Kanda Sayaka

Kanda Sayaka was a Japanese actress and former Japanese pop singer. She debuted under Sony Music Japan, however in 2011, and for the release of her second album, she moved to Pony Canyon. Daughter of the J-Pop idol Matsuda Seiko and the actor Kanda Masaki, she made her unofficial debut when she was…

Nagai Go

Nagai Kiyoshi, better known by the pen name Nagai Go, is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as Cutie Honey,…

Tsuburaya Eiji

Tsuburaya Eiji was a Japanese special effects director, film director, camera operator, and inventor born in Sukagawa Town, Fukushima Prefecture. He was the first president of the company Tsuburaya Special Skills Productions. He was the leading expert in special effects technology in the Showa era and…

Juree Ohsiri

Juree Ohsiri was a veteran film and television actress and singer, born in Bangkok, Thailand. Considered an icon by the new generation of celebrities, she was known affectionately as Pa Ju (Aunty Ju) in the entertainment industry, Juree was an all round artist, singing, acting and doing voice-overs…

Takamine Hideko

Takamine Hideko was a Japanese actress, singer, and essayist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name was Matsuyama Hideko (松山秀子), and her maiden name was Hirayama Hideko (平山秀子). Her family lived in a household run by her grandfather, Rokusho, who managed a soba restaurant called…

Watari Tetsuya

Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…

Itami Juzo

Juzo Itami, born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi, was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films, all of which he wrote himself. The son of Mansaku Itami, prewar director of satiric jidai-geki, Jūzō worked initially as an actor, appearing regularly in Japan and occasionally in English-language…

Song Hae

Song Bok Hee, known professionally as Song Hae, was a South Korean television music show host, comedian and singer. He was born in Chaeryŏng County in present-day North Korea. In 1949, he attended Haeju Arts School where he majored in Vocal Music as he was supposed to be an opera singer. In 1955, he…

Shinato Ruri

Shinato Ruri was a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol fromHakusan, Ishikawa. She was born in Hokkaido as the youngest of three siblings and later moved to Ishikawa Prefecture. She went to Tokyo Metropolitan National High School and graduated from Sophia University's Faculty of Letters majoring…

Fujitani Ayako

At age 12, she won the Asian Beauty Contest, held in commemoration of the Japanese release of the film Police Story 3. At age 13 she became the sixth girl to lead the Mitsui ReHouse advertising campaign. This began her modeling career. She was featured regularly in magazines and television commercials.…

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After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family is reluctantly reunited under one roof. Tensions clash between an alcoholic father and his troubled children. (Source: IMDb)

Encounters with Silence

Kodokushi or the lonely death has become common in Japan. The director confronts the silence on the subject through encounters with a man who cleans the apartments of those who die alone, a photographer who documents…

The Sun is Burning

7.0

The unexpected death of her father caused Chen Xuan to suddenly fall into the abyss of reality. A box of urns owed a huge amount, the last thing her father left for her. She was fired, kicked out of the house, threatened…

The Enticement

10.0

Before his death, Tian Nuo Group President Chen Tian Nuo gave two Dong Qichang paintings worth 200 million to Xia Wei, a descendant of the Xia family. During this time, Tian Nuo Group was facing bankruptcy due to a…

Six Sense: Women in Sight

6.0

Yeong Jun experienced what death feels like... One day, he heard someone talking on the phone next door... and got confused. Without knowing, he passes through a wall and enters Soo Ae's room. He was amazed and startled...…

The Hill of Wind

7.8

After the death of her husband, Yeong Boon tells her stepson, Yong Jin, of her plans for a short trip. However, she has other plans in her mind, mainly to go back to her hometown, Taebaek, to get a job. She hopes to…

Most Disturbing Feeling

Stunned by the death of his parents, a struggling teenage boy was forced to look after his siblings while battling against nature which he took for granted, costing the life of his long-lost best friend who visited…

Wharf Roach

5.5

Four prisoners on death row wake up in a bizarre world and realize that someone is controlling their lives. In the 93 days stuck on the island, they destroy countless infectious agents and eventually survive. However,…

Gravity

6.5

After surviving the Death March, Martial Law and the loss of his legs, Justino became an atheist. But when his wife dies, a part of him is yearning to believe in life beyond death; just for a chance to be with her…

The Controllers

He witnessed the brutal death of his biological mother in childhood and is determined to rise to the center of power to seek revenge against the killer. She lost her closest family member and was further devastated…