Etsuko Ichihara

Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko Ichihara). Izumi then stays at Suma's home. At first, Izumi keeps an eye for money that he can steal. The people though in the village think Izumi is Suma's grandson and take care of him. A change takes place in Izumi.

Mitsuha é a filha do prefeito de uma pequena cidade, mas sonha em tentar a sorte em Tóquio. Taki trabalha em um restaurante em Tóquio e deseja largar o seu emprego. Os dois não se conhecem, mas estão conectados pelas imagens de seus sonhos.

Sentaro gere uma pequena pastelaria de dorayakis – uma especialidade japonesa que consiste em duas panquecas recheadas com doce de feijão (“an”, no original). Quando Tokue, uma senhora com cerca de 70 anos, se oferece para trabalhar na pastelaria, ele aceita com relutância. No entanto, Tokue rapidamente prova que a sua receita de “an” é mágica. Graças à sua receita secreta, o negócio de Sentaro floresce rapidamente. Com o tempo, Sentaro e Tokue abrem os seus corações, e desenvolvem uma relação de amizade que vai revelando também algumas feridas do passado.

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

Depois de ser abandonada pelos pais, Miyori de 11 anos fecha seu coração para o resto do mundo e nega qualquer forma de relações humanas. Ela foi confiada aos cuidados da avó dela que vive perto de uma floresta. Miyori dá um passeio na floresta onde ela pensa sentir um senso forte de solidão, onde parece não ter nada. Porém, ela logo encontra coisas incríveis e gradualmente percebe que a floresta é um lugar que tem mais do que aparenta ter...

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, Karafuto, Japan (Currently Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russian Federation) during the final year of the Pacific War. Nine telephone operators in Maoka took their own lives by taking potassium cyanide when the Soviet Union invaded the city on August 20, 1945.

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Miyo Hanayama (Etsuko Ichihara) works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi (Shigeru Kamiyama) complains that his wife has stopped talking to him since he collapsed once. Noriko Imaizumi (Hideko Yoshida) refuses to undergo surgery because her business has taken off and continues to recuperate at home. And 18-year-old Emi Akizuki (Juri Ueno) insists on visiting the town where she used to live. Everyone is trying their best to live their lives while keeping an eye on their imminent death, which may come at any moment. Meanwhile, Yuki (Mari Hoshino), a nurse like Miyo, discovers she is pregnant.

A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.

Takuro, depois de passar oito anos na prisão por ter assassinado a esposa, começa uma nova vida numa pequena cidade, no subúrbio de Tóquio, trabalhando como barbeiro. Sua grande companheira é uma enguia, que ele manteve em sua cela durante o período em que esteve preso.Aos poucos, ele começa a se abrir para o mundo, tornando-se amigo dos moradores locais, que frequentam sua loja. Sua vida, no entanto, muda radicalmente quando ele salva Keiko, uma jovem mulher que tenta se jogar no rio próximo à sua barbearia.Keiko, que também tenta esquecer seu sofrimento, começa a trabalhar na loja de Takuro. Os dois se sentem atraídos um pelo outro, mas alguns incidentes ocorrem, colocando-os de volta ao seu passado.

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and his close friends in the village were present at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Shizumas look for prospective husbands for Yasuko, but find that the families withdraw on finding out she was at Hiroshima.

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again...

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo

A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detective Kiyoshi Atsumi heads to Tokyo, but... The upstart Keiju Kobayashi, his old friend Etsuko Ichihara, and Atsumi. The postwar experiences of three people who were tossed about by the war overlap. The screenplay by Satoru Hayasaka, the music by Kousuke Kanno, and above all, the performances of Atsumi and Ichihara make this a masterpiece in the history of TV dramas. A two-hour version was later created as an art festival award-winning work.

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?

Um homem pecador pode mudar e encontrar paz? É improvável no Japão infestado de gangues. Jokichi de Mikogami, um vagabundo (e espadachim), vai logo atrás de proteger uma mulher em apuros: eles se casam, têm um filho e Jokichi segue o ofício de seu pai. Depois de três anos, as gangues que ele envergonhou ao salvar sua esposa encontram a família e deixam Jokichi em luto, jurando vingança. Para aparar sua terrível espada rápida, gangues rivais unem forças, contratando uma prostituta para se passar por uma mulher que precisa de ajuda e quebrando o código de honra para enganar o vagabundo. Ele encontra aliados improváveis: um ladrão que o ajuda para se divertir e um espadachim caolho que pode ser igual a Jokichi em habilidade e honra.

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing with the money...

Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.

Situado na Idade do Ferro na Escandinávia, o filme abre com a Hórus lutando contra uma matilha de lobos cinzentos, e acidentalmente acorda um gigante de pedra antigo, chamado Mogue. Hórus consegue puxar um "espinho" do ombro do gigante, que parece ser uma espada enferrujada e antiga. O gigante proclama ser esta a "Espada do Sol", dizendo também que quando a espada for devidamente reforjada, ele virá para Hórus, que será então chamado o "Principe do Sol". O pai de Hórus, no leito de morte, revela que a família veio de uma aldeia costeira do norte, que foi devastada pelo perverso bruxo Grunwald, deixando-os como únicos sobreviventes. Antes de morrer, o pai de Hórus incumbe o filho a regressar à sua terra natal e vingar-se da vila.

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

A mãe do único herdeiro de um senhor feudal é raptada para longe do marido pelo lorde. O marido e o seu pai samurai devem decidir se acatam a decisão injusta ou arriscam a morte para recuperá-la.

A organização do mal Black Ghost está atacando em todo o mundo, usando robôs gigantes do tipo dinossauro (plesiossauro), e a equipe dos 9 ciborgues lança sua busca ao esconderijo da organização. 009 conhece uma garota chamada Helena...

Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.

Could I But Live

As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.

Japanese drama.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

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

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.