Nagisa Mayumi

Nagisa Mayumi is a Japanese actress and singer. She was born in Tokyo. After dropping out of high school, she made her debut in 1961 in the film Yuyake Ko yake no Akatonbo. She went sold out as Daiei Film's fresh star. Her stage name, "Nagisa Mayumi", was named by composer Yamada Kosaku. She appeared…

Ito Daisuke

Ito Daisuke was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. He is one of the famous directors who laid the foundation for historical films, and is also called the "father of historical films". After graduating from junior high school, he gave up going to school…

Takasugi Sanae

Takasugi Sanae, born Kinoshi Hiroko (喜熨斗弘子) in Asakusa, Japan, was a Japanese actress whose former stage name was Shimizu Hiro (清水ヒロ). She was married to thirdgeneration Ichikawa Danjiro (三代目市川段四郎), and they had three children: Ichikawa Eno, fourth-generation Ichikawa…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Hino Michio

Hino Michio was a Japanese actor born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. He graduated from Hokkaido Hakodate Chuo High School and was affiliated with Imura Pro. After junior high school, he joined the Shinkyo Theater Company and later became a member of the Actor’s Studio Theater Company, participating in the…

Kataoka Chiezo

Kataoka Chiezo was a Japanese period drama star, who was active before and after the war. He is considered one of the six big stars in Japanese period dramas. After the war, he became an executive star of Toei and remained a front-line star until his death. His eldest son Motoharu and his daughter Chie…

Shimizu Kinichi

Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

Sisters of Pearl

6.5

After the death of her husband, Chu Pik Ha returns to her maiden home with her son, in a deliberate attempt to take over the family jewelry business from her elder sister Chu Pik Wan. To prevent Ha from getting too…

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

6.6

Following the unexpected death of her mob boss's father, a young high school student inherits his Yakuza gang. They investigate her father's murder and take out the drug dealers who are responsible for his death. ~~…

Zai Ta Xin Jian Jian Shang Ye

6.6

Before his death, Grandpa Lu asked Qin Jiu to get pregnant before distributing the family inheritance. Under various threats from Lu Jing Xiu, Qin Jiu went to the young master Bo Si Yan for "inoculation". Thinking…

Sueb Lub Rahat Ruk

6.7

Because of the mysterious death of Paew, the granddaughter of Minister Wiset, so Tinnapop, a psychometrer who helped the government job called his friend, Anon, the secret agent to investigate this case. Both Anon…

Tomb Watcher

6.7

After the mysterious death of Lunthom, a powerful businesswoman, Rossukhon—her husband Cheev’s longtime secret lover—is finally invited to step into the life she’s always dreamed of. But when she arrives at…

A Demon in the House

6.7

Yun Niang's death causes a stir in the household. (Source: TMDb)

The Cursed Land

6.7

After the death of his wife, Mit moves with his teenage daughter May to a derelict mansion in a Muslim-majority suburb of Bangkok. A thorough sceptic, Mit gets rid of the talismans in the house, defying the warnings…

The Chasing World 2

6.4

After surviving “death game”, in which everyone with the family name Sato were hunted down and killed, Tsubasa Sato (Takuya Ishida) was thrust into yet another parallel world in the midst of a fierce struggle.…

Kokkuri-san: Gekijoban

6.3

After her mother's death, Eri receives a strange visit from a man who may be connected to a program her mother watched on TV the day before her death. (Source: IMDb)

Happiness

6.8

After his mother's death, Chan Kai Yuk feels so alone that he leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong to look up the father who abandoned him and his mom. But Yuk's hopes are dashed on finding his dad has a new family and considers…