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…

Shima Etsuo

Shima Etsuo is a Japanese male actor born in Tokyo. He belonged to Aoni Production from 2002 to 2009, after which he transferred to Ally Entertainment Co., Ltd. In 2015 he transferred again, this time to Magnify, which he left on May 31, 2016. His mother is actress Awaji Keiko. Yorozuya Kinnosuke, who…

Arashi Kakumatsuro

Arashi Kakumatsuro was a Japanese actor born in Matsusaka Village, Iitaka District, Mie Prefecture. His father is the kabuki actor Arashi Kojuro. Around 1897, when he was 19 years old, he became a disciple of Arashi Rikaku IV, an actor of Kansai Kabuki. In 1913, around the age of 35, he began appearing…

Saegusa Genjiro

Saegusa Genjiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Shibuya-mura, Toyoma-gun, Tokyo. In March 192, he graduated from Tokyo Physics School, and in May of the same year, joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio Supervision Department. He made his debut as a director in "Minzoku no Reimei"…

Komiya Kengo

Komiya Kengo is a Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo, Japan, known previously by the stage names Komiya Mamoru (小宮守) and Komiya Kengo (小宮健吾). After graduating from Nittaidai Ebara High School (日本体育大学荏原高等学校), he joined the Seihai Theatre Company (劇団青俳)…

Bang Seong Ja

Bang Seong Ja was Born in 1939. While working as an elementary school teacher after leaving Daegu Normal School, she was caught in the eyes of director Choi Hoon and entered the film industry by appearing in 'A Sad Saturday' (1960). She made her debut, with Nam Mi Ri, Son Mi Hee, and Cha Yu Mi, who…

Seki Kyoko

Dropped out of the Oriental Music School (currently Tokyo College of Music ). Joined the new cooperative theater company in 1951 and took the first stage in " City without the Sun ". In 1959, she formed the theater company Tokyo Arts Theater in collaboration with the theater company Chugei . Seki also…

Chang Hyeok

Born in 1924. Before his debut as an actor, he was a detective. In 1959, he made his debut as a movie star by appearing in films such as 'A Street of Sun'(1959) and 'Mr. Park' (1960). Since then, he has played many supporting roles in action movies. His major casts include 'Black Hair'(1964), 'The Tiger…

Nishioka Yoshinobu

Nishioka Yoshinobu was a Japanese art director and film producer born in Asuka, Nara, Japan. While studying at the Faculty of Literature at Hosei University, he was conscripted and experienced the end of World War II on the Korean Peninsula. He was detained in the Soviet Union until 1947, and upon returning…

Lee Bin Hwa

Born in 1934, Lee Bin Hwa made her film debut in 1952 with Yoon Bong Chun's 'Seongbulsa'. She made her name imprint on the public in 1957 when she appeared in the box office film 'Hyperbolae of Youth' (1956). Lee Bin Hwa, was praised as an actress with outstanding legs at the time, and was a well known…

Texas, the Talking Rooster

Basiong spends all of his time in the cockpit. His family is neglected and his child Mario dies. St. Peter and his rooster decide to intervene. (Source: TMDb)

Shikamo Karera wa Iku

Saori teaches English in part-time school. The woman is famous for specific teaching methods, e.g. through jazz music. And while she is liked by her students, she soon has to face a few of them, including Kawada, who…

Poignant Story

7.3

A mistress contemplates leaving her long-time lover when his wife mortgages the bar she's been managing. But when the financial compensation she seeks doesn't seem to be forthcoming, she decides to approach the couple's…

Fire Bulls

4.0

The Warring States Period was a time of regional conflict as warlords sought to annex their neighbors and consolidate power across China. Set amidst this backdrop, "Fire Bulls" is an epic tale of the survival of a…

Romance Mama

It's been a long time since her husband crossed 50 hills. My husband was cheating at that old age. To help her lover's bream study abroad, she went over to a young girl who became a cabaret woman. So she meets a young…

Ti Ying

A story that occurred in the time of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), about a woman who risked her own life, facing the emperor, to save her unjustly imprisoned father. This movie won the Best Feature Film award…

Sunday Without Holiday

An overworked officer worker doesn't have time to smell the flowers. His wife begins to suspect his relationship with the women he works with. (Douban)

Phoenix

A young war widow remembers her short time with her husband.

Nichirosenso Katsudo Shashin

This is the first of war time footage from the Russo-Japanese war, This one is from May with Kozaburo Fujiwara (藤原幸三郎) and Kazujiro Shimizu (清水粂次郎) as Cameramen (Cinematographers).

The Family

An old mother has a hard time supporting six children. She finds out that her husband who died owed a huge debt and the creditors are calling. The only thing left after selling everything off to pay the debt is a piece…