Enomoto Misae

Enomoto Misae was a Japanese singer born in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. Due to her underprivileged family, she was sent to servitude by the theater owner in Asakusa in 1934. In 1938 she became a geisha in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, and moved to Tokyo in 1940. She later studied singing at the…

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,…

Hata Mineaki

Hata Mineaki is a Japanese screenwriter who started as an actor, using the name Shimazu Gen. In the spring of 2009, he formed the "Theatrical Yaroukai". He's also an author and rarely appears in television programs until his death on October 12, 2023 at the age of 80.

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…

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…

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…

Akiyoshi Kaoru

Akiyoshi Kaoru was a Japanese manga artist and painter from Tokyo. While attending Takachiho Junior High School, he took a sick leave for two years due to pulmonary tuberculosis. During that time, he posted in the manga section of Asahi Graph and became a disciple of the manga artist Tsutsumi Kanzo.…

Kojika Ban

Kojika Ban, born Kojika Atsushi (小鹿敦) in Asakusa, Kappabashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Initially interested in painting, he became passionate about theater after joining his high school drama club at Omiya High School (大宮高等学校). He later pursued a degree in Theater Studies…

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…

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.…

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,…