Jimmy Wang

Jimmy Wang was a Taiwanese actor, director, and screenwriter, born in Shanghai, China, and raised in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. He began his career in the 1960s as a martial arts actor in Hong Kong, joining Shaw Brothers in 1963. He became one of the first-generation stars during the emergence of the new…

Tsuruta Koji

Ono Eiichi, better known by his stage name Tsuruta Koji, was a Japanese actor and singer. He appeared in almost 260 feature films and had a unique style of singing. His daughter, Tsuruta Sayaka, is an actress. Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Tsuruta was raised in Osaka by his grandmother, following his…

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

Ku Wen Chung

Ku Wen Chung was a Hong Kong actor. He migrated south to British-occupied Hong Kong during World War II to re-establish his career both as an actor and director, primarily for Cantonese films as well as titles filmed in Mandarin and the Amoy dialect during the formative years of the Hong Kong stage…

Nakamura Ganjiro II

Nakamura Ganjiro II was a Japanese film and Kabuki actor born in Osaka. He's mostly known in the west for his role in "Conflagration" (1958), "The End of Summer" (1961) and "Floating Weeds" (1959). The current holder, the fourth generation of "Nakamura Ganjiro" name, is his grandson.

Yanagi Eijiro

Eijiro Yanagi was born on September 16, 1895 in Hyogo, Japan as Takeshi Nagai. He was an actor, known for Akahige (1965), Honjitsu kyûshin (1952) and Hakuchi (1951). He died on April 24, 1984. Source: IMDb

Kinugasa Teinosuke

Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助 Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January 1896 – 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of Hell). He was among the pioneers of…

Ichikawa Kon

Ichikawa Kon was a Japanese director born in Ujiyamada, Mie. He has worked on a wide range of films, from entertainment films to documentaries to TV historical dramas, and was involved in film production for a long time. His major directorial films include "The Burmese Harp," "Flame," "Ototo," "Key,"…

Tokugawa Musei

Tokugawa Musei is a Japanese actor.

Mori Kikue

Mori Kikue, born Kobayashi Kiku in Numata, Tone, Gunma, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She dropped out of Gunma Prefectural Takasaki Girls' High School and in 1925, joined the Shin Geki Research Institute as a member of its first class. In 1929, she made her stage debut with the comedy troupe Kigekiza…

On the Occasion Of Remembering The Turning Gate

6.4

From Wikipedia "In the dreary and rigid city of Seoul, there lives a guy in the dumps. His name is Gyung Soo and he's an actor who's fairly well-known on stage. He trusted a director he knew well and acted in his movie,…

Hit It Off

7.5

“Hit It Off” is a captivating reality show that pairs up actors to undergo intensive training and enhance their acting skills. Over a dozen talented young actors coexist in a shared living space, showcasing to…

Blossoms in Dream

6.0

The girl Xian was raised by Hui, a single mother who runs a photo studio. By chance, Xian followed her lover Cong to the studio, which attracted the attention of boss Meng of the film company, and her life's destiny…

An Actor Prepares by Gi Guk Seo

Director Gi Guk Seo and the actors, who are affiliated with a theater company Gukdan 76, begin to rehearse Samuel Beckett's Endgame. The actors, including Gi Ju Bong, Gi Guk Seo's brother, are all experienced and professional,…

To Be an Actor

Jang Yeong Guk rises to great prominence as a supporting actor and makes history by winning the Best Supporting Actor award. On the very day of his greatest achievement, his mother suddenly collapses. Devastated by…

Kyu-Chan's Upside-Down Jackpot Battle

10.0

Hisashi Namiki (Kyu Sakamoto) who admires the singer and Miyoshi Tange (Jerry Fujio) who admires the yakuza go to Tokyo. Because of this, Yakuza was involved in a territorial battle, and against his will, Kisa became…

Yakusha Damashii

7.3

Life is often likened to a stage of a play. And you are the star of your life. Everyone should have a story or two to tell. But some people just don't realize it and stay out of the limelight choosing to live in someone…

Expedition Party's Glory

6.7

Sugisaki is an actor already past his prime. He lands a job as the lead in a TV program. The television program ventures into unexplored territories to locate a legendary UMA (unidentified mysterious animal). Initially,…

Leo's Return

8.0

Leo, an actor playing the lead in his breakthrough role, returns home to Tokyo after the pandemic canceled his film shoot only to face more problems with his wife. (Source: MUBI)

In an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy Mountain

6.8

Kuga Kazuyuki aspires to become an actor. He auditions for the lead role in a theater company's next work. Among the 300 people who take part in that audition, only seven people are selected for a final audition round.…