Watanabe Hirobumi

Born in 1982 in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, Watanabe Hirobumi is a Japanese film director. He also writes the scripts for and performs as an actor in his films. He majored in Japanese literature in college and, after graduation, entered Japan Academy of Moving Images. His graduation project, the 41-minute…

Mariel Rodriguez

Rodriguez started her career at the age of 15, modeling for commercials and advertisements, including Clean & Clear. In 2004, she was cast in MTV Asia's television show Rouge. Introducing herself through the webcam, she flew to Singapore for the audition and got the part. Her role in the show caught…

Otsuka Michiko

Otsuka Michiko was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Otsuka Michiko (大塚道子) was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Tokyo. She attended Tokyo Women's High School (東京女子高等師範学校付属高等女学校) but did not complete her studies. After training…

Kanze Hideo

Kanze Hideo was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojo VII, a descendant of Kanami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made…

Gyeom

Lee Seung Yong, formerly known as W.D and currently known as Gyeom, is a South Korean singer, dancer, former member of N.CUS (엔쿠스) and current member of LIKE A MOVIE (영화처럼, often shortened to LAM). He is the younger brother of former NOIR member Lee Jun Yong. He made his debut in August…

Gosho Heinosuke

Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…

Sugita Shigemichi

Sugita Shigemichi is a Japanese director and film director. He has served as an Executive Director at Fuji Television and as the President of Nihon Eiga Broadcasting. He was also the President of the Japan Association of TV Program Directors from 2003 to 2015. He was born as the youngest of three siblings…

Hamahata Kenkichi

Hamahata Kenkichi was anactor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School and dropped out of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokai University. He is affiliated with Office Miyamoto. He was a graduate of the 15th class of the Haiyuza Theater Company's training…

Shinagawa Ryuji

Shinagawa Ryuji is a Japanese actor, lyricist, and narrator from Nakazumori, Takamura, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. When he was in the third year of Tsuru Junior High School, his brother died in a traffic accident, prompting him to run away from home and head to Tokyo. Afterward, with the support…

Mitsui Koji

Mitsui Koji was a Japanese movie, TV, and stage actor. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1925 to 1975, including 29 of Kinema Junpo’s annual Top-10 winners and three of its Top-10 best Japanese films of all time. The son of a Shochiku movie theater owner, Mitsui joined the studio in 1924, making…

Drama Stage Season 3: Ogre

7.6

Han Soo is addicted to gambling, and he is chased by a loan shark. His life is in danger. Han Soo turns to his younger brother, who works for a large company, for help, but he can't find him anywhere. His younger brother…

Natsuko no Sake

7.6

Natsuko lives her dream as a copy writer for an advertising company in Tokyo. But when she hits a slump in her career, she returns to her family's sake brewery in the countryside. There she discovers her older brother…

Yunbogi's Diary

7.6

Yunbogi is a child who lives in a slum on the outskirts of Daegu, South Korea. Abandoned by his mother, Yunbogi must care for his two sisters and brother by taking on a series of small jobs. Consisting of a series…

Air Girl

7.6

Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot…

tvN O'PENing: Shoot Me

7.6

Gyu Jung was once a rifle genius but got involved in match-fixing in exchange for money to protect both her dream and her sick brother. However, she regrets this choice so much that she is stuck in the past and not…

Tora-san 22: Talk of the Town Tora-san

7.6

Shimura Takashi of "Seven Samurai" and "Ikiru" appears for the third and final time in the Tora-san series. Tora-san encounters a high priest for several times on the road. He also meets his brother-in-law's father,…

Magic Kingdom

7.6

The Kingdom of Damortis was once ruled by the kind-hearted Empress Sofia who was ordered to be killed by Basilicus, her brother who has a great desire for the throne. Princess Dahlia, heir to the throne elopes with…

Shakespeare in Tokyo

7.6

An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome, sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his over-bearing older brother and prove his independence. Along the way he uses his knowledge…

13 Assassins

7.6

The head of the Mamiya clan committed suicide in protest against the feudal lord, Matsudaira. Matsudaira is a tyrant whose brother has appointed him to join the shogunate. The elderly Doi approaches Shimada Shinzaemon…

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

7.6

It follows Mia, a woman diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder, who gets romantically involved with Patpat, a psych ward caretaker, who has dedicated his life to taking care of his autistic older brother…