Okunuki Kaoru

Okunuki Kaoru is a Japanese actress and narrator.

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Name Okunuki Kaoru

Nationality Japanese

Gender Female

Born November 22, 1970

Age 51

Type Japanese

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Popularity #13

Movie

Yasuo grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira. Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in an accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced his parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone. (Source...

Live action movie by Shiki Sato, based on a psychological-thriller anime.

A murder is committed on a promising baseball player from a high school. His younger brother Shinya becomes the main suspect. Private detective Koichiro is hired by their father Saburo Moroka. To prove the innocence of Shinya, Saburo, Koichiro and Masa, Koichiro's pet dog, try to discover the identi...

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself wi...

Drama

What would happen if Otaro wouldn't be able to go back in time with a kiss and be revived? A real world like parallel timeline about what happens after Otaro's deaths.

An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a “pure love” story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly. It not only depicts the first love of the senior high school couple b...

Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front of Dojima Otaro. The mysterious woman has a pale face with red lips. She kisses him and he dies, but the next moment...

Kurosaki, A.K.A. Kurosagi, is a crook who targets professional crooks. He defrauds money and gives it to the victims; he never keeps it for himself. His father was once set up by a crook and planned a family suicide. Kurosagi managed to save his life but lost his whole family. The crook was Toshio K...

Ichikawa Yasuo, who goes by the nickname Yasu, is a ‘dumb’ man unequalled anywhere in the world. He has not had schooling, is boorish and would immediately let his fists fly if he loses his cool. But Yasu is different from the ordinary fool in that he is a “doting parent”. He grew up without parents...

If it can be treated one second earlier, the heart might start beating again. If there is one extra helicopter, another life in danger may be saved. If one more life can be saved, the Japanese medical community may regain trust. There are more lives in this country that can be saved. The "Doctor Hel...

Naruse Ryo, who is a lawyer capable of running any business for his clients, takes cases for the disadvantaged and defends them for free; that is why he is called an "angel lawyer". However, it is only superficial. His true personality is that of a man who sacrificed his whole life to hunt down the...

Kakei Shiro is a 45-year-old lawyer who works in a small law firm. He is a good cook and a meticulous and economical person who maintains the monthly food budget at 25,000 yen. Shiro's daily routine is to leave work on time and go to a nearby discount supermarket. His partner Yabuki Kenji is an affa...

Rookie detective, Sahara Natsuki, is assigned to the Investigation Division of the Ginza police station. Here he has an unexpected reunion with his father and veteran detective, Akimura Shimao, from whom he has been estranged since his parents' divorce. They find themselves unwilling partners, butti...

Notebooks that foretell deaths, numerous urban legends, and murders with no clues... a series of strange incidents occur, and people are lead into a deep labyrinth of mysteries. Five fledgling teen detectives of the Dan Detective Academy, which was founded by the legendary and renowned detective, Mo...

Now here is one person who tells the inconvenient truth to children. Ma Yeo Jin also takes it one step further. She perpetuates the ugly side of our immoral society by becoming a controlling and manipulative teacher. In class, the students are taught what behaviors to adopt in mock circumstances tha...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has set up a special department named Mishou (Unidentified Crimes Unit) for hard to crack cases without evidence, witnesses, or involving special organizations. These cases are beyond the scope of Keizoku (First Investigative Division’s Unsolved Crimes Unit)....

The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver eve...

When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their dire economic straits. Yukiho also retaliates in similar manner by staging a suicide for her mother as well as herself. It's be...

Miyamoto Ryoichi, father of an 8-year-old daughter, proposed to marry and married Akiko Iwaki, a 32-year-old career-oriented woman. What happens when a career-oriented woman who has never raised a child before has to take on new tasks as a stepmother? Raising a child is much more delicate than she t...

Nakai will play the protagonist, Ataru, an autistic man who is also a scientist, with special abilities in specific fields. This mysterious drama will tell the story of Ataru, who solves business using his extraordinary memory and ability to deduce.

A new school year begins at Hanzaki Elementary School and there's a new mysterious teacher named Akutsu Maya in grade 6, class 3. Meanwhile, Kanda Kazumi is now entering the 6th grade and filled with excitement about the new school year. Kazumi also has Maya Akutsu as her new homeroom teacher. The s...

Shimura Teppei grew up watching her police father who was participating in motorcycle marathons, and dreamed of becoming a marathoner from childhood. But Teppei's father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known offender in the area. Under the influence of his chil...

The story continues with Michiko still working as a freelance doctor at the Teito University Hospital. Enjoying herself at a horse-race in Hokkaido from an invite by Dr Kanbara Akira, Michiko happens to chance upon a scene at the owners' box. The elegant woman draped in a fur coat, sipping champagne...

The Special Investigation Unit is a secret force of specialists in various fields under the direct control of the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Security Bureau. Its members all have pasts they are trying to put behind them. Inami Akira sustained serious trauma in a special missi...

The original writing is a short mystery collection that takes a humorous approach to many of the genre's cliches. Matsuda stars as the "famous detective" Tenkaichi Daigoro, while Kashii Yu plays the female lead as a rookie cop. (Source: Tokyograph)

Manabu Yukawa, the prodigious physicist is without a single flaw. He is handsome and excels in sports with a sharp mind and an impeccable character. On the other hand, he hates children and can often be unreasonable, referred to as "the eccentric Galileo" by his acquaintances. How will brainy Galile...

Gamagori Futaro has been poor since the day he was born. As a child his recklessly wasteful and abusive father sunk the family into debt and disappeared, leaving Futaro and his sick mother to fend for themselves. With no money to pay for medical treatment for his ailing mother, she eventually died....

Daichi Kitajima has become a firefighter as a consequence of his childhood experience of being rescued by a fire rescue team. Despite his trauma, he strives to be promoted to become a member of the Special Rescue Team. Beginning with Daichi, this story follows him and his fellow rescue team trainees...

Hara-chan is drunk in a cheap and blablate pub. It's a daily event. He is always upset, but has neither the wisdom nor the courage to break. It is Hara-chan, the main character of the manga "Nakuna, Hara-chan". The illustrator of this manga is Echizen-san, a lady of ordinary appearance who works in...

Haruko Abe received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weatherwoman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt personality, a lot of people at her workplace dislikes her. Meanwhile, Haruko tries to solve cases with Dete...

The 49th NHK Taiga drama is Ryoma den, set back in the Bakumatsu period. The story focuses on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, who lived from 1835 to 1867. He was an important leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Bakufu, eventually bringing about the Meiji Restoration. He was also one of the...

A bomb explosion incident occurs in downtown Tokyo and Ginza. Many people are caught in the explosion and Kuraki Naotake, a police superintendent in Public Security Bureau, loses his wife. Together with Osugi Ryota and Akeboshi Misa, they start to investigate the incidents. (Source: MyDramaList) ~...

~~ Remake of the American TV series "Cold Case" [2003].

When Kurosaki Koshiro was 15 years old, his father was a victim in a fraud case. His father tried to kill all his family members including himself. Kurosaki Koshiro was the only family member to have survived. Due to his painful past, Kurosaki Koshiro decides to take revenge on swindlers who cheat p...

Set two years later. The story follows the growth and conflicts of Kounotori Sakura. He works as a doctor delivering babies and also performs as a concert pianist under the nickname of "Baby." (Source: TV Japan)

In the food themed drama, Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ This drama...

The basis of the drama is the novel "Kashikogi" by the author Cho Chang-in, which has sold 2 million copies in Korea since its publication in 2000. It has already been adapted in the form of a television show and a play in this country. On February 4, Shogakukan published the book in Japan under the...

Performing two detectives who investigate brutal crimes in Ikebukuro and find themselves sharing a secret... Ryuichi Kanzaki is guided by his strong morality and belief in what is good in people. On his first day of work, his assigned partner, veteran detective Kenji Kuroki, was not found, and his...

What if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months? What would you like him to see last? If you were him, what would you want to see last? Shiki Tomokawa is a new pediatrician who is enjoying her life. She falls in love with Shunsuke, a cameraman, who is destined to lose his...

Todo Hinako is a rookie detective assigned to the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. She became a detective because she wanted to find the boundary between people who kill and those that do not. One day, Hinako and her colleague detectives go to an area where a body w...

The task force is not considered as important as it might seem. It is placed in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with its partner, played by Terawaki Yasufumi, this team is the Japanese version of The Odd Couple, solving interestless bus...

Kaburagi Keiichi is arrested as a suspect in a murder case and sentenced to death. He escaped from prison during the transfer, but while fleeing, he rescues the people he meets in his hiding place from the predicament. And when the rescued people realize that Kaburagi is a wanted death row...

Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she lacks in fashion sense. Her new boss, Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the tough reality of the fashion world. Through this job, Kinue learns abo...

There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult cardiac surgeries with the survival rate only at 60%. Ever since its formation, this team has shocked the country by having 27 consecutive post-operativ...

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

This is the story of the detectives at Jinnan's police station in Harajuku, Tokyo. Azumi Tsuyoshi, head of the Department of Criminal Affairs, trusts his staff and generally does not interfere in their investigation. However, one day, a corpse is found in the neighborhood. Toyo Ota, a neighbor, is s...

“Stepfather Step” is about a skilled thief without a single relative who ends up becoming the stepfather of twins. The twins are in fourth grade and suddenly lost both of their parents. Using his know-how from his past as a thief, he not only raises the twins but settles various puzzling incidents t...

A woman's body is found in a Kokubunji apartment in Tokyo. The decomposing body seems to have spent half a year since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats who ate the body. It is thought that the death of the woman is a "soloular death" (some one died naturally without anyone seeing it for a...

A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.

Mifune Shinobu is a chef for a French restaurant. He learned French cooking at restaurants in the countryside of France more than 10 years ago. Shinobu doesn’t talk much and he is calm, but he has a warm heart and he is considerate of other people. He isn't interested in achieving success as a chef...

Nakaido Gota is a detective at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station. Majima Shuhei is a prosecutor in the Yokohama District Prosecutors' Office in Kanagawa Prefecture. Gota is the kind of detective who tries to catch criminals as hard as he can and he wants to be thanked by the victims. Shuhei b...

Nana is a servant of the Kazahaya family, She is from a samurai family. Her father was about to reveal wrongdoings within the domain but had to commit ritual suicide for a crime he hadn't done. Ichinoshin tries to correct the wrongdoings but ends up being a target himself. After finding out her fath...

Kuwayama or Kaigeemon of a certain clan's elder took over the political opponent Sadayori Sugiyama and grabbed the authority of the clan government, and a fulfillment letter arrived from Nose City Jojo. Nose and Sugiyama were friends who studied at Katakai Dojo once. Moreover, Yanmei reminded of the...

Kohashis' eldest daughter, Tsuneko, was 11 when her father Takezo died of tuberculosis. Taking to heart her father's teachings on the importance of ordinary life, she became "Toto One-chan", a paternal figure for her mother Kimiko and her two young sisters Mariko and Yoshiko. She fights to make the...

Hasumi Kayoko, the rookie investigator at the all-female Hasumi Detective Agency, always observes people and cases in a level-headed manner. She detests lies and secrets and has a strong sense of justice. Her late father worked at the city news desk of a newspaper but committed suicide 7 years ago....

Makita Takahiro works in the Public Relations (PR) Department of Nagawara Seiyaku, a major pharmaceutical company in Japan. One day, on his way to work, he witness someone committing suicide by jumping onto the railway tracks, into the path of an oncoming train. A few days later, he is called into t...

A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. This serious drama depicts the lives of these two contrasting personalities and the people arou...

Monster parents-a neologism that denotes parents who repeatedly make unreasonable demands to their children's school and prevent it from functioning normally. Takamura Itsuki is the ace lawyer of a major law firm. One day, she is assigned on a case requested by a school board, and learns of the exis...

A major earthquake occurs immediately below Tokyo. This series depicts the members of the emergency room staff, confronting life head on as they give people hope and courage. This popular TV drama series depicts the members of an emergency room team continuing a daily battle to save the lives of peo...

Coast Guard officer Senzaki Daisuke is in training to become a rescue diver. His course completed, he’s ready for his first assignment on board an aging rescue vessel. The ship’s captain is due to retire soon and the head diver refuses to offer Daisuke any guidance. To add to his woes, his girlfri...

The story is about a 17-year-old girl, Tenka, who was born and raised in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. Her family moves to Tokyo when her father changes his job. Tenka stays for a short period of time with her grandfather, who is an eager rice farmer, living at Igune, forest in the middle of vast rice...

This is a love comedy that takes you behind the scenes of the latest bridal businesses, as well as the human drama of engaged couples, seen through the wedding planners' eyes, as they help to put on weddings. Toru Oomori works in the accounting department of a medium-sized firm. Unable to escape re...

Three years into their amorous marriage, Michio and Rumiko (affectionately nicknamed each other "Mittang" and "Rumitang") continue to be the most lovey dovey couple in town. Mittang is swooped up by a major advertising agency, offered a lucrative chance to work overseas and seems to be heading for b...

A young woman whose life has been a breeze up to now suffers a disappointment in love which acts as the impetus for her to start working at a law firm, a completely new field to her. This love comedy depicts how the young woman, while struggling with love and with her work, comes to know what the re...

Eri could not understand what Keitatsu was thinking when he disappeared before his wife Shoko gave birth. Fumiya becomes unusually harsh when talking to Eri. Mihoko who is seriously ill asks Eri if there's a good place that can look after her daughter Aiko. Eri decides to take Aiko to Ippukan. Aiko...

There was a strange rumor in the mirror in the corridor of a hospital in Hokkaido. However, for some reason, the people around him did not try to touch the topic. One day, Naoya, who was admitted to this hospital, wanted to go to the bathroom at midnight and left the hospital room by himself. ~~ Ba...

Moved by television shows of lawyers she saw as a child, Ishida Ryoko dreamed of nothing more than becoming one herself. Though she studied hard she was never able to realize her dream. Resigned to her fate, Ryoko later went on to work for a bank where she was put in charge of going after defaulted...

"Machiben" centers around four lawyers who help the weak and downtrodden of their town.

Honami plays a newscaster, a tough pro who is capable of stonily reporting even her own husband's death in an traffic accident on air. The plot revolves around Honami's relationship with her late husband's teenage son who she is forced to take in. The show stars popular Kyozo Nagatsuka as the boy's...

The drama is based on the life of Okakura Daikichi, a father of five daughters. Daikichi owns Okakura, a 5-star Japanese restaurant most people can only dream of dining. The storylines are based on each of the five daughters' lives, ranging from bitchy mother-in-laws, the kids, their husbands, and s...

Shiina Hideaki has been looking for new he is the owner of the cats that his late wife raised, with her childhood friend Fujimura Misaki, who is a veterinarian. Hiromi who wants to receive a cat that replaces his pet. that her grandmother loved, come visit her. After inspecting Hiromi's house, Hidea...

Ino Mamako is an English teacher at one of Japan's roughest schools, Ryuzan High School. After nine years of teaching, Ino decides to "reset" her life and meets with Ebisawa Yasuo, a charismatic "occupational change agent" who advises people on switching jobs. However, Ebisawa ends up hiring Ino as...

The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father, who was a man with an old-fashioned way of thinking, and his skills in making the shop’s...

Haruki Kenji is a 36 year-old manager of the Winter Sports section of a large sporting goods company. He goes on a ski trip to New Zealand with his friend Shintani Goro (who is also his boss) and Shintani's new secretary, 24 year-old Aoi Yuki. Upon returning to Japan he finds that he has a new neigh...

This drama follows the story of Ootsuki Makoto, a first year announcer at a television station in Tokyo. This little city girl has to go through difficult times as she tries to adapt to the Tokyoist way of life.(Source: MyDramaList)

The story is loosely based on the biography of a real person - Shusaku Chiba. He was the founder of Hokushin Ittoryu Swordsmanship (北辰一刀流) - swordsmanship school. (Source: MyDramaList)

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In the year Showa 37 (1962), in Bingo City of Hiroshima prefecture, Yasu delights in the birth of his long-awaited eldest son, Akira. However, that joy is shattered by the death of his wife, Misako, in a sudden tragic accident. Yasu raises his son despite his inexperience and worries. He also has to...

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