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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Tokyo Drama Award 2021

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Photo taken during a ceremony for the Tokyo Drama Award shows Noriko Eguchi posing at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2021, after receiving the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Story of My Family."(Kyodo)

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category.

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category. (Kyodo)

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki attends the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, after receiving the Best Performance by an Actress award for her role in the TBS drama series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist." (Kyodo)

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Japanese actresses Sairi Ito, Kanna Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Japanese actresses Sairi Ito (L) and Kanna Hashimoto exchange presents during a ceremony in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 4, 2024, to mark the upcoming end of public broadcaster NHK's morning drama series and start of the next one. The handover ceremony involves the actors playing the lead roles of the two series.

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Japanese actress, singer Miho Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama (R) shakes hands with actress Kumiko Goto during a press conference for the TV drama series "Mama wa Idol (Mama is an Idol)," in which they both starred, at a Tokyo hotel on March 9, 1987.

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People visit whisky distillery, inspired by TV drama

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors stroll through the grounds of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2014. The distillery has seen an increase in visitor numbers due to public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka who is known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta Cowan.

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Monster serves as station master in publicity blitz

TOKYO, Japan - The Vartan Seijin monster (R, front row), one of the fictional characters in the "Ultraman" superhero TV drama series, poses as a one-day master of East Japan Railway Co.'s Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2015, during a ceremony for the start of a campaign encouraging train trips.

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Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

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Actor Sakai's 'Hanzawa Naoki' wins top TV drama award

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Masato Sakai wears a broad smile as the serial TV drama "Hanzawa Naoki," in which he played the role of an adversarial banker, is given the top prize in the 2014 Tokyo Drama Awards at a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014. Sakai himself was given the best actor prize.

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UK stage director Caird to produce drama for quake-hit kids

TOKYO, Japan - British stage director John Caird (C) and other people pose on Feb. 25, 2014, to promote a stage drama, "Sekai ga Wagaya" (The World Is Our Home). He will produce the drama to help support children who lost their parents because of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On his left is Mikiko Otonashi who will narrate the drama.

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NHK thanked for economic boost from hit drama 'Amachan'

TOKYO, Japan - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (L) presents Masayuki Matsumoto (R), president of public broadcaster NHK, with a certificate of gratitude on Jan. 23, 2014, at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo in appreciation of economic and social benefits brought about by NHK's hit drama "Amachan." Aired in 2013, the drama revolved around the traditional culture of "ama" women divers and the rebuilding of northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami

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Amachan wraps up shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Rena Nonen smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013, as shooting for the popular NHK drama "Amachan" wrapped up earlier in the day. Nonen played the role of the main character, Aki.

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Amachan wraps up shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Rena Nonen poses for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013, as shooting for the popular NHK drama "Amachan" wrapped up earlier in the day. Nonen played the role of the main character, Aki.

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Actor Nitani dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1986 shows actor Hideaki Nitani, an action movie star during the heyday of the Japanese film industry and a fixture of a popular TV police drama. Nitani died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 7, 2012. He was 81.

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Seiko Matsuda to appear in NHK period drama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2002 shows veteran Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda. Matsuda has been cast as Gion Nyogo in ''Taira no Kiyomori,'' NHK's period drama for 2012, which will be her first appearance in the yearlong drama series of the public broadcaster.

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40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Kotaro Satomi, playing the leading role of TV period drama series ''Mito Komon,'' looks pensive at a press conference in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, held to announce the termination of the series in December 2011. The 40-plus-year-long drama won popularity with its moralistic story; the protagonist based on real character Tokugawa Mitsukuni punishes evildoers at the conclusion of each episode.

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Buzzward award

Tokyo, Japan - Recipients of this year's buzzword awards and judges pose for photos at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha, on Dec. 1, 2010. Nunoe Mura (6th from L, front), whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist),'' became a smash hit television drama, received the award as ''GeGeGe'' was selected as the top buzzword.

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'GeGeGe' wins buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - Nunoe Mura, whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist)'' was turned into a smash hit NHK drama, receives the year's top buzzword award for the term 'GeGeGe,' at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha on Dec. 1, 2010.

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S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun (C) attends a ceremony as recipient of the ''Best Actor in Asia'' award in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2010. Lee starred in the 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series ''IRIS.''

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S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun holds Japanese child actress Mana Ashida during a ceremony where he received the ''Best Actor in Asia'' award in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2010. Lee starred in the 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series ''IRIS.''

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'Ryoma-den' to be aired in Taiwan, S. Korea, Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and musician Masaharu Fukuyama speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010 , as NHK's serial television drama ''Ryoma-den'' (Ryoma Story), featuring 19th century revolutionary Ryoma Sakamoto played by Fukuyama, will be aired in Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand.

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'Ryoma-den' drama cast finishes shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Fukuyama, who played legendary revolutionary Ryoma Sakamoto in the drama ''Ryoma-den,'' receives flowers after the final shoot at the headquarters of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010.

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'Ryoma-den' drama cast finishes shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Fukuyama (C), Teruyuki Kagawa (C,L) and other members of the cast of the drama ''Ryoma-den'' pose at the headquarters of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010.

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Closing ceremony performance held at Tokyo's Kabuki-za

TOKYO, Japan - A man takes photos in front of the Kabuki-za, home of Japan's traditional Kabuki drama, in Tokyo on April 30, 2010, as the theater holds closing ceremony performances the same day. The theater will be demolished to build a 49-story multi-functional complex by 2013.

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Closing ceremony performance held at Tokyo's Kabuki-za

TOKYO, Japan - Theatergoers gather in front of the Kabuki-za, home of Japan's traditional Kabuki drama, to get tickets for the closing ceremony performance at the theater in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. It will be demolished to build a 49-story multi-functional complex by 2013.

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Closing ceremony performance held at Tokyo's Kabuki-za

TOKYO, Japan - Theatergoers gather in front of the Kabuki-za, home of Japan's traditional Kabuki drama, to get tickets for the closing ceremony performance at the theater in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. It will be demolished to build a 49-story multi-functional complex by 2013.

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Closing ceremony performance held at Tokyo's Kabuki-za

TOKYO, Japan - Theatergoers gather in front of the Kabuki-za, home of Japan's traditional Kabuki drama, to get tickets for the closing ceremony performance at the theater in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. It will be demolished to build a 49-story multi-functional complex by 2013.

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People flock to Kabuki-za before April 30 closing

TOKYO, Japan - People seen taking commemorative photos in front of Kabuki-za, home of Japan's traditional Kabuki drama, on April 22, 2010. A series of farewell performances has been held since January at the theater before it closes on April 30. It will be demolished to build a 49-story multi-functional complex by 2013.

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Actor Fujita dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo, taken in May 2009, at a studio in Kyoto, shows popular actor Makoto Fujita in kimono costume playing samurai Nakamura Mondo in the ''Hissatsu'' (Kill) TV period drama. Fujita died of arterial bleeding at Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2010. He was 76.

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'Winter Sonata' cafe in Ginza crowded with female fans

TOKYO, Japan - Women pose for photos with a life-size figure of Korean actor Bae Yong Joon, who starred in the popular South Korean TV drama series ''Winter Sonata,'' at a cafe in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2009. The coffee shop featuring the world of an animated version of the drama recently opened on the rooftop terrace of Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district.

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Late writer Mukoda's debut scripts for TV drama series found

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in April 1974 shows late Japanese writer Kuniko Mukoda, whose first scripts for a TV drama series were found recently. The well-known TV screenwriter and novelist who focused on the daily lives of ordinary people died in an aircraft accident in Taiwan in 1981 aged 51.

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Students hope to stop India, Pakistan nukes with play

TOKYO, Japan - Students of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies perform ''Hadashi no Gen'' in Urdu at the university on Oct. 26. The students have been performing the anti-nuclear drama, which depicts a boy who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in a bid to encourage people in India and Pakistan to urge their governments to abandon nuclear arms.

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Veteran actor Shogo Shimada dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran actor Shogo Shimada (file photo) died on Nov. 26 at his Tokyo home after suffering from a stroke. He was 98. Shimada was a key member of the now-defunct modern drama troupe Shinkokugeki (New National Theater) from 1923 until it was disbanded in 1987.

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'Winter Sonata' hero, Olympic athlete feature year's theme dolls

TOKYO, Japan - Mataro Ningyo Co., a doll maker in Tokyo, releases dolls Nov. 16 representing major events in Japan this year. The male doll on the left at the bottom is modeled after South Korean Bae Yong Jun, star of the hit TV drama ''Winter Sonata.'' The pair on the right at the bottom are modeled after Kyoko Hamaguchi, the women's freestyle wrestling bronze medalist in the Athens Olympics, and her father and professional wrestler Animal Hamaguchi. The doll on the left in the middle is modeled after Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, who set a major league single-season hit record this year.

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Drama-filled Haneda Tokyu Hotel closes after 40 years

TOKYO, Japan - The Haneda Tokyu Hotel, close to Tokyo's Haneda airport and the scene of many historic events, shut down on Sept. 30 after operating for four decades. After it opened in August 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics Games, the hotel witnessed the rapid transformation of the Japanese air travel industry.

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S. Korean tourism ambassador calls on Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Popular South Korean actress Choi Ji Woo, who is a goodwill ambassador to promote tourism, poses with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during her call at his office in Tokyo on July 22. Choi plays the heroine in the popular South Korean drama ''Winter Sonata,'' which has triggered a boom in modern South Korean culture in Japan.

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(1)South Korean TV drama sparks social phenomenon in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tachiyana Takamura (R), a 70-year-old handcraft maker, talks with visitors in front of her works, which feature ''Winter Sonata,'' at a gallery in Tokyo's Ginza.

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TV actress Kobayashi dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Chitose Kobayashi (file photo taken in 1986), a famous actress in the early days of Japanese television broadcasting, died of heart failure Nov. 26, her family said. She was 66. Kobayashi was often featured in Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) dramas and is known for playing the role of the mother of the heroine in a 1974 NHK drama series.

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Koizumi visits Kabuki-za theater during New Year's break

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) leaves Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo's Ginza district after seeing a Kabuki performance during his New Year's holidays on Jan. 2. Koizumi last saw the traditional Japanese drama about three months ago. He will resume his official duties on Jan. 6.

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Suzuki looks at weekly magazine story

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party member Muneo Suzuki, one of main players in the political drama involving the dismissal of Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, takes a look at a copy of a weekly magazine story during a House of Representatives plenary session Feb. 6.

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Suzuki opts to ''observe the developments''

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker and one of key players at the center of the political drama over a Foreign Ministry decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the international Afghan donor conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, sits tight-lipped in the Diet building Jan. 29. Suzuki denied any involvement in the ministry's decision on NGO participation, saying only that he will ''observe the developments'' of the case.

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Kyogen actor Izumi to wed actress Hano in early Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Kyogen actor Motoya Izumi (L) will marry actress Aki Hano (R) on Jan. 5 at a Tokyo temple, Izumi's friends said on Dec. 20. Izumi is the 20th hereditary head of his family's Izumi school of Kyogen, a comedic form of Japanese classical drama that developed in the 14th century.

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Children perform their first Noh play 'Tsuchigumo'

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kazuma Kobayashi (C), an 18-year-old high school student wearing a formal 'shozoku' (Noh costume), plays the lead role, or 'shite,' in a performance of 'Tsuchigumo' (Spider) on Dec. 24 at Kawasaki City Noh Theater, southwest of Tokyo. The Noh drama depicts the struggle between villagers and a spider monster who pretends to be human. Orio Okuma (R front), a 14-year-old junior high school student, performs the role of the warrior who fights the spider in the 'waki,' or supporting role.

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Kyogen actor Izumi to wed actress Hano in early Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Kyogen actor Motoya Izumi (L) will marry actress Aki Hano (R) on Jan. 5 at a Tokyo temple, Izumi's friends said on Dec. 20. Izumi is the 20th hereditary head of his family's Izumi school of Kyogen, a comedic form of Japanese classical drama that developed in the 14th century.