Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Sakura Hisako

Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…

Hatanaka Ryoha

Primarily associated with the stage, Hatanaka trained as an actor in New York before returning to Japan in 1918, where he joined the theatrical company of actress Sumako Matsui, a pioneer of Western-style shingeki theater in Japan. After her suicide, he continued to work in shingeki, appearing in such…

Horikawa Hiromichi

Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved…

Mariel Rodriguez

Rodriguez started her career at the age of 15, modeling for commercials and advertisements, including Clean & Clear. In 2004, she was cast in MTV Asia's television show Rouge. Introducing herself through the webcam, she flew to Singapore for the audition and got the part. Her role in the show caught…

Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

Sugiura Rokuemon

Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…

Otabe Michimaro

Otabe Michimaro, born Toki Michimaro ((釈通麿) in Yanaga, Sanmon, Fukuoka, Japan was a Japanese actor and chief priest. He was also known as Otabe Doma (小田部道磨). The son of a temple family in Yanagawa Town, he was drafted into the Pacific War at the age of 18. After returning, he attended…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Fugu to Tako to Bokura no Mirai

This is a coming-of-age film that captures the troubles and growth of young people living in a provincial city. Taiyo Suzuki, a third-year high school student who lives on Hikashima island, famous for its puffer fish…

Po Ju

The peace of Donghai City is shattered by a violent gang clash. The deadly assassin duo, Chainsaw and Yangyang, raid a money house and clear out all its assets. Unbeknownst to many, the assassins were secretly sent…

S-ku no Kimyona Hitobito

S Ward is Tokyo's mysterious and unknown 24th ward. Fuka stumbles into S Ward and encounters its peculiar inhabitants. Taketo is a writer specialising in urban legends, who infiltrates the “S District” to uncover…

Incantation

7.1

Klot, a man deemed insignificant by all, is destined to retrieve the stolen Luang Pho Phraya Fai. His journey is fraught with danger—not just from those seeking the relic but also from his entanglement with a secret…

Chai Wan Cineclub

If this were the last film you could ever watch, what would you choose? Chai Wan Cineclub faces imminent closure, leaving the community without its cherished gathering space. Uncle Ting, the club’s chairman, grapples…

The Unwritten Guide

In a world where everything comes with a guide, following those guidelines guarantees getting what you want, yet the blind adherence of people drains life of its excitement and spontaneity. Emma, the designer of the…

Fake & Faker: The Royal Lie

The Chen family, a lineage of generals, has lost all its sons in battle for the nation. To preserve the family bloodline, the grandmother disguises the sole surviving heir, Chen Ping An, as a girl and declares to the…

Lost Sabungeros

When the pandemic shut down all cockfighting arenas in the Philippines, the century-old gambling blood sport moved online and grew into a money-making machine overnight, creating instant millionaires among its cockfighters.…

Kla Talay

8.7

This story follows the lives and discoveries of young Moken people in the Surin Islands of Phang-Nga, Thailand. When eighteen-year-old Ka-e finds a camera on the sea floor, he doesn't realise the danger of bringing…

Hu Kou Duo Jin

In 1937, following the outbreak of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China, seizing Chinese gold and other strategic resources to fund its military campaign. In response,…