Water Margin Heroes: Lei Heng and Zhu Tong

8.0

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)

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…

Sangaku Mystery 3

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).

Konyoku Rotenburo Renzoku Satsujin 18

Kangofu Tantei Toda Ayuko 2: Shi no Tanjo Party

~~ Adapted from the story "Shi no Tanjo Party" (死の誕生パーティー), within the novel "Satsujin Yokoku wa Redial" (殺人予告はリダイヤル) by Yamamura Misa (山村美紗).

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)

Onna no Ie

Kyoko Ariga who lives in a small apartment with her mother-in-law Shino, and with her dead husband son Takumi, which he has with his ex-wife, dream of owning their own house. Soon, her college friend Hiroshi Hadano,…

Horobi no Monokuromu

Advertising agency worker , gets a reel for fly fishing in the antique market. The seller, give him an old 16mm film as a bonus. Men decided to use the video for a commercial, but it uncovered the past that was sealed…

Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

Akane Hotaru

Akane Hotaru, also known as Akizuki Anna and Hotaru, was a Japanese actress, HIV/AIDS activist, and AV idol. She was active in many media formats in Japan including mainstream theatrical film and was a popular blogger. She retired from AV work in 2008. Akane was discovered collapsed at home on August…

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…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Hino Michio

Hino Michio was a Japanese actor born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. He graduated from Hokkaido Hakodate Chuo High School and was affiliated with Imura Pro. After junior high school, he joined the Shinkyo Theater Company and later became a member of the Actor’s Studio Theater Company, participating in the…

Kataoka Chiezo

Kataoka Chiezo was a Japanese period drama star, who was active before and after the war. He is considered one of the six big stars in Japanese period dramas. After the war, he became an executive star of Toei and remained a front-line star until his death. His eldest son Motoharu and his daughter Chie…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Yamaguchi Takehisa

Yamaguchi Tomoyuki, better known under his stage name Yamaguchi Takehisa, and also known as Yamaguchi Akira and Yamaguchi Satoru, was a Japanese actor. While still in high school, he passed an audition for Shintoho and made his debut as an actor in the 1960s. He passed away from liver cancer on April…

Kobayashi Asao

Japanese actor. Well known for his role of Hyō Asao (VulPanther) in Taiyō Sentai Sun Vulcan. On 28 December 1982, less than a year after Sun Vulcan ended, Kobayashi's co-star Kishida Shin (Arashiyama Daizaburō) died of esophageal cancer, aged 43. Asao Kobayashi was so overcome by the shock of Kishida’s…