Noguchi Hisamitsu

Noguchi Hisamitsu was a Japanese film, jazz, and musical critic born in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. He was also a painter and graphic designer. He is said to have painted over 1000 movie posters in his lifetime. In 1933, he graduated from the Design Department of the Crafts Department of Tokyo…

Mizunoya Kiyomi

Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…

Fujiyama Ichiro

Fujiyama Ichiro was a Japanese singer, vocalist, composer, and conductor born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, He graduated from Tokyo Music School. He was active as a tenor national singer and popular singer with the orthodox vocal technique, singing method, anf music theory cultivated at Tokyo Music School,…

Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Kojima Yoyo

Kojima Yoyo, born Kojima Masaji (小島正次), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and opera singer. He began his career in Asakusa opera and Shinpai before moving into film acting. Born in Okachimachi, Shitaya, Tokyo, he attended Urawa Junior High School in Saitama and later enrolled in the Tokyo Music…

Aono Hirayoshi

Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Azabu-ku, Roppongi (now Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi). His birthplace had the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Aono Sohonpo", and the popular product "Umochi" was also made by Aono's suggestion "a confectionery that can be eaten in the dressing room without…

Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Pepe Diokno

Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno is a Filipino motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. His debut film, Engkwentro premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and received the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize. He has since produced…

Yamamuro Ko

Yamamuro Ko, born Nishimori Takashige (西森高茂), was a Japanese actor from Kochi, Japan. He graduated from Kochi Castle East Commercial School. In 1927, he joined the Nikkatsu Daishogun Studio under the stage name Murakami Eiji ((村上英二), occasionally working under his real name. In 1933,…

Hayasaka Fumio

Hayasaka Fumio is a Japanese composer born in the city of Sendai on the main Japanese island of Honshū. In 1918, Hayasaka and his family moved to Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaidō. In 1933, Hayasaka and Akira Ifukube organized the New Music League, which held a new music festival the year…

Iari: Mienai Kao

7.5

After the death of university professor Hirokawa Seiji's wife, an unknown woman visits their house, asking if his wife is at home, only to disappear when he opens the door. Shortly after, the university president dies…

Pin Anong

7.6

Yai causes the death of his stepmother's lover and runs away from his farm to comeback later after his father's death in order to get his inheritance and get revenge...he falls for innocent Pin, the daughter of his…

The Debut

7.7

After the death of a Newtype member, Fame auditions for the idol group to uncover the truth about her sister Farn's death, a former member. Transforming from a rock girl to fit Newtype with Kla's help, Fame discovers…

Cherry Blossoms after Winter

7.7

After the death of his parents, seven-year-old Seo Hae Bom moves in with an adoptive family and meets their son, Cho Tae Seong, who he admires for being everything he's not. As they grow older and end up in the same…

The Giver

7.8

After the sudden death of their parents, siblings Tailah and Fahrung's lives are turned upside down. Struggling to get by, Tailah gets involved with Hiran, the son of a powerful businessman who uses his money and power…

Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Mind Reader

7.8

After the mysterious death of his mother, forensic science grad student Qin Ming travels to his mother’s hometown to investigate. Arriving in Longfan City earlier than anticipated, Qin Ming inadvertently finds himself…

Jazz for Two

7.8

After the death of his genius jazz pianist older brother, Han Tae I loses his will to live. He finds transfer student Yun Se Heon, who plays jazz reminiscent of his brother, to be an unwelcome presence. Se Heon also…

We Are Brothers

7.5

After their father's death, Sang Yeon and Ha Yeon were separated in childhood at an orphanage, after their mother placed them for adoption because she couldn't care for them. 30 years later, a TV show hears their story…

After the Storm

7.4

After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence…

ABO Desire

7.8

On the edge of death, Sheng Shao You meets someone who seems like his exact type: a delicate white lotus kind of beauty, the kind you'd want to pluck, keep in a vase, and admire forever. But turns out, this boy isn't…