Yamada Kosaku

Yamada Kosaku, formerly known as Yamada Kosaku, was a Japanese composer and conductor. He left numerous works in Japanese music history with melodies that utilize the intonation of the Japanese language. He also worked to spread Western music in Japan, founding the country's first orchestra. Additionally,…

Thomas Ash

Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK (2005) and has lived in Japan for a total of 18 years. Thomas’s first feature documentary, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006), received the Prix du Canton Vaud (best first film) at the 2006 Visions du…

Mano Tsuruko

She appeared on the stage of Tsukiji-za and Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za , but joined Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) . Beside being a movie actress, she also worked in a tobacco shop, which is her mother's business. In 1940 (Showa 16), she made her movie debut with the movie " Snake Princess " directed by Teinosuke…

Diego Loyzaga

Diego Loyzaga is a Filipino actor, model, and video jockey. He is known as one of the members of the boy group Kapamilya Cuties. In 2011, he signed a three-year exclusive contract with ABS-CBN. He was born in San Juan City, Manila, to actress Teresa Loyzaga and actor Cesar Montano. He has step-brothers…

Yachigusa Kaoru

Yachigusa Kaoru was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957, she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. Since leaving the Revue, she had been active in film, television, and narration. Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had…

Remii Huang

Remii Huang is a Taiwanese screenwriter and director currently based between Los Angeles and Taipei. After she completed a one-year film program in an LA film school, director Ang Lee happened to be recruiting crew members for the movie "Life of Pi" in Taiwan. Remii worked as the director's production…

Tateishi Haruka

Tateishi Haruka is a Japanese model and actress who is represented by Ever Green Creative and later Hirata Office.

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Shoji Kohei

Shoji Kohei is a Japanese actor who plays Takamichi Crystalia / Kiramai Silver in "Mashin Sentai Kiramager". He is associated with Oscar Promotion. Mashin Sentai Kiramager is his first television role. Most of his filmed scenes as KirameiSilver were done during the COVID-19 pandemic. His hobbies are…

Takayama Riko

Chongqing

4.0

In China, Xuie lives an impoverished life with her father who is far from helpful. She is living in Chongqing, the city of 40 million people. She works as a teacher, teaching Mandarin to foreigners. Even though she…

Moksha

“Help! Is anyone out there? Somebody help! I’m tied up here! Please help!” A 40-somethingyear oldman is crying out for help. In the middle of a park, he’s got his ankle tied up with iron chain. Who is this…

Mama-san Volley de Tsukamaete

7.0

The Mammies are a small "mama-san volleyball" (middle-aged women's volleyball) team sponsored by a local supermarket, whose colorful members range in age from their 20s to their 70s. The team is led by 40-year-old…

Shougeki! 3 Sedai Hikaku TV: Generation Tengoku

8.6

Talk battles between representatives from different generations, such as: “Modern Mango Generation” (10-20 age group), “Peak Period Kiwi Generation” (40-50 age group) and “Time of Creation Banana Generation”…

Flavor of Life

6.6

Liu Han Xiao can quietly let go and leave to fulfill man's filial love. By the time she's 40 years old, she finally resigns from her dream job - Realty Commissioner work, and decided to reopen her parent's canteen…

Haha, Waga Ko e

Although Kadoma Takashi was once celebrated as a brilliant man in his hometown, he is now over 40 and is struggling to get promoted at work. His wife, Ryoko, has lost patience with Takashi, who does not help with child-rearing,…

Dr. Nurse Aid

7.0

Kuraki Medical Centre is a local private hospital which gets more than 200 patients hospitalised for emergencies each year. 40-year-old Mori Takeru (Ozawa Yukiyoshi) works here. He has set his sights on being a top…

My Season

Kobayashi Shigeru, the Director of Photography of the documentary film Aga ni Ikiru (Living with the River Aga) spent three years making this documentary in a home for severely mentally and physically handicapped children…

South of the Clouds

Xu Da Qin, a retired Chinese factory worker, returns to the remote Yunnan province, where he hopes to reconcile himself with the life and opportunity he passed up in this place 40 years ago. (Source: Letterboxd)

Kenkaku Shoubai Kagerou no Otoko

6.0

Akiyama Kohei, one of Edo’s best swordsmen, lives a leisurely life with his wife, Oharu, who is 40 years his junior. In contrast, his serious son, Daijiro, devotes himself to practicing at his own training hall every…