Igarashi Isuzu

Igarashi Isuzu was a Japanese actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. She belonged to the Tokyo Actors' Cooperative Association. Graduated from the Toho Performing Arts Academy's Special Drama Course. She and her twin sister, Igarashi Misuzu, followed the same career path as actresses. She passed away on…

Ichikawa Osamu

Ichikawa Osamu was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. He was a freelancer at the time his death. Ichikawa was known for his work with Ikemizu Michihiro in the Theatre Echo productions of Kamen Rider and Henshin Ninja Arashi. He had also voiced some characters,…

Uchida Issaku

Uchida Issaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He was a member of the Directors Guild of Japan (日本映画監督協会). He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University (早稲田大学) in 1946. Uchida joined Nikkatsu (日活) in 1954,…

Sawa Ritsuo

Sawa Ritsuo is a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Theater Echo. After graduating from Kumagaya High School in Saitama, Japan, he worked at the U.S. military base PX before pursuing a career in acting three years later. He was associated with Theater Etcetera…

Hamada Yuko

Hamada Yuko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. In 1958, she joined Daiei as a member of the 12th new face group. In 1959, she made her debut in the film "Rose Tree and Roses Bloom". In 1972, she married Ryoji Hayama and left the film industry. She passed away in 2014. (Source:…

Nagaishi Takao

Nagaishi Takao was a Japanese director. Making his name in Super Sentai, he would be a major factor during the revival of the Kamen Rider franchise. He passed away on March 31, 2013, as his body succumbed to progressive supranuclear palsy at the age of 68. Alongside Tohru Hirayama, who also passed away…

Yamamoto Shohei

Yamamoto Shohei was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator, born in Penghu, Taiwan. He was affiliated with Office Yamamoto (オフィス山本) after previously working with Freeport Pro (フリーポートプロ). He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Edogawa High School (東京都立江戸川高等学校).…

Kurobe Susumu

Kurobe Susumu is a Japanese actor. He is commonly known for having played the character role Hayata Shin in the Ultraman series, a role he reprised in episode 47 of the 2006 television series Ultraman Mebius and its theatrical film adaption, Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, as well as Superior Ultraman…

Kobayashi Akiji

Kobayashi Akiji, sometimes credited as Kobayashi Shouji or Mori Issei, was a Japanese actor who played Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in the early years of the Kamen Rider Series, starting in the original Kamen Rider in 1971 to Kamen Rider Stronger in 1976. He is best known in the West for portraying…

Takasugi Teppei

Takasugi Teppei is a Japanese male actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University, and made his debut in 1938. After working for the theater company Small Theater, Toho Theater Club, Takarazuka Theater, and theater company Togei, he became the Tokyo Actor's Life Cooperative…

The Paradise of Thorns

8.8

Thongkam and Sek, a devoted gay couple in Mae Hong Son, build a life together with a house and a durian orchard. After Sek's sudden death in an accident, Thongkam discovers that same-sex marriage is not legally recognized…

The Man from Nowhere

8.7

Cha Tae Shik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So Mi, who lives next door. So Mi's mother, Hyo Jeong, is a heroin addict. One day, Hyo Jeong decided to steals drugs from a feared…

The Story of Ming Lan

8.7

Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised by her paternal grandmother. Growing…

The Blood of Youth

8.8

Lei Wu Jie, a young disciple eager to prove himself, travels to Xue Yue in hopes of becoming a true hero. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he damages the struggling Villa of Fallen Snow, run by the reluctant…

The Double

8.8

Xue Fang Fei, the daughter of a wealthy magistrate, loses everything after a major upheaval. She’s saved by Jiang Li, the daughter of the Secretariat Director, and takes on Jiang Li’s identity to return to the…

The First Frost

8.8

Wen Yi Fan, a reporter, went to a bar called Overtime to meet with her best friend, Zhong Si Qiao. While she was at the bar, she met Sang Yan, a department manager and one of the owners of Overtime. He was Yi Fan's…

The Good Bad Mother

8.9

Young Soon is a single mother and pig farmer who raised her son Kang Ho alone. Despite her love for him, her strict parenting caused Kang Ho to view her as a bad mother. As an adult, Kang Ho became a cold-hearted prosecutor…

The Glory

8.9

A high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a child. Once the child is…

The Prisoner of Beauty

8.9

Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the sharp and kind master of the Wei family, as part of a family alliance. With bad blood between their clans, the two start off wary of each other,…

The Uncanny Counter

8.8

A group of demon hunters called Counters work undercover at a noodle restaurant to capture evil spirits seeking eternal life. So Mun, the youngest Counter, becomes a central figure after a mysterious childhood car…