The Awful Truth

As China fell into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world: gold and American dollars. This is a story that shows how…

Dororo

7.2

The hero, Hyakkimaru is a wandering "demon hunter" whose extra body parts - 48 to be exact - were grafted onto his head and trunk by a herb doctor who discovered him as an infant, in a process that echoes "Frankenstein"…

Osaka Kanjousen Part 2

7.2

Where there are people, there is a district. Trains connect district to district. The train stops at stations, creating encounters between people at the stations and that is where love is born. This is a 10-part omnibus…

Haruko no Ningyo

7.1

In the early days of the Showa era in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture a newborn baby is abandoned with a doll under the eaves of a merchant house along the pilgrimage route in Shikoku. It seems to be a pilgrim struggling…

Osaka Kanjousen Part 1

6.6

Where there are people, there is a district. Trains connect district to district. The train stops at stations, creating encounters between people at the stations and that is where love is born. This is a 10-part omnibus…

Written

5.8

'A' wakes up in a tub, and realizes one of his kidneys stolen. While he is trying to find his missing organ, he meets a writer and learns that he is a just a character of an unfinished film and he will meet an actor…

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

9.5

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film…

Saotome Chiharu no Tenjo Hokoku-sho 8: Nikko Kinugawa Yukemuri Tour Satsujin Jiken

The series of this work, which recorded a high audience rating of 17.3%, is in Nikko Kinugawa. The guests of the matchmaking tour held there are killed one after another. Who is the culprit? For what purpose does the…

People's Hero

6.8

Two youths concoct a disorganised plan to rob a thriving inner-city bank. This plan is poorly executed, though, and a security guard is wounded in an ensuing shoot-out. Little do these youngsters know that among the…

Natsume Masako

Raised in Naka-ku, Yokohama, while in junior college in 1976 she auditioned for the lead in Nihon TV's "Ai Ga Miemasu Ka?". Chosen from 4,000 applicants, she dropped out of school to pursue an acting career, playing the part under her real name Odate Masako. Masako's mother initially objected to her…

Real Florido

Real S. Florido is an independent film director in the Philippines and Mass Communications graduate from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. His indie film Saan Nagtatago si Happiness? was one of the eight finalists in the 2006 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. A year earlier, he was…

Landy Wen

Wen Lan, born Tseng Wen Lan (曾温嵐) in Jianshi, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and also known by her aboriginal name Yungai Hayung, is an indigenous Taiwanese R&B singer and actress of Atayal descent. She graduated from the Film and Drama Department of Youth High School (青年高中). In 1997, Wen Lan participated…

Henny Savenije

Henny Savenije was Dutch and met his Korean wife in the Netherlands more than 20 years ago. They endured both Cultural differences and Economic difficulties. This became more and more difficult and his wife became homesick and so they moved their family to Korea. A family of four, they have 2 sons.…

Tamaki Hiroshi

Tamaki Hiroshi, born in Nagoya, is a Japanese actor represented by Aoi Corporation. His wife is actress Kinami Haruka, his sister-in-law is actress Kinami Sayaka, and his cousin is comedian Capybara. When he was in his third year of junior high, he was influenced by the drama "Wakamono no Subete" to…

Tezuka Mai

Tezuka Mai has two parents in the acting business. Shinozuka Masaru (father) and Asaka Mayumi (mother). In addition to her appearances in movies and dramas, she has made several appearances in music videos. Including Hata Motohiro's Hatsukoi (2013), Bonnie Pink's Is This Love? (2010), Kim Jeong-hoon's…

Komada Koyo

Born in Osaka on July 1, 1877 (Meiji 10) . He stow-awayed to the United states only return home and needy after two months, he then moved to Tokyo, Kyobashi Ward (now Tokyo Chuo-ku Kyobashi) and became a clerk at the advertising agency " Hiromeya " in Tokyo . On February 21, 1897 (Meiji 30) , Kazuichi…

Jeon Won Woo

Jeon Won Woo, known mononymously as Wonwoo, is a South Korean singer, dancer, model, and member of SEVENTEEN (세븐틴). He graduated from Seoul Performing Arts High School and is enrolled in the K-Pop program at Hanyang University. He became a trainee under Pledis Entertainment (플레디스 엔터테인먼트)…

Ruco Chan

Chan began a romantic relationship with Miss Asia winner Eunis Yiu in 2008. They broke up in 2010. In the next few years, there were rumours of Chan dating actresses, but none have resulted in quite as much media attention as his Brother's Keeper and All That is Bitter is Sweet partner Linda Chung and…

Li Bing Bing

Li had no intention of becoming an actress initially and enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers. However, upon graduation, she discovered her interest in acting and was eventually persuaded by a friend to join the Shanghai Drama Institute in 1993 Her film debut was Zhang…