Li Yang

Li Yang, born in Xi'an of Shaanxi Province, is a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer. In 1978, he was admitted to the National Theatre. In 1985, he studied directing in the department of television of Beijing Broadcasting Institute. In 1988, he studied at the department of art history at the…

Yamaoka Sohachi

Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…

Funahashi Seiichi

Seiichi Funabashi was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Mito High School and later from the Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University. His younger brother, Kazuo Funabashi, was a screenwriter. Seiichi was a member of the Japan Art Academy and was recognized as a Person…

Pepe Diokno

Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno is a Filipino motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. His debut film, Engkwentro premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and received the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize. He has since produced…

Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Noguchi Hisamitsu

Noguchi Hisamitsu was a Japanese film, jazz, and musical critic born in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. He was also a painter and graphic designer. He is said to have painted over 1000 movie posters in his lifetime. In 1933, he graduated from the Design Department of the Crafts Department of Tokyo…

Hyun Mee

Kim Myung Seon, known by the stage name of Hyun Mee, is a North Korean singer. She was born in Pyongyang (now North Korea's capital) during the Japanese colonial period and she lived there during her childhood until she and her family were forced to flee Korea in 1951 when the Korean War was in full…

Wu Mi Sen

Mi-sen Wu was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He received his BFA with Magna Cum Laude in film making from City College, City University of New York in 1995. His thesis film, Van Gogh's Ear which features the Beat Generation poet, Allen Ginsberg, won the most awards that the University has historically been…

Mizunoya Kiyomi

Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…

Fujiyama Ichiro

Fujiyama Ichiro was a Japanese singer, vocalist, composer, and conductor born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, He graduated from Tokyo Music School. He was active as a tenor national singer and popular singer with the orthodox vocal technique, singing method, anf music theory cultivated at Tokyo Music School,…

Numbalikdiwa

A different kind of love story between souls unfazed by life or death. Mystery surrounds all the characters and seemingly ordinary events become suspenseful and thrilling as the fate of two souls forever intertwined,…

God Man Dog

8.0

Chin Chin who works as a hand model tries to forget the premature death of her son as she throws herself into an extramarital relationship and Christian church, and now a trip to the eastern coast of Taiwan seems to…

Though I am Gone

9.0

Pioneering filmmaker Hu Jie uncovers the tragic story of a teacher beaten to death by her students during the Cultural Revoution. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution exploded throughout China, as Mao's Red Guards persecuted…

Love at Sun Moon Lake

7.2

Jiang Zhong He starts searching for his family roots after his great-aunt's death after 50 years of separation and lovesickness between his great-aunt and great-uncle. With his great-aunt's aborigine wooden totem necklace…

Kyo kara Hitman

An ordinary salaryman named Tokichi Inaba who inadvertently becomes involved in the death of a legendary hitman. Facing bankruptcy and saddled with a 35-year mortgage, Inaba is coerced into becoming a hitman himself…

Tears

6.5

Veteran detective Kuo is in charge of case of drug overdose and death of a young girl. Superiors see it as a textbook crime and urge him to conclude the case, but experience and sense tell Juo otherwise. His investigations…

Man vs Ghost

Man vs Ghost is a variety talk show about ghosts and life after death. In the segment "Clip Battle," three moderators Krit, Pong and Tuk each bring their own ghost clips. The least convincing one will be punished.…

Barang

A heart-pounding fright movie about a provincial lass whose life and death are shrouded by inexplicable and ghastly events so affecting the whole community of Sta. Barbara. Igan suffers a gruesome death in the hands…

J-Horror Anthology: Underworld

6.9

First story is "Chainmail" where three friends use a fellow student's death to send a chainmail phone message with unintended results. Next is "Left Behind on the Mountain" where an arrogant guy picks up girls and…

Third World Happy

10.0

A struggling Filipino artist living in New York returns to the country after a death in the family. Back home, he struggles to reconnect with the past he left behind, all the while slowly coming to grips with the tragedy…