Togawa Yukio

Togawa Yukio was a Japanese novelist and children's writer born in Saga City. He established animal literature based on correct observations and knowledge about animals and is a leading figure in Japan alongside Muku Hatoju. He has also worked on reportage, war stories, and manga. From an early age,…

Sano Kazuhiro

Sano Kazuhiro is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王, pinku shitenno). Sano's films differ…

Kako Zanmu

Kako Zanmu, born Kaku Yasugoro (賀古保五郎) in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese film director, producer, and novelist. He began his career in the arts as a playwright for new-school theater and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所), a major Japanese film studio.…

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…

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…

Aiko Melendez

Aiko Melendez is a Filipino actress and former politician. Her father, Jimmy Melendez (born Jim Shinoji), was an actor. Her half-brother, Jam Melendez (son of Jimmy Melendez and Deborah Sun), also entered showbusiness. Aiko Melendez started as child star in the early '80s under Regal Films among them,…

Shi Hui

Shi Hui, born Shi Yutao, was a Chinese actor and film director who gained prominence throughout the 1940s through 1950s. Despite his fame, Shi became a victim of the Anti-Rightist Movement in the mid-1950s and committed suicide soon thereafter. Shi's career as an actor began relatively late. His first…

Tsuboi Sakae

Tsuboi Sakae, born Iwai Sakae (岩井栄) in Sakate, Shozu, Kagawa, Japan, was a Japanese children's literature novelist and poet. She was the fifth daughter of Iwai Tokichi (岩井藤吉), a soy sauce barrel craftsman. After her family’s business failed, she worked as a babysitter while attending…

Suzuki Noribumi

Suzuki Noribumi, also known as Suzuki Norifumi, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the Torakku Yaro series. Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Hoigaku Kyoshitsu no Jiken File 31: Satsujin-han wa Watashi no Otto!?

Ninomiya Saki, a forensic expert, finds her professional and personal life colliding when her husband, Ninomiya Kazuma, becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. After a woman is found dead under suspicious circumstances,…

Khun Chai Tum Raberd

6.2

The life of Pueak, a young man from Isan who has the skill to make som tam at an expert level, becomes a millionaire after winning the first prize in the lottery. He and his family move to Bangkok to escape relatives…

Heaven Show

7.8

Jeon Chae Hee, a Korean girl who comes to China to find her mother but has a predestined career in embroidery, so she decided to stay to learn more. She meets Kuang Liang, a young businessman who has a heart for embroidery,…

My Valentine Girls

6.9

A novelist is searching for a girlfriend as he writes his next book, a trilogy of love stories (Soulmates, BFF, and Gunaw). His little sister and pseudo cupid adds cuteness and light banter. (Source: Amazon Prime Video)

Douki

7.5

Detective Ryouta Udagawa searches for former colleague and rival Kazuhiko Soga who went missing after suddenly being dismissed from the police force. Kazuhiko Soga then became the prime suspect in a murder case. Ryouta…

Thailand's Got Talent

A talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht. (Source: Wikipedia) ~~ Remake of the British TV show…

Old Dog

8.0

A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price.

The Snow White

7.7

Two students stealthy dissect the dead body of a pregnant woman just to get the dead infant in her belly, to perform a dark magic charm. But the magic doesn't work, and soon they realise a terrible price is to be paid…

Shiawase ni Narenai Kanashi Hana: Noroi no Drive

A woman in a car goes missing. Kimura, a used car dealer, receives a missing person’s leaflet from her parents, and acquires a blue Camaro from a family at a very low price. (Source: Letterboxd)

The Howl & the Fussyket

6.9

CAN A BOY WHO FRONOUNCES “P” AS “F” WIN A DECLAMATION COMFETITION AND HIS PAMILY’S SUFFORT? Eight-year old Aaron is dead set on winning the Grand Prize in his 2nd Grade declamation contest. He is determined…