Minoru Murata

Murata Minoru was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor in the Taisho and early Showa periods born in Ogawamachi, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He is the first deputy director of the Directors Guild of Japan. He joined Norimasa Kaeriyama's Film Arts Association from the Shingeki movement and is known…

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Yang Joon Il

Yang Joon Il, previously known as JIY, is a South Korean-American singer-songwriter. He was born in Vietnam and later lived in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea before settling in the United States when he was 9 years old. He graduated from Glendale High School and later attended the Business Administration…

Kawada Yoshiko

Yoshiko Kawada was born on October 17, 1895, in Niigata, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kurokami yâshâ dainihen (1926), Yôfu gonin onna - Dai sanpen: Sempatsu Oyoshi (1926) and Ari jigoku (1925). She died on March 24, 1970. (IMDB) 1895 (Meiji 28) October 17, Niigata City of the red-light district…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Okamura Fumiko

Okamura Fumiko was a Japanese actress from Nagano. Japan. After graduating from Nagano City Nabeyada Elementary School and Nagano Prefectural Nagano High School for Girls, she moved to Tokyo. She began her career as an actress after being apprenticed to a noble family of art enthusiasts to learn manners.…

Ohara Koyu

Ohara Koyu is a Japanese film director known for his popular Roman Porno films, Fairy in a Cage (1977) and the Pink Tush Girl series (1978–1980). One of Nikkatsu's most versatile and prolific directors, filming eight movies in 1979 alone, his stylistic preoccupations led him to be known as "King of…

Kim Sung Soo

Kim Sung Soo is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of COOL (쿨). He graduated from Gwangyeong High School. He made his debut in 1988 when he worked as a disc jockey (DJ) for several downtown clubs. Then, in 1994, he helped form the co-ed group COOL and debuted with their first album, "The…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

Kawamura Reikichi

Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…

Young and Dangerous 2

7.5

Told in two parts, the first focuses on Chicken's time in Taiwan, following events that were largely skipped over in the previous film. The second follows the Hung Hing Society's efforts to forge an alliance with Taiwan's…

Nai Hoi Tamin

7.5

Nai Hoi Tamin is about the difficult life of the people of the East of Thailand – in a time when drought and poverty forced them to bring their buffalos for sale around the center of Thailand. There was a strong…

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose!

7.5

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also…

Club Friday Theory of Love

7.5

No theory works for every love. Love theories have been discussed and practiced over time. Some find them transformative, others ineffective due to relationship complexities. The series asks: Can any single theory…

Love Stuck

7.5

Toy, an aimless illustrator, is trapped in a time loop, repeating New Year’s Eve over and over. While trying different ways to escape this cycle. Toy meets Vee, a mysterious young woman stuck in the same predicament.…

One More

7.5

There's a reason single dad Sorada always wears a school uniform and attends high school part-time. When he was a high school student, he suffered from a serious illness and couldn't go to school, so he spent most…

Young and Dangerous 3

7.5

Chan Ho Nam and Chicken are back again in Young and Dangerous 3, this time taking on the rival "Tung Sing" triad, who is attempting to usurp Hung Hing influence in Hong Kong by having Tung Sing member "Crow" frame…

Will You Marry My Wife?

7.5

Mimura Shuji works as a broadcast writer. He learns that he doesn't have much time left to live. He decides to concentrate on the future of his beloved family. Mimura's final plan is to find the best man to marry his…

Hachigatsu wa Yoru no Batting Center de

7.4

Natsuha Mai is a 17-year-old high school student. She begins to work part-time, during her summer vacation, at her uncle's batting cage center. There, she meets a mysterious man named Ito Tomohiro. He is a former professional…

After Spring

7.6

April 16, 2014. An Omnibus film about those whose time had stood still on that day. For "After Spring" composed of three stories, three directors of Jang Jun Yeop, Jin Cheong Ha and Jeon Shin Hwan, directed their respective…