Fermin Barva

Fermín Barva was a Filipino pre-war director who made his film debut in a silent movie Ang Dugong Makamandag. (Source: Wikipedia)

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Choi Hang Yong

Choi Hang Yong is a South Korean director. He directed the film A Chalk (2006) and will be directed the upcoming Netflix television series The Silent Sea (2020).

Wakamizu Midori

In 1910 (Meiji 43), he appeared as a female onnagata in a silent movie produced by Yoshizawa Shoten . At that time, even the director's credit was not given, and the appearance work is uncertain . In his last years (around the first year of the Showa era), he became paralyzed for some reason and seemed…

Chow Siu Loi

Chow Siu Loi is known for his work on The Suicide Murder (1974), The Silent Swordsman (1967) and Fist of Unicorn (1973). He was active from 1948-1982. (Source: IMDB)

Futagawa Buntaro

A specialist in jidai-geki, Futagawa is remembered largely for the silent films he made at Makino Productions in collaboration with popular action hero Tsumasaburō Bandō. Several of these survive: Kageboshi (Edo Kaizokuden: Kagebōshi, 1925) is admired for having introduced a greater psychological…

Yuki Ichiro

An actor whose career spanned only a short period; Yuki-san worked in silent film until just before 1940. Not much information exists about him in English, though he's a familiar face to classic film enthusiasts in Japan.

Fujita Makoto

He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952.Fujita appeared in both jidaigeki and contemporary roles. He starred as Nakamura Mondo, a samurai, in sixteen Hissatsu ("Kill") series on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from 1973.…

Jia Yi Ping

Jia Yi Ping is a Chinese actor. He won Best Newcomer Award for his performance in Silent River.

Buffy Chen

Buffy Chen is a Taiwanese actress who won the Golden Horse Award Best Newcomer for her role in "The Silent Forest".

Kusina

7.3

"Kusina" (Her Kitchen) is the silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, her friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets…

OZU: Ozu Yasujiro ga Kaita Monogatari

7.6

A remake of six early silent films by the world-renowned director Ozu Yasujiro as a commemoration of the 120th anniversary of his birth. (Source: Japanese = WOWOW || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adauchi Ruten

A 1928 black and white silent film.

Jiraiya the Hero

6.3

Jiraiya the Hero is a 1921 Japanese silent film that tells the story of a Jiraiya, a ninja with super-powers.

Souls on the Road

7.2

Souls on the Road is a 1921 Japanese silent film directed by Minoru Murata. Film critic Mark Cousins wrote that it was "the first landmark film in Japanese history".

People on Sunday

In this updated homage to the 1930 German silent film of the same title, Thai artist Tulapop Saenjaroen examines the paradox of people relaxing while being filmed. As a film shoot appears to be in perpetual delay,…

The Day After Yesterday

A man and a woman sit staring at a silent screen in a nearly empty theater. When the film ends, the two walk out silently and split without saying a word. This moment is the end of their romantic relationship. The…

BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epic family saga that follows the protagonists and their descendants…

Love Potion

6.4

There's a married couple that has long been silent to each other. One evening, the wife prepares a fatal supper and invites the husband over. During the meal, the wife brings up about the husband's ‘bitch’ and…

Girls Encounter

7.2

Miyuri Ohara, became silent due to bullying. The only friend of Miyuri is the silkworm she picked up in the mountain. Miyuri named the silkworm “Tsumugi” and kept it secretly. "You'll help me if I'm in trouble,…