Monkey Kung Fu

6.9

A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist. (Source: Letterboxd)

Kung Fu of Seven Steps

A ruthless white-haired general intends to take over a small town with the help of his "Five Hands Gang". (Source: IMDb)

New Shaolin Boxers

International favorite Alexander Fu Sheng cemented his stardom in this, the fourth film in his esteemed director's "Shaolin" series. Fu gives both a great dramatic and kung-fu performance as an honorable carriage driver…

Lady Exterminator

After a sudden spike of supply into the drug ridden streets, a staunch anti-narcotics cop hellbent on disrupting the flow of drugs beyond the Golden Triangle recruits the help of an attractive young ex-convict to infiltrate…

Karate Bearfighter

6.7

Based on the true-life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae Dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan. Young karate prodigy Oyama denounces martial arts after…

The Notorious Bandit

The violent tale of an undercover agent's mission to topple a Chinese opium ring that is headed by a ruthless kingpin known only as "The Tongfather." (Source: IMDB)

Daimon: Otoko de Shinitai

4.0

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival…

Mismatched Nose

6.3

Two ruined, old adversaries meet in a rehab center and reassess the conflict that dominated their lives since the Korean War. One man is a former cop and the other is a former communist guerrilla. The film flashes…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 14

4.0

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Totsugawa Police Department" (十津川警部シリーズ) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

The Crossing 2

7.4

A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Based on the sinking of the steamer "Taiping" in 1949. The…

Shin Seong Hoon

Shin Seong Hoon was a South Korean singer and actor turned director. He made his debut in 2002 as a solo artist with the album "Blood", but he was not successful. The following year, he joined the boy group MAX (맥스), but they quickly disbanded after failing to gain any recognition. He also became…

Oki Masaya

Oki Masaya was a Japanese actor from Oita Prefecture. Beppu City. He graduated from Oita City Oji Junior High School and high school. He belonged to JK Planning. One day, he was scouted by a customer and became a model for a fashion magazine, but because it was a one-off job, he continued to work as…

Ohkawa Hashizo II

Ohkawa Hashizo was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred Jidaigeki films from 1955 to 1967. Born in Tokyo, the son of a Yanagibashi geisha, he was soon adopted by the Ono family. His adoptive father was a kabuki actor named Ichikawa Takinoyo II, who trained him in dance and kabuki…

Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

Kwak Ji Gyun

Kwak Jung Gyun, later legally changed to Kwak Ji Gyun, was a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Daejeon High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Film from Seoul College of the Arts. He entered the entertainment industry in 1980 as an assistant director and…

Ishihara Yujiro

Yujiro grew up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in Otaru, Hokkaido, and in Zushi, Kanagawa. His father, an employee of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was from Ehime Prefecture, and his mother was from Miyajima, Hiroshima. Yujiro attended Otaru Fuji Kindergarten and then Otaru City Inaho Elementary School. During his…

Tanaka Noboru

Tanaka Noboru was a Japanese film director known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe (aka Sada Abe: Docu-Drama) (1975), Watcher in the Attic (1976), and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977), all three starring Nikkatsu…

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…

Uehara Ken

Uehara Ken was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He was born to wealthy, well-connected parents. He graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was first recognized for his musical talents and handsome appearance. Uehara joined Shochiku in 1935, debuting…

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…