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Sawamura Haruko
Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…
Liu Wai Hung
Liu was born in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. He joined TVB in 1977. In the firm The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, he acted as a new immigrant from Mainland China called "Ar Chan", so he got the nickname of "Ar Chan" from that moment. Also, "Ar Chan" became a popular name to…
Shimozawa Kan
Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…
Sano Kazuhiro
Sano Kazuhiro is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (ピンク四天王, pinku shitenno). Sano's films differ…
Okada Masumi
Okada Masumi was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the…
Ikeuchi Junko
Ikeuchi Junko, whose real name was Nakazawa Sumiko, was born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. She made her screen debut with “Kotaishi no Hanayome” (“The Crown Prince’s Bride”) in 1955 after working at a department store and becoming a marquee actress for Shintoho Pictures Co. In her long career, Ikeuchi…
Miki Norihei
Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…
Jaclyn Jose
Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck, better known by her stage name Jaclyn Jose, was a Filipino cinematic and television actress who has earned international critical acclaim. She is best known for her memorable roles in the films, Private Show, White Slavery, and Santa Juana. On March 2, 2024, she passed away…
Murota Hideo
Murota Hideo was a Japanese actor born in Hokkaido, Japan. He was known for "Kagemusha" (1980), "Original Sin" (1992) and "Endless Waltz" (1995). He died on June 15, 2002, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, due to lung cancer. (Source: IMDb)
Guan Xiao Tong
Guan Xiao Tong, born in Beijing, is an actor of Manchu descent. In 2016, she was admitted into the Beijing Film Academy after placing first in both the practical and written section of the Chinese College Entrance Examinations. Her father, Guan Shao Zeng, was an actor, and her grandfather, Guan Xue…
