Oda Akane

Oda Akane is a Japanese actress. The affiliation office is Oscar promotion. Born in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture. Graduated from Hinode Girls' College High School (now Hinode High School). In 1990, she was in elementary school in the upper Mikawa town adjacent to her hometown. She won the Grand Prix…

Suh Joo Kyung

Jo Yeon Hee, known professionally as Suh Joo Kyung, is a South Korean trot singer. She graduated from Yeonghae Girls’ Comprehensive High School. In 1990, she made her debut under her real name, releasing the single album “My Hometown, Jinju” as a representative of Jinju City in the special album…

Nishikawa Ayako

Nishikawa Ayako, born April 5, 1971 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese female TV star as a tarento and comedienne and a cosmetic surgeon. She is unusual in Japan in that she is willing to appear on television, as professional doctors generally show some hesitancy to appear. Her father is…

Huang Shu Li

Shuli Huang is a writer-director and cinematographer born in Wenzhou, China. After graduating from Beijing Film Academy in 2019, he moved to New York City as an MFA candidate at NYU the graduate film program. Farewell, My Hometown, his feature debut as a cinematographer won the New Currents Award at…

Lim Do Hyung

Lim Do Hyung is a South Korean trot singer represented by Show Play Entertainment. He is currently studying at Seosan Yecheon School. He made his debut in the junior category of the show Mr. Trot in 2020 and, despite being eliminated early in the competition, his charisma earned him many fans. He appeared…

Wang Li Na

Wang Li Na, born in the Uighur region in Xinjiang, is a Chinese screenwriter and director. She studied at the Communication University of China. A First Farewell is her debut film and a poetic piece dedicated to her hometown. (Source: Mulan Festival)

Shoji Eiken

Shoji Eiken, born Shoji Nagataka (庄司永建) in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Sophia University (上智大学) and later attended the People's Arts Theater Training Institute (民衆芸術劇場附属養成所). In 1948, he joined the Mingei Theater Company (劇団民藝),…

Hanabu Tatsuo

Hanabu Tatsuo was born in Fukugawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (now Koto Ward, Tokyo). He is best known for being an actor that largely appeared in supporting roles in jidaigeki dramas. In 1930, he entered Tokyo Prefectural Third Middle School (currently Ryogoku High School, Tokyo) as a first-year student…

Ishida Shigeki

A Toho-exclusive actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during the 60s in sci-fi, fantasy and comedy movies. He was active in television through the 80s. He retired and became a Buddhist monk and a chief priest in a Temple in his hometown, Kanazawa. After his death in 1997 his son, actor and…

Horie Shinobu

Horie Shinobu is a Japanese actress and tarento. She makes her debut as an actress in 1983 after winning the Heibon Punch Idol Award at the Clarion Girl Contest. In 1987, Horie want to get thinner by trying to diet herself, and later on the following year, she was admitted to the hospital for examination.…

Over the Fence

6.9

Shiraiwa Yoshio is dumped by his wife and goes back to his hometown of Hakodate. He then enrolls at a vocational school, while receiving unemployment payments. At the vocational school, he meets Daishima Kazuhisa.…

Ao no Kaerimichi

7.2

The story follows seven friends and how a few stay back in their hometown Maebashi, while others go to Tokyo to pursue their dreams.

Arimura Kasumi no Satsukyu

7.2

Arimura Kasumi suddenly gets a break from filming and returns to her hometown for the first time in a long while. Her mother Yumiko comes to the train station to pick her up and they head for the family home. She is…

Simple Days

7.3

Gu Mo Li and Zhu Jin Cao struggled all the way from their hometown to take root in Shanghai and start a family. However, marriage brought another problem that should not have been a problem - how to get along with…

Detroit Metal City

7.5

Negishi Soichiro is a music obsessed teenager who makes the jump from his rural hometown to the big city of Tokyo. His goal is to become a successful musician, but not the typical J-pop star: Negishi has a love for…

Sunflower

7.9

Former gangster Tae Shik is released from prison and heads back to his hometown to live in a small restaurant with a woman. Attempting to leave his past behind, he takes a job in a garage and tries to keep away from…

Restart after Come back Home

7.9

Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job in Tokyo and decides to return to his hometown in the country for the first time in 10 years. His relationship with his Father was strained after he moved to Tokyo and didn't want to take…

LEGENDARY: Making of a K-Pop Star

7.7

A Viki Original series that follows Alex Christine as she travels from her hometown in Oklahoma to Seoul, South Korea, to experience the K-pop star treatment for the first time. You’ll be able accompany her on a…

Children of Hiroshima

7.3

Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.

Summer Again

8.2

Ballet dancer Tong Xi is forced to return from the big city to her hometown due to her mother's job transfer. She wants to hide her tough girl character by transferring to another school but is seen through by her…