Liu Chun Yu

Liu Chun Yu is an ethnic Hakka born and raised in Hsinchu. He was a major in Film Directing and graduated from the Department of Filmmaking of Taipei National University of the Arts. His experience of working overseas makes him ponder more about the situation of the migrant workers and blue-collar workers…

Kim Ban Jang

Yoo Chul Sang, known professionally as Kim Ban Jang, is a South Korean musician, former member of bands SISTER'S BARBERSHOP (언니네이발관) and ASOTO UNION (아소토 유니온) and current member of band WINDY CITY (윈디시티). In 1993, he began planning the creation of an indie band alongside…

Kawatake Mokuami

Kawatake Mokuami was a playwright of Kabuki and Kyogen during the late Edo period and Meiji era. Born Yoshimura Yoshisaburo (吉村芳三郎) in Nihonbashi, Edo, Japan, he used the pen name Sosui (其水) and was also known by the alternate name Furukawa Mokuami (古河黙阿弥) He was born the second…

Umezawa Soichi

Umezawa Soichi is a Japanese special effects makeup artist and film director from Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. He began self-studying special effects makeup during high school. After graduation, he spent three years preparing for art university exams but was unsuccessful. He gained experience as a projectionist…

Yoo Hae Joon

Yoo Hae Joon is a South Korean singer, lyricist, composer, former member of the duo CAN and current vocalist of the his own band. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Applied Music from Seoul Arts College and a master's degree in Practical Arts from Dongguk University. He began his career as a composer…

Park Ga Ram

Park Ga Ram is a South Korean musician and member of DICKPUNKS (딕펑스; also shortened to DPNS). The band was formed in 2006 by Kim Hyun Woo, who simply recruited his friends as members and it has the unique characteristic of being a band without a guitarist. They performed in Hongdae for several…

Sun

Sun is a Taiwanese singer born in Taipei, Taiwan. She was previously known by the stage name Sun Yv Hsi (孫羽希). Sun graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Design, Architecture Group, from National Taipei University of Technology (國立台北科技大學). She released her first mini album,…

Zhang Zhong Hua

Zhang Zhong Hua, born Zhang Lei, is a Chinese director, screenwriter, and actor. He is currently a teacher at the Department of New Media and Animation, School of Arts, Northwest University. He specializes in screenwriting and film and television creation. He is the founder of Tonghui Film and Television…

Okawa Sayaka

The Vice Chairperson and Chief of the CEO's Office of controversial "new religious movement" Happy Science and eldest daughter of its leader, Ryuho Okawa. Mother of two children. Sayaka is heavily involved in assisting her father with running the organization. She has also written various books and…

Mimiyuuuh

Jeremy Sancebuche, also known as Mimiyuuuh or Mimi, is a Filipino vlogger, model, comedian, and YouTuber. She gained popularity after posting a video of himself participating in a viral video challenge of the song "Dalagang Pilipina" by ALLMO$T. Her video went viral and motivated the creation of own…

Silent Revolution

Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Volunteers in Iitate Village and brewery owners in Kitakata City established Aizu Electric…

Tekkin Hanabi

Samejima Touko, who works at a production company for a picture book, has a dream to perform a picture-story show on the street with an original picture-story show device. But Touko was stuck. Unable to grasp children's…

Onkio Haus Melody-Go-Round

A documentary film on the famous recording studio Onkio Haus Inc. (株式会社音響ハウス, Kabushiki-gaisha Onkyō Hausu) located in Ginza, Tokyo. Founded in December 1974, the recording studio has witnessed the…

Lodge Money

5.5

New couple Na-ni and Joon-seo left the stuffy Seoul to try and start a cafe in the countryside. Behind the couple's attempt to change, they had some unspeakable worries, so they were sexless people who used their own…

Spring Song

7.1

One winter, Yu Jun Sang and Lee Jun Hwa, the two members of a band “J and Joy 20” get on a flight to Japan with an impulse to film a music video. They set off to Japan, without any actors or themes prepared and…

Oh! My Chef Mama

Viewers and their families are invited to participate in an unconventional cooking program; they are not recruited for their excellent skills in the kitchen, but rather their lack thereof! Well-known chef guests join…

Chocolatena Hitobito

Since being started by Koji Natsume in 2003, Kyuon Chocolate has grown from a bakery in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, to a chain of 52 stores spanning Japan. Over its 19 years of existence it has grown in size…

Hyeon's Quartet

Hun, Eun, Jun, and Kyung all want to become actors. After watching the play 'Quartet', they decide to be trained in an acting workshop by Mirae, the renowned actor of that play. Through the workshop sessions, Mirae…

A Woman of the Butcher Shop

Documentary by artist Yamashiro Chikako, who jumps between reality and fiction to trigger multifaceted interpretations from viewers through the use of allegories. Screened in the New Asian Currents section at the Yamagata…

Daichi yo: Ainu Toshite Ikiru

The documentary tells the story of Ukaji Shizue, a poet, textile artist, children's book author, and Ainu liberation activist. Born in the Ainu village in Hokkaido, Shizue has dedicated her life to promoting Ainu culture…