Kurihara Thomas

Thomas Kurihara, birth name Kisaburō Kurihara (栗原喜三郎), was born in Hadano, Kanagawa. Kurihara's father was a wood trader, but he failed in business. Kurihara went to United States and enrolled in a school for film actors in 1912. After graduation, working as an extra, he entered Oriental…

Li Tie

Lee became a director in 1936 with the crime thriller House Number 66 and made a name for himself the following year with Song of Life when the star of the film, Ng Chor Fan, was coined “King of Film” as a result of his role. Lee quickly earned a reputation as a dedicated and versatile director…

Rustica Carpio

Rustica Carpio is a Filipino actress, scholar, playwright, philanthropist, and former public servant. She was educated at the Philippine College of Commerce in Manila, now Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), where she finished an Associate degree in Commercial Science with honors. She then…

Kimura Kinka

His real name is Kinnosuke. He was born in Tokyo Iwato-cho (now Ushigome of Shinjuku-ku, Iwato-cho) and grew up in Shintomicho (now Chuo-ku Shintomi ). His father was the first member of the first Ichikawa Sandan troupe, and Kinnosuke also worked as a writer after serving as a child under the name of…

Ito Daisuke

Ito Daisuke was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. He is one of the famous directors who laid the foundation for historical films, and is also called the "father of historical films". After graduating from junior high school, he gave up going to school…

Dazai Osamu

Osamu Dazai was born Tsushima Shuji in Aomori Prefecture. His father, Genemon, was a landlord. Osamu was born as the sixth son of the Tsushima family. Due to his mother being ill and his father busy working after his birth, he was raised by a nanny for a year before his aunt, Kie, took over until he…

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…

Michelle Madrigal

Michelle Madrigal is a former Filipino actress who was active from 2004 to 2016. Madrigal started out as a contract star after participating in the Star Circle Quest (2004). She was cast in several shows, notably SCQ Reload and Spirits. In 2007, Madrigal transferred to GMA Network and was cast in Dyesebel.…

Yang Ji Won

Yang Ji Won is a South Korean singer, dancer, model, actress and former member of SPICA (스피카). She graduated from Pungmoon Girls' High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Theater from Dongguk University. In early 2007, she was originally set to debut as part of the five-member group…

John Lloyd Cruz

John Lloyd Cruz is a Filipino actor, model, and occasional TV host. He is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic, where he is an alumnus of Batch 5. In mid-2009, he shifted from his regular series of roles to a more controversial role in the film "In My Life", where he played a gay character. Cruz finished…

Tokyo Miracle City: Shinise - Tokyo's Time-Honored Businesses

In this fourth episode, we focus on Tokyo's "shinise" or long-established businesses. Tokyo is home to more than 3,000 shops and businesses with over a century of history. In the 20th century, Tokyo was razed to the…

Encounter With a Miracle. Close to Your Heart 3

What is a miracle? What kind of person met a miracle? To find out the truth, actress Rin Kijima and actor Ryoma Ichihara investigated more than 1,200 miraculous cases that actually happened and interviewed 50 people…

Can You Hear Me?

We meet the Kim Chang Ok we didn't know, off-stage. Who garnered 80 million accumulated views on Youtube, with 500 times a year, more than 2,000 hours, and over 7000 lectures in the past 19 years. Kim Chang Ok, a top…

The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin

3.0

In a shanty village located next to the US military base in Uijungbu City, lives a former US military camp town sex worker, Park In Seon. Having lived in the village for more than 40 years, In Seon feels uneasy after…

The Legend of Zhang Qian

6.2

In 139 BС Zhang Qian, official ambassador of Han Empire, led a diplomatic mission of more than 100 people to the Western Regions. One day Zhang and his guide Tang Yi were surveying a map as usual, but unexpectedly…

The Last Farewell

In Fangzhuang Village in the North China Plain lives a man named Fang Yuan, who was born deaf and mute. His father, Fang Lu Jun, who has been missing for more than ten years, is wanted for homicide and escape. With…

Target

Thirty years ago, Takashi Uemura wrote a couple of articles that changed his life. His report for the Asahi Shimbun on a former Korean comfort woman included her claims that she had been forced to sexually service…

Phony

6.9

Sunny, a young Asian American woman with anger management issues, returns home to the San Gabriel Valley seeking respite from her recent career failures -- but a simple grocery shopping trip with her mother may prove…

The Warring States Period

8.0

Shot in the format of a drama, it is the first documentary of its kind that explores a historical age in China more than 2,500 years ago. The documentary follows the heroic figures of the seven states Qi, Chu, Yan,…

Gold Dragon Mountain

The film depicts the massacre of civilians in Geumjeonggul Cave in Gyeonggido in October 1950. This massacre, in which more than 153 people were killed in a village by South Korean military and police, was compensated…