His parents were professional dancers; he was the middle son in a set of 3. Started his musical career in a Hawaiian-style band, then moved to country-western, and finally Group Sounds; later had his biggest hit with song "Mata Au Hi Made". Intermittently acted, usually in between albums. Sporty, he was known to enjoy surfing, horse-riding, and motorcycling.

Kamon Ryou, a guitar-playing male prostitute in a decadent downtown bar of Yokohama, is a man of many secrets: he was the culprit of the unsolved "300 Million Yen Robbery" of 1968, he has a lot of nasty friends that are trying to steal the money away from him, and he is dying of a malignant brain tumor......

Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo and is informed that Hama-chan has gone missing....

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye....

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams of a music career, the duo rockets to stardom....

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash....