Saki Takaoka is an award-winning Japanese actress. She was born on December 3, 1972 and made her acting debut in 1989. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Love for Beginners” (2012).

Saki Takaoka

Kanna Hijiriyama (Kyoko Yoshine) was a university student who dreamed of becoming an announcer. But on the fateful day of her vocal test, her father was found stabbed to death – with Kanna Hijiriyama the apparent killer. The case captivates the public, which wants to learn more about Kanna Hijiriyama’s motives for this brutal killing. Meanwhile, Yuki Makabe (Keiko Kitagawa) is a psychologist and writer. A publisher offers her the chance to write a book about Kanna Hijiriyama, and interview her to discover why she killed her father. Yuki Makabe accepts.

But when she begins preparing for the interview, she is stunned to learn that Kanna Hijiriyama’s court-appointed defense lawyer is no other than her own brother-in-law Anno Kasho (Tomoya Nakamura). The lawyer is a prickly and very direct individual – the polar opposite of his gentle brother (Yuki Makabe’s husband). What is more, she and Anno Kasho’s paths have crossed before. He warns her that Kanna Hijiriyama is a disturbed individual, and that Yuki Makabe could get hurt if she proceeds. Undeterred, Yuki Makabe goes ahead with the interview – even if doing so involves delving into the dark, both for herself and Kanna Hijiriyama. And the deeper she delves into the case, the closer her involvement with Anno Kasho becomes...

“First Love” is a 2021 Japanese movie that was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

First Love

The Loveless 🔪 Team

Standards have been slipping at the elite Eitoku Academy. A student group named Correct 5 decides to act, with Haruto Kaguragi (Hirano Sho) taking the helm. The group’s aim: Identify deadbeat students and force them out of school! This rings the alarm bells for Oto Edogawa (Sugisaki Hana), a student who’s trying to hide the fact that her family is in dire financial straits. She is also trying to hide her engagement to her fiancé Tenma Hase (Taishi Nakagawa), a boy from a rival school. But problems begin to emerge for all involved when Oto Edogawa discovers an embarrassing secret about the Correct 5 kingpin! This drama is the sequel to the hit series “Boys Over Flowers.” This 2018 Japanese drama series was based on a manga series by Yoko Kamio and directed by Yasuharu Ishii.

BOYS OVER FLOWERS Season 2 (2018)

From F4 to C5 It's a Snap 💕

Despite her young age, high school student, Tsubaki Hibino (Emi Takei) is a whiz when it comes to styling hair. Able to turn the most drab hair into something amazing, Tsubaki is never happier than when she’s working on transforming someone else’s look. But when it comes to her own hair, Tsubaki never feels confident enough to even try.&nbsp;

Suffering from woefully low self-esteem, Tsubaki doesn’t really feel like she fits in anywhere, especially at school. With her drab hair and old-fashioned clothes, she is frequently teased and tormented by her classmates; the worst of them being Kyota Tsubaki (Tori Matsuzaka), the class’s unofficial leader and notorious playboy. Delighting in tormenting Tsubaki, Kyota teases her incessantly and the rest of the class follows. But things take an unexpected turn when Kyota decides to ask Tsubaki out and she inexplicably says yes.

Polar opposites, Tsubaki and Kyota’s relationship should have been doomed from the start but what begins as a joke soon turns into something else entirely. Could it be possible this unlikely pair is exactly what the other needed?

A cute high school love story, “Love for Beginners” is a 2012 Japanese romance film directed by Takeshi Furusawa.

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