Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Sugiyama Tokuko

Sugiyama Tokuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She graduated from Jissen Girls' School and initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in the advertising department at Chiba Shimbun. In 1946, she joined Toho's New Face program and trained at the Academy of Stage Arts. She became a member…

Shimojo Masami

Shimojo Masami was a Japanese actor born in Busan, South Korea, to parents from Iki, Nagasaki, Japan. He graduated from Busan First Commercial School and lived in Busan until age 20 before moving to Tokyo to pursue a career as a film director. In 1936, he joined the Shinkyo Theatre Company and debuted…

Nishimura Kyotaro

Nishimura Kyotaro, real name Kihachiro Yajima was born in Ebara- machi, Ebara-gun, Tokyo (currently Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo ). Mostly known from his detective stories. He has written 619 original works as of March 2019. He also used the pseudonyms Shunsuke Kurokawa and Kyo Nishizaki. He died on March 3,…

Ishidate Tetsuo

Ishidate Tetsuo was a Japanese actor born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a 13th gen member of the Haiyuza Theater Company and a member of the Bungakuza Theater Company, he made a big break in the 1970 TV drama "Oku-sama wa 18-sai". He starred in a number of family dramas in…

Nakajima Hiroko

Nakajima Hiroko is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She belongs to MR. She debuted in 1989 at the age of 17 with "Music Box". She starred in "The Cherry Orchard" in 1990 and won various movie awards such as the 14th Japan Academy Award for Newcomer Actor.

Sasaki Sumie

Sasaki was born on June 22, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. She has a younger brother and sister. In 1951, she married journalist Akira Aoki. The two remained married until Aoki's death of lung cancer in 2003. In 1951, Sasaki joined a theater troupe and acted in her first play, Sono Imoto. She won an award for…

Yamada Yoji

Yamada Yoji is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, and Love and Honor). He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the…

Eric Tsang

Eric Tsang Chi Wai is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host. Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "The Prize Master". In his youth, Eric was a Hong Kong professional soccer player. Tsang's father, Tsang Kai Wing,…

Ryu Chishu

Ryu Chishu was a Japanese actor born in Tamamizu, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His family resided in Ryojoji Temple, which belonged to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect, where his father served as a priest. He graduated from Tamamizu Elementary School and then from Tamana Junior High School. Following this,…

A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky

A self-documentary by a multiple award-winning filmmaker Kana Tomoko who enters the evacuation zone in the aftermath of Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown accident. Alternatively, she finds out about her pregnancy…

The Verse of Us

This documentary film follows the lives of workers behind the rise of Chinese manufacturing. An assembly line worker in an Apple factory who commits suicide at the young age of 24, leaving behind 200 poems of despair-"I…

Masterpiece of Generation

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In this day and age when so many young people are without jobs and small business owners are losing ground every day, there are people with stories that we must pay attention to. These stories are about excellent craftsmanship…

Tasha Tudor: A Still Water Story

Documentary exploring the lifestyle of the great American illustrated book author Tasha Tudor, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 92. Directed by Matsutani Mitsue, who documented Tasha's final years. Living in the…

Hologram Universe

In 1991, Kim Yong Deok made a debut as a folk duo, 16 years age gap, with his 16 years younger brother Yong Su. Though they gained popularity with unique lyrical melody and forthright lyrics, people forgot them as…

Inland Sea

Wai-chan is one of the last remaining fishermen of Ushimado, a small village in Seto Inland Sea, Japan. At the age of 86, he still fishes alone on a small boat to make his living, dreaming about retirement. Kumi-san…

Masako, mon ange

Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who…

The Girl Princes

This is the story of women who chose to be princes themselves rather than wait for their princes. During the 1950s, a type of Korean musical with an all-female cast called Female Gukgeuk enjoyed a golden age in Korea.…

Calling 4

An altar was set up in a church in Seoul in 2010. Jo Tae Hwan, a missionary 44 of age who served his duty in The Philippines is shot dead by an assailant. Those who remember him send him off in tears. The Arenda Village…

Book Paper Scissors

Kikuchi Nobuyoshi has devoted his life to books. Over the course of his career, he has designed more than 15,000 book covers. Even in the digital age, he still works with a ruler, scissors, and pencils, creating unique…