Mary Walter

Mary Walter was a Filipina actress whose eight decade-long film acting career saw her transformation from a romantic lead in the silent film era into a wizened fixture in horror movies in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For her body of work accomplished in an especially long career, she was honored…

Wakamizu Midori

In 1910 (Meiji 43), he appeared as a female onnagata in a silent movie produced by Yoshizawa Shoten . At that time, even the director's credit was not given, and the appearance work is uncertain . In his last years (around the first year of the Showa era), he became paralyzed for some reason and seemed…

Chow Siu Loi

Chow Siu Loi is known for his work on The Suicide Murder (1974), The Silent Swordsman (1967) and Fist of Unicorn (1973). He was active from 1948-1982. (Source: IMDB)

Futagawa Buntaro

A specialist in jidai-geki, Futagawa is remembered largely for the silent films he made at Makino Productions in collaboration with popular action hero Tsumasaburō Bandō. Several of these survive: Kageboshi (Edo Kaizokuden: Kagebōshi, 1925) is admired for having introduced a greater psychological…

Yuki Ichiro

An actor whose career spanned only a short period; Yuki-san worked in silent film until just before 1940. Not much information exists about him in English, though he's a familiar face to classic film enthusiasts in Japan.

Chen Yan Yan

Chen Yan Yan was a Chinese actress and film producer in the cinema of the Republic of China (1912–1949), British Hong Kong and Taiwan. In 1932, she played the main role in the silent film "Springtime in the South". Her acting was well received by the audience, and she started gaining popularity, starring…

Sogawa Ayana

Sogawa Ayana is a Japanese fashion model and actress under Pearl Dash. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University. She was a member of the girl band "SILENT SIREN" from 2010 to 2012, where she played the keyboard. Ayana is an exclusive model for women's style magazine "GIANNA ".

Kamata Erena

Kamata Erena is a child actress and voice actress from Saitama, Japan. She's lent her voice to "A Silent Voice" and the Japanese dub of "Victoria". She has been active as an actress since 2014.

Naruse Mikio

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki (working-class drama)…

Kidlat Tahimik

Eric de Guia, born in Baguio City, Philippines, better known as Kidlat Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinema Movement through their critiques of neocolonialism. One of the most prominent names…

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

7.4

A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword, and one last opportunity at redemption. Still mourning the death of Li Mu Bai, Yu Shu Lien returns to safeguard his sword, "The Green Destiny." Hades Dai, an underground…

The Yellow Sea

7.5

In Yanbian, on the China-Russia-North Korea border, Ku Nam struggles as a taxi driver, drowning in debt. His wife's South Korea job promises money, but she's gone silent. Tormented by suspicions, Ku Nam loses his job,…

Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata - Ending Planner

7.5

Ihara Masato becomes the fifth-generation owner of a funeral parlor after his father dies and he takes over the family business which he has always hated. As a purveyor of the police, all this funeral parlor handles…

Midnight FM

7.7

Popular TV anchorwoman and late-night radio host Ko Sun Young prepares for her final radio show before taking her ill daughter to America. During the show, she receives a startling text message. At her apartment, her…

Shut Up: Flower Boy Band

8.0

Byeong Hui is the crazy, free-spirited leader and vocalist of the popular underground rock group, Eye Candy. Joining him are mood-maker Ji Hyeok, chic Hyeon Su, playboy Ha Jin, silent Do Il and baby-faced Gyeong Jong.…

Scent of Time

8.2

Hua Qian, once devastated by her unrequited love for Zhong Ye Lan, caused her family’s downfall. After a life-changing experience, she wakes up on her wedding night with Zhong Ye Lan and resolves to make amends.…

Tell Me That You Love Me

8.4

Cha Jin Woo is a deaf artist. He is used to expressing his feelings through drawings instead of speaking, as most are unwilling to learn sign language or even get to know him. He happens to meet Jung Mo Eun. She is…

Man from the Equator

7.4

Jang Il, the smartest in the school, and Seon U, the strongest kid in Yeosu, are best friends. Influenced by Jang Il, Seon U starts studying and working hard towards his dream. However, all of a sudden, Seon U's guardian,…

Majisuka Gakuen

7.3

Two transfer students, Atsuko Maeda and Onizuka Daruma, came at the all-girls school, Majisuka Gakuen. In this school, violence and fighting are common among the Yankee students. Noisy and troublemaker Daruma made…

Light beyond the Reed

8.5

An ordinary woman with an ordinary life and an ordinary husband. Until one night, her husband forgot to pick her up at the wine party she was attending, leading to her being raped. But because she was afraid to be…