Masumura Yasuzo

Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. He would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He entered the law department of Tokyo University, but his studies were interrupted when he…

Kaye Abad

Kaye Abad is a Filipino-American actress. She is the sister of former child star Sarah Jane Abad-Contreras. She is a member of ABS-CBN's "Star Magic". She was launched as a member of Star Circle (now Star Magic Batch 3) in 1993. Kaye Abad started in Philippine showbiz as part of the children's show…

Hei Mei

Hei Mei is a Chinese actress born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. In 1988, she graduated from Qingdao Conservatory of Music. Because of her dark skin tone when young, she was nicknamed "Hei Mei", which she later adopted as her stage name. At the end of 1988, she won third prize in the National 20 Cities…

Kim Ki Young

Kim Ki Young was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema. In…

Ito Yuna

Ito was born to a Japanese father and a Korean-American mother in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger brother, Johnny. Her family later moved to Oahu, Hawaii. From a young age, Ito dreamed about becoming a singer. She was inspired by the powerful vocals of Celine Dion. At the age of fifteen,…

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition to another Academy Award, another Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer under his production company, Plan B Entertainment.…

Chae Yeon

Lee Chae Yeon, known simply as Chae Yeon, is a South Korean singer. She graduated from Gwangyang High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Broadcasting Entertainment from Seoul Institute of the Arts. She began her career in Japan in January 2001 as a member of BRAND NEW BISCUITS (ブランニュービスケット).…

Cha Seung Woo

Cha Seung Woo is a South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and former member of NO BRAIN (노브레인), THE MOONSHINERS (더 문샤이너스), and THE MONOTONES (더 모노톤즈). He graduated from Sangmoon High School. In 1994, he formed the band CRY BABY (크라이 베이비) with 2 more…

Sun Yang

Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance between 200 and 1500…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

It's Father's Fault

Chen Jikong is rushing to the mouth while his wife is in a slap in the face, and he is negligent in his discipline. The second son, Hua Zi, indulged in the comics of the gods and went to the mountain to learn the law…

A Cat, Two Women, and One Man

6.0

A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. His first wife is boring and traditional, and his second wife…

A Wicked Woman

7.0

In 1870’s Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for…

Obra Maestra

5 Segments, 25 Stars. 5 Cities, 5 Directors. First segment "Tokyo", second segment "Macao", third segment "Manila", fourth segment "Hong Kong", fifth segment "Singapore". (Source: IMDb)

Shoot the Sun Down

4.0

Sadazo Osuga, president of the Hokkai Coal Mine, welcomed a young and beautiful Ranko, as his second wife less than a year, after his spouse Sumie died. Goro, his only son, didn't get used to Ranko for some reason.…

Wedding Bells for Hedy

The film follows Third Sis, who remains unmarried, while Big Sis, Second Sis, and Little Sis are all happily married. The myth of marital bliss is exposed by examining in minute detail the daily life of the four sisters.…

The Volcano Wind

4.0

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found. The second of 8 part 'Gambler'…

Battleship Yamato

A work depicting the tragedy of Battleship Yamato and its crew during the Tianyi operation . In April 1945, the military commanded the second fleet to perform a “water attack” that would cause the battleship Yamato,…

Aikoku no Hana

6.0

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second Sino-Japanese War. (Source: TMDB)

A Petty Middle Manager

Gu, a branch manager of a transport company, is asked by Song, an executive of the company, if he can turn the second floor of the branch into a dancing school. Song's mistress Myeong-ok will run the school, he says.…