Kumiko Akiyoshi
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 29, 1954
Place of Birth: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favor with his...
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Fixer
Who will run Japan? The prime minister or a mastermind? A political thriller about the "fixer" pulling strings behind the scenes controlling the political, business, and legal worlds as the greed of money and power intersect.
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.
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases
Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama. The television series was broadcast in eleven episodes between 8 January and 19 March 1999. A two-hour "special drama" was then broadcast on 24 December 1999. The series has been called "epoch-making" in the police procedural genre on Japanese television.
Taikoki
Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period.
Off the Record
Keito is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by politicians to entertainers' scandals. She watches out for the next big scoop. Keito is also rich and enjoys her work, as well as her love life. One day, Keito's mother suddenly dies. Anna was a single mother who raised Keito alone. She worked as a movie critic. Right before her death, Anna mentioned something about Keito's father. The name she mentioned is that of a Hollywood star.
Train Man
With the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train.
Nodame Cantabile
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.
Filmography
as Makabe Anna
as Yuriko Himura
as Momodaira Minako
as Yuki Aoyama
as Chigiri Yamazaki
as Akiko Tsubaki
as Yuuko Kushimori
as Keechie's Client
as Kaede Takeyama（武山 かえで）
as Kazuko Shibayama
as Tsukamoto Ayako
as Keiko Ota
as Bistro Guest
as Mitsuko
as Miyoshino
as Miyako Shinohara
as Namiko Miyazawa
as Fusako Harada
as Iwayama Ito
as Takako
as Yaeko
as Satoko Okazaki
as Sakura
as Sanae Kitō / Katsuko Kitō
as Tomoko Araki
as Ryoko Akimoto
as Junko
as Kei Kaneshiro
as Elizabeth
as Physis (voice)
as Nanako
as Keiko
as Sawa Takiguchi (Guide)
as Yuki Kobayashi
as Azuna
as Kyoko Toda
as Reiko Ando
as Noriko
as Mami Hatake