Natalie Wong

Wong Kei Ying (English name: Natalie) is a Chinese actress who was born in Hong Kong. Wong entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1994 while studying business in college. From the start she was deemed a favourite by the Hong Kong media, and she nabbed the Miss Photogenic award early on in the semi-finals.…

Joe Chou

Joe Chou is a Taiwanese composer, currently serving as the music director of Hwa Ya International Music Co., Ltd. Born in Penghu, Taiwan, Chou taught himself to play the guitar from a young age. In 1981, he moved to Taipei, where he encountered MIDI equipment shortly after its invention at a friend's…

Li Tie

Lee became a director in 1936 with the crime thriller House Number 66 and made a name for himself the following year with Song of Life when the star of the film, Ng Chor Fan, was coined “King of Film” as a result of his role. Lee quickly earned a reputation as a dedicated and versatile director…

Wi Ding Ho

Wi Ding Ho, born and raised in Malaysia, attended the film school at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, lives in Taipei these days. His first feature film Pinoy Sunday (funded and supported by NHK, Japan) garnered a pair of awards at Taipei International Film Festival and also won Wi Ding a Best New Director…

Kobayashi Satoru

Kobayashi Satoru was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. Japanese sources claim that Kobayashi directed over 400 pink films between 1960 and 1990,…

Celest Chong

Chong began her acting career as a secretary in Eric Khoo's Stories about Love performing a Turkish inspired belly-dance. She also sang the show's theme song, "Sorry, My Love". Later, she moved on to Channel 5's sitcom, Making Love, in which she played a sultry receptionist named Pamela. She later played…

Kurara Haruka

Kurara Harukaa, birth name Yamasaki Kumiko (山崎久美子) was a Takarazuka Revue Top Star before starting her TV and film acting career in 1984 with Toho Entertainment. Her stage name was given by the playwright Yashiro Seiichi. 'Haruka' (遥) means 'aimed at far away' while 'Kurara' is romaji for…

Chen Hung Min

Chen Hung Min was sent to train in Japan with Toho and Toei film companies in 1963. At the time, he was working as an editor for Central Motion Picture Corporation, the government-sponsored company that specialized in Mandarin-language cinema in Taiwan. But, because Central had the best equipment and…

Leslie Kee

Leslie Kee is a Singaporean photographer based in Japan. Arriving in Tokyo in 1993, Kee was faced with a language barrier. To overcome it, he learned the Japanese language at a local institution. Kee worked 3 jobs every day for 5 years, he was well known for sleeping 3 hours per day since he was young.…

Dazai Osamu

Dazai Osamu was born Tsushima Shuji in Aomori Prefecture. His father, Genemon, was a landlord. Osamu was born as the sixth son of the Tsushima family. Due to his mother being ill and his father busy working after his birth, he was raised by a nanny for a year before his aunt, Kie, took over until he…

Dear Miss Ostrich

6.5

An Yu Lu, a magazine editor who appears fashionable on the surface, is actually a 100% underachieving slob. Whenever problems arise, she often curls into a ball and avoids them. One day, the maid who usually cleans…

Goddesses in the Flames of War

6.5

A group of heroic women from various walks of life in a village near the Yangtze River stand up and confront Japanese invaders during WWII. The movie is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War to…

The Partner - Itoshiki Hyakunen no Tomo e

6.5

A story about the special friendship between Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro, which began 100 years ago when Chau went to Japan to seek support for Vietnam’s national independence movement.

Over 40 Billion Light Years to See You

6.6

It tells the story of Tang Meng Yan, a blue star woman 40 billion light-years away, who has conducted civilized exploration on the earth in accordance with the mission of the alien trade union for 100 years. When she…

Zinnia Flower

6.7

On the same day, in the same accident, Wei loses his pregnant wife and Ming her fiancé. In Buddhism, one is given 100 days to mourn for the dead. Like two mice lost in a labyrinth, Wei runs around in circles while…

The Quiz

6.7

“THE QUIZ” is based on Sugimoto Takashi’s novel, and the story revolves around 10 men and women who survived the preliminary round for a quiz show. Since the winner is supposed to receive the prize money of 100…

Raiders! Princess

6.7

Ah Yue wakes up in Princess Chu Zhao's body. A butterfly only she can see gives her a mission - making Shen Li appreciation of her reach 100. If she can't do it, she'll die. The problem is, thanks to the actual Princess…

Tales of Terror

6.4

An anthology series consisting of 20 short episodes released in the following order: >> Story 1: "The Elevator" (エレベーター) [Director: Shimizu Takashi] >> Story 2: "The School Excursion" (修学旅行) [Director:…

Shitsuren Hoken

6.7

In "Shitsuren Hoken," Furuta Arata (45) plays a gay Shinto priest nicknamed Torako, whose side business is selling "heartbreak insurance." Approved customers can pay 100 million yen for insurance against their love…