Acting
Naoko Ken
Born
1953-07-07 (73)
Place of birth
Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
19 titles
Known for
7.8Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Perfect Days
2023
7.6When a gifted ER surgeon is thrust into cosmetic medicine, her clash with a celebrity doctor exposes the greed and desire beneath the glamour.
Plastic Beauty
2026
NRSet in the Meiji era, two young women who graduate from the same nursing school forge an unbreakable bond as they navigate the hardships of early modern medicine, working tirelessly alongside doctors while fighting to prove themselves in a changing Japan.
Scent of the Wind
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
恋のから騒ぎ
1994
6.2Kiyomi Koike is a 16-year-old girl. She has all these different emotions intertwined in her mind. One day, she suddenly blurts out "What is a woman?" She then hears a DJ's voice in her head. The voice states "Women's Songs! Radio FM999 starts." The DJ in Kiyomi Koike’s head proceeds to spin songs that matches her worries. With her eyes closed, Kiyomi Koike meets various women in the world of music and learns from them.
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
2021
NRWhen a meddling “Boss Grandma” moves into a share house with quirky young strangers, their chaotic new life spirals into suspicion after a mysterious incident.
Asakusa Last boss Oba-chan
2025
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
7.8Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Perfect Days
2023
NRA documentary about actress and singer-songwriter Lily, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 64. The theatrical version combines live footage of "Lily + Hiroshi" recorded between 2013 and 2015 by Takama Kenji, cinematographer of "Radio Time," with additional interview footage of guests who had connections with Lily. Starring Lily, Saito Hiroshi, Takahashi Kazuya from "Between the White Keys and the Black Keys," Negishi Toki from "At the Bus Stop Until Dawn," Toyokawa Etsushi who co-starred with Lily in the 1997 TV drama "The Blue Bird," and Iwai Shunji, director of "The Bride of Rip Van Winkle," in which Lily starred.
Lily, I am crying
2024
NRKana is a young woman working in a soapland. When her mother suddenly gets hip surgery, Kana needs to spend a week juggling both her soapland job and taking care of her elderly grandmother she hasn't seen in years. Her grandmother can't remember her anymore due to her dementia, and as Kana washes men by night and her grandmother by day, she keeps wondering if there's any point in making an effort to connect with her.
Wash Away
2025
2010s · 2 titles
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 2 titles
6.3An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
It's All Right, My Friend
1983
6.5A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.
Sure Death
1984
1970s · 4 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Beauty Wandering Story
1977
7.7The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
The Wild Trucker
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Japan Beauty Story
1974
Series credits
7.6When a gifted ER surgeon is thrust into cosmetic medicine, her clash with a celebrity doctor exposes the greed and desire beneath the glamour.
Plastic Beauty
2026
NRSet in the Meiji era, two young women who graduate from the same nursing school forge an unbreakable bond as they navigate the hardships of early modern medicine, working tirelessly alongside doctors while fighting to prove themselves in a changing Japan.
Scent of the Wind
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
恋のから騒ぎ
1994
6.2Kiyomi Koike is a 16-year-old girl. She has all these different emotions intertwined in her mind. One day, she suddenly blurts out "What is a woman?" She then hears a DJ's voice in her head. The voice states "Women's Songs! Radio FM999 starts." The DJ in Kiyomi Koike’s head proceeds to spin songs that matches her worries. With her eyes closed, Kiyomi Koike meets various women in the world of music and learns from them.
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
2021
NRWhen a meddling “Boss Grandma” moves into a share house with quirky young strangers, their chaotic new life spirals into suspicion after a mysterious incident.
Asakusa Last boss Oba-chan
2025
Pet Sitter Hanako Sawaguchi Case Files
ペットシッター沢口華子の事件簿
2001