Shimazaki Mami

Born in Tokyo in 1975, she started studying ballet at age three. At 16, she moved to Switzerland and studied at Maurice Bejart's Rudra dance school in Lausanne. After finishing her studies, she danced with several troupes and projects in Europe and Japan. At the end of the 1990s, after meeting Israeli…

Mabuchi Haruko

Mabuchi Haruko is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan. She died from lung cancer at the age of 75. (Source: Wikipedia)

Zheng Jun Li

Zheng Jun Li was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. His films The Spring River Flows East and Crows and Sparrows are widely considered classics of Chinese cinema. He was severely persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and…

Makisig Morales

Makisig Morales is a Filipino-Australian actor and singer. At the age of 5, Makisig Morales competed in the show "Duet Bulilit" together with his sister Mayumi. He later auditioned with his sister Mayumi and brother Vincent in "Little Big Star", where only Makisig and Mayumi were accepted to compete…

Miyagi Ayako

Miyagi Ayako was born in Musashino, Tokyo. Since the age of 15, she aspired to become a novelist. She went on to debut in 2006 with "Hanayoi Dochu (A Courtesan with Flowered Skin)", set in the Edo era.

Julie Condra

Julie Condra was born in Winters, Texas and lived there until the age of 9 when the family moved to San Antonio, Texas. At the age of 9, she began modeling and appeared in local TV commercials.She was crowned Miss Texas Teen at 14 when she also began her acting career. She moved to LA at age 16 and…

Joyce Chen

Chen Yin Hang (English name: Joyce) is a Hong Kong host and actress. Fond of acting since young age, Joyce Chen attended high school in Toronto, Canada and after graduation, in 1995, she returned to Hong Kong to join TVB’s performing artist training program. Out of 10,000 candidates during the training…

Gan Ryu

Gan Ryu (also known as Gan Ryutaro), is a Japanese actor. He died at the age of 55 due to acute heart failure.

Koyama Genki

Koyama Genki is a Japanese actor. He died of liver cancer at the age of 75.

Ichinomiya Atsuko

Ichinomiya Atsuko was a Japanese actress. She passed away at the age of 77 on February 16, 1991, due to liver failure. (Source: Wikipedia)

Boku no Naka ni Saku Hanabi

A coming-of-age film following Okura Minoru pursuing the memory of his late mother. (Source: natalie.mu)

You Jian Xing Luan Qi Wu Shi

At the age of six, Xiao Xing Luan was abandoned at a nunnery by her father on the grounds that she was “unlucky to her mother.” Relying on her talent, she grew up to become a gifted young woman. In order to annul…

Entrapment

At the age of five, Shang Ying Yi witnessed her father having an affair with the family’s maid. Shortly after, her mother died in an accident. Shang Ying Yi was sent abroad and gradually marginalized by the Shang…

Mayumi

A coming-of-age story of a girl who ignites her friend’s sexual awakening, only to lead him to an unexpected heartbreak. (Source: VMX)

Fu Hua San Qian

Abandoned from a young age due to a cruel fate, Mu Chang Ning grows up under the care of a master who teaches her medical skills and resilience. When she is forced into a political marriage meant for her younger sister,…

One Last Throw

At the age of 18, Yokota Shintaro was selected second overall by the Hanshin Tigers in the 2013 draft. He was selected as a starter for the first team in the opening game of 2016 and recorded his first hit, leading…

Filling Days

A coming-of-age romance about Chae Won, who dreams of owning a cafe, and Dong Ho, a reclusive young man. They heal each other's wounds and support each other's dreams, coloring the empty spaces in their hearts that…

Zhi Yuan Jun Xin Zui Bu Ju Shan Shui Chang

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From a young age, A Wan was adopted by the Ling family. She grew up with her cousin, Ling Yan Chen, and they were childhood sweethearts. Just before her coming-of-age ceremony, she discovered that she was actually…

China's Extreme Speed

In middle age, veteran train driver Lao Guan reluctantly parts ways with the locomotive he loves and takes on a new role as a “full-time head instructor.” Leading a group of trainee drivers through a rigorous combination…

Sonic Beat

A coming-of-age story about a high school track and field club member who becomes trapped in his own mind due to the extreme pressure of competing in a tournament. (Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)