Uehara Ken

Uehara Ken was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He was born to wealthy, well-connected parents. He graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was first recognized for his musical talents and handsome appearance. Uehara joined Shochiku in 1935, debuting…

Ishihara Yujiro

Yujiro grew up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in Otaru, Hokkaido, and in Zushi, Kanagawa. His father, an employee of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was from Ehime Prefecture, and his mother was from Miyajima, Hiroshima. Yujiro attended Otaru Fuji Kindergarten and then Otaru City Inaho Elementary School. During his…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

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…

Oki Masaya

Oki Masaya was a Japanese actor from Oita Prefecture. Beppu City. He graduated from Oita City Oji Junior High School and high school. He belonged to JK Planning. One day, he was scouted by a customer and became a model for a fashion magazine, but because it was a one-off job, he continued to work as…

Ohkawa Hashizo II

Ohkawa Hashizo was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred Jidaigeki films from 1955 to 1967. Born in Tokyo, the son of a Yanagibashi geisha, he was soon adopted by the Ono family. His adoptive father was a kabuki actor named Ichikawa Takinoyo II, who trained him in dance and kabuki…

Hong Eun Won

Born in Soonchun, Hong Eun Won grew her interest in cinema since her childhood. During her high school years, she watched many movies. After graduation, Hong went over to Manchuria and became a member of Shin Kyung Music Choirs where she met director Choi Yin Gyu. After Korea was liberated from Japanese…

Lee Min

Lee Min Young, known professionally as Lee Min, was an American musical actress, singer, and member of AS ONE (애즈원). She was born in South Korea, but her family moved to the United States when she was 3 months old, where she grew up. She returned in 1999 and made her debut as part of the musical…

Shin Seong Hoon

Shin Seong Hoon was a South Korean singer and actor turned director. He made his debut in 2002 as a solo artist with the album "Blood", but he was not successful. The following year, he joined the boy group MAX (맥스), but they quickly disbanded after failing to gain any recognition. He also became…

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…

Shichou wa Mukudono

7.5

After his father-in-law's death, Akiyoshi Hiromasa, his wife and mother-in-law ask Hiromasa to succeed his father-in-law and run for mayor. Hiromasa agrees and is elected mayor. He begins reforms as a novice mayor,…

Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 10

An art critic is found stabbed to death in an apartment, while another body is discovered on the building roof. It's suspected that the woman on the roof had committed suicide after murdering the other woman, but because…

Hankei 3 Kiro no Sekai

Unable to come to terms with the death of his beloved mother, Kazuki lives an empty life with his father. They receive a letter from Yuka, a young woman who received an organ transplant from Kazuki's mother. Hoping…

An Affair

Depicts the terror of the world of death. Eriko and Ryo, who both have families, have a relationship at a love hotel. Ryo says he wants to see her again soon, but Eriko has decided that it will be a one-off affair.…

Mourning Period

After Kim Jong Il's death, a period of national mourning is declared and border security is strengthened. Geun Seop, the first to join the border guard at this time, finds a pregnant woman crossing the river and stops…

Tetsuba to Kaze

Upon learning about the sudden death of his estranged brother, Toshi reluctantly goes to a garage in order to sort out and collect his brother's belongings. (Source: IMDb)

METALCA

A Japanese comedy about a death metal girl band as they go through all the usual “artistic” differences and angst’s of a rock group i.e; love, life, creative control, getting paid....oh and of course the fact…

Joi Kuraishi Shouko: Shi no Tenteki

~~ Adapted from a book "Death Drip" (死の点滴) by Kirimura Yuukou.

Shikei Kijun

5.6

Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Mito Yusuke, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Otomo Kojiro who advocates the abolition of the death penalty,…

Hoigaku Kyoshitsu no Jiken File 38: Danjo no Shitai wa Futari de Usowotsuku!?

Ninomiya Saki investigates a mysterious double death discovered in an abandoned factory, where initial findings suggest an unusual combination of strangulation and a rare medical condition affecting the heart. As forensic…