Uchikawa Seiichiro

Uchikawa Seiichiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Tadakawa, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. He served as an assistant director at Shintoho, which was established in 1947. From 1948, he served as chief assistant director of Ichikawa Kon, Shimizu Hiroshi, Ozu Yasujiro, and others. In…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Hazumi Tsuneo

Hazumi Tsuneo was a Japanese film critic and film producer born in Tokyo. He also made his debut as a screenwriter when he was 23. His real name is Matsumoto Eiichi, and he is different from the film director Matsumoto Eiichi, who was active in the era of silent films. In 1934, at the age of 25, he…

Kishi Matsuo

Kishi Matsuo was a Japanese film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and film director born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo. He is known as the critic who discovered the filmmaker Yamanaka Sadao. He graduated from Keio University. In 1937, at the strong recommendation of film director Shimizu Hiroshi, he retired…

Sakamoto Haruya

Stocky, imposing, and big-eared actor who rarely played anything other than a soldier, a policeman, or a samurai. He was apparently strong enough to share the role of King Ghidorah in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) with Shoichi Hirose. He very rarely had speaking roles. Ironically, despite…

Tachibana Masaaki

Ubiquitous, well-liked, Toho-exclusive actor, nicknamed “Bana” on set. Tachibana joined Toho in 1950 and remained until the contract system collapsed in 1970. He appeared in numerous sci-fi films and is perhaps best known as the unintentionally funny, doomed reporter going down with Tokyo Tower…

Matsuzaki Makoto

Matsuzaki Makoto was a former Japanese actor and former Self-Defense Forces member. His real name was Sawai Ichiro (澤井一郎). His father was the actor Sawai Saburo (沢井三郎). He joined the Self-Defense Forces in 1957 and was discharged in 1959. He became famous for serving as the cushion carrier…

Togawa Yukio

Togawa Yukio was a Japanese novelist and children's writer born in Saga City. He established animal literature based on correct observations and knowledge about animals and is a leading figure in Japan alongside Muku Hatoju. He has also worked on reportage, war stories, and manga. From an early age,…

Nire Kotaro

Nire Kotaro was a Japanese actor born in Higashikomagata, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1919, he made his debut in Asakusa's "Mikuniza". In 1922, he served in the military, and after his discharge, he participated in the Arashi Hina Masu no Tabi troupe and toured the countryside. After World War II, he joined…

Shishi Bunroku

Shishi Bunroku was a Japanese novelist and director from Tsukioka-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy and a recipient of the Order of Culture. He went to Keio University's Department of Finance but dropped out. In 1942, he won the Asahi Prize for Culture for "Kaigun" which…

Broken Branches

7.1

This film consists of three stories: "Father", "Hope" and "Family". "Father" is about Myung Hee's mother whose first husband dies and so becomes the fourth wife of Park Han Seob. Because of her inability to have a…

Mission of the Warriors

9.5

A bounty hunter named Shen Lang (Wanderer) saves the richest man's daughter, Zhu Qi Qi (77) from a ruffian. They quarrel but he gets to know her family and learns that Wulin's most powerful and sinister man, Kuai Huo…

Last Scene

7.6

Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently announced her retirement from acting in order to get married. Feeling…

Pretty Woman

6.4

Convincing men to buy riches for her, Jang Shin Young exchanges these riches for money in order to support herself and her mother (who is in prison). One of these men, Kwon Hae Hyo, uses his friend’s money to buy…

Kamachi

1.0

The film opens in 1975 with the character Kamachi Yamada, who strives to be the best he can be. His motto throughout his life was "24 hours a day is not enough." However, when he fails to get into an elite school,…

Love Bird

7.8

Love Bird shouldn't just be a simple modern era story. It should be a flying journey! It narrates a group of people… the ups and downs of their life. The search of choices and responsibilities in love. The search…

Fushin no Toki

6.0

Asai Michiko is a 28-year old housewife. Her husband is 38-year old Yoshio, who works at an advertisement agency. Five years into their marriage, Michiko finds out that Yoshio has been having an affair. Michiko visits…

Bakayaro! 2: Shiawase ni Naritai

5.0

The second part of Bakayaro! is an omnibus comprising tales from modern Japan. Segment 1 - "Dad's Position is Also Divided" Okada Ryosuke works in a travel agency handling customer complaints. He spends every day of…

Ang Panday

7.9

Flavio is a "Panday" (or blacksmith) whose village and land are under the reign of the tyrant Lizardo. Flavio is forced to brand innocent children every night with Lizardo's mark by the head of Lizardo's men in the…

Sainam Sam Cheewit

5.9

There are two generations in this lakorn. The first generations tells the love story of the parents, who are: Pancake & Weir and Poo & Win. Pancake is the only daughter of a wealthy family. She falls in love with Weir,…