Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

Nokubo Naoki

Nokubo was born in Iwata-shi, which was formerly known as Toyodacho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka. After graduating from Kinshin High School, Nokubo wanted to be part of the entertainment industry and went to an acting school in Tokyo. He later became a Watanabe Entertainment affiliate, and in August 2004, became…

Mika

Lee Su Hoon, known by his stage name Mika, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of XING (씽) and THE BOSS (대국남아, known as DGNA in South Korea and Daikoku Danji or 大国男児 in Japan). He graduated from Cheongdam High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree from Sehan…

Maeda Michiko

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka. She was working in a department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo when she began working as an actress at the…

Kayi Cheung

Kayi Cheung (simplified Chinese: 张嘉儿; traditional Chinese: 張嘉兒; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She also…

Fei Mu

Fei Mu's ancestral hometown is Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was born in Shanghai, China in 1906. Before becoming a director, he worked as an assistant of the film pioneer Hou Yao. Known for his artistic style and costume dramas, Fei made his first film, Night in the City (1933), produced by the Lianhua…

Lek Saran Sakornsin

"Lek" Saran Sakornsin was an actor and model of Thai-Chinese descent born in Nakhon Sawan. Lek's father died before he was born and his mother re-married, leaving him to live with his grandmother. So his grandmother was pretty much his only family member. Lek was considered to be one of the most famous…

Peter Mak

Peter Mak Tai Kit was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. He grew up spending a great deal of his childhood at a cinema, where his father left him for the day while working in a nearby cake shop, an experience that planted in him the seeds for a future in film. Mak’s family relocated to…

Pyo Chang Won

Pyo Chang Won is a South Korean professor, police detective, former politician and self-taught and self-proclaimed criminal profiler. He comes from a very poor background and as a child he had some violent outbursts and was obsessed with Bruce Lee movies and Sherlock Holmes. He was so smart that his…

Mifune: The Last Samurai

9.0

Documentary about the life of the legendary actor Mifune Toshiro, who created Japan's Golden Era of cinema. The film explores Mifune's legacy in bringing 'Samura cinema' to the world's attention with interviews of…

Trace of Breath

Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakata City, which was devastated by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Sato's home-cum-shop was swept…

Denki Groove: The Movie? - Ishino Takkyu and Pierre Taki

Biography about the musical group "Denki Groove", which in 2014 celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1989, it brought a big change to Japan's pop music. The film will show different moments throughout the entire…

Given: Ima Koko ni Aru Shiawase

6.9

Documentary about three children dealing with chronic illnesses and their supportive families. These families living with illness shed light on the joy of living and the nature of true happiness. The Shiokawa family's…

Tsutakantoku Kokoyakyu wo Kaeta Otoko no Shinjitsu

Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentaries from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances…

Day After Day

Documentary about potter Matsuda Yoneshi's "Kitagama" pottery in Yomitan Village, Okinawa. He uses the island's soil as clay and creates shapes using a pottery wheel, and then fires the pieces in a shared 13-chamber…

Beyond the Tsunami: Onagawa, Hearts Connected

Documentary about Onagawa Town in Miyagi Prefecture as it recovers from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Depicts the young people who lead the recovery and the bonds between the town and Qatar, which gave aid immediately…

My Name Is Liu Chuan Shuo

7.0

Story about Liu Chuan Shuo , becoming an outstanding revolutionary soldier, under the care and love of the party organization.

Tracing the Future: Photographer Naoya Hatakeyama

Documentary about Hatakeyama Naoya, the photographer who represented Japan at the 2001 Venice Biennale and is known for works that meticulously construct the relationship between people and nature. Follows Hatakeyama…

It's Me Season 2

6.6

Story about the last year of 6 students in a new school