Lily Franky
Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, born Masaya Nakagawa; 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.
Works
Made in Korea
In 1970s South Korea, follow two men on opposite sides of power — one driven by ambition, the other by justice. As their worlds collide, greed, loyalty, and survival intertwine in a battle that will shape a nation.
Release Date2025-12-24
Charactersd Osamu Ikeda
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
The Naked Director
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.
Release Date2019-08-08
Charactersd Takei
Episode Count2
Vote Count184
The Last 10 Years
Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love—until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
Release Date2022-03-04
Charactersd Kajiwara
Vote Count108
Tokyo Swindlers
A team of swindlers gets wind of prime real estate worth 10 billion yen and will stop at nothing to pull off their most ambitious scam yet.
Release Date2024-07-25
Charactersd Tatsu
Episode Count5
Vote Count50
1st Kiss
After losing her husband to death following a troubled marriage, a woman unexpectedly travels back to the moment before their first meeting, allowing them to reconnect and rekindle their romance.
Release Date2025-02-07
Charactersd Tenma Ichiro
Vote Count14
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Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Release Date2018-02-03
Charactersd Masato Matsuda
Vote Count17
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he'd live out his days quietly as a hostage. But fate had other plans. Inspired by Mikawa warriors, he becomes a minor lord and dives into a war-torn world ruled by monsters like Nobunaga and Shingen.Life-or-death moments, miscalculations, and no time to breathe—what will you do, Ieyasu?
Release Date2023-01-08
Charactersd Hisamatsu Nagaie
Episode Count50
Vote Count7
Scoop!
Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.
Release Date2016-10-01
Charactersd Chara-Gen
Vote Count28
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.
Release Date2018-08-31
Charactersd Private detective Nakagawa
Vote Count23
Helter Skelter
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Release Date2012-07-14
Charactersd Kenichi-san
Vote Count158
As the Gods Will
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Release Date2014-11-15
Charactersd Homeless Man
Vote Count549
Cottontail
After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Release Date2024-02-24
Charactersd Kenzaburō
Vote Count9
Like Father, Like Son
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Release Date2013-09-24
Charactersd Yudai Saiki
Vote Count770
Bad City
Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
Release Date2022-07-05
Charactersd Wataru Gojo
Vote Count85
Shoplifters
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
Release Date2018-06-02
Charactersd Osamu Shibata
Vote Count2207
Harbin
In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.
Release Date2024-12-24
Charactersd Itō Hirobumi
Vote Count36
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
After her ex-cop father is murdered on Christmas Eve, Komugi finds a letter hinting at a dark conspiracy and teams up with a lawyer to uncover the truth.
Release Date2025-01-24
Charactersd Haruo Yamashita
Episode Count10
Vote Count11
Sunny
It has been 14 years since the murder of an elementary school student by a classmate. At the time, Akari was deified by the name Sunny, "the cutest murderer in criminal history". Two men, abduct Akari. Holding her captive, they upload pictures and video of her on the internet. Meanwhile, Akari makes every effort to escape from her prison.
Release Date2018-02-17
Charactersd Takeshi Oda
Vote Count2
After the Storm
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Release Date2016-05-21
Charactersd Koichiro Yamabe
Vote Count368
Yakuza Apocalypse
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
Release Date2015-05-21
Charactersd Genyo motherfucking Kamiura
Vote Count175
Call Me Chihiro
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Release Date2023-02-23
Charactersd Utsumi
Vote Count132
The Boy and the Beast
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Release Date2015-07-11
Charactersd Hyakushūbō (voice)
Vote Count1553
Laplace's Witch
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Release Date2018-05-04
Charactersd Zentaro Uhara
Vote Count38
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Friends grow apart after a tragic accident claims one of their number. Years later, the dead girl appears to them to ask for their help in crossing over to the afterlife.
Release Date2015-09-21
Charactersd Kenichi Fujiyoshi
Vote Count23
Bakuman
Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.
Release Date2015-10-03
Charactersd Sasaki
Vote Count55
Million Yen Women
Five beautiful but mysterious women move in with unsuccessful novelist Shin, who manages their odd household in exchange for a tidy monthly sum.
Release Date2017-04-07
Charactersd Tatsuyuki
Episode Count12
Vote Count51
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Release Date2021-03-26
Charactersd Mysterious Man
Vote Count13
Not Quite Dead Yet
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
Release Date2020-03-20
Charactersd Hino
Vote Count20
Renoir
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
Release Date2025-06-20
Charactersd Keiji Okita
Vote Count10
Love Strikes!
Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Release Date2011-09-23
Charactersd Takuya Sumida
Vote Count37
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Detective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in Shimo-Akazuka of Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. The detectives take on a string of challenging cases that no one else wants to take on.
Release Date2017-07-14
Charactersd Minami
Episode Count10
Vote Count5
Our Little Sister
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
Release Date2015-06-13
Charactersd Senichi Fukuda
Vote Count528
Pieta in the Toilet
Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
Release Date2015-06-06
Charactersd Touru Yokota
Vote Count21
Analog
Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
Release Date2023-10-06
Charactersd Tamiya
Vote Count4
Slow Train
Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan to Yoko and Ushio, so the three siblings find themselves at the crossroads of their lives.
Release Date2025-01-02
Charactersd Katsumi Nikaido
Vote Count8
Double Life
Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.
Release Date2016-06-25
Charactersd Shinohara
Vote Count10
While the Women Are Sleeping
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.
Release Date2016-02-27
Charactersd Iizuka
Vote Count16
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.
Release Date2023-01-12
Charactersd Ren
Episode Count9
Vote Count54
Yellow Elephant
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Release Date2013-02-02
Charactersd Natsume
Vote Count10
It's a Flickering Life
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
Release Date2021-04-16
Charactersd Hiroshi Izumi
Vote Count9
All Around Us
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
Release Date2008-06-07
Charactersd Kanao Satou
Vote Count17
Prior Convictions
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
Release Date2022-01-28
Charactersd Fumio Toyama
Vote Count8
The Devil's Path
Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.
Release Date2013-09-21
Charactersd Takao Kimura
Vote Count42
Afro Tanaka
Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
Release Date2012-02-18
Charactersd Company president
Vote Count10
What Comes After Love
While studying in Japan, Hong meets Jungo and goes through a sad love and breakup. Five years later, the two are reunited in Korea.
Release Date2024-09-27
Charactersd Takuto Aoki
Episode Count2
Vote Count25
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama's true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.
Release Date2016-11-02
Charactersd Nobuo Mori
Vote Count7
Judge!
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
Release Date2014-01-11
Charactersd Kagami
Vote Count21
My Dad and Mr. Ito
He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.
Release Date2016-10-08
Charactersd Yasuaki Ito
Vote Count8
Ainu Mosir
Kanto, 14, a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, decides to visit a hole in the forest — a path to the other side of the world where dead people live, hoping to see his deceased father.
Release Date2020-10-17
Charactersd Okada
Vote Count5
A Beautiful Star
A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.
Release Date2017-05-26
Charactersd Shigeichiro Osugi
Vote Count13
Radio
Release Date2013-03-26
Charactersd Tobimatsu
Vote Count1
Silver and Gold
Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other influential people bet their lives for greed.
Release Date2017-01-07
Charactersd Ginji Hirai
Episode Count12
Vote Count3
Boys on the Run
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
Release Date2010-01-30
Charactersd President
Vote Count14
Three Stories of Love
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Release Date2015-10-02
Charactersd Atsushi's Senior
Vote Count13
Wheels and Axle
Manami was born into a wealthy family, but she hates her family lineage as fake. She meets Jun, a wealthy gay man. June took Manami to a night club and she gets interested in Seiya, a host guy who has had sex with Jun for business.
Release Date2023-08-03
Charactersd Nobuomama
Vote Count1
Town Without Sea
It is a youth film about the boys in their late teens spend before they become adults. Sho and Tiaga, who grew up in the same neighborhood since they were little, are in their last year of high school. They are also the duo who beat the drums at town festivals. However, Taiga announces that he will not play drums this year to prepare to go to college. Sho, who has no plan of his future, cannot think straight. Like The Blue Bird by Maurice MAETERLINCK, the film tells the story of the youth realizing that happiness is not far away.
Release Date2020-12-04
Charactersd Sho's Grandfather
Vote Count3
Oh, My Buddha!
Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.
Release Date2009-08-15
Charactersd Oton
Vote Count2
Last Scene
Screenwriter Kurata meets his granddaughter Yui, who has traveled 50 years into the past to warn him that if he doesn’t rewrite his TV drama script, the entire genre of television drama will vanish in the future. As they fight to preserve the future of the medium, they are forced to reckon with the consequences of their actions—at the cost of Yui’s very existence.
Release Date2025-05-09
Charactersd Ferris wheel staff
Vote Count4
Perfect Revolution
Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
Release Date2017-09-29
Charactersd Kuma
Vote Count2
A Mother's Touch
Satoshi loses his eyesight completely at the age of 9 despite numerous surgeries, but grows up with cheerful spirit thanks to his mother Reiko’s unconditional love. Surrounded by affection and friendship at high school, Satoshi’s future seems bright until one day his family realizes that he is losing his hearing as well. Determined to never give up, Reiko tries everything she can to give him hope.
Release Date2022-11-04
Charactersd Mitsunori Nagao
Vote Count2
Fires on the Plain
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Release Date2015-07-25
Charactersd Yasuda
Vote Count41
Sea of Revival
After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.
Release Date2019-06-28
Charactersd Onodera
Vote Count6
Undercurrent
Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
Release Date2023-10-06
Charactersd Michio Yamazaki
Vote Count9
The Shell Collector
The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?
Release Date2016-01-31
Charactersd Scholar
Vote Count7
Miko Girl
Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.
Release Date2018-02-03
Charactersd Otori
Vote Count3
Diamonds in the Sand
Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
Release Date2025-10-30
Charactersd Yoji
Love Strikes!
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).
Release Date2010-07-16
Charactersd Sumi
Episode Count12
Vote Count11
A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura
Kasumi Arimura suddenly gets a break from filming and returns to her hometown for the first time in a long while. Her mother, Yumiko, comes to the train station to pick her up and they head for the family home.
Release Date2020-03-21
Charactersd Masaki Himura
Episode Count1
Vote Count5
Fujiko
Prize winning journalist, Michiko Takamine receives an autobiographical manuscript from recent suicide victim Sakiko, the daughter of imprisoned serial killer Fujiko. Before publishing the manuscript, Michiko seeks to interview Fujiko in prison to determine its validity. This story of murder and intrigue goes much deeper then Michiko envisioned and has a unique family twist.
Release Date2015-11-13
Charactersd Editor-in-chief Mizutani
Episode Count6
Vote Count3
Issa
Movie depicts the later life of poet Issa Kobayashi. At the age of 50, he goes back to his hometown. Two years later, he marries 28-year-old Kiku. The couple go on to have three sons and one daughter, but their children all die at early ages. Due to inheritance issues with his father's property, Issa comes into conflict with his stepmother Satsu and his younger stepbrother Senroku.
Release Date2017-12-31
Charactersd Issa
Kyouen NG
"No co-starring" between popular actor Toyama Eiji and actress Ohzono Hitomi is an open secret in the industry. The couple used to date but they broke up after an event. Since then, they have never co-star in the same work. However, this will be the first time in 25 years that the duo will co-star in a large-scale drama as lead roles. Moreover, the other actors who are also participating in the drama also mentioned "no co-starring" among each other. Will the two be able to work in harmony after many years of resentment? Will the drama be able to complete successfully?
Release Date2020-10-26
Charactersd Mark Nomoto
Episode Count7
Vote Count2
Pension: Love Is Pink
Shiro runs the pension "Love Is Pink" ("Koi wa Momoiro") with the help of his daughter Haru.
Release Date2020-01-16
Charactersd Shiro
Episode Count5
Vote Count2
Crow's Blood
As science is growing ever closer to the taboo field of regenerative medicine, a mysterious new student named Maki Togawa begins attending the International Dolly Girls' College. Soon after, a series of strange and horrific events occur in and around the school, seemingly in the proximity of or due to new student Maki.
Release Date2016-07-23
Charactersd Undertaker
Episode Count1
Vote Count15
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.
Release Date2009-09-03
Charactersd policeman #2
Episode Count1
Every Trick In The Book
Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
Release Date2021-08-27
Charactersd Maeda
Vote Count9
The Parades
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
Release Date2024-02-28
Charactersd Michael
Vote Count33
We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.
Release Date2011-09-23
Charactersd bar master
Vote Count2
Rikon na Futari
Noda Ryusuke is a popular scriptwriter specialising in stories about the perfect married couple but is shocked when his wife of 23 years suddenly wants to get a divorce.
Release Date2019-04-05
Charactersd Noda Ryusuke
Episode Count2
Vote Count1
Tornado Girl
Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
Release Date2017-09-16
Charactersd Shu Koda
Vote Count10
The Last Shot in the Bar
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
Release Date2017-12-01
Charactersd Jinya Kitashiro
Vote Count8
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
Release Date2008-10-26
Charactersd Self
Vote Count17
Making of Yakuza Apocalypse
The Making of the movie "Yakuza Apocalypse".
Charactersd Self
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Release Date2007-04-14
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count16
Tokyo Tower
A story about a young man named Masaya, whose lifelong dream is to go build a life in Tokyo. Masaya thinks his life in his hometown is uncool. A few years later, he manages to move to Tokyo but not without any consequences. In Tokyo, he learns the hard way about the meaning of life, survival, love, insecurities, desperation and hope. He also learns the struggles of living in a big city and trying to fix his relationship with his parents, especially his mom.
Release Date2007-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count11
Vote Count2
Comedy Island: Japan
A new genre of visual entertainment has finally come to life! What would happen if comedians are transferred to a parallel universe which is created by five popular Japanese writers? The comedians are not given any script or lines but given unexpected and unreasonable challenges. They have to survive by pure ad-libbing.
Release Date2023-11-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Release Date2010-01-03
Episode Count48
Vote Count13
Sunny
The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she's given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company.
Release Date2024-07-09
Episode Count1
Vote Count89
Bungo: Stories of Desire
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Release Date2012-09-29
Vote Count2
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around. Detective Akechi Kogorô investigating crimes.
Release Date2001-06-24
Vote Count14
Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what kind of life would they be leading?
Release Date2016-10-10
Vote Count1
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
Release Date2022-04-05
Episode Count20
Vote Count4
Suspect X
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Release Date2008-10-04
Vote Count124
Natsuzora
Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.
Release Date2019-04-01
Episode Count156
Vote Count1
He's Expecting
When a successful ad executive who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
Release Date2022-04-21
Episode Count8
Vote Count17
The Gun
An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.
Release Date2018-11-17
Vote Count4
Lucky Seven
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
Release Date2012-01-16
Episode Count1
Vote Count7
Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi.
Release Date2015-12-28
Vote Count12
Flarella
The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.
Release Date2010-10-01
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.
Release Date2018-01-20
Vote Count1
Ren'ai Aru Aru
A movie based on 3 stories and each woman struggling with their own romance problems. Story 1: Shanai Renai Aru Aru Michiyama Kiyomi (Kuroki Meisa) has lived with the belief that romance with a person who is close to her will devastate her life ever since her bitter memories of the past. She has vowed in her heart not to have an office romance. But after she is designated as a staff of some project with Tamaki Kenichi (Fuchikami Yasushi), the distance between the two of them quickly shrinks. Story 2: Single Mother Renai Aru Aru Ever since her divorce from her husband, Akai Hitoe (Sasaki Nozomi) has raised her 5-year-old son, Atsushi (Ebizuka Yukiyasu), on her own
Release Date2015-06-24
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".
Release Date2006-08-12
That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
On a rainy day, a tired man is standing in the kitchen. He is preparing a special curry to eat on his wife's birthday three days later. It is an important dish that has become an annual event. The radio program he loves to listen to is encouraging listeners to send in their "secret recipes." The man picks up his phone and starts writing an email him about his special home cooking. (Source: sonocurry.com)
Release Date2021-09-03
Vote Count1
Natsuyasumi no kyoshô
Release Date2005-07-11
Raid on a Ghostly Snack Bar!
Yuki, the hostess of a bar who has killed a gang member and is currently serving time in prison, makes a deal with the law to avoid retaliation. Meanwhile, Yuki is in danger after getting too close to the yakuza, when a wanderer who shared her husband's cell appears before her. Furthermore, three ghosts who haunt the bar also join them...
Release Date2006-01-21
Shokuzai no Sonata
The seemingly shrewd and cunning Reiji Mikoshiba is a heavyweight lawyer in the legal and political worlds. There’s no case he can’t win, and he occasionally takes on unprofitable cases to make a name for himself, making him a cunning man who can take on both sides of the fence. Also shown as TV Movie.
Release Date2015-01-24
Episode Count8
Vote Count3
Dokutsu Ojisan
In a farming village in 1959 (Showa 34), Kayama Kazuma (Tomita Kaito) grew up in a poor family. He left home at 13 because he could not tolerate ill-treatment from his parents and lived hidden in a cave deep in the mountains. He became proficient at survival skills such as making bows and arrows, and catching rabbits and wild boars on his own. His beloved dog supported him through this lonely life. Several years later, a kind farming couple Sunagawa Yoshio (Inoue Jun) and Masayo (Kiuchi Midori) discover a man clad in animal fur living in a cave. He is the grown-up Kazuma (Nakamura Aoi). Kazuma starts to make contact with the world despite his confusion … --JDramas Weblog
Release Date2015-10-01
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
Diary of a Mad Old Man
A stubborn professor who becomes consumed by desire when he forms a bond with his best friend’s daughter who is tasked with taking care of him.
The Covers
A group of talented artists breathe new life into classic Japanese songs and pop songs that have influenced them, covering them in fascinating arrangements, each with their own unique flavor. This is also a music program where they talk about their obsessions to the fullest.
Release Date2014-03-31
Episode Count2
Travel FUKUYAMA
Tabi Fukuyama - Travel show of Masaharu Fukuyama
Release Date2019-11-01
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
Song FUKUYAMA
Release Date2015-10-04
Episode Count6
Vote Count1
I LOVE YOU
Release Date2013-07-18
Hello life from 55
Release Date2014-06-14
Episode Count5
Vote Count1
クレイジーハニー
Release Date2011-08-05
Episode Count1
The Gun 2020
Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
Release Date2020-07-10
Vote Count3
Planet Mizsa
Yoshisuke grew up in a small town and his father ran a paper lantern shop. The town itself has beautiful scenery, but Yoshisuke is bored. One day, he goes to a prostitution shop and meets Mizusa. She tells him that she is an alien. They meet each other continually and Yoshisuke asks Mizusa why she works as a prostitute. Mizusa tells him that she stops working as a prostitute, the world will go out of existence.
Release Date2014-10-18
Vote Count1