Kon Hidemi

Kon Hidemi was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and stage director, born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the first Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and held various prominent cultural roles throughout his career. In 1911, Kon moved to Kobe due to his father's work as a captain…

Nakamura Masato

Nakamura Masato, born in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese musician, music producer, and actor, best known as the leader and bassist of DREAMS COME TRUE. Nakamura attended Doshisha Kori Junior High School but transferred to Ichikawa Municipal Daiichi Junior High School after one semester. He began…

Okamoto Kido

Okamoto Kido was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Okamoto Keiji (岡本啓二). He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. At the age of three, he began studying classical Chinese texts under his father's guidance, and at nine, he began learning Chinese…

Fifi Blake

Fifi Blake, born in Dundee, Scotland as Natasha Joséphine Blake and nicknamed Fifi or Bell, is a Thai-British singer. She lived in Scotland for five years before moving to Hong Kong. After being schooled in Chinese up through grade one, she had a brief stint at the christian school Abundant Life before…

Nogami Masayoshi

Nogami Masayoshi was a Japanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was born in Shiranuka Village, Shiranuka District, Hokkaido (Currently Shiranuka Town). His son is AV actor Tony Ooki (Nogami Toru.) He graduated from Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School (currently known as Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo…

Mimura Akira

Mimura Akira was a cinematographer and film director during the Taisho and Showa periods, born in Etajima, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan. He was one of the pioneers of Japanese cinema photography and is known internationally as Harry Mimura (ハリー・三村). He graduated from Zushi Kaishin Junior High School…

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),…

Nagai Go

Nagai Kiyoshi, better known by the pen name Nagai Go, is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as Cutie Honey,…

Kamenashi Kazuya

Kamenashi Kazuya, often referred to as Kame, is a Japanese actor and idol from Edogawa, Tokyo. He joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny's at age 12. He made his acting debut in 2005. In 2002, he and five others formed Johnny’s Juniors group, KAT-TUN. At first, KAT-TUN was only meant to be backing…

Kikuchi Yuho

After finishing middle school, Yuho Kikuchi taught at an elementary school and at the same time studied English literature. He joined the Mainichi Shimbunt Osaka, and served on their editorial staff for several decades. In between he wrote novels mostly based on foreign works. "Ono-ga-tsumi" (One's…

Blossom

Hano Tama was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1897. Her biological mother died when she was two years old, and she was raised by her father and his stepmother. After graduating from a girls' school, she started…

Love Bites Season 2

6.2

Eight different real-life love stories showcasing the beauty of Oriental Mindoro, inspired by real people bitten by love. > Story 1: "Wedding Dress" After a break up with her long-term boyfriend, Kath buys a wedding…

Qing Ye Luo Xing Chen

6.3

Luo Qing Li is the daughter of the strict director Luo Ming Jun. Raised under her mother's strict control, her life was oppressive. Zhao Zhi Ye's younger sister, Zhao Zhi Wan, committed suicide after being scolded…

Fantastic Parasuicides

6.3

This omnibus feature is comprised of three short films made by three directors. This feature depicts people who give up their lives meeting fantastic moments when they are about to kill themselves. With the moments,…

Black House

6.3

A professor of German literature, Su Young is quiet, modest, and unassuming, but behind his averted eyes lies an unforgettable story. At his students' urging, he recalls his surreal first love during the turbulent…

A Queer Story

6.4

A relationship of eight years, between a younger, "out" hairdresser and his older, closeted counsellor lover is on the rocks. The counsellor's lesbian aunt is beginning to confront the hostility that kept her estranged…

Unchained

Nishi Kengo (42), a former gang member and ex-convict, runs "Mirai no Sato", a residential rehabilitation facility for troubled youth. From juvenile delinquents and social recluses to children from broken homes, Nishi…

Reborn for My Happy Ending

Kim Hui Won once believed in love, but the end was a betrayal. Bae Jun Hyeok, the man she risked all of, sold her information to his enemy in order to protect his fake identity. Eventually, Hui Won was brutally murdered…

The Enigma of Arrival

6.5

The film tells the story of four young boys whose lives are gravely affected by the disappearance of a teenage girl in the 1990's. They experience fear, struggle and compromise which lead to a falling out as they enter…