Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Ishii Takashi

A sometime manga artist, Ishii entered the film industry as a writer, scripting Roman Porno at Nikkatsu for such directors as Chūsei Sone, Noboru Tanaka, Shun Nakahara, and Shinji Sōmai. Many of his scripts were based on his own manga Angel Guts(Tenshi no harawata), which Nikkatsu adapted into a series,…

Tracy Ip

Ip Chui Chui (English name: Tracy) is a Hong Kong actress and Miss Hong Kong of 2005. Her family lived in Witley, UK, before she returned to Hong Kong in the early 2000 and entered the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, majoring in fashion design. She was also a part-time model with the Elite, modeling…

Sol Bi

Kwon Ji An, known professionally as Sol Bi, is a South Korean singer, actress, painter, visual artist, writer, and former member of TYPHOON (타이푼). She graduated from Sanbon Industrial High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Musical Theater from Yongin University and a master's degree…

Lee Jin Ho

Lee Jin Ho is a South Korean comedian managed by SM C&C. He graduated from Balan Agricultural Life Industrial High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Gag Sitcom from Seoul Comprehensive Arts Practical School. Before debuting, he managed minor appearances in a KBS comedy show and performed…

Tsai Chen Nan

Tsai Chen Nan is a Taiwanese singer, actor, composer, and lyricist born in Hsin-Kang, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. After completing elementary school, he began working various jobs in Taipei at age 13, including roles as a Taoist priest, Taiwanese opera actor, puppet master, magician, and clerk in different settings.…

Kim Yon Ja

Kim Yon Ja is a South Korean trot and Enka singer. She attended Gwangju Supia Girls' Middle School but dropped out and was later awarded an honorary degree from middle and high school. She was exposed to Lee Mi Ja's songs when she was a child, and her father, who owned a barbershop, asked her to sing…

Matsumoto Seicho

Matsumoto Seicho was a Japanese author born on February 12, 1909 but his birthday is listed as December 21 on his family register. His real name is Matsumoto Kiyoharu. While Matsumoto himself stated he was born in Hiroshima, official records state he was born in Itaku Village, Kiku District, Fukuoka…

Kim Sung Min

Kim Sung Taek, later legally changed to Kim Sung Min, was a South Korean actor. He graduated from Kyunggi High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Social Physical Education from Seoil College. He made his debut in 1995 as a stage actor and part of the theater troupe Constellation. As…

Ram Chiang

Ram Chiang is a Hong Kong actor and former singer-composer, currently under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. Ram Chiang started out singing cover songs of other artists before he was invited by George Lam, one of the singers he imitated, to perform alongside him on stage in 1985. During…

The Taxi Driver

A year before Robert De Niro took the wheel, David Chiang cruised the mean streets as Chen Kuang, a taxi driver whose adventures reveal Hong Kong's verve with wit, compassion, and not a small amount of adventure .…

Fearless Hyena 3

8.2

A young kung fu fanatic learns the Mongoose style from a drunken master in order for him to send a bunch of merciless fighters running from the town. (Source: IMDb) * Not related to Fearless Hyena or it's sequel starring…

Ming Gu Niang

An outstanding college student who lost his sight accidentally has no faith to live on until he meets an encouraging girl who is also blind. But the girl leaves him when his sight is recovered and tells him not to…

The Spinster

Lin Zhan Qiao teaches at a prestigious school and has a sharp tongue. Not accepting the battered men around her, she prefers being single. One day she notices that one of her students is depressed because of her father's…

Lady Hunter: Killing Prelude

6.7

A former soldier working in a daycare centre has to take a young boy home with him when his mother does not show up to pick him up at the end of the day. While driving home he escapes a kidnap attempt on the child…

Rabam Asoon

6.0

The female lead is a party girl and all of her friends are men. People judge her as a promiscuous woman but she really isn't. At home, she changes her clothes to traditional oufits and was raised by her grandma and…

Garasu no Kakeratachi

5.0

We all face various hardships as we go through life. It is not the "power of love" which helps us overcome them? Kanzaki Atsuya's career as a video cameraman is at the mercy of his tyrannical boss, Kisaragi. Atsuya…

Dreams of Sora

A woman with a crippling disease deceives her husband into thinking that she has died so that she will not become a burden to him. Seven years later, a journalist learns the truth an sets out to reunite the couple…

Seishun no Kiryu

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive.…

Star

7.2

Laura Sandoval and Carmela Gaston are half-sisters who grew up with Carmela's mom not treating Laura right. When they grew older, Carmela doesn't marry while Laura marries Badong. After their second child, she found…