
July 12, 1939 · 87 years old

The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dea...

About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.

Haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

A hidden gem has arrived in the form of a stage play performed in tribute to a pair of Japan's greatest stars. On the 35th anniversary of his becoming an entertainer Matsudaira Ken chose to...