Shirakawa Yumi

Yumi Shirakawa was a Japanese film and television actress. She starred in Rodan and many other Japanese movies and TV shows. She was married to actor Hideaki Nitani until his death in 2012.

She died of heart failure on June 14, 2016 at the age of 79.

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Name Shirakawa Yumi

Nationality Japanese

Gender Female

Born October 21, 1936

Died June 14, 2016

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Type Japanese

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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...

The drama series is based on the manga and anime of the same name, both created by Fujisawa Tohru. The story is a sequel of lesser-known series Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (Shounan Love Gang) where Onizuka Eikichi's rogue high school days are depicted. Sorimachi Takashi plays Onizuka Eikichi, a graduate of...

Shochikubai Miroku is the son of a police commissioner (father) and also a traveller (mother). Miroku has lots of connections and is a very good fighter. His interest is his motorcycle. Kikumasamune Seishiro is the rich son of a large hospital. He also fights as well as Miroku. He is a good fighter...

Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza. Motoko Haraguchi is finally able to repay the debt. At this time, there's chatter that the temp employees will be laid off at the bank. Motoko Haraguchi de...

Can a family hope to recover after losing their mother by suicide? Keiichi Asuda means to his wife, Nagiko, the divorce papers after announcing his intention to marry his mistress. Nagiko, disembodied, commits suicide, leaving his family in turmoil. Keiichi hires Akari Mita to take care of the house...

Kozue Ogawa is a housewife and has been married to Hideo for seven years. They don't have any children, but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, every day is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband, but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by...

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...

The husband, and worker of a major chemical company will be transferred to Osaka. But the problem is, he will be transfered alone, leaving behind his mother, who latetly has a heart attack, and rest of his family. (Source: Japanese =TV-DB || Translation = MyDramaList)

Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile, does not mince words, and leaves work at 5 o’clock, on the dot. Her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted the head of S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag...

Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru is a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother. Afte...

Despite a reputation as a brusque and ill-mannered man, Tottori Kenichi, a.k.a. “Dolittle”, is also a brilliant veterinarian with the habit of asserting that “Veterinary practice is a business.” Outwardly, he is quick to excoriate pet owners for their utter lack of understanding and careless treatme...

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 main character, Nozomi, grew up as the eldest daughter of the Satake clan, but became shy after being told that she was adopted in junior high school . The real father is Yamamoto in Itamae. One day, at a Japanese restaurant's comfort travel destination, she meets Yoko, a woman with a child who...

Kindaichi finds himself onboard a cruise ship in which the captain mysteriously disappears the day after a big party. A search of the ship finds nothing, except for little drops of blood on the light switch in the captain's room. Might it be a clue perhaps? You bet! When what looks to be a case of s...

The story unfolds in the Tornare High School, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. The chairman of the High School had died suddenly, and her grandson, Taro is appointed as the new chairman according to her will. Sweet talking to Taro, Taro's cousin and the President of the school, Takaaki attempts...

Mitamura Yukio is the founder and president of a rapidly growing apparel company. However, it is actually a company that exploits its employees. Mitamura places priority on the company’s profits and has been overworking his employees but he sees nothing wrong. Instead he believes that hard work is n...

Set in Nagano prefecture, the drama covers the life of Yoko Sudo through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those other around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko Sudo is a high school student and "O...

The 41th NHK Asadora. The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him....

Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a pastress, finds himself unemployed after the sudden death of the owner of the shop. She went to Tokyo looking for another job in a confectionery but the recruitment period had just ended and there were no available positions. It is then that she makes her first...

Hitomi is the single mother of two young boys, Shun and Ryo. She has always been considered beautiful by her sons who are proud of her. However, Hitomi wasn't always their mother. Until ten years ago Hitomi was a man. After being diagnosed with gender identity disorder and undergoing sexual reassign...

When a woman is viciously raped, the traumatic event robs her of her self-confidence and ability to love as she had loved before. With special attention to her story of personal triumph over adversity, this touching drama recounts the tale of two lovers attempting to regain the happiness and level o...

Shirase Mari and Endo Natsumi are violinists in the same orchestra. They both work hard, but Natsumi becomes pregnant and quits playing the violin. She soon marries the cellist in the orchestra. Meanwhile, Mari is chosen to become a solo violinist and becomes popular. 17 years later, Mari and Natsum...

Papa to Nat-chan is a drama about a young girl who matures from a high school student into a wife.

A 29-year old model meets a photographer during a photo shoot in Los Angeles and the two get hitched on the spur of the moment. While he continues to work on various assignments, Ranko returns to Japan where she meets her new husband's children from a previous marriage. Long neglected by their absen...

The Mabuchis were an elite family seem as perfect. The husband, Kiyoshi, worked overseas in a trading company; the wife, Yasuko, was a perfect housewife; and the son, Shiro, was a great student at the University of Tokyo. However, while Kiyoshi was working oversees, the Mabuchi family changed comple...

Takimura Testuya, who's been working at his company for five years, planned to marry Yukie whom he met also at his company. However, during their trip to Karuizawa one day, Takimura meets Imura Hiroko and Ookura Ayako, which makes his heart and mind shake and waver about his marriage with Yukie.

Based on book by Watanabe Junichi (渡辺淳一).

Yuji abandoned his home town ten years ago and is living with his new girlfriend when a boy shows up claiming to be his son. (Source: DramaWiki)

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