Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

Minami Shinsuke I

Minami Shinsuke was a Japanese comedian, actor, TV host, and talent born in Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. His eldest son is the second-generation comedian Minami Shinsuke. He studied at Suginami Daiichi Elementary School. In 1940, when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he joined the children's…

Sugisaku Jitaro

Sugisaku Jitaro is a Japanese manga artist, actor, entertainer, musician, writer, and film director born in Iyo, Ehime, Japan. He is the founder of Lobo no Hakaba Production. He left Aiko Junior High School but later graduated from Komazawa University. During university, he pursued comedy and formed…

Agatha Christie

Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (née Miller), later Lady Mallowan, was a British author renowned for her detective novels, short stories, and plays. Best known for creating the iconic fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections.…

Harada Yoshio

Yoshio Harada (原田 芳雄 Harada Yoshio, 29 February 1940 - 19 July 2011) was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.

Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in…

Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. Northern California was her home in 1983, where she worked with the West Coast Demonstration Team. At this time, Golden Harvest was searching in Los Angeles for the next Bruce Lee. Rothrock's forms and maneuvers…

Yoshiki

Yoshiki is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the leader and co-founder of the Visual Kei rock band X Japan, for which he is the drummer, pianist and main songwriter. Described by Billboard as a "musical innovator" and named "one of the most influential…

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director, known for his eminent film scores for world famous directors. Hisaishi was born as Fujisawa Mamoru, on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. At the age of five, he started taking violin lessons, at which he made rapid progress. At the age of nineteen,…

Kitaoji Kinya

Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…

Liu Shi Long

Liu Shilong (1930-September 27, 2017), born in Shitai Town, Huaibei City, Anhui Province, is an actor from Mainland China. In 1954, he participated in his first film " Shajiadian Grain Station ", which began his career as an actor. In 1956, starred in the feature film " Mom Wants Me To Get Married ".…

Hello, Goodbye

6.4

High school student Hazuka worries if she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend. Aoi is Hazuka’s classmate, but they are not friends. Aoi is an honor student who feels loneliness because of her busy parents. To forgot…

The Prince of Temple Street

7.1

Andy Lau stars in The Prince of Temple Street, a classic triad story of honor and righteousness. Andy Lau is "The Twelfth Young Master", so-called because he was raised by twelve foster parents from the triad underworld.…

My Richest Husband

6.9

Xu Nan Ge, the illegitimate daughter of the Xu family in Haicheng, has been forced by her father to use family honor for so many years. Now her sister is about to marry Huo Zi Chen, and Xu's father actually asked her…

Flying Daggers

7.2

"Flying Daggers" is the story of Li Huai, a lonely, rebellious youngster whose grandfather was the legendary "Flying Dagger" swordsman. Li Huai inherits his family skills and wanders in the martial arts world to save…

Bushido

7.2

Yanagida Kakunoshin was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu. Despite being poor, he never gave up his pride and honor that he held…

Suicide Notes Laid on the Table

7.3

In the spring of a new semester, a "ranking" is sent to Class 2-D. It clearly shows the rankings of all the students and the homeroom teacher. The one who ranks 1st is Himeyama Tsubaki, a kind and popular honor student…

Spring Night

7.3

Orphan Mai Tian saves an injured, amnesiac crown prince and enters a fake marriage with him to escape an unwanted imperial decree. As they grow closer, their contractual union blossoms into genuine love, and together…

Legend of Mermaid: Human Love

6.3

A series of murders occurred in Yunyin Town, causing panic among the people. They decided to hold a grand ceremony in honor of the River God to pray for peace. Physician Tao Ran was assigned to investigate the serial…

Champions

6.0

Inspired by real events. When China announces that it will field its very first Olympics team, which will include a handful of martial artists to demonstrate Wushu to the world for the very first time, millions across…

Zatoichi at Large

7.5

On the road, Zatoichi meets a dying pregnant woman and delivers the child moments before she passes. Honor bound, he sets out to find the next-of-kin who he discovers have their own problems.