Yamaguchi Reiko

Yamaguchi Reiko is a staple of Japanese adult videos and pornography and arguably considered the country's second biggest AV star after Sola Aoi. Known for her G-cup bust, she was born in Aichi Prefecture central japan on 15.12.1978. Inspired by her own film career she opened a bar called Bar Naked…

Billy Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul

Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul, nicknamed Billy, is a filmmaker and producer born in Bangkok, Thailand. He studied at the King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, from which he recently graduated. His education includes various courses and workshops held at the Anhalt Hochschule in Dessau, the Tokyo…

Muranishi Toru

Muranishi Toru is an innovative and controversial director of Japanese adult videos (AV). Known in Japan as the "Emperor of Porn", he has been credited as one of the creators of the quasi-documentary style found in Japanese AVs, a genre that has remained popular throughout the history of the adult industry…

Ishii Kenichi

Ishii Kenichi is a Japanese actor and director from Numata, Gunma, Japan, affiliated with Office Boardville (オフィスボードビル). He graduated from Gunma Prefectural Numata High School (群馬県立沼田高等学校) and initially worked for a chemical company. In 1965, he became an assistant…

Shang Na

Shang Na is a Chinese entrepreneur, producer and screenwriter. Formerly the senior editor of Beijing News, she joined Sohu in 2006 as the editor-in-chief of the entertainment channel. In 2009, she served as the senior director of Sohu Video, and then In 2011, she took up the position of chief editor…

Umezu Sakae

Umezu Sakae, born Umezu Shigeru (梅津榮) in Tomari, Shimoniikawa, Toyama, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Throughout his career, he was affiliated with several agencies, including Dojin Kai (同人会), Miya Pro (ミヤプロ), Hitomedia (ヒトメディア), and Dual Production (デュアルプロダクション)…

Fiona Roan

Taiwanese-American writer/director based in LA. Her latest work JIEJIE won the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionary Award and will be distributed by HBO this May. Feng-I received her Directing MFA degree from AFI and was previously trained in classical Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University.…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Shigetome Manami

Shigetome Manami is a Japanese performer, model and actress. She is a former member of the musicial group E-Girls, as well as the former leader and member of the musical group Flower. Flower, her main group was active in was a unit from 2010 to 2019. She is signed with LDH Entertainment. Manami is a…

Kako Takashi

Kako Takashi is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms. Kako began playing piano at eight years old and learned to play jazz while in his teens. He has won numerous music awards and is one of Japan's leading composers, and as a pianist, he is also described as a…

Missing You

Kanako joins a high school where she is reunited with her childhood friend, Eijun. Following the idea of Seiryo, Kanako's elder brother, they form a band. They aim to perform at the school festival, however, they are…

Pachigi! Love & Peace

5.3

He uses two story lines to slam home his points. One is the struggle of An Sung's sister Kyung Ja to rise in the 1970s' Japanese movies, which may be full of zainichi talents but forbids them from revealing their backgrounds…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 4: Yami no Karute

Hatomura Shugoro, who was a talented surgeon but was chased by the medical community for some reason, is the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband. Tsugumi is on…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25

Himejima, a remote island floating in the Suo Sea off Oita Prefecture. While visiting the island on assignment, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko becomes close to the family that runs his lodging: Nakaseko Taishi, his mother…

If Today was the Last Day

A story of reuniting twin sisters, who were separated when young. Maiko, who lives in Hachijo Island, organizes a local festival. Just before the festival starts, she leaves the island to look for her sister Seiko…

Naito Daisuke Monogatari

6.0

Naito Daisuke grew up in Hokkaido, where he was bullied all through school. Bitter and lonely, he sits around the house after graduation, refusing to look for a job. His mother tires of this attitude and kicks him…

R246 Story

5.0

The anthology film R246 Story centres around the major Japanese highway Route 246. The film consists of six segments. Arifureta Kisho: The number of UFO sightings around Route 246 is on the rise. Four young men are…

Island Times

8.4

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple, and facilities are spare. As there are no high schools on the island, Masaharu, in his…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 3: Yami no Karute ~ Hidatakayama no Dai Byoin ni Karamu Renzoku Satsujin

Hatomura Shugoro, a well-known doctor who lost his position as a doctor for some reason, is accompanied by Tsugumi, the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband and…

Teacher and Three Children

6.3

Set at the end of the Taisho era (1920s) at Ishiuchi Jinjo Higher Elementary School in the mountains of Hiroshima prefecture, there was a fervent teacher called Mr. Ichikawa. He always placed his pupils first and took…