Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

Hu An

Hu An is a Chinese director born in Beijing, China. After being assigned to work as a waitress following middle school, she studied independently and passed the college entrance exam when it resumed in 1977. She enrolled in Beijing International Studies University that year and moved to the U.S. in…

Nitta Jiro

Jiro Nitta is the pen name of popular Japanese historical novelist Hiroto Fujiwara. He was born in an area that is now part of the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His uncle was the famed meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwara and his son is mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara. After retiring from the Japan…

Tsuta Tetsuichiro

Tetsuichiro Tsuta studied filmmaking at Tokyo Polytechnic University, where he began using black-and-white 16mm film. His first feature, Islands of Dreams was produced on this now rare format, and his magnificent second film, The Tale of Iya is shot on color 35mm in the mountains not far from his hometown.…

Adachi Masao

Adachi’s career testifies to the opportunities which “pink” cinema provided for the expression of dissident attitudes. He had achieved notice as a student filmmaker collaborating on such creative experimental films as The Lacquered Bowl (Wan, 1961), a tragedy set in an isolated village. From 1966…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Wang Jun He

Wang Jun He (formerly known as Wang Yin), born in Chongqing on May 2, 1985, is a Chinese actor. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. In 2006, he participated in the Chongqing Satellite TV "First Heart" draft and won the national championship, thus entering the entertainment circle. In 2009, he…

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…

Ko So Hyun

Ko So Hyun is a South Korean violinist. She started playing the violin at the age of three, performed with world-famous virtuoso Pincus Zuckerman at the age of 10 in 2016, and was praised by Zuckerman as a 'miracle child with mysterious talent'. In 2014, when Ko was eight years old, the Stiftung Mozarteum…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

Siphayo

Bernard Bautista was left blindsided by his brother's sudden death from a hiking incident. He fell into deep grief, along with a desire to answer questions that can only be conquered through empathy. Stepping into…

Tasha Tudor: A Still Water Story

Documentary exploring the lifestyle of the great American illustrated book author Tasha Tudor, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 92. Directed by Matsutani Mitsue, who documented Tasha's final years. Living in the…

A Trip with Mom

When her mother, Mei Yue, goes north for her wedding, Lai Yun, who rarely goes home, becomes Mei Yue's best travel companion. She is forced to accompany Mei Yue to the mountains and enjoy the flowers. During the trip,…

You'd Better Run

The film tells the story of the single-parent father Tianshan who wants to save his son with a congenital heart disease, Tian Youyou. When he was a "spider man", he accidentally saw Qi Jian who was taking a bath and…

Highway 318

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More than 5,000 kilometres long, highway 318 connects China with Tibet and is one of the world's most picturesque routes. It is where Xiaojia, who is Chinese, meets Suona from Tibet one day. Each of them set off on…

The Witch Is Back

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During college, the introverted and withdrawn Li Yi Yi and her roommate Han Lu had a misunderstanding because of money. They were personally attacked and personally insulted by Han Lu, which caused Li Yi Yi to retaliate…

New Asami Mitsuhiko Series 3

Asami Mitsuhiko, a travel reporter, set out for Kochi to cover the legends of the Heike fugitives. On the ferry to Shikoku, he encountered Hashimoto Katsuya (Kaneda Akio), a former police officer traveling alone, and…

Working Horses in the Woodlands

Today, it is rarely seen the traditional lifestyle living with horse in Japan. There is only one master and pupil workers left preserving Japanese traditional horse logging technique. The master is 74 years old and…

Ito Oshikute

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Konatsu has lost love. She was abandoned by her father who had a mistress; her mother died of illness; and her boyfriend cheated on her. The traditional tie-dying craft Arimatsu Shibori is all she lives for. Konatsu…

The Taste of Apple

In 1996, the rural economy and agricultural knowledge were generally backward, and Li Baoguo was determined to enter the Hebei Gangdi to help The farmer, in the farmers’ questioning of him, issued military orders…