Sawamura Gennosuke IV

Sawamura Gennosuke IV was an outstanding onnagata actor, who was also able to play a wide range of male roles. Akuba roles were his field of excellence, like Otomi ("Kirare Otomi") or Dakki no Ohyaku ("Hyaku Monogatari"). He moved at the beginning of the 20th century from ôshibai, where he was supporting…

Horikawa Hiromichi

Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved…

Han Woon Sa

Born on January 15, 1923 , Goesan, Chungcheongbuk - do, South Korea. His real name is Han Gan Nam (한간남,韓看南) . Religion is Buddhism . After graduating from Cheongju Commercial High School in 1941, he studied in Japan and attended the Department of Philosophy at Chuo University . He was conscripted…

Ko Myoung Sung

Ko Myoung Sung is a South Korean director and screenwriter, born in Busan. He studied film directing at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image in Tokyo. His debut feature documentary Good Bye (2010) was shown in the 2nd DMZ International Documentary Film Festival. The 12th Suspect (2019) is a new film…

Ieki Miyoji

Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Hwang Ryeo Hui

Born in Seoul in 1928, her real name is Hwang Young Hee. After she finished Gyeonggi Girls' High School, she applied for the 2nd Actress Recruitment hosted by Koryo Film Company, and she was selected as No. 1, and she played the role of Lee Hye Ja in Director Choi In Gyu's 'Viva Freedom!' (1946). Her…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Chen Szu Wei

Having grown up with an interest in directors such as Edward Yang and Lou Ye, Szu-Wei is currently exploring a means to bridge the film language he grew up on with his experiences living in the US. His latest short film JAY was awarded the ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARD LGBTQ SHORT FIRST Prize, and the YOUTH…

Kim Min Kyo

Kim Min Kyo is a South Korean singer. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Konkuk University. He debuted in 1989 as the vocalist of the rock band Oxen89, who was the winner of the Gold Prize at the MBC Riverside Song Festival with the song "Green Frog". One year later, his…

Xin Huan Jiu Ai Quan Shi Ni

In her last life, Xu Jia Yu trusted a scumbag who plotted with her half-sister to kill her and the entire Xu family for greed. Now reborn, she's back with a vengeance and will never make the same mistake twice. Given…

The God Lei Zhen Zi

5.5

In the last years of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou is unruly in his governance. He is seduced by the fox demon Su Daji and becomes licentious, while demons and disasters are rampant in the city of Shang. Ji Chang's…

Little Room

Tsz Ching remembered the last time she saw Ho Fung, which was an evening spent at a hotel. That night felt like nothing had happened, yet it was long and exhausting. (Source: microfilm-music.hk)

Chai Wan Cineclub

If this were the last film you could ever watch, what would you choose? Chai Wan Cineclub faces imminent closure, leaving the community without its cherished gathering space. Uncle Ting, the club’s chairman, grapples…

A Cute Guy from Korea

In her last year in her twenties, Moka (29), the heroine who is anxious to get married, suddenly finds herself face-to-face with Min U (25), a man straight out of a Korean drama. He's a younger man with perfect looks,…

Dan's Family No. 1

6.1

Kang Dan is the last descendant of Dangun Wanggeom, the legendary god-king of Gojoseon, yet he is treated as an errand boy by his high school classmates. But when his girlfriend becomes the new target of school bullying,…

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

6.3

In the last months of the Second World War, the Empire of Japan receives a final gift from the collapsing Nazi Germany: the I-507, a highly-advanced submarine equipped with experimental technology. The mission, as…

Oyu

It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay. (Source:…

When the Dust Blows Through

Over the last hundred years, while the mystery of the ruins of ancient Kingdom Loulan, in the Lop Nor desert in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have attracted lots of researchers and expeditionists, countless…

Knock Knock Who's There?

6.3

Funeral home is the last stop of the deceased ones. This is also where `turn undead` take place, the ritual that purifies the soul. The soul hasn't gone through the ritual is usually a haunting one. They still have…