Ichikawa Ennosuke IV

The fourth generation Ichikawa Ennosuke is Kinoshi Takahiko. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, as the eldest son of Ichikawa Danshiro IV. His uncle is the famous Ichikawa Ennosuke III, father of the actor Kagawa Teruyuki. He graduated from Keio University in 1998 with specialization in Japanese literature.…

Okada Tokihiko

Okada Tokihiko was an actor in the Taisho and early Showa eras born in Miyamoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He entered Zushi Kaisei Junior High School with outstanding results, but was impressed by the "Broken Coin" he saw at the movie theater in Ise Sakicho, and went to Asakusa Rokuku without studying. He…

Chow Kwun Ling

She may have sung Cantonese opera as well as any Hong Kong diva, but Chow Kwun Ling was 100 percent American. Born in Hawaii and raised in California, Chow learned opera from an early age and performed in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and other west coast communities...Chow and Wong moved back to…

Otaki Hideji

Hideji Otaki was a Japanese actor. After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television work from the 1970s, but he also appeared in many films, especially those of Juzo Itami. His last film, Anata e,…

Woo Seung Yeon

Woo Seung Yeon was a South Korean model and actress. She became known in 2005 after being selected as one of the 5th generation Ulzzangs on Daum's "Best Nine" Ulzzang café and worked as a model for several fashion magazines. She then transitioned to acting and made her debut in 2007 with a minor role…

Wu Pong Fong

Wu Pong Fong was a Taiwanese actor. He has won three Golden Bell Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for "Mark of the Kapok Tree", "The Roar", and "Undercurrent". In 2010, he won a Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actor for "Seven Days in Heaven". In the early morning…

Shimizu Hiroshi

Shimizu Hiroshi was a Japanese film director active during the Taisho and Showa periods in Japan. He was born in Nishiwataru, Yama-ka, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. Due to his parents' strained relationship, he was raised by his grandfather at his mother's family home upstream of the Tenryu River. His father…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Yamaguchi Tatsuya

Under Johnny's and Associates. And a part of the band TOKIO which debuted 1994, joined TOKIO 1989 and is the band's bassist. He married a former model Yuko Yamaguchi in March 2008. On 5 August 2016, he announced that they had divorced. On 25 April 2018, news broke that Yamaguchi had been referred to…

Nakamura Kankuro VI

The 6th generation Nakamura Kankuro is Namino Masayuki. Namino Masayuki, born October 31, 1981, in Tokyo, is a Japanese Kabuki, television and film actor. He is the eldest son of actor Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII and brother to Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Namino Masayuki made his first appearance on stage…

Crazy Foolish Thieves

8.0

With no hope of settling a $500,000 debt, Hong Kong mobster Lok takes refuge in the mainland at the home of friend Xiaobao. A huge fan of gangster movies, Xiaobao yearns for fame and has aspirations of becoming a triad…

Hawthorn Tree Forever

Set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s, Hawthorn Tree Forever follows an introverted high school girl, who is sent down to a small village to write teaching material. Taking lodge at the home…

Kariya Keibu Series 14: Kyoto Belly Dance Satsujin Jiken

Inspector Kariya challenges the mystery of serial murders that occur in the world of Hanayagi in Kyoto. A popular Kabuki actor was poisoned and killed at his home. Then, a geisha who was allegedly in a romantic relationship…

The Down

7.7

A well-known Thai writer/publisher Nong Wongthanong travelled to Italy last year. During the trip he saw several people with Down syndrome living a normal life, mingling with “ordinary” people in society. He looks…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 18

Near Chigo-ga-ike in Kyoto, the strangled body of reporter Takada is discovered in a river. It appears he was killed elsewhere and thrown off a bridge. Meanwhile, at the home of Tadataka, head of the Tanmasu-ryu ikebana…

Dobutsu Byoin Doctor Hanako no Satsujin Chart! … Shimatachi Aiken Dokosai Satsujin

Yamaki Hanako, a single veterinarian who has passed 40, is the director of "Hachimaki Animal Hospital", following her father's footsteps at her parents' home in the downtown area where she was born and raised. She…

Onna Kazoku

Three sisters of the Fujieda family return to a mountain village where patriarchal traditions remain in place. Their mother and grandmother welcome them home at a time when a festival will take place. This is a festival…