Matsumura Tatsuo

Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…

Simon Chen

Chen Jun Yu (English name: Simon), born in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, is a singer and an actor. He graduated middle school at "Zunyi No. 11 middle school", and college at "Sichuan Conservatory of Music". Way back in 2018 while Chen Junyu was still studying music, he took part singing multiple songs…

Maeda Michiko

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka. She was working in a department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo when she began working as an actress at the…

Ko Chun Hsiung

Ko Chun Hsiung was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films. His career accolades included three Golden Horse Awards, two Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards for Best Actor, a Panama International Film Festival Award for Best…

Zhao Hu

Zhao Hu, born in Jinan, Shandong, is a Chinese director, performance teacher, and actor. (Source: Baidu & Douban)

Konishi Kunio

Kunio Konishi (Konishi Kunio, August 7, 1966- ) is a former Japanese actor . From the 80's to the mid 90's, he played an active role mainly as a supporting character. Known for his role as Detective Kiyoshiro Muramatsu in the Metal Hero Series " Mobile Detective Jiban " aired in 1989. (Source: Wikipedia)

Makoto Naoya

Makoto Naoya debuted as an actor in 1971. His first appearance was as a guest performer in the film Gendai Yakuza: Sakura Chi Sankyoudai at the age of 23. In 1971 and 1972, Makoto appeared in the film series Furyou Banchou. Over the next few years, Makoto performed in a variety of small roles. He also…

Isaka Satoshi

Isaka’s reputation rests mainly on his extraordinary debut, Focus (1996), an economical and disturbing thriller following the grim chain of events initiated when a television crew sets up an interview with an otaku (nerd) whose hobby is eavesdropping on two-way radio conversations. A subtle critique…

Higashino Keigo

Higashino Keigo was born in the Ikuno Ward of Osaka City. He incorporates his experience in his hometown into his works, notable examples include "Byakuya" and "Namiwa Shonen Tanteidan". Originally, his last name was read as Tono but his father changed the reading to Higashino. He graduated from the…

Honda Miyu

Her debut was in 2010 starring Pizza Hut advertisements but her popularity came with her role in Kaseifu no Mita as Asuda Kii. Untill then she played minor roles in shows like Marumo no Okite, Ikemen Desu Ne (ep1) and Gantz: the perfect answer. She started to learn ice hockey at the age of 3 and with…

The Matsugane Potshot Affair

6.0

In a provincial town in Japan lives a group of eccentric yet utterly ordinary people. A police officer rushes to the scene of a hit-and-run accident. He has a twin brother who does not look at all like him. A wandering…

Sasurai Shocho Kazama Shohei 6

~~ Adapted from the novel "Sanuki Konpira Satsujin Jiken" (さぬき・金毘羅殺人事件) by Nakatsu Fumihiko (中津文彦).

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 23

Reporter Asami Mitsuhiko travels to Tokushima for an interview. During the interview, Mitsuhiko meets a mysterious woman who introduces herself as "Imao Yoshie." Yoshie explains that she is an Otani ware craftsman,…

Sasurai Shocho Kazama Shohei 7

~~ Adapted from the novel "Tsugaru Hirosakijo Satsujin Jiken" (つがる弘前城殺人事件) by Nakatsu Fumihiko (中津文彦).

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25

Himejima, a remote island floating in the Suo Sea off Oita Prefecture. While visiting the island on assignment, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko becomes close to the family that runs his lodging: Nakaseko Taishi, his mother…

Kagurazakasho Seikatsu Anzenka 4

Sasurai Shocho Kazama Shohei 8

~~ Adapted from the novel "Azusa Matsumotoeki Satsujin Jiken" (あずさ・松本駅殺人事件) by Nakatsu Fumihiko (中津文彦).

The Rebirth of a King

4.0

Chinese television series based on the life of King Goujian of the state of Yue in the Spring and Autumn period. (Source: Wikipedia)

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 22

Living as a lodger and feeling increasingly out of place, Asami Mitsuhiko accompanies his mother, Yukie, to Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, where an exhibition titled “Toyo Sahashi Arita Ware Solo Exhibition”…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 26

Asami Yukie, the mother of reporter Asami Mitsuhiko, discovers a man’s body at a cemetery in Sugamo. The victim is Toki Katsuzo, the elder of the prestigious Toki clan, an old family from Tsuwano—often called the…