

The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daught ...
Genre :Drama

Sumiko

1971-01-27 0

Live and Learn

Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after school is out and they are caught by the old school jan ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

Misao Sasho

2015-10-17 0

Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam

After Misao divorced, she moved to Vietnam. She has always admired the country. There, she works as a Japanese language teacher. She learns that her brother-in-law is taking her mother with Alzheimer' ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ukiko

1986-07-12 5.5

Beyond the Shining Sea

Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

2006-02-25 4.8

Waru

A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulti ...
Genre :Crime

2006-08-25 0

Waru: The End

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1972-09-09 6

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

2013-03-19 0

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff ...
Genre :

1987-01-01 8

Taikoki

Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Tomoko

1979-10-06 6

The Three Undelivered Letters

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Natsui Sumie

2002-11-23 0

The Ripples

Inako Natsui is a quiet, modern girl working in a laboratory and living a closed and somewhat monotonous life in a small town. From time to time she goes to nearby to visit her lonely mother Wakayama ...
Genre :Drama

1991-04-20 0

Goodbye Mama

A successful office lady, who has made herself sexually available to a doctor, has her routine disrupted when her former boyfriend's son appears in her life. She is not connected to the boy, but his f ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Tamura

1994-06-18 6

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials. ...
Genre :Drama

2011-09-25 6

Izakaya Moheji

A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment…for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji, played by Yuta ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2017-08-28 7

Izakaya Moheji 6

Genre :Drama

1980-06-28 6

The Wicked

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

2001-10-31 6

The Making Of The Katakuris

In this contemporary documentary, the cast and the crew share their experiences of making the film. ...
Genre :Documentary

1986-05-24 5

Sure Death! 3

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

2019-05-10 0

Meeting Myself

Twelve years ago Ikeda Toru was a skilled fisherman until he crossed paths with a storm while out fishing. He lost all of his memories from that time and now lives his days troubled, never going fishi ...
Genre :

Yoriko Tsutano

1984-05-02 0

Make-Up

Genre :Drama

Machiko Onodera

2020-01-05 7

Tomorrow's Family

Risa Onodera, played by Miyazaki, had a groom runaway on the wedding day four years ago. Her father, Shusaku (Matsushige) and her mother, Machiko (Matsuzaka), built a large two-family house to live wi ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

1986-08-02 6.1

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a ...
Genre :Drama

Reiwa Taeko

2021-01-09 6

Only Yesterday

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the fir ...
Genre :TV Movie

Noriko Yamada

2002-12-01 0

Part-Time Detective

Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi bef ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, TV Movie

Noriko Yamada

2004-02-22 0

Part-Time Detective 2

The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering mysterious corruption cases. But this time she will solve it adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" fr ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, TV Movie

Sadako

2013-11-29 0

Hasegawa Machiko's Story

In the year 1926, Machiko Hasegawa is a 6-year-old child and lives in Fukuoka. She is a bright girl, who enjoys playing outdoors. At home, she loves to draw. Her father is a handsome mining engineer a ...
Genre :Drama

Hoshino Natsuko/Yumeno Natsumi

2021-03-22 0

Nagareboshi

Natsuko has been in a cold relationship with her husband, Kensaku, for many years. One day he dies suddenly, leaving Natsuko alone with a wizard, Mari, who appears and offers to grant up to four wishe ...
Genre :

Himiko Moriyama

2021-01-10 0

Doctors~The Strongest Doctor~2021 New Year SP

『DOCTORS』is back! Played by Sawamura Ikki, Surgeon Daisuke Sagara is back again during the new year of 2021. Masanobu Takashima, the director of the group, is preparing for the 100th anniversary of ...
Genre :

Tsune Inoshiyama

2010-12-04 6

Abacus and Sword

Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematicia ...
Genre :Drama

2011-03-05 7

Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky

Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Hondo

2021-03-06 7.3

Promise of death

Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo. She acts like a tyrant around her children, who are a ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

2009-12-26 7.7

Free and Easy 20: Final

Genre :

1974-06-22 0

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the backdrop of the turbulent history of the Showa period and ...
Genre :Drama

立花

1982-04-01 6.2

The Go Masters

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon b ...
Genre :Drama

1959-04-15 0

I told you so

A film adaptation of the popular hit by glamorous singer Keiko Matsuyama. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Riko Oribe

1983-10-22 0

The Politicians

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love letters changes the situation. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kaede

1976-07-24 0

Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

A period comedy set at the end of the Sengoku Period about Sasuke Saruhi, a middle-aged ninja. ...
Genre :Comedy

1974-04-27 0

Mutsugorō no kekkon-ki

1974 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

1975-11-29 0

Friendship

This is a story about the emotional connection between a young man with no clear purpose and a middle-aged man who abandoned his wife, children, and hometown but is hiding his pain inside. ...
Genre :Drama

2025-05-23 8

Our Eternal Song

Based on the true story of this miracle that delivered smiles and hope to the world, the love and conflict of each father and son, and the father and family who challenge the dream they once gave up a ...
Genre :Drama

Empress Suiko

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

1975-09-20 0

Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka

A young girl travels between Yokohama and Yokosuka, searching for her older sister to tell her about their mother's death. ...
Genre :

1988-06-04 0

椿姫

Genre :

Kaori

1967-10-01 7.781

Ultraseven

In the not-too-distant future, the Earth finds itself constantly under attack from extraterrestrial threats. The Terrestrial Defense Force establishes the Ultra Garrison, a team of six elite members w ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family

Imai Suzu

2018-10-01 9

Manpuku

Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a ...
Genre :Drama

Akane

1979-01-07 7

Kusa Moeru

The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako during the Kamakura Period. ...
Genre :Drama

1975-01-05 0

Genroku Taiheiki

Genre :Drama

No Hime

1973-01-07 0

Kunitori Monogatari

Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi. ...
Genre :Drama

2002-07-07 0

Season of the Sun

Taiyo no Kisetsu is a Japanese drama TV miniseries which first aired on July 7, 2002. It starred Hideaki Takizawa and was directed by Nobuhiro Doi. The program was a remake of an earlier film of the s ...
Genre :Drama

Hatsume

1981-01-02 7

Sekigahara

Blockbuster drama based on the novel Sekigahara by Ryotaro Shiba, a program dedicated to the 30th anniversary of TBS. A total of 120 actors, 3,500 extras and about 500 horses recreated the largest bat ...
Genre :Drama

Makino Taki

2023-04-03 7.8

Ranman

The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a bo ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Taira no Tokiko (Kiyomori's wife)

2005-01-09 8.5

Yoshitsune

Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. Th ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

1997-01-05 0

Mouri Motonari

The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textb ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Yoko Toyohara

2005-10-13 0

Middle-aged Divorce

Genre :

2013-03-19 0

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Genre :Drama

Emi Matsuki

1970-09-29 0

おくさまは18歳

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2004-10-05 10

Mother and Lover

Shingo Okazaki is a young man devoted to his mother to a degree that's rare in Japan. He's a young fellow who treats his mother with respect, but his tendency to overdo it makes his filial devotion lo ...
Genre :Comedy

1973-09-24 0

Edo wo Kiru

Edo wo Kiru (江戸を斬る) was a popular jidaigeki on Japan's TBS. It lasted through eight series, with several casts and settings. ...
Genre :Drama

Machiko Kusunoki

2010-07-19 8

Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow Color

Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Most of the time, Taiga only gets to appear in variety shows. One day when his ...
Genre :Comedy

Chiyo

2023-01-12 7.673

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof. ...
Genre :Drama

Bistro Guest

1996-04-15 8.5

SMAP×SMAP

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's ...
Genre :Comedy

2000-10-20 0

恐妻家探偵の事件帖

Genre :

2012-10-18 7.4

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led man ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Yukari Baba

2021-10-15 4

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa

In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned fro ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

1989-01-02 0

Dai Chuushingura

Genre :

2002-12-11 0

パートタイム探偵

Genre :

Saigo Masako

2018-01-07 8.3

Segodon

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of i ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

1973-04-03 0

Omoi Bashi

A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Shimako Yamamoto

2007-01-11 8

Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta!

Makimura Kimiko, freelance journalist and city-girl extraordinaire, marries into a traditional Japanese family. Most overbearing of the Yamamoto Family members is Isojiro's mother, Shimako, who seems ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Yamazaki Midori

2011-12-04 0

Madonna Verde

Kaido published "Madonna Verde" in 2008 as a sequel to "Gene Waltz," continuing the story around the controversial issue of surrogate pregnancy in Japan. Kuninaka plays the doctor Rie Sonezaki, known ...
Genre :

Sumire Kisaragi (65 years old)

2016-02-05 7.6

Sumika Sumire

Kisaragi Sumi is a 20-year-old university student. But do not be surprised that she is a 65-year-old inside. Under pressure to help out with the family business from a young age, she could not have a ...
Genre :Drama

Kiriko Hitotsubashi

2022-10-08 8

Hitotsubashi Kiriko's Crime Diary

Hitotsubashi Kiriko is sinking into a pit of sorrow when her one and only best friend whom she lived with for three years, dies of illness. Living on a pension and working part-time is not easy, and t ...
Genre :Drama

Anna

2005-10-07 7.9

GARO

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Eri Goura

2013-01-14 7.1

Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files

Biblia Second-hand Bookstore has been quietly open for business in some corner of Kamakura. Its owner is Shinokawa Shioriko, a young, pretty but introverted girl who is extremely shy around strangers ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Aguri

1979-04-16 0

The 47 Ronins of Ako

Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate lif ...
Genre :

Nukatabe no himemiko

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 :

Sagawa Natsue

2022-05-08 9

When I Was Born Next Time

Genre :Drama

2014-10-16 0

ぼんくら

Genre :Drama

2004-07-08 7

Proof of the Man

This crime thriller follows a Japanese detective, Takeshi Munesue (played by Yutaka Takenouchi), as he investigates the murder of a Black American man found dead in a Tokyo hotel. Munesue partners wit ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

1971-10-05 0

なんたって18歳！

Genre :

Iwabuchi Haruko

2016-02-27 6

Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

A heartwarming romantic drama set in Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture. The story revolves around Yukari, a city hall employee who hosts a matchmaking-party held on a train running along the beautiful ...
Genre :Comedy

1985-01-06 0

Waves of Spring

Genre :Drama

1974-04-05 0

White Runway

Sugiyama was undergoing training in Moses Lake, USA, for the Boeing 747 model transition training. After passing the exam and returning to Japan, he found that his wife Ayako had disappeared... ...
Genre :Drama

2007-01-04 0

マグロ

Genre :Drama

Chieko Imaizumi

2004-01-12 7.796

Pride

Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who we ...
Genre :Drama

1975-04-04 0

The White Horizon

The series portrays veteran boxing world champion Ryuzo Nakane, played by Tamiya, as he fails to defend his title for the sixth time and falls from his glory after a scandal with famous singer Noriko ...
Genre :Drama

Masako Yamaguchi

2025-06-21 9.3

I Want to Die Alone

Narumi Yamaguchi, a single woman who enjoyed her independent life, suddenly started dating after her admired aunt died alone. After failing to find a partner and being bluntly told by her younger coll ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy