James Miki

James Miki was a Japanese screenwriter, writer, director, and former singer from Mukden City, Fengtien Province, Manchuria, from where he moved to Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture when he was in elementary school. In the second year of junior high school, his father died suddenly of heart disease. After…

Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

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),…

Mika

Lee Su Hoon, known by his stage name Mika, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of XING (씽) and THE BOSS (대국남아, known as DGNA in South Korea and Daikoku Danji or 大国男児 in Japan). He graduated from Cheongdam High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree from Sehan…

Kwak Ji Gyun

Kwak Jung Gyun, later legally changed to Kwak Ji Gyun, was a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Daejeon High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Film from Seoul College of the Arts. He entered the entertainment industry in 1980 as an assistant director and…

Jin Dogg

Jin Dogg is a Japanese rapper of Korean ethnicity born in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. He was a student in an international school in Korea and speaks three languages: Japanese, Korean and English. From the beginning of 2016, he has been signed under Hybrid Entertainment. He has released two mix tapes, "1st…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Shimizu Hiroshi

Shimizu Hiroshi was a Japanese film director active during the Taisho and Showa periods in Japan. He was born in Nishiwataru, Yama-ka, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. Due to his parents' strained relationship, he was raised by his grandfather at his mother's family home upstream of the Tenryu River. His father…

Lee Yong Hun

Lee Yong Hun, formerly known professionally as K:appa, is a South Korean singer, dancer, police officer, and former member of ALPHABAT (알파벳). He made his debut in December 2016 (using the stage name K:appa) when he joined as ALPHABAT's new lead vocalist. The group had originally debuted in 2012…

Bettie Kim

Bettie Kim is a latin dancer and professional model. She is mixed, her mom is from Hong Kong and her dad is from Korea. Bettie started learning ballet at the age of 4. She participates in swimming, fencing, horse riding, cycling, marathon runs and plays the piano. She has a dream of becoming and idol…

Youth

A folktale depicting the life of a youth who lived sheltered from the outside world dangers.

The Iron Superman

5.0

An Earth Defence Brigade is formed to protect the world against invaders from outer space. The ruthless Frang Gang begins its raid against the earth on land, sea and by air. But they meet their match in the super robots…

Killers on Wheels

Two guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed. (Source: IMDb)

A Misty Love

The son of a domestic servant is in love with a girl outside of his class. She is in love with someone else. He becomes obsessed with gaining wealth and status, but whether it is enough to win her love remains to be…

Seinen no Ki

4.0

Takeshi, bound to be an outlaw youth, boards at the home of his female schoolmate who works at the family restaurant in devil-may-care Akasaka. (Source: Letterboxd)

Flying Guillotine II

6.6

The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties. (Source: IMDB)

The Guardian

A large tableau of characters take part in a storyline involving a band of renegade outlaws who were unjustly on death row, the justice system, some sympathetic jailers, and the repentant outlaws who after death became…

Purple Darts

6.0

In an attempt to seize the famous Tai Hsuan Book of Swords the outlaws Wang, Ku, Lu and Pai Feng attack the Hsia Tien Tsai Mansion and slaughter all righteous opponents. Only Hsia’s baby daughter survives, and the…

Downhill They Ride

8.0

A village under assault from bandits receives help from some two skilled outsiders. (Source: SilverEmulsion)

Mountain Snake

Tan Shil, born in the poor outbacks of Mt. Jiri, moves to Seoul to work for Wu Man-chan. Wu tries to seduce Tan Shil who attends to his wife. Mrs. Wu, who wants to keep her husband at home, urges Tan Shil to attend…