Sono Kayako

Sono Kayako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo and raised in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. She graduated from Kobe College Faculty of Letters. In 1953, she became an auditor of NHK's Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, appeared in the station's "Bonus", and has been active since the early days of television.…

Kawarasaki Kunitaro IV

Kawarasaki Kunitarô IV was a promising wakaonnagata actor, who excelled in daughter and princess roles but unfortunately died (a mysterious way) too young. He spent a few years in a Shinpa troupe in the forties of the Meiji era and was also involved in the early modern stage projects of Ichikawa Ennosuke…

Izumo Yaeko

Izumo Yaeko was a Japanese actress born in Hachinohe Town, Aomori Prefecture. Her death date is unknown. After graduating from high school, she learned to dance under Eliana Pavlova. In May 1930, she joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio and made her movie debut with "Hohoemu Jinsei" directed by Gosho…

Kobayashi Tsuneo

Graduated from Nihon University Art Department in 1934 . Selected and performed in the Takarazuka Revue review script open call for participants. In 1935, he joined the production department of the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory of the same Toho affiliate and studied under Shiro Toyoda , triggered by the…

Yamamuro Ko

Yamamuro Ko, born Nishimori Takashige (西森高茂), was a Japanese actor from Kochi, Japan. He graduated from Kochi Castle East Commercial School. In 1927, he joined the Nikkatsu Daishogun Studio under the stage name Murakami Eiji ((村上英二), occasionally working under his real name. In 1933,…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Wakamizu Midori

In 1910 (Meiji 43), he appeared as a female onnagata in a silent movie produced by Yoshizawa Shoten . At that time, even the director's credit was not given, and the appearance work is uncertain . In his last years (around the first year of the Showa era), he became paralyzed for some reason and seemed…

Mark Boone Junior

Mark Boone Junior is an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Bobby Munson in FX's Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and in Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Batman Begins (2005) and other film appearances Die Hard 2 (1990), 2 Fast 2 Furious and his role as Patrick "Pat" Brown…

Sawamura Gennosuke IV

Sawamura Gennosuke IV was an outstanding onnagata actor, who was also able to play a wide range of male roles. Akuba roles were his field of excellence, like Otomi ("Kirare Otomi") or Dakki no Ohyaku ("Hyaku Monogatari"). He moved at the beginning of the 20th century from ôshibai, where he was supporting…

Hwang Ryeo Hui

Born in Seoul in 1928, her real name is Hwang Young Hee. After she finished Gyeonggi Girls' High School, she applied for the 2nd Actress Recruitment hosted by Koryo Film Company, and she was selected as No. 1, and she played the role of Lee Hye Ja in Director Choi In Gyu's 'Viva Freedom!' (1946). Her…

Hidden Singer Season 7

7.6

Season 7 of the music variety show that puts a famous hidden singer against impersonators who say they have perfected the celebrity singer’s voice. A panel of experts and audience members try to eliminate all the…

Ruri no Shima

7.6

On Hatomi, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing of the school is…

Lingering Spirits

7.6

Honda Gajiro, a self-centered man, is involved in a car accident and encounters the ghosts of the deceased. In exchange for helping them fulfill their last wishes, they promise him a large sum of money. Gajiro's tasks…

Getting Home

7.6

Zhao, a construction worker, struggles to fulfill his dying co-worker's last wish to be buried in China's Three Gorges region.

Documental Season 5

7.6

Produced by Hitoshi Matsumoto, Documental pits ten comedians against each other. The objective is to make each other laugh in a closed room. Each contestant brings a one million yen participation fee. The last person…

Sri Ayodhaya 2

7.6

Story of life, love, rivalry and betrayal in the era of King Ekkatat, the last King of Ayudhaya. The last three years of his throne were the most prosperous culturally and commercially and then sank down abruptly when…

Pegasus 2

7.6

Former champion driver Zhang Chi teaches at a driving school in troubled times, relying on his reputation to make ends meet. A failing automobile factory offers to sponsor Zhang Chi in the last Bayinbrook Rally. (Source:…

WalangForever

7.5

Mia, a celebrated writer of romantic-comedy films, is at a turning point in her life which makes it difficult for her to believe that love could last. Everything comes to a head when Ethan returns, only for her to…

Battle of Okinawa

7.5

Set in March of 1945, as Japanese forces throw all they’ve got at Allied forces to protect their last defensive stronghold: the island of Okinawa.

Onimasa

7.6

Matsue is the adoptive daughter of the Kiryuin House, a small yakuza clan in Shikoku. Onimasa, their leader, is the last heir to a family of samurai. He is hard in business but respected by the poor because of his…