Wu Chia Hsiang

Wu Chia Hsiang was a Hong Kong actor born in Beijing to wealthy bureaucrat parents. His future in textiles had already been mapped for him at an early age by his father. However, when the Sino-Japanese War broke out after the 1937 Marco Polo Bridge incident, his patriotism led him to join the army –…

Betty Ting Pei

Born in Taiwan, Betty comes from a family of three generations of doctors and also has eminent historical figures as relatives in her ancestral Beijing, China. On her father's side, her uncle was Zhang Xue Liang, the general of the National Revolutionary Army in the 1920s, while her mother was descended…

Kataoka Ichitaro

Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO.…

Song Yang

Song Yang was born in Zhangjiakou. Studied at Meiji Primary School, Meiji Middle School, City No. 1 Middle School, and graduated from Beijing Broadcasting Institute. Won the first prize of the Second National Story King Selection Invitational Competition, and was honored with the second prize of the…

Katsuragi Yoko

She was born in Yotsuya (now known as Shinjuku), Tokyo on April 6, 1930. In 1946, she graduated from Kojimachi Women's Commercial School in Tokyo (currently the Tokyo Shiba Commercial High School) and joined the Shochiku Opera Company after the war. In 1948, she caught the eye of Kinoshita Keisuke and…

Petchara Chaowarat

Petchara Chaowarat is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborate hairstyles. Her first film and starring role was in Banthuk Rak Pimchawee (Love Diary of Pimchawee), in 1961.…

Ba Jin

Ba Jin, pseudonym of Li Yaotang, was one of most important and well-respected writers of the twentieth century in China. He was born in Chengdu, Sichuan in 1904, but lived in Shanghai for most of his adult life before his death in 2005. Ba Jin was prolific, publishing 14 short story collections, 19…

Pao Hsueh Li

Pao Hsueh Li was born in 1936 in Nanjing and moved to Taiwan in 1949. Upon graduation, he worked his way up from technician in a studio film processing lab to assistant cinematographer and cinematographer on numerous Taiwanese dialect films. In 1966, Shaw Brothers director Lo Chen engaged him to serve…

Newton Lai

Newton Lai was a Hong Kong film and television actor, whose career spanned 1978 to 2013. In 1978, Lai began his career by appearing a series of martial arts films created by the Feng Huang Motion Picture Company. He moved to television in 1980 when he signed an acting contract with Rediffusion Television,…

Cao Bao Ping

Cao Bao Ping graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989, and spent most of the 1990s teaching screenwriting at his alma mater. Cao would go on to expand into directing television and television films, co-directing the television film Absolute Emotion in 2001. His solo debut as director was 2006's…

Angel's Temptation

7.1

After the death of her parents, Ju A Ran plots to ruin the family that destroyed hers. She seduces and marries the son of her enemy, Sin Hyeon U, who discovers her plan belatedly. With a new face, courtesy of plastic…

Mom, Don't Do That!

7.2

After her husband’s death, a 60-year-old mom decides to find love again — to the joy and annoyance of her two daughters. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Adapted from the novel “My Mom's Exotic Marriage” (我媽的異國婚姻)…

Tawan Arb Dao

7.2

Due to the mysterious death of his brother Siwat, Siwakorn disguises himself as him and goes into Khemmawat Group to find out the truth. There, he gets involved with every suspect including Chorprae, Siwat’s secret…

Nowhere Man

7.3

Nowhere Man follows the death row inmate Quan who learned of his son being kidnapped while waiting for the execution in jail. To save his son and protect his family, Quan schemes a jailbreak, only to find himself in…

Fight for Love

7.4

Following her father’s death in battle and given a mysterious warning from her injured brother, Chu Yu vows to uncover the truth of her family's fate. In the guise of the eldest son's widow, she is married into the…

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…

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…

An Eye for an Eye

7.0

After the tragic death of Tanapop, the head of the Julapakborirak family and chairman of JPB Group, his daughter Metinee survives the plane crash. His wife, Getsara, is promoted to chairman, which Metinee believes…

A Very Good Girl

7.0

Several years after the death of her mother, Mercy is ready to take down the people she blames for her misfortune. Taking the identity of “Philo,” a rich philanthropist just returning from Italy, she gets close…

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…