Silence of the Sea

A painter's quest for authentic beauty collides with deception and death in the art world. (Source: IMDb)

The Guitarist from the Sea

4.0

Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling. (Source: Letterboxd)

In Between Mountains and Oceans

Held once every 20 years at the Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefecture, the Shikinen Sengu, a rite central to the relationship between Japanese and the natural world, is explored in this documentary by photographer Miyazawa…

Goldfish in Sea

6.0

High school student Mio lives in Kagoshima. Since her novelist father was lost, she has refused to go to school and lived on her father's yacht, which is anchored at a dock. Kiyomi likes yachting, because of her father's…

Lake of Tears

6.9

~~ Adapted from the novel by Tsutomu Minakami.

From Dawn to Midday on the Sea

A man who gave up on living in despair with society and himself. Mai, a high school girl, is involved in a confinement incident caused by the man. Mai's classmate, Ujiie, who caused a violent incident and lost her…

The Volcano Wind

4.0

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found. The second of 8 part 'Gambler'…

Gambler at Sea

2.0

See You

1.0

A road movie depicting a variety of human patterns woven by people who participated in the "Paris-Dakar Rally," which is called the toughest race in the world. The "Paris-Dakar Rally" is one of the world's leading…

Crawling in the Ocean Called Little Manhattan

This film depicts the exhausting life of a young man who works at a company during the day and a factory at night. Horrible co-workers, tiredness, and chaos mark his days. (Source: genkinahito.wordpress.com)

Isayama Hiroko

Isayama Hiroko, a Japanese actress and writer born in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Fukuoka Jogakuin High School before pursuing a career in acting. Moving to Tokyo in 1971, she trained at the Actor's Studio attached training institute and made her film debut in 1972 with "Play of White Fingers" (白い指の戯れ).…

Lee Ji Hyo

Lee Ji Hyo is a South Korean singer, dancer, and former member of PRECIOUS (프레셔스). She graduated from Hanlim Arts High School. She made her debut in September 2020 as the group's lead vocalist with their first digital single, "Let It Shine!". They were managed by UMI Entertainment (유엠아이엔터테인먼트),…

Tokunaga Reiko

Tokunaga Reiko, born Sato Reiko (佐藤礼子) in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, is a former actress. She graduated from Shoei Women's Academy High School and, in 1968, passed the Toho New Faces audition, subsequently becoming a trainee at Toho. That year, she made her acting debut in the TV drama "Dekkai…

Saito Emi

After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, majoring in film, she gained experience as an assistant director under many directors. In 2017, she directed the short film "Tokyo Capsule" under the Young Filmmaker Development Project (ndjc). In 2018, her feature film project "Birth Cry" won the President's…

Takiguchi Shintaro

Takiguchi Shintaro was a former Japanese actor and announcer born in Shiba-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Okada Yoshiko. In April 1925, he joined Inoue Masao's troupe after graduating from Sakurada Elementary School and appeared as a child actor in the stage play "Rashamen no Chichi". He made his movie…

Han Byeol

Kyung Han Byeol is a South Korean singer, dancer, and former member of PRECIOUS (프레셔스). She made her debut in September 2020 as the group's sub-rapper and maknae with their first digital single, "Let It Shine!". They were managed by UMI Entertainment (유엠아이엔터테인먼트), but after…

Han Woom

Byun Han Woom is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress, and former member of PRECIOUS (프레셔스). She was born in South Korea, but her family lived in Vietnam, Canada and the United States when she was younger. She graduated from Neulpureun High School, so she could adapt to South Korea after living…

Yamazaki Toyoko

Yamazaki Toyoko was an acclaimed Japanese novelist. She was mostly famous for her Showa era based business, political, and social themed serial novels. Yamazaki was born in Senba, Minami-ku (now part of Chuo-ku), Osaka, to a family of long-established kelp business called Oguraya Yamamoto. After graduating…

Kamiki Ryunosuke

Kamiki Ryunosuke is a Japanese actor. He entered the industry in 1995 when he was only 2 years old. He made his drama debut in “Good News”, which gained him immense popularity through his first full-time role as Naoya, playing the son of SMAP’s Masahiro Nakai. In 2001, he was discovered by Hayao…

Park Gun Woo

Park Gun Woo is a South Korean singer, dancer, musical actor and former member of LC9 (엘씨 나인) and RAINBOW MUZIGAE (무지개). He made his debut in May 2013 as LC9's lead vocalist and rapper (under the stage name J-Hyo) with the mini-album "Skirmish". However, the group was not able to promote…