Chiba Yasuki

Though remembered largely for his inventive postwar shomin-geki, Chiba specialized initially in period films before achieving commercial success with such popular romances as Hideko the Cheerleader (Hideko no ōendanchō, 1940), a vehicle for the teenage Hideko Takamine. Among his wartime films, Women’s…

Lee Soo Bin

Lee Soo Bin is working as a composer for film scores and new music in Seoul, South Korea. In 2012, he debuted as a music director in the documentary , and has been participated in many films, including both short and long films since 2012. His representative works are , . Most of the films that he has…

Furuhata Yasuo

Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director, who won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for 'Poppoya'. A proficient commercial director, Furuhata made his debut with the youth film Bad Girl Yoko (Hikō shōjo Yōko, 1966), about a girl who, along with her boyfriend, escapes Japan by…

Shimizu Kei

Keita Shimizu, born in Uji, Kyoto, Japan, is simply known as Kei Shimizu. He is a Japanese comedian who is represented by the talent agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo. After graduating from Doshisha Kori Junior and Senior High School, he graduated from Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce by going on to internal…

Charles Tung

A native of Shanghai, Tung’s father Tung Ke Yi is a veteran cinematographer. The father and son moved to Hong Kong in the late 1940s for the film A Forgotten Woman, which marked the debut of Great Wall Pictures Corporation. Tung’s father was the cinematographer of the film while he became the assistant.…

Kadokawa Haruki

Kadokawa Haruki is a Japanese publisher, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He was the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa and inherited the position of president of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 1975. Under his guidance, the company soon branched into film production, and by 1994 Kadokawa had…

Yamanaka Sadao

Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…

Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

Hirayama Hideyuki

Hirayama has sustained parallel careers as a proficient craftsman of big-budget commercial entertainments and as an artist realizing small-scale, offbeat, and imaginative projects. After a long freelance apprenticeship to such directors as Jūzō Itami and Kichitarō Negishi, he made his debut, a comic…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Tempting Heart

7.1

When Nini gets her hands on what she thinks is a pebble, she decides to keep it and forgets about it. Little did she know it was actually a priceless rough diamond that belongs to a big mafia boss. When she starts…

Our Finest Hour

7.1

Once a professional Korean handball player, Mi-sook is now working in a retail store after her team disbanded. Hae-kyung, now playing as a coach for a handball team in Japan, returns to Korea to become the replacement…

Ruk Plik Lok

7.2

The millionaire Kittiput is handsome, charming and friendly. He's dating Saruda, a confident designer. Meanwhile, he starts to have feelings for Naweeya, his childhood friend. She is close to Partit, his rival and…

Qing Dynasty Detective

7.2

The 4th Prince joins hands with a detective to investigate a case that leads them on a treasure hunt. The story takes place during the 19th century in the context of the Opium War that has left the Qing Dynasty at…

Luk Tan Loy Kaew

7.3

Anawin is a handsome businessman who wants to win over Mintra, the self-assured editor of a girl magazine. He disguises himself to work in her house as a gardener and tries not to get caught. Gradually, Mintra falls…

Capturing Dad

7.3

Sawa (Makiko Watanabe) hands her daughters a camera and tells them that their estranged father is dying. She encourages them to meet with him and bring her back pictures. They set out on a journey that travels through…

Hero Dog Season 2

7.4

The story of handsome lifeguard Bao Yu and Meng Mei, owner of the Hero dog called Xiao Qi, who befriends and unites together to help small dogs.

Deru Toko Demasho!

6.9

A comedy drama about handsome young lawyer Nonaka and his young paralegal assistant Shizuka. A wealthy girl gone broke, Shizuka gets a part-time position at a private lawyer's office to earn money for herself. Though…

Goddess of Mercy

6.6

Yang Rui is a handsome Beijing executive who is bored with his easy life and numerous female conquests. He hears about a woman named He Yan Hong, who is from out of town, beautiful but mysterious and quite reclusive.…

Yawao to Katako

7.4

Koyanagi Rikuo is a handsome and intelligent lawyer. He is a type of "onee" who talks and behaves like a woman. In the past, he agonized over his gender identity and got hurt by people because of that. One day, Rikuo…