Watanabe Marina

Marina Watanabe was born and raised within the Tokyo area. It is said that her father named his daughter "Marina", an unusual name in Japan which comes from Latin because he enjoyed yachting. In 1986, she was discovered by star agents and subsequently passed her audition tests to become an idol in the…

Sugino Kiki

Kiki Sugino, born as Seo Yeong Hwa, is an actress and producer. Sugino was born in Hiroshima, Japan to Korean parents (Japanese-born Koreans are known in Japan as "Zainichi Koreans"). She made her debut as an actress in Korea in the 2005 film "One Shining Day". Kim Ki Duk cast her in a small role in…

Matsumoto Toshio

Toshio Matsumoto (松本 俊夫 Matsumoto Toshio) (March 25, 1932 – April 12, 2017) was a Japanese film director, a pioneer of avant-garde experimental movies, multimedia, and video in his homeland and abroad. Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955.…

Ahn Jung Hwan

Ahn Jung Hwan is a South Korean former football player and television personality. A former forward, he made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 FIFA World Cup second round and earning him dismissal from the Italian club Perugia. He also played…

Fujitani Ayako

At age 12, she won the Asian Beauty Contest, held in commemoration of the Japanese release of the film Police Story 3. At age 13 she became the sixth girl to lead the Mitsui ReHouse advertising campaign. This began her modeling career. She was featured regularly in magazines and television commercials.…

Hirayama Aya

Hirayama Aya, born January 13, 1984, is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys (2001), as well as appearing in two television programs in her native Japan, "Waratte Iitomo" and "Itsumo futari de". Aya was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara.…

Fujioka Hiroshi

Fujioka Kunihiro, better known by his stage name Fujioka Hiroshi, is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro. Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka,…

Park Jae Seok

Park Jae Seok is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of I.D and GOLDEN CHILD (골든차일드). He graduated from Namsung Middle School. He made his debut sometime in 2013 as part of I.D. The group did not receive much attention and promoted almost entirely in Japan. Sometime in 2014, the…

Tae Woong

Yukimoto Yasuo, known professionally by his Korean name Yoo Tae Woong, is a Japanese actor, singer, dancer and former member of SNUPER (스누퍼). Born in Japan, his father is Japanese, and his mother is South Korean, but the family wanted him to take the Korean name, and they moved to South Korea…

Sakamoto Mashiro

Sakamoto Mashiro, known simply as Mashiro, is a Japanese singer, dancer, former member of KEP1ER (케플러) and current member of MADEIN (메이딘 / メイディン, previously known as LIMELIGHT). Before debuting, she spent several years as a trainee at JYP Entertainment and Pledis. She participated…

Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season

In 2006, Tokyo Jujutsu High School buzzes with the energy of two prodigious sorcerers, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, whose friendship is as strong as their abilities. Confident in their power as Special Grade sorcerers,…

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2

The chaotic and hilarious adventures of Iori Kitahara continue in the second season of *Grand Blue Dreaming*. Freshman year at university was just the beginning as Iori and his eccentric diving club friends dive headfirst…

Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2

The final battle for humanity's survival reaches its climax as Eren Yeager and the Survey Corps launch a desperate mission to reclaim Wall Maria. Their goal is to push back the Titans and secure the secrets hidden…

Searching for Onoda

In 1974, Japanese World War II officer Onoda Hiroo made international headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle, claiming not to know the war was over. He returned to Japan and was hailed as a national hero.…

Legend of the Double Dragons

7.0

In 1937, a Japanese organization was on a secret mission to obtain "Jing Tai Shuang Long," a pair of valuable vases made during the Qing dynasty. When its mission became known to the Chinese government, the descendant…

Songjiang Godfather

In the 1930s, Japan was looking to expand its commercial activities in mainland China in the Songjiang, Henan area. At this time, Japanese capitalists continued to gather, and Japanese spy organizations often went…

Morning Glory

In 1950, the Chinese government received 969 Japanese war criminals and 93 Manchukuo war criminals extradited by the Soviet Union. Under the personal arrangement and deployment of Mao Ze Dong and Zhou En Lai, the people's…

Hanbando

6.9

"Hanbando" begins with the hypothetical premise that Japan will emerge in the near future as the main opponent of the unification of North and South Korea. It also criticizes Japan's historical distortions of its rule…

Koo Gum

7.5

Set in 1939, during World War II, when the Japanese Empire sent troops to Siam (Thailand) as part of their greater plan; the story depicts the star-crossed romance between Kobori, an Imperial Japanese Navy officer…

Dead to Rights

7.9

In 1937, during the Nanjing Massacre, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer to save his life. He developed photos for the Japanese army and took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, making the…