Matsumoto Taisuke

Matsumoto Taisuke was a Japanese actor born in Tachikawa-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. He was a big star who starred in a large number of historical and contemporary dramas, mainly films directed by Ito Daisuke, in Teikoku Kinema and Nikkatsu. In 1911, he dropped out of the old Tokyo Academy…

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.…

Jung Won Gwan

Jung Won Gwan is a South Korean singer and member of SOBANGCHA (소방차). He graduated from Seoul Kyungshin High School and later obtained a bachelor's and a master's degree in Business Administration from Kyunghee University. In 1987, he joined DSP Media (DSP 미디어; formerly known as Daesung…

Kodo Kuninori

Kodo Kuninori was a Japanese actor born in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Tanigawa Saichiro. Before the war, he was active in Teikoku Kinema and Utaemon Ichikawa productions and appeared in Toho during and after the war. In 1901, after dropping out of the junior high school of Kansai…

Suzuki Noribumi

Suzuki Noribumi, also known as Suzuki Norifumi, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the Torakku Yaro series. Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant…

Rachel Alejandro

Rachel Alejandro first entered the world of showbiz at the age of 12, when she was a host on the popular TV show That's Entertainment. At 15, following her successful TV stint, Alejandro recorded her first album, Just a Minute, for Alpha Records. The album spawned several hit songs including the #1…

Kiu Chong

Born in Shanghai, China, Kiu Chong, also known as Chiao Chuang, wasted no time in packing his bags for Hong Kong upon leaving school. In Hong Kong, Kiu auditioned for and get a contract as an actor with the Great Wall Film Studios. He built his resume by playing small roles in films like "Sunrise" and…

Uno Koji

He was born on April 21 , 1924 in Fukuoka Prefecture Omuta born in Fukuoka Prefectural Miike Junior High School (now Fukuoka Prefectural Miike high school), 1944 (Showa 19) he graduated from the Japan film school. In the same year, he was dispatched to the acting section of Toho Photo Studio. After…

Jeon Chang Geun

Jeon Chang Geun was born in Hoeryong County, North Hamgyong Province 18th January 1908. In 1928, he joined Shanghai's popularized Lily Spirits Corporation and edited the script of "Patriotic Spirits" (periodical), which contains the biography of Ahn Jung-geun. He left Shanghai and returned to Korea…

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

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…

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…

The First Myth: Clash of Gods

6.5

In the last years of the Yin and Shang dynasties, King Zhou was tyrannical, and the people did not have a living. The Lord Tongtian and Shen Gongbao wanted to take advantage of the chaos and use the Ten Thousand Immortal…

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…

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…

Kongfu Master Su

6.6

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, pirates were rampant. The beggar gang leader Su Qi Er and young woman Chen Xin Yi, who had returned from abroad, couldn't bear the people being bullied and formed a militia to…