Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ). In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki…

Watanabe Katsuya

Watanabe Katsuya is a Japanese director and stage manager known for his work on tokusatsu television dramas. He is from Kanagawa, Japan. After completing vocational school, Watanabe started his career in the film industry as a third assistant director on episodes 10 and 11 of "Choushinsei Flashman"…

Irie Yu

a Japanese film director / screenwriter who was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and grew up in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture. After a number of short films, including Obsession and Seven Drives which were screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2003 and 2004, Irie directed…

Koyama Seijiro

Born in Gifu Prefecture, Koyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, where he worked as an assistant director under such directors as Shindo Kaneto, Yoshimura Kozaburo, and Imai Tadashi. He made his directorial debut in 1971 with the…

James Miki

James Miki was a Japanese screenwriter, writer, director, and former singer from Mukden City, Fengtien Province, Manchuria, from where he moved to Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture when he was in elementary school. In the second year of junior high school, his father died suddenly of heart disease. After…

Park Jung Bum

Park Jungbum (1976, South Korea) graduated from Yonsei University with a major in physical education. He debuted with the short film Templementary (2000) before enrolling at Dongguk University's Graduate School of Video. In 2008, he released the short film 125 Jeon Seung-chul. This film would form the…

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

Kosai Sekine

Kosai Sekine is a Japanese short film director. His sophisticated and witty sensibility is evident throughout all his work. His outsized creativity and storytelling stands poised at the crest of a new wave of branded and interactive content in Japan’s creative community. Sekine made his debut in 2005…

Ohtsuki Kenji

Ohtsuki Kenji is a Japanese rock musician, writer and actor. His musical career began in the late 1970s. He is also the founder and vocalist of rock band "Tokusatsu" and author of a 2006 novel Sewn Human Nuigulumar, which was adapted into a tokusatsu film named Nuigulumar ZIcon-crosswiki in 2014. He…

Jo Beom Goo

After graduating from the Department of Theater and Film of Dankook University in 1997, Jo has made some short films. One of his short films, "The Rainy Season" (1996) won the Best Film Award at the 14th Busan Short Film Festival and "The Travel" (2000) won the top prize at the 2000 Busan Asian Short…

The Silent Service

7.4

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine sank in a maritime accident near Japan. Japan was shocked by the news that the survival of all 76 crew members, including the captain, Second Lieutenant Shiro…

Storm in a Cocoon

7.4

"Wing Tai Lung" is Guangzhou's largest silk factory during its time. The owner POON WING LIN is growing old and has passed on the business to his eldest son POON KA HIN and second daughter POON HAU YEE to manage, but…

Us Again

7.4

It's all about savoring the moment, taking risks, giving oneself a second chance to be happy again. This is the story of Mike a struggling artist, who meets Margie, an unfulfilled medical technician frustrated to become…

To the Stars

7.5

At an international space camp many years ago, two boys, Wu Wei and Ying Zi Qi, aspired to be successful astronauts. Later, the second phase of the planned project failed twice in a row, and the Chief Engineer Qin…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2019 Rain Special

7.5

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Sakasama Shojo no Tame no Piano Sonata" (さかさま少女のためのピアノソナタ) Kuroki, a struggling piano student, stumbles upon an old music…

Ruri no Shima Hatsu Koi

7.5

Hatomi Island revisited, it now has 6 foster children. This is Ruri's 3rd New Year's day on the island. Ruri, a second-year high school student who has been living and growing up on the island, heard from Ruri's class…

Young and Dangerous 2

7.5

Told in two parts, the first focuses on Chicken's time in Taiwan, following events that were largely skipped over in the previous film. The second follows the Hung Hing Society's efforts to forge an alliance with Taiwan's…

A Soul Haunted by Painting

7.4

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu Liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu Liang learns to paint and takes art…

The Last Cop: Another Story

7.4

First side story shows a body swap between Ryota, Kyogoku, Yui and Kanako after an especially rowdy Christmas dinner, and second story tells about Ryota and Kyogoku going to the past.

Shiawase no Kioku

7.5

Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Nanami, second daughter Fuyuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the same house which Taro left. One day,…