Uno Chiyo

Uno Chiyo was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin,…

Takami Jun

Takami Jun is a Japanese novelist born in Mikuni-cho, Sakai-gun , Fukui Prefecture . Illegitimate child 0f Sakamoto Sannosuke (bureaucrat, politician, and poet). In 1908, he moved to Tokyo with his mother. He grew up in a sword shop near his father's mansion in Azabu Iikura , Tokyo, without ever meeting…

Boat Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Sompot Chidgasornpongse, nicknamed Boat, is a Thai filmmaker born in Bangkok. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from Chulalongkorn university, and an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). He's been working closely with Apichatpong Weerasethakul as assistant…

Yamaoka Sohachi

Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…

Isoda Keiji

Isoda Keiji was a Japanese film producer from Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. His wife is film producer Onishi Etsuko. After working at Shochiku Kyoto Studio and Shochiku Ofuna Studio, he became a freelancer and established a private office "Isoda Office Co., Ltd.". He has worked on numerous films and…

Choi Ji Hee

Choi Ji Hee was a South Korean actress, costume director and fashion designer, born as Kim Kyung Ja to Korean parents living in Osaka, Japan. After liberation In 1946, she returned to her father's hometown, Hadong-gun of Gyeongsangnam-do and acquired Korean citizenship. She debuted as an actress in…

Nishida Erina

Nishida Erina is a Japanese female singer , actress. She was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Takarazuka City , grew up in Osaka , Osaka City . In 2001, she made her debut in Tokyo, Japan with the women's team Flash Point .

Lai Cheng Ying

Lai Cheng Ying is a Taiwanese director, cinematographer and camera operator. He graduated from Provincial Taichung First Senior High School. and is a senior cinematographer. He started his career in 1952 as a camera assistant for many films. In 1955, he served as the cinematographer for the first time…

Hirotsu Ryuro

In 1899, Ryūrō met Ozaki Kōyō, and joined his literary group Ken'yusha. In 1895, he published two novels which enabled him to achieve literary recognition: Hemeden and Kurotogake. These were the first of a new genre in Japanese literature, the "tragic novel", which he created. Heavily influenced…

Kawarasaki Kunitaro IV

Kawarasaki Kunitarô IV was a promising wakaonnagata actor, who excelled in daughter and princess roles but unfortunately died (a mysterious way) too young. He spent a few years in a Shinpa troupe in the forties of the Meiji era and was also involved in the early modern stage projects of Ichikawa Ennosuke…

Sister

6.7

Nagisa Miyoshi and Saho Miyoshi are sisters and very close to each other. Younger sister Nagisa Miyoshi leaves her hometown of Hiroshima and begins to live with her older sister Saho Miyoshi, who has already moved…

Four Days of Snow and Blood

6.7

On February 26, 1936 a cadre of radical ultra-nationalist junior officers, with the tacit approval of some generals, launched a wave of assassinations targeting those they felt were too liberal in an attempt to convince…

Any Crybabies Around?

6.7

Young parent Tasuku has spent his life assiduously avoiding any responsibility in his small town in northern Japan. But when he’s caught drunk and naked on live national TV coverage at the local Namahage festival,…

Side By Side: Tonari ni Iru Hito

6.8

Miyama is a young man with a mysterious special ability. His special ability allows him to see the thoughts of other people. With his power, he heals people who suffer from their own worries or traumas. Miyama lives…

Kako: My Sullen Past

6.8

Kako is a female high school student who lives at a restaurant run by her family in Kitashinagawa, Tokyo. Unexpectedly, her aunt Mikiko suddenly appears. Kako thought her aunt died 18 years ago. Her whole family is…

Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi

6.9

On November 24, 2003, soon after police had closed down the Rainbow Bridge to apprehend the perpetrators of the “Daiba serial murder case,” police “negotiator” Mashita found himself surrounded by reporters…

Nanji no Na

6.9

Aso Toko is a young president, who has both good looks and talent. On the other hand, her younger sister, Aso Hisae, has the opposite personality to her. She withdrew to her pottery's house in order to heal her broken…

Heaven Can Wait. Maybe...

7.0

Kaoru, Hiroki and Takeshi are childhood friends. Adults now, they have gone their separate ways, but still live close to each other in central Tokyo. Hiroki works for a newspaper company, and Takeshi has followed in…

Ofukou-san

6.5

28-year-old Tsugumi brings about misfortune to those around her. Because of this, she is known as the "Woman of Unhappiness" and people are afraid of her. Her younger sister Sakiko is about to marry. Tsugumi doesn't…

Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun

6.8

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice ninja, leaves his hometown of Iga to go to Edo (Tokyo). There, for his final training, he must find himself a master, and protect his master with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code.