Julian Gaertner

Award-winning, German-born actor Julian Gaertner, is known for his television and film appearances in Asia and Europe. He stands for bringing cultures closer together. Gaertner has distinguished himself as a multitalented actor, bringing both superior martial arts and language expertise to films including…

Somai Shinji

Shinji Somai was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000. Somai was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, and was brought up in Hokkaido. He began his career in 1975 as an assistant director with Nikkatsu Co., one of Japan's leading film production companies, after he dropped…

Frankie Chan

Frankie Chan Fan Kei is a Hong Kong-born Chinese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer. Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's 'The Prodigal Son', in which he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel. Chan has starred…

Josephine Siao

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong was born as Siao Liang in Luzhi in Suzhou, Jiangsu. At the age of two, she was brought to Hong Kong by her parents. Siao's first movie appearance was at age six, and she became one of the biggest teen idols in Hong Kong during the late 1960s, along with frequent co-star Connie…

Andy Hui

Andy Hui Chi-On (born 12 August 1967) is a Hong Kong singer and film actor. Hui was the First Runner-up in the 5th Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1986. Hui has appeared in about 25 films, and currently, his popularity is fluctuating with the moderate success of both his onscreen performances and…

Shimura Takashi

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…

Ogawa Tomoko

Ogawa Tomoko is a Japanese actress born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. When she was a child, her family moved to Tokyo and she attended Kitaku Public Prince Elementary School. She also studied ballet while being part of the Toei Young Actor's Group. She made her acting debut in 1960 by appearing in…

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Germaine De Leon

Germaine was born in San Francisco, CA. He moved to Los Angeles as a teenager, and with a friend's encouragement began studying with acting teacher Lorrie Hull. This quickly lead to him doing a string of art house films--a time Germaine considers one of the happiest and most exciting of his life. At…

Hei Mei

Hei Mei is a Chinese actress born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. In 1988, she graduated from Qingdao Conservatory of Music. Because of her dark skin tone when young, she was nicknamed "Hei Mei", which she later adopted as her stage name. At the end of 1988, she won third prize in the National 20 Cities…

Shizukana Ayashii Gogo ni

Collection of three short films. "Suika o Katta"「スイカを買った」a monochrome animation film without any sound effects and dialogues that pictures a boy who went to buy a watermelon. "Gaku no Ehon"「ガクの絵本」tells…

Tomorrow's Sun

6.7

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seem to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time. (Source: Letterboxd)

Men in Blank

This March's show "fills the blank in guys' mind and puts men and women on the same page", so there is a discussion on various issues and it is shared the perspective of their respective gender in order to help connect…

Da Shi Jie Niu Dan Ji

7.1

The vast world encompasses everything, with fourteen short films, fourteen social aspects, and fourteen fearless expressions of surprise and freshness. Everything is filmable. The gashapon machine is filled with infinite…

Judai no Seiten

A group of high school students deal with their sexual heartaches and difficulties in growing up and accepting the adult world. Everything is even more complicated and magnified for Eiko, a Christian girl who has a…

Moonless Dawn

6.9

Moonless Dawn follows three junior high school students in the midst of such difficulties. Kou is adrift in life, with no sense of purpose or direction, Yuka fills the void inside her by dating strangers she meets…

Zhi Yin

During the Xinhai period, Japan forced Yuan Shi Kai to sign the treasonous “Twenty-One Demands.” Ignoring public opposition, Yuan Shi Kai yielded and signed the agreement, triggering a nationwide wave of anti-Japanese…

October Rumbles

A newly-created commission in conjunction with the Third Realm exhibition (2019), October Rumbles is a poignant response to this time of global crisis. It is a part of a series of films that document home and the rain…

Vestige

10.0

It is an omnibus of two shorts by directors Kim Jon Kwan and Jang Kun Jae, which both lead to making a feature film. In part 1, director Kim depicts a shabby middle-aged woman wandering into an abandoned house at the…

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010

7.4

Movie War 2010 is split into three parts. The Kamen Rider Decade portion of the film is titled Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story. It follows the series cliffhanger ending at the climax of the Rider War. The film is…