Okamoto Yoshihiko

Okamoto Yoshihiko was a Japanese film director, television drama director, and journalist, born in Korea during the Japanese colonial period. He attended the Army Officer School (陸軍士官学校) and witnessed Japan's defeat in World War II. Afterward, he joined the Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党)…

Son Mi Na

Sohn Mi Na is a South Korean broadcaster, travel writer and former KBS announcer. She graduated from Sehwa Girls' High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Spoken Language and Literature from Korea University and a master's degree in Journalism from the University of Barcelona. As a teenager,…

Jadu

Kim Duk Eun, known professionally as Jadu, is a South Korean singer and former member of the mixed duo THE JADU. She graduated from Seonjeong High School and was later enrolled in the Practical Music program at Dongduk Women's University but dropped out. She made her debut in 2001 as the vocalist of…

John Noh

Noh Jong Yoon, known professionally as John Noh, is a tenor singer and member of RABIDANCE (라비던스; stylized as RabidAnce). He obtained a bachelor's degree in Music from the Peabody School Music at Johns Hopkins University. Later, he earned two master's degrees in Music from Juilliard School and…

Hayasaka Akira

Hayasaka Akira, born Tomita Yoshisuke (富田祥資), was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. Born in Hojo, Onsen, Ehime, Japan, he grew up in a prominent merchant family and was exposed to pilgrimage culture early in life. He attended Matsuyama Middle School and was in the Naval Academy at the end…

Park Hee Seok

Park Hee Seok is a South Korean singer, dancer, former member of X10 (엑스텐) and BAIKAL (바이칼), and current member of XENEX (제넥스). He graduated from Gimhae Gyeongwon High School and spent over 5 years as a trainee at different companies. He made his debut in June 2014 (using the stage…

Settsu Mowa

Mowa Settsu was a Japanese novelist, golf critic, and golf historian. After gaining prominence as a humorist novelist in magazines like 'Shinseinen,' he authored numerous golf-related books as a golf historian, contributing to the construction of golf facilities and golf courses. He entered the Keio…

Okamoto Kido

Okamoto Kido was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Okamoto Keiji (岡本啓二). He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. At the age of three, he began studying classical Chinese texts under his father's guidance, and at nine, he began learning Chinese…

Park Kyu Chae

Park Kyu Chae was a South Korean actor. He graduated from Yangjeong High School and later attended Korea University but dropped out of the Agriculture program. He later completed the coursework in Journalism at the same university and obtained a master's degree in Business Administration from Kyung…

Dazai Hisao

Dazai Hisao was a Japanese actor born in Senzoku, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. During middle school, due to the impact of military training where he was fired at close range by a machine gun, his hearing deteriorated slightly, and since then, his voice became about one octave higher than others. Although…

The Longest Tunnel

5.0

In 1954, Akuzu Go travels to the Tsuruga Straits that separate Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido from the island of Honshu, to investigate the tragic loss of a passenger ship in the treacherous waters of the…

Sam Anong

10.0

Sarin takes his wife and two daughters, Sa and Su, to live in Chiang Mai, but he gets really sick and passes away soon after. The girls' grandmother sends Poom and her grandson Siwa to fetch them. Due to heritage reasons,…

Kasou Taishou

7.9

Kasou Taishou is a semi-annual show on NTV in which various amateur groups perform short skits, which are rated by a panel of judges. (Source: Wikipedia)

Born on February 30th

Shin Ah, who grew up as an illegitimate child, visits her father after her mother passes away. Her father, Kang, accepts Shin Ah into the family. But when her step-sister's cold shoulder behaviour becomes intolerable,…

Massaya

Massaya's father is kicked out (along with his wife and child) of the Rattanamahasarn family for marrying a girl from a "low class" Malay woman. Both parents having passed away early she was brought up by her maternal…

Inochi

7.0

The 24th NHK Taiga Drama is Inochi. The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the…

Danjo Shichinin Natsu Monogatari

7.8

Travel tour conductor Imai Ryosuke wakes up one morning to find a woman he doesn't recognize sleeping in his bed. Imai has absolutely no memory of how she got there, only that he had passed out drunk the night before.…

Salak Jit

10.0

A forbidden romance between an uncle (not related by blood) and niece. It starts off with Salak Jit at the age of 14 to her early twenties. She was sent to live with her grandfather since her father just passed away.…

The Story of Woo Viet

7.0

Wu Viet is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he meets a beautiful woman who…

Kariang Tok Doi

The story of hill tribe people living high on a mountain far from civilisation. Before their leader passes away, he tells his two grandchildren young relatives Mui Tik and Mi Sik, the hope of the village, to go to…