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Okawa Hiroshi
Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…
Higashi Yoichi
Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…
Ikenami Shotaro
Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…
J.Heart
Kwon Jae Hwan, known professionally as J.Heart, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, producer and former member of N-SONIC (엔소닉). He graduated from Yongin University. Before debuting, he spent time as a trainee at SM Entertainment. He made his debut in October 2011 as the group's leader…
Adachi Masao
Adachi’s career testifies to the opportunities which “pink” cinema provided for the expression of dissident attitudes. He had achieved notice as a student filmmaker collaborating on such creative experimental films as The Lacquered Bowl (Wan, 1961), a tragedy set in an isolated village. From 1966…
Rainie
Chu Ching Yu, known professionally as Rainie, is a Taiwanese singer, dancer, former member of BUGABOO (버가부; stylized as bugAboo), and current member of PRIMROSE (프림로즈). She is on a leave of absence from Janggyeong High School. She made her debut in October 2021 as BUGABOO's lead vocalist…
Park Sang Woo
Park Sang Woo is a South Korean singer, home shopping host and former member of BOHEMIAN (보헤미안). He made his debut in 2008 with the single album "I Love You Noona", but it was not very successful. He then began singing OSTs and also appeared in some seasons of "SNL Korea". He then convinced…
Yamazaki Toyoko
Yamazaki Toyoko was an acclaimed Japanese novelist. She was mostly famous for her Showa era based business, political, and social themed serial novels. Yamazaki was born in Senba, Minami-ku (now part of Chuo-ku), Osaka, to a family of long-established kelp business called Oguraya Yamamoto. After graduating…
Kang Yae Bin
Kang Yae Bin, formerly known as Rena, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of PRISTIN (프리스틴) and HINAPIA (희나피아). She graduated from Seoul Performing Arts High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Broadcasting Entertainment from Dongduk Women's University. She…
Jang Min Ho
Jang Ho Geun, known professionally as Jang Min Ho, is a South Korean singer and former member of U-BES (유비스) and BARAM (바람). He graduated from Incheon Daegun High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film Studies from Chungbu University and a master's degree in Performing…
