Thomas Ash

Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK (2005) and has lived in Japan for a total of 18 years. Thomas’s first feature documentary, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006), received the Prix du Canton Vaud (best first film) at the 2006 Visions du…

Dina Bonnevie

Born January 27, 1961 to Swiss mother Jeannette Schäer and French-Italian-Filipino father Honesto Bonnevie. Her paternal grandfather was Pedro José de Bonnevie, a significant landowner in the Bicol region, who hails from Évian-les-Bains, France and was part French and Italian. Her grandmother was…

Ieki Miyoji

Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…

Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Ogata Ken

Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]

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Cao Qi Yuan

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Liu Yao Chang

Liu Yao Chang is a Chinese actor.

Ding Hai Xia

Ding Hai Xia is a Chinese actress who debuted in 2024.

Zhang Yang Zhi Zi

Zien-Lang the Movie: Best Friend Forever

A group of young men in a rural Thai town puts their carefree lives on pause to help their friend see the ocean before he loses his eyesight. (Source: Netflix)

Thaibaan in Love

6.6

A series which follows the reality of rural society. It tells the story about the loveliness Thai native soccer team and the problem in the village and the culture of the Northeast part of Thailand. (Source: WeTVThailand…

Zhen Meng Du

6.3

Ming Mo was born in a remote rural area. After working in the city for several years, due to the sudden serious illness of his mother in his hometown, he resolutely quit his job to return in order to take care of his…

Huan Xi Yuan Jia

The Song family is an ordinary rural family who lives in Northeast China. The docile Mr. Song is always bullied by his straightforward wife on the surface. But the truth is that she is kind hearted and thanks to her…

Michiyuki - Voices of Time

Moving into an old house in the rural countryside, videographer Komai converses with its former owner Umemoto, drawing from personal memories to discuss histories, cartographies and the passage of time, reflecting…

The Cattle

The story of a left-behind rural boy who loses his best companion, an old yellow ox, and sets out alone on a long journey to find it. Along the way, he engages in a prolonged "battle of wits" with a cattle thief. Through…

Deng Ai Hui Jia

Tian Tian's parents leave their rural home to work in the city year-round, striving to escape poverty, leaving their young child and frail elderly grandfather behind. As the grandfather and grandson yearn for their…

Alien Artist

A junior high school in a rural area. Transfer student Osamu witnesses a boy, Hosuke, being polluted by his classmates in his corridor. The title of the manga is "Void Dharma". It was a dark swashbuckler manga in which…

Koisuru Kedamono

6.5

A violent romantic-comedy set in a rural town that is the subject of urban legend. In a rural town there is an urban legend which says, "the person who is offered companionship by a man dressed as a woman will be killed…

Nian Xin Bai Wan, Wo Hui Dong Cun Kai Min Su

Under the clarion call of the rural revitalization strategy, the vast rural land is glowing with new vitality. The hometown that once "fled" has become a hot land of new opportunities; As an emerging lifestyle and…