Yamanaka Sadao

Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…

Ieki Miyoji

Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…

Okada Ryunosuke

Okada Ryunosuke is a Japanese actor, former child actor, idol, and a member of the underground idol group 8iper. He was also formerly a member of the idol group ASAP. He is from Osaka, Japan. From a young age, he worked as a model. As a child actor, he appeared in various TV dramas, movies, commercials,…

Chiba Yasuki

Though remembered largely for his inventive postwar shomin-geki, Chiba specialized initially in period films before achieving commercial success with such popular romances as Hideko the Cheerleader (Hideko no ōendanchō, 1940), a vehicle for the teenage Hideko Takamine. Among his wartime films, Women’s…

Fukuda Jun

Born in Changchun, Jilin Province, China (currently Changchun City). He spent his childhood in Manchuria because his father worked for the South Manchuria Railway. Although he went on to Nihon University, he rarely attended lectures and spent most of the day reading and watching movies. In 1946, Toho…

Stafford Paul

Paul Stafford, born June 28, 1986 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, is an actor, writer, producer and podcaster. His parents are Robert Stafford, a postal service worker, and Lorna Tomkins, a secretary for the NHS. Paul has a younger sister named Rachel. The 5’9″ star grew up in the sleepy town…

Yuthlert Sippapak

Yuthlert Sippapak is a film director, screenwriter and producer born in Loei, Thailand. Growing up in northeast Thailand, Yuthlert developed a strong interest in the arts from an early age and at 18 went to Bangkok to study fine arts at Silpakorn University, where he received a degree in interior design…

Sugimura Haruko

Sugimura Haruko was a Japanese actress born in Nishijido, Hiroshima, Japan, then a military town. Her mother was a geisha, and her father, reportedly a military man, died when she was young. She was adopted by a building materials merchant and a teahouse owner in the entertainment district. Her adoptive…

Bai Jing

Bai Jing was a Chinese actress born to an ordinary family in Liaoning Province and was actively involved in performances as early as her kindergarten days. With her talent in singing and dancing, she entered the China Coal Mine Art Troupe Staff Secondary Art School in 1996 to study dance. In April 1999,…

Yayan Ruhian

Yayan is an Indonesian actor. By the age of 13, hoping to "show his masculinity", he began studying the traditional martial art, Pencak Silat. Yayan trained with what later became Pencak Silat Tenaga Dasar, eventually becoming a trainer and referee – although he later learned that this disqualified…

King Maker

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Song dynasty's first prince, Zhao Yun, and second prince, Zhao Rui, greedily competed for the throne. Yu Jing and Tung Chiu are responsible for advising each prince. Jing and Chiu are old family friends who have a…

Houkago Groove

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Makoto Kiryu is a young physical education teacher at a middle school. When she was a teenager, Makoto joined a motorcycle gang and dropped out of high school. A little bit later, she thought things over and changed…

Einstein and Einstein

7.1

A story about a young girl who experiences harsh changes throughout the course of growing up. Twelve year old Li Wan (Sophie Zhang) lives together with her grandparents. After her mother abandoned their family, her…

Lost Destiny

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This film is a fictional fantastical romance between a young scholar Pu Song Ling and a nine-tailed fox. It tells the story of Pu Song Ling, a scholar who embarks on a journey to take an exam when demons are rampant.…

Denshi Sentai Denziman

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Denshi Sentai Denziman is Toei's fourth entry to its Super Sentai series. The title given to this series for international distribution by Toei is Denziman, Electric Fighters. 3000 years ago, the Vader Clan devastated…

Gilded Chopsticks

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Ko Tin Po had been an experienced eater since youth, he knows everything about food and the taste as soon as it goes into his mouth. Unfortunately due to a family crisis he and his loyal follower Lee Wai were forced…

The Legend of Princess Miaoshan

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Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a country, Qin'ning. The King has three daughters, and the third princess Miaoshan, who is gorgeous and virtuous, was framed as a jinx when she was born. Luckily, Duke…

Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain

7.0

Raised by his father's loyal servant, the talented swordsman Hu Fei grew up knowing that he must avenge his parents' death. However, the closer he got to his father's enemy, the more he discovered that his parents'…

Treeless Mountain

7.0

Jin is a bright young girl who lives with her mother and younger sister, Bin. She does well in school but is sometimes distracted by family duties and occasionally wets the bed. One day, she comes home to discover…

Memories of Peking

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Set in 1947, it follows the relationship between three people - the shop owner, his wife and a young woman who is determined to cure her father's illness. Yan Zheng Sheng is the owner of a pickle shop in Beijing. Because…