Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Hanabu Tatsuo

Hanabu Tatsuo was born in Fukugawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (now Koto Ward, Tokyo). He is best known for being an actor that largely appeared in supporting roles in jidaigeki dramas. In 1930, he entered Tokyo Prefectural Third Middle School (currently Ryogoku High School, Tokyo) as a first-year student…

Hamahata Kenkichi

Hamahata Kenkichi was anactor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School and dropped out of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokai University. He is affiliated with Office Miyamoto. He was a graduate of the 15th class of the Haiyuza Theater Company's training…

Imamura Genpei

Imamura Genpei was born Onodera Yukio on June 15, 1910 in Kaminarimon, Asakusa, Tokyo (now know Taito, Tokyo). He used a variety of kanji for his stage name during his career. He belonged to Empire Kinema, Shinko Kinema, Yoshimoto Kogyo, and Moulin Rouge Shinjukuza and presided over the Imamurahara…

Ichikawa Utaemon

Ichikawa Utaemon was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Makino Shozo. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Bando…

Shimazu Yasujiro

Shimazu Yasujiro was a Japanese director. He was one of the major creators of the Shoshimingeki genre (films depicting the lower middle classes) at the Shochiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shochiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began…

Shu Pei Pei

Shu Pei Pei was born in Shanghai as the first child of her parents from Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Shu came to Hong Kong with her mother and siblings at the age of 10. Despite her humble origins, Shu had a chance to learn ballet and singing during childhood. In 1966, Shu became the first runner-up in…

Yamaji Fumiko

Yamaji Fumiko was an actress, businessman, and social entrepreneur from Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. In 1930, while attending Mori High School, she was elected to Miss Kobe sponsored by the Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. She joined the company and made her movie debut with "The Rebellious Child…

Choi Moo Ryong

Choi Moo Ryong was born in Paju, Gyeonggi province, Korea. He was one of the popular actors of the 1960s, along with Shin Young Kyun and Kim Jin Kyu. Choi gained popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered…

Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

The Last Leaf

An omnibus film of three O.Henry's short stories: 1. The Act of Love: Chun Shik and Mi Hye are art students who are faced with financial difficulties when their grants dry up. Each gives up school to help the other.…

Good Windy Day

7.0

Three friends, Deok Bae, Chun Shik, and Kil Nam, work each at a suburban Chinese restaurant, a barbershop, and a motel. The three friends are clueless about their future. They just share drinks and love stories. Kil…

P.A. Private Actress

7.0

Born of an actress mother and a mystery father, Shio is a high school student with a very unique side job. For a fee, she will take on the persona of anyone she is requested to portray...the supposedly dead daughter…

The New Women Who Slept With Bubble

~~ Adapted from the novel "Women Who Slept with the Bubble" (バブルと寝た女たち) by Ieda Shoko (家田荘子).

Koko ni Irukoto

6.7

After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again. (Source: TMDb)

The Women Who Slept With IT Bubble

~~ Adapted from the novel "Women Who Slept with the Bubble" (バブルと寝た女たち) by Ieda Shoko (家田荘子).

Manpuku Shoujo Dragonet

8.4

Maya, Mei, and Ryuna Shino are detectives who work at the detective office of Tokuko Shijo, girls aunt. At the same time, the girls helps with their parents, Chinese restaurant. But no one knows, they all are descendants…

The Eight Masters

6.8

Rescued from his house as a child and sent to the Shaolin Temple, Chu Shiao Chieh learns the martial arts and the virtues of patience and mercy. Upon reaching manhood, Chu sets out to reunite with his blind mother…

Red Shoes

A middle-aged detective, Jang Jung Hwan, saves Yong Shik, deaf and dumb, falling from a high building in the site of construction. Yon Shik has grown up in adverse circumstances. Jang takes him to his house. Yong Shik…

Nuke Mairu - Onna 3-nin Ise Mairi

7.2

Ino, the daughter of a restaurant owner; Shika, the beautiful, dignified wife of a samurai; and Chou, the proprietress of a sundries shop were the ultimate trio of Bakurocho in Edo in their youth. Now they are all…