Tsuga Shizuko

Real nam Shizuko Sunaga. Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Hongo-ku, Komagome Sakashita-cho. Her father was also an actor working with the stage name Kiyoshi Toga, and her brother Kazushi Toga, was child actor. She had break in acting, between 1931-1935. After World War II she back to business again.…

Takayama Hiroko

Takayama Hiroko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Iizuka Town, Kaho District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The actress changed her artistic pseudonyms over the years, sometimes also appearing under her maiden name, and then her husband's surname. Her date of death is unknown. The last known mention…

Satomi Akira

Actor and Film Director. Born in Tokyo City Honjo-ku, Mukojima Suzaki-cho . His brother was film director, Eiichi Matsumoto. He started acting in 1923. However, despite his connection to the film industry, Akira had serious bad luck, when it comes to managers and film studios. First he got into a conflict…

Mori Teruo

Actor. Born in Shinmachi, Moji City, Fukuoka Prefecture. He died at the age of 23, committing suicide at a train station. His death echoed greatly, not only due to his young age and great popularity, but also rumors about the love triangle he was supposed to be in. The man is said to be meeting two…

Nakano Eiji

Real name Eisaburo Nakano (中野 榮三郎). Born in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He was baseball player, musican and later on director. His wife was Yuriko Hanabusa, also an actress. He last appeared in a movie in 1977. He died because of gastric cancer

Tsunehiko Kasahara

Former rugby player, actor. Born in Tokyo City Koishikawa Ward. As a rugby player, his main positions during his active career were Fullback (FB) and Five Eighth (FE). After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nikkatsu and became an actor. His last movie apperance was in 1942. It is not known…

Ibuki Toru

Tall, lean actor who often played henchmen. His sole “good guy” role appears to have been as the lost brother Yata in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966). He disappeared from the genre after Destroy All Monsters (1968) before making one last appearance as the goateed alien Tsuda in Terror of Mechagodzilla…

Darlene Catly Malimas

In 2010, Darlene's first feature film, "Senorita" competed at the prestigious Festival del Film Locarno. Her second feature, "Aparisyon" had its international premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, won the NETPAC Award in Hawaii, Audience Choice in France. . Last June 2017, the Museum of…

Okamoto Ippei

Painter, cartoonist, writer and Buddhist scholar. Husband of Kanoko Okamoto , a poet and novelist. Most of his family, starting from his son, painter Taro Okamoto, or nephew, actor Ryo Ikebe, were related to art world. He planned a trip around the world, which he ended after visiting 9 countries in…

Godo Masaharu

Born in Kyoto . Writer. Since April 2007, he has been a professor and vice president of the Faculty of Tourism and Culture , Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University , and then the president in 2010. He retired from the president at the end of March 2012. So far, only one of his books, "Return Match" , was…

Messengers

7.4

Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy. Accustomed to living in luxury she tries to make a run for it with…

Sayonara, Girls.

7.4

Graduation day is just two days away in a rural high school that is about to be closed. Four female students cherish their last moments before they say goodbye to their school for good. (Source: Official Website) ~~…

Rules Before A Divorce

7.5

"Rules Before A Divorce" tells the story of three lovers in love after they have decided to get married, but the brutal truth so soon after their wedding for his impulsive and regret. The young couple have started…

Dubai

7.5

Raffy and Andrew were orphaned as kids and had only each other to depend on. Raffy has spent the last nine years of his life working in Dubai. His ultimate goal is to fulfill a lifelong dream: to eventually move to…

No Direction Home

7.4

After their best friend's wedding, Kou, Reiji, and Yasumasa miss the last train and are dropped off at a small rural station. Following the advice of a station attendant, they trudge to a shrine at night to make a…

Furuhata Ninzaburo SP 6

7.5

{Episode 39} This is the 6th SP episode, aired five years after the third season and two years before the "Final Series". It's the third (and last) episode of the whole "Furuhata Ninzaburo" franchise that portrays…

Snow on the Blades

7.5

Kingo Shimura serves Naosuke Ii as his lord, but Naosuke Ii is killed by ronins from the Mito Domain. He is not allowed to kill himself and receives a secret order to exact revenge. Kingo Shimura travels for 13 years…

My Name Is Zhao Chu Xi

7.4

Orphaned Zhao Chu Xi, raised by principal Li Cheng Qian in Wanjing Mountain, is devastated by the deaths of his guardian and Ping'an. To fulfill Li Cheng Qian's last wishes, he leaves for Jia City to earn money and…

The Ghost Story: Love Redemption

7.4

Pu Song Ling gets seduced in his dreams to write stories to open three of the four gates imprisoning parts of a demon. Before opening the last gate, his wife, Zhen Niang, urges him to stop his obsession and anger the…

Focus

7.5

The photographer who is going blind met his ex by chance and they decided to go for a trip together in Chiang Mai spontaneously for the last sunset he could see. (Source: Hello Filmmaker Facebook)