Sakaguchi Yuzaburo

Sakaguchi Yuzaburo was a Japanese actor born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. He graduated from Fukuoka Prefectural Yame Technical High School. He grew up not knowing his father, was abandoned by his mother at the age of 4, and was raised by his grandfather. While in his second year at Fukuoka Prefectural…

Tsuchiya Tokio

Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…

Nagata Yasushi

Nagata Yasushi was a Japanese actor born in Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan. He graduated from Taipei High School's humanities program and later moved to Tokyo, where he joined the Shinkyo Theater Company in 1930. Nagata made his stage debut in "The New Account of the Battle of Coxinga" and his film debut…

Tam Bo

Bo Tam is an actor, known for Drunken Master (1978), Tiao yu fan (1974) and Shuang quan do (1973). He was active from 1963-1986 taking part in more than 170 movies. (Source: IMDB)

Otomo Ryutaro

Otomo Ryutaro was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. In 1936, he made his debut in movies with the film Aozura Roshi. His final appearance in the film was Tampopo directed by Juzo Itami in 1985. Otomo ended his life by leaping from the top of a building…

Tarumi Goro

Tarumi Goro was a Japanese actor born in Niimi, Okayama. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Niimi High School and started his career with the Mingei Theater Company. His eldest son, Tarumi Shuichi, is also an actor and model. Tarumi Goro passed away from a subarachnoid hemorrhage in Tokyo on January…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Kitamura Eizo

Kitamura Eizo was a Japanese actor and director born in Shin-Ogawa, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. His wife is actress Seki Etsuko (関えつ子) and his daughter is actress Kitamura Takeko (北村岳子). He graduated from Daishi High School and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature in the Faculty…

Kusaka Takeshi

Kusaka Takeshi was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Toshima, Tokyo. He was the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. His most known works as a voice actor are Frollo and Vega. And as an actor he is recognized by titles as Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)…

Takagi Akimitsu

Takagi Akimitsu was the pen-name of a popular Japanese crime fiction writer active during the Showa period of Japan. His real name was Takagi Seiichi. Takagi was born in Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. He graduated from the Daiichi High School (which was often abbreviated to Ichi-ko)…

Between Love and Friendship

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With youth, beauty, and wealth, Aizawa Rina is living a life that everyone envies. Rina should be living happily, but somewhere deep in her heart, she always remembers her former classmate, Ichijo Ren. (Source: DramaWiki)…

Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain

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Jokes and improv take center stage as comedian girl group Celeb Five brainstorms material for a comedy special in this behind-the-scenes mockumentary. (Source: Netflix)

Thunderbolt of Fire

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Journey to the West

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One UFO sighting after another proves false. He has to beg for money to keep his space-exploration magazine afloat. There are no messages in the TV static. Nevertheless, Tang Zhijun continues to believe in alien life…

Wannabe

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Follow a group of friends from different walks of life who cross paths on the bumpy road to success hip-hop culture has to offer. A dive into their yearnings—craving to be accepted, a thirst to become famous, and…

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

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During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic…

Age of Warriors

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This drama is set in a tumultuous time in Korean history, where warriors led by Jung Joong Bu, Lee Ui Bang, Lee Go and Chae Won rose in rebellion against King Ui Jong of Goryeo and his government, dominated by scholars…

Love Connection

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When the Internet is a matchmaker and leads the very annoying young man next door and the sweetest view of the girl next door together. They have to face chaotic stories through the internet together until they develop…

I, Butterfly

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~~ Short film released for the TV show "Kai Pai Ba" (开拍吧).

School Meals Time Graduation

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A middle school teacher who loves school lunches competes with his student on who can make their school meals taste even better. A unique food comedy highlighting the importance of eating lunch together. (Source: jff.jpf.go.jp)