Nitani Hideaki

Nitani Hideaki was a Japanese actor born in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School (京都府立東舞鶴高等学校) and attended Doshisha University (同志社大学) but dropped out of the Department of English Literature. After leaving university,…

Kanze Hideo

Kanze Hideo was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojo VII, a descendant of Kanami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Kono Akitake

Kono Akitake was a Japanese actor, born in Shinko, Annaka, Nagasaki, Japan. He was originally performing under the stage name Yamazaki Shinzo (山崎進蔵). He attended Shimabara Prefectural Middle School and later Tokyo Physics School, though he left in November 1930. In November 1931, Kono joined…

Okamura Fumiko

Okamura Fumiko was a Japanese actress from Nagano. Japan. After graduating from Nagano City Nabeyada Elementary School and Nagano Prefectural Nagano High School for Girls, she moved to Tokyo. She began her career as an actress after being apprenticed to a noble family of art enthusiasts to learn manners.…

Kawamura Reikichi

Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…

Aoshima Yukio

A Japanese politician who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1995 to 1999. He is also well-known as a TV actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and songwriter. Yukio was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1932. His father was an entrepreneur who had been running a bento catering business. He began writing…

Kiwi Chow

Kiwi Chow Kwun Wai is a Hong Kong filmmaker. After his graduation, Kiwi Chow participated in different processes of film production including as continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he worked as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

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…

Ju-Lei: Shinrei Mystery File

Each episode is pretty much an art-student level production, shot with digital video, often without the more luxurious technological advances such as tripods and microphones. Episode One: Madosoto ni ukabu mono [The…

Marn Bang Jai

7.1

Fuenglada studies at a boarding school and her father lives with his new wife Soithong and step daughter Soisoun. One day on the way to see Fuenglada, her father had an accident with Taen's car and passes away. Taen…

Rocket Boy

8.0

Kobayashi works at a travel agency and has the preconceived notion that in 2001 he will be able to go on a trip to outer space. Now 30, his girlfriend has left him, and a year has passed since he promised to take over…

City of Desire

4.0

Sandra returns to Macau after having been in Canada for the last twenty years. Her father is ill and the family business is being passed on to her, but she is taken aback to discover that the family business is prostitution.…

Saotome Typhoon

7.0

Otake Bathing Resort in Ibaraki Prefecture is notorious for having the largest number of accidents of any bathing resort in Japan despite its very small number of bathers. So, the town assembly passed a bill stating…

A Drowning Man

6.2

Tokio, has just found his wife Kumiko dead in the bathtub. Still in a state of shock, he lays her down on the couch and drinks until he passes out. He later awakes to find Kumiko is perfectly fine. Had it all been…

Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord

6.8

A jealous king sends Kun Pan to war believing he could win his beautiful wife, while Kun Pan dies on the battlefield. After a long time passes, the wife believes Kun Pan is really dead and agrees to marry the king.…

Mai Muang

7.1

Charan's dad and Mai's grandmother have a relationship. Mai hates Charan and his father very much. Charan is the quiet and nice type, he lived with his mother but she passed away and he started living with his dad…

Marriage Clinic, Love & War

9.7

This program aims to reenact real stories of married couples into a TV drama. It deals with the various problems that lead couples to seek divorce. A panel of judges mediates the cases and doles out a judgement that…

The Beauty in Dream

Writer Lee Yun Ho was the son of a traditional music drama family and met Hanako who had visited Cheongju to learn gayageum. Hanako passed away, leaving her 12 year-old daughter Yu Mae. Lee Yun Ho lived with her and…