Hisako Manda
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 13, 1958
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Known For
Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook
Upon finding out about the existence of a huge slush fund, veteran teller Haraguchi Motoko carefully plans for six months and finally succeeds in embezzling 75 million yen, which she uses to open a club in Ginza.
Hachobori Seven
This is the story of seven constables in the district of Hachobori in old Edo. Under the leadership of Inspector Aoyama, they work together to keep the peace, and solve the crimes plaguing the people of the area. The format and story lines are very similar to modern-day crime dramas.
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
Akinai Seiden: Kin to Gin
Set in the mid-Edo period, this drama follows Sachi, who works as an apprentice at the Osaka Tenma kimono merchant Isuzuya and strives to carve a way to success despite the challenges she faces.
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 usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games. These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking. Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.
Suzuran
In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a passenger finds an abandoned baby and rushes to tell the station master, Tokiwa Jiro. The news quickly spreads and soon friends of Tokiwa's along with other townsfolk are saying that this baby must be a gift, it is Tokiwa's recently departed beloved wife reborn as a baby.
Onihei Hankachō
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
Asa ga Kita
Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children, Hatsu, Asa and Kyutaro. His eldest, Hatsu, was a traditional girl who loved to play the koto and sew. Whilst his second daughter, Asa, was an impish hoyden who loved sumo wrestling. Asa was engaged to be married to the second son of a distinguished family who ran a money changer business in Osaka, Shirooka Shinjiro. Although Asa was furious when she had first heard about the betrothal, when she met up with Shinjiro for the first time, his charisma greatly attracted her and she fell in love with him in no time.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
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Filmography
as Kinuko Arishima
as Yamashiro Yoko
as Kyoko Ogami
as Doumeki Miki
as Landlady
as Saeko
as Tsuruko
as Yasue Hiiragi
as Mayuyama Kiku
as Mama of Cabaret Club
as Mitsuru Tamura
as Tachi Yoshimi
as Taeko Hamazaki
as Herself
as Umeko Inugami
as Kyoko Osato
as Yuriko Sekiguchi
as Tsuneko Ubukata
as Yoko Minagawa
as Guest / School Nurse
as Yukiko Nakamura
as Etsuko Odagiri
as Morimura Misako
as Haruyo Tajimi
as Bistro Guest
as Toshiko Hara
as 桜井(柴田)海鈴
as Kayo Nishida
as Yugao Dayu
as Tokiko
as Tsutae
as Mariko
as (uncredited)
as Yukako Sawada
as Ruriko Sakura
as Yamada Namiko
as Urara
as 夏子の親友・武部京