Misako Tanaka

Acting

Misako Tanaka

Born

1959-11-11 (66)

Place of birth

Nishinoshima, Oki, Shimane, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

Known for

Oshin poster
8.2

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen.

Oshin

1983

Furuhata Ninzaburo poster
8.8

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.

Furuhata Ninzaburo

1994

Heart of a Samurai poster
7.3

Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.

Heart of a Samurai

2009

What Did You Eat Yesterday? poster
7.1

Lawyer Shiro pours his heart into home-cooked meals for his partner, hairstylist Kenji, as they navigate life as a middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo.

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

2019

Special Crime Investigation Front poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Special Crime Investigation Front

1977

Weakest Beast poster
5.7

Seemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how to be perfect. Nemoto Kousei is amicable and popular with women, but he trusts no one and views everything with a cold heart. The two of them, who became unable to live instinctively like animals, meet by chance at a craft beer bar after work and gradually become close enough to fight and tell each other how they really feel. Due to their encounter, even while getting hurt, they begin to try to be themselves and start taking a step forward.

Weakest Beast

2018

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Riverside Mukolitta poster
6.6

A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

Riverside Mukolitta

2021

Unlock Your Heart poster
6.9

Ai has had a crush forever on her classmate Tatoe. When she finds out that Tatoe is in a secret relationship with another girl, she sets out to sabotage their plans for the future.

Unlock Your Heart

2021

What Did You Eat Yesterday? poster
6.1

Kenji is overjoyed when his usually thrifty boyfriend takes him on a trip to Kyoto for his birthday, but the trip ends up uncovering a painful topic.

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

2021

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル 太平洋から日本海 五郎、北へ あの人たちの所まで。 poster
7.0

2024 TV Movie

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル 太平洋から日本海 五郎、北へ あの人たちの所まで。

2024

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022

2022

What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020 poster
6.3

One day, Shiro's all-time favorite idol Mami Mitsuya suddenly appears right in front of him! Even though this meeting left him excited, his partner Kenji ends up unhappy. Moreover, the appearance of a new partner and Shiro's work situation have led to the relationship between the two changing...

What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020

2020

When this flower blooms poster
NR

Sakamoto Chika, who works for a real estate company in Kagoshima, is having a hard time growing at work and is unable to respond to the proposal from her boyfriend. One day, Tsumura Kojiro comes to the real estate company looking for a house. Kojiro says he has no connection to Kagoshima. Tomoka is excited and introduces him to an apartment with a view of Mount Sakurajima, which is her top recommendation. However, Kojiro suddenly says, "I want a house where I can't see Sakurajima."

When this flower blooms

2022

2010s · 7 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 13 titles

The Unspoiled Diamond poster
4.5

A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

The Unspoiled Diamond

1982

Village of Doom poster
6.7

Rejected by the military and frowned upon by his fellow villagers, a young man nicknamed 'Genius' falls into a series of dangerous love affairs during World War II.

Village of Doom

1983

Gonza the Spearman poster
7.0

During the peaceful Tokugawa period, handsome samurai Gonza becomes entangled in a tragic love triangle and a web of deceit while trying to advance his social standing through the tea ceremony.

Gonza the Spearman

1986

Urban Marine Resort Story poster
4.0

A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mariko thinks she's just in for a fun vacation when she and her friend Tomoyo discover a missing Korean War plane while scuba diving. Who will find the buried treasure first? Number two in the Hoy Choy Productions trilogy.

Urban Marine Resort Story

1989

The Retired Samurai poster
NR

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will to live, much less the desire to assert himself and make Iemitsu listen to reason. The plot thickens when a lovely young woman enters the picture. Can she change Hikozaemon's mind, and thus alter the path of Japanese history? No longer a young man, can Hikozaemon gain the shogun's ear, and succeed in warning him of the evil plot to overthrow him?

The Retired Samurai

1987

Foster Daddy, Tora! poster
8.0

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.

Foster Daddy, Tora!

1980

Beppin Town poster
9.5

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.

Beppin Town

1989

Ai wa kurosuoba poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ai wa kurosuoba

1987

Jesus' Ark poster
NR

One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".

Jesus' Ark

1985

The Horizon poster
7.0

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they are interned with other Japanese immigrants in a camp, losing both their land and their assets.

The Horizon

1984

The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen! poster
NR

When a friend falls from the top of a waterfall, the Roaming Reporter and Lady Detective suspect foul play and launch an investigation that eventually ties back to an intense love rivalry and an unsolved murder on a train platform in Tokyo many years earlier.

The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!

1987

墓場から生きかえった男 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

墓場から生きかえった男

1988

White Deer poster
2.0

Taku and Takehisa get off at a small station in the mountain gorge. The two of them have decided to die at the mountain temple where they had their first time...

White Deer

1982

Series credits

Oshin poster
8.2

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen.

Oshin

1983

Furuhata Ninzaburo poster
8.8

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.

Furuhata Ninzaburo

1994

Heart of a Samurai poster
7.3

Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.

Heart of a Samurai

2009

What Did You Eat Yesterday? poster
7.1

Lawyer Shiro pours his heart into home-cooked meals for his partner, hairstylist Kenji, as they navigate life as a middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo.

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

2019

Special Crime Investigation Front poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Special Crime Investigation Front

1977

Weakest Beast poster
5.7

Seemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how to be perfect. Nemoto Kousei is amicable and popular with women, but he trusts no one and views everything with a cold heart. The two of them, who became unable to live instinctively like animals, meet by chance at a craft beer bar after work and gradually become close enough to fight and tell each other how they really feel. Due to their encounter, even while getting hurt, they begin to try to be themselves and start taking a step forward.

Weakest Beast

2018

Being Born. poster
4.0

The Hayashidas were a typical happy family of father, mother, two boys and two girls. Until it all changed suddenly with the untimely death of the father, Shinpei. While still mourning his passing, the children are hit by another bit of shocking news from their mother “Truth is… I'm pregnant.” The news of their mother's pregnancy at 51 sets into motion a new series of challenges for the four children, particularly for the eldest sister, Manami, who now becomes the family patriarch, forced to struggle with the pressures and responsibilities of “child rearing” and “family ties”, not to mention greater philosophical questions about the meaning of life. A moving, life-sized human drama..

Being Born.

2011

Denshichi Torimonocho poster
7.3

Denshichi of Kuromon-cho hates crime and hates people. He is a stylish and kind Okakitori. Denchichi is a chivalrous and gentle okabiki, and he will not tolerate bad people under the ten purple hands of Murasakibusa, entrusted to him by the magistrate of Toyama. Denchichi is sent by Koi Nyobo's fire to destroy the evils of Edo.

Denshichi Torimonocho

2016

Precious Moments poster
NR

In a red-light district, Nemoto Norio (Shibata Kyohei) is indiscriminately soliciting passersby. "Would you mind taking part in a survey? As a thank you, I'll give you a camera. Take this voucher and come to my office at Shinjuku West Exit later." "No way," replies Yoshikawa Kumiko (Furukawa Yuko). "That would be a problem," replies Saeki Nobuko (Mori Masako). "A camera?" asks Iketani Kaori (Tanaka Yuko), suspicious. The survey is about overseas travel. The three of them gather in a room in Shinjuku. This is how they get to know each other, and they gradually become good friends. Their desire is to find a youth they can be truly proud of. The drama depicts the daily lives of three women of the marriageable age who are desperately trying to make some memories before they get married.

Precious Moments

1981

It's a Wonderful Teacher! poster
NR

Rio Sasaoka, a high school teacher struggling with the pressures of her job, finds solace in a secret social media account and the support of her caring boyfriend. When she's unexpectedly assigned as a homeroom teacher to a third-year class, Rio faces new challenges that test her resilience and rekindle her passion for teaching.

It's a Wonderful Teacher!

2024

Disliked Inspector Otonashi Ichiroku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Disliked Inspector Otonashi Ichiroku

2022

水曜ドラマスペシャル poster
NR

“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every Monday from 21:00 to 22:54 (JST) from October 2, 1989 to March 19 , 2001 . program.

水曜ドラマスペシャル

1984

Mother at Fourteen poster
7.4

Miki Ichinose is a 14-year-old schoolgirl who is very outgoing and cheerful. She lives with her parents and younger brother. She is in a romantic relationship with Satoshi Kirino who is 15 years old. They keep their relationship a secret from their parents because Miki is young and Satoshi is expected to excel in school and get into a university so he can take over the family business by his overbearing mother. One night, after a date, they sneak into a treehouse and consummate their relationship. Soon after, Miki suspects that she is pregnant and steals a pregnancy test, which her mother later finds. She is taken to a doctor who confirms her pregnancy. Initially upset, Miki's parents promise they will support her. Miki tells Satoshi of the pregnancy and he takes the news well. However, his mother is furious when she learns of it and forbids the two from seeing each other.

Mother at Fourteen

2006

Tokai no Mori poster
NR

Fresh out of judicial training school, Shinsuke Yabashi becomes a rookie lawyer at the Funamoto Law Firm. When he takes on the role of lead counsel for a case involving a female teacher accused of having an affair with a student's father and killing her husband, Shinsuke boldly asserts her innocence amidst a courtroom where everyone assumes her guilt.

Tokai no Mori

1990

I Miss Age 35 poster
NR

Akemi's marriage was the kind that no one could complain about. Akemi had perfect kids and a great husband. Everyone was happy. Until her husband, Eiji, starts having an affair, and a cruel fate calls upon her.

I Miss Age 35

1996

Prep School Boogie poster
NR

This entertaining drama follows the fun-filled adventures of three prep-school students. Struggling with studies has become a thing of the past for these three young men, and they are ready to make the best of their free time in a world where they are no longer looked down on as fools.

Prep School Boogie

1990

智子と知子 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

智子と知子

1997

Torrent~Do You Remember Me? poster
7.0

Five former middle school classmates receive an email from a girl who was their classmate, but disappeared on a school trip 20 years ago. The email causes the five former classmates to meet once again.

Torrent~Do You Remember Me?

2013

Brother Beat poster
NR

Brother Beat is a Japanese television drama consisting of eleven episodes, which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 13 to December 22, 2005.

Brother Beat

2005

Light My Heart! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Light My Heart!

1989

Gentler than the Rain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gentler than the Rain

1989

Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai poster
8.0

Masako, a housewife working night shifts at a bento factory, is tired of her cold and conversationless family life. Her only pleasure is talking about trivial things with her colleagues from the factory, who are each shouldering their own burden, and a female detective, Noriko, whom she met due to a certain event. One day, Yayoi, Masako's work colleague, consults her, saying that she has killed her violent, gambling-addicted husband. Masako and her workmates, Yoshie and Kuniko, are dragged into a heinous crime, involving the dismemberment and disposal of Yayoi's husband's body.

Out - Tsumatachi no Hanzai

1999

Cliffs of Each poster
NR

When Kyoichiro comes home, he hears that his 14-year-old son Kyosuke was stabbed to death. The person who killed Kyosuke turns out to be 13-year-old Mitsuru. The two boys were classmates. Due to Japan's juvenile law, Mitsuru will not receive commensurate punishment for his crime. Kyoichiro points his anger at Mitsuru and his mother Hatsumi, but Kyoichiro sees that Hatsumi also suffers from her son's actions.

Cliffs of Each

2019

Housewife & Detective poster
NR

This comical suspense drama centers around Kaoru, a divorced female detective, and Hinako, a housewife married to a detective. Hinako can't keep her curious nature bottled and is constantly trying solve the cases her husband talks about at the dinner table. Kaoru inevitably sees what she is up to and tries to keep her from getting in the way, but sometimes the determined housewife suprises everyone with her simple observations!

Housewife & Detective

1999

Juunen Ai poster
NR

A touching romantic drama about the love and friendship between a man and a woman who have been in a "more than friends, but less than lovers" relationship for 10 years. A touching love story about love and friendship over a period of ten years.   Aozora (Misako Tanaka), an office worker at a foreign-affiliated company, loves her friend's boyfriend, Masakazu (Chisato Oe), and wants to confess her love to him, but she can't betray her friend, so she tries to make up for it with a mistress who looks exactly like him. When Aozora meets Arashi (Hamada Masatoshi) by chance, she sympathizes with his honest way of life and begins to reevaluate her own way of life.

Juunen Ai

1992

セカンド.チャンス poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

セカンド.チャンス

1995

禁断の果実 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

禁断の果実

1994

No artwork available
10.0

The concept of the show is like a Mary Poppins set in modern Japan, with Mama Shingo entering a client's home and resolving family discord. In the first episode, Shingo Mama visits the Nagashima family and the client is the mother, Sayuri. The family here was not on good terms, with the father, eldest daughter Hikaru and eldest son Ken having various problems, including Sayuri, who is in the last month of pregnancy and is very depressed. In addition, the wandering student Dekouchi-kun has lingering feelings for his girlfriend, whose heart has already left him. Shingo Mama is a story about the Nagashima family and the people around them who struggle to smile and make them happy so that they can say "oh-ha!" with a smile.

Shingo Mama Drama Special: OH-HA Saves the World Vol. 1

2001

ランデヴー poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ランデヴー

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu

1996

リミット もしも、わが子が… poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

リミット もしも、わが子が…

2000

日曜はダメよ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

日曜はダメよ

1993

Konya wa kokoro dake daite poster
NR

47-year-old Aso Toko is asked by her ex-husband to take their 17-year-old daughter Miu under her care because he is leaving for an overseas assignment. Toko who had wanted to take custody of her daughter, has her long-cherished wish fulfilled and her old friend Suga Yohei is happy for her. However, Toko does not have the confidence to live with Miu who is now a high school student. Although Miu also has no intention of living together with the mother who had abandoned her, the two of them meet again for the first time in 12 years in order to have a discussion. On the very day that mother and daughter are reunited, Miu’s impertinent behaviour angers Toko, and they reach an agreement to live separately. However, they get trapped in the lift they took right after that and then the lift suddenly plunges. The shock from this incident causes their souls to swap bodies. As a result, the two of them have no choice but to live together.

Konya wa kokoro dake daite

2014

Daikazoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Daikazoku

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tomoko to Tomoko

1997

Ai no Arashi poster
NR

A milestone in daytime drama serials that aired in 1986 on Fuji TV: Spring, 1927. Den'emon Saegusa (Akira Nakao), a landowner in Shirabe Village, West Kofu District, brings home an orphan (Tetsuya Minagawa) who tried to steal his bag in Yokohama, where he was on business. Den'emon thinks the child looks like his second son, Takeru, who had died two years earlier, and tries to help him. However, his wife, Kinu (Enami Anzu), is not at ease, fearing that the child may be Den'emon's illegitimate son.

Ai no Arashi

—

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

殺意の涯て-広域指定188号の女

2000

それでも家を買いました poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

それでも家を買いました

1991

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

白昼の囚人

1985

釣りびと万歳 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

釣りびと万歳

2021