James Yi

James Yi was a Hong Kong actor, producer and director. He was the son of famed comic actor Yi Chau Shui. At age 17, he joined Shaw Brothers as a bit part actor, starting with "Sweet Girl in Terror" in 1958. He formed his own production company, Daai Sing, which enabled him to direct and produce several…

Hiroki Ryuichi

Hiroki Ryuichi is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for 800 Two Lap Runners. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character". Of the directors who have graduated from “pink film” to the…

James Nam

James Nam was already established singer and actor in South, Korea. He changed his Korean name from Nam Suk Hoon to a new Chinese name Nan Kung-Hsun when he arrived in Hong Kong. He lived in the same apartment complex in Hong Kong with director John Woo back in the 70's. Both Mr. Nam and Mr. Woo worked…

Cheung Ying

Born as Chang Yi Sang in Fujian, 1919, Chang was raised in Hong Kong. Chang has a fame as South China Best Actor. He began his film career in 1937. The first time he took the leading role is The Midnight Killer. A veteran actor whose career spans decades in over 400 films. He teamed up with twenty scriptwriters,…

Lim Giong

Lim Giong, also known as Lin Chiang, is a Taiwanese musician, artist, DJ, composer, songwriter, music producer, music director, and actor. He was born in Changhua, Taiwan. He is a leading figure in the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene. His musical career began with the release of his 1st…

Kobayashi Kinako

Kobayashi Kinako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan, affiliated with the talent agency Otona Keikaku (大人計画). She made her acting debut in the 2005 film Koi wa Go, Shichi, Go! (恋は五・七・五!), followed by her first TV drama appearance in the 2006 TV Tokyo series Uramiya Honpo (怨み屋本舗).…

Ken Hung

Ken Hung Cheuk Lap is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. He started his career after earning a second place in the EEG Singing Contest (aka 25th annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals). During 2007, he went to help in the office for about 3–4 months cutting newspapers because Mani said…

Kim Hee Kap

Kim Hee Kap was a South Korean comedian and actor. He graduated from Hoeryeong Public Commercial School and was later enrolled in the Commerce program at Meiji University in Japan before dropping out when he returned to Korea. He worked behind the scenes at the Bando Theater Company as an assistant…

Han Woon Sa

Born on January 15, 1923 , Goesan, Chungcheongbuk - do, South Korea. His real name is Han Gan Nam (한간남,韓看南) . Religion is Buddhism . After graduating from Cheongju Commercial High School in 1941, he studied in Japan and attended the Department of Philosophy at Chuo University . He was conscripted…

Otowa Nobuko

Nobuko Otowa was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She appeared in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. She posthumously won the award for best…

Miryang Arirang

In the late Joseon period, Kim Myeong Jin, the son of an affluent family near the Miryang area, gets engaged to A-rang. But before their wedding day, A-rang is murdered and her body is nowhere to be found. In grief,…

A Young Zelkova

7.2

Suk Hee's mother is remarried to a man who has a son a year older than Suk Hee. The two don't get along well first, but soon they grow intimate. Suk Hee learns, though, that she needs to give up her love for her mother's…

King Mallika

Mallika, who is like a pillar of strength for her descendants, faces many challenges caused by family members and those around her. These challenges have created a burden that binds her to them, but she willingly takes…

Hako

8.0

A withering craftsman caters to the requests of iron ore. He breathes life into them as he listens to their wishes. His most prominent creation, a traveling box, wanders the landscape, following railroad tracks, collecting…

Palm of the Hand Stories

3.0

1. "The man who does not laugh" (笑わぬ男) - directed by Tsukasa Kishimoto. Story of a man and his bedridden wife who always asks him to pat her legs. 2. "Thank you" (有難う) - directed by Nobuyuki Miyake A…

Anyang, Paradise City

6.0

Set in Anyang, South Korea, crew members for an upcoming documentary research the devastating fire that took occurred in a factory prior to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. 22 female workers, who were locked in their…

Binding Souls

5.8

In order to complete the dissertation to graduate, five university students - Feng , Victory , Mei Qi, Xiao Yu and A Li - are assigned to do special research in The Moral Education College during summer vacation. Back…