Uno Chiyo

Uno Chiyo was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin,…

Fung Bo Bo

Daughter of Fung Fung, sister of Fung Hak On, Fung Bo Bo was born in Malaysia. Her father was the renowned Cantonese movie actor/director Feng Feng. Feng was probably the best-known child actor in the history of Hong Kong and has been compared to Shirley Temple. Fung appeared in her first movie at the…

Oyama Debuko

In May 1924 (Taisho 13), while attending Kosaka Elementary School (currently Kosaka Elementary School in Higashi Osaka City ), an old system in Osaka Prefecture , her sister Masako joined Shochiku Kyoto Studio and made her debut under the stage name of Kikuko Tachibana . In the same year, Yasu also…

Ieki Miyoji

Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…

Kawada Yoshiko

Yoshiko Kawada was born on October 17, 1895, in Niigata, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kurokami yâshâ dainihen (1926), Yôfu gonin onna - Dai sanpen: Sempatsu Oyoshi (1926) and Ari jigoku (1925). She died on March 24, 1970. (IMDB) 1895 (Meiji 28) October 17, Niigata City of the red-light district…

Towake Hisao

Toake Hisao, born Ogura Hisao (小倉久雄) in Koamicho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, was a Japanese actor. From a young age, he was involved in the performing arts. He attended Gyosei Elementary School, Kyoka Middle School, and later studied economics at Hosei University. While still a student in 1928, he joined…

Enatsu Yuko

Enatsu Yuko, born Suzuki Chiyo (鈴木千代) in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. After marriage, she changed her name to Meguro Chiyo (目黒千代). She graduated from Tokyo Kasei Gakuin High School (東京家政学院高等学校). In 1966, she joined the Toho Theater Division (東宝演劇部)…

Ida Daussy

Ida Daussy is a French born, South Korean TV personality, author and professor based in South Korea. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Linguistics and a master's degree in International Trade from Le Havre University before moving to South Korea as an exchange post-graduate student. She then obtained…

Han Jeong Hwan

Han Jeong Hwan is a South Korean actor, performer, and entrepreneur, born in Yeonan, Hwanghwae, South Korea. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and South Korea. After the Korean War, he moved to Seoul. Previously known by the stage names Han So Ryong (한소룡), Kevin Jeong (케빈 정),…

Furuhata Yasuo

Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director, who won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for 'Poppoya'. A proficient commercial director, Furuhata made his debut with the youth film Bad Girl Yoko (Hikō shōjo Yōko, 1966), about a girl who, along with her boyfriend, escapes Japan by…

Oka-san no Saigo no Tsuitachi

6.0

The story of the last day mother's life, named Kotoko, and her family trying to say goodbye to her. (Source: MyDramaList)

Lek and the Waterboy

14-year-old Lek works in his mother's shop. While his best friend flirts with a new girlfriend, Lek has decidedly different fantasies. (Source: IMDb)

Shijuukunichi no Recipe

7.7

Two weeks after her adoptive mother, Atsuta Otomi, passed away, Endo Yuriko returns to her family home. She is not visiting because she feels anxious for her father, Ryohei, who has lost his will to live as a result…

I Carried You Home

Two sisters accompany their dead mother by ambulance across Thailand. They have grown apart, but the journey and the circumstances force them to come closer to each other. A secret will be revealed. (Source: Letterboxd)

A Change of Heart

Zeny is a loving and protective mother who takes all risks to save her daughter from death only to be abandoned by the same daughter after she literally had a change of heart. Soon, Zeny realizes that this is the dire…

Remiges

Sayako was abused by her mother and older sister when she was a child. She moved into a child shelter home because of the abuse and has lived there ever since. Sayako is now a senior in high school. After she graduates…

Johii Sosakan Hara Maki Ageha

4.0

Female detective Maki Hara is a mother of two children. She teams up with her ex-boss Nako Kura to find her kidnapped child.

Boca

10.0

Boca revolves around a man whose mother died when he was three months old. A chain smoker, he works a dead end job and counts how many cigarettes he's smoked. During the day he makes small ashtray talk with another…

Viewfinder

49 days after the death of their mother, younger sister Hu-Kyung disappears. On the 101th day of their mother’s death, older sister Kyung sets out to find her younger sister Hu-Kyung. She eventually arrives at a…

Miss the Train

6.0

So Jin lives with her shamen mother in a wooded area outside of a small town. She hates her life in the town and what her mother does. After Sojin's mother dies, there's nothing left for Sojin in the town and she decides…