Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

Maeda Michiko

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka. She was working in a department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo when she began working as an actress at the…

Mika

Lee Su Hoon, known by his stage name Mika, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of XING (씽) and THE BOSS (대국남아, known as DGNA in South Korea and Daikoku Danji or 大国男児 in Japan). He graduated from Cheongdam High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree from Sehan…

Kayi Cheung

Kayi Cheung (simplified Chinese: 张嘉儿; traditional Chinese: 張嘉兒; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She also…

Pyo Chang Won

Pyo Chang Won is a South Korean professor, police detective, former politician and self-taught and self-proclaimed criminal profiler. He comes from a very poor background and as a child he had some violent outbursts and was obsessed with Bruce Lee movies and Sherlock Holmes. He was so smart that his…

Yuthlert Sippapak

Yuthlert Sippapak is a film director, screenwriter and producer born in Loei, Thailand. Growing up in northeast Thailand, Yuthlert developed a strong interest in the arts from an early age and at 18 went to Bangkok to study fine arts at Silpakorn University, where he received a degree in interior design…

Nokubo Naoki

Nokubo was born in Iwata-shi, which was formerly known as Toyodacho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka. After graduating from Kinshin High School, Nokubo wanted to be part of the entertainment industry and went to an acting school in Tokyo. He later became a Watanabe Entertainment affiliate, and in August 2004, became…

Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…

Peter Mak

Peter Mak Tai Kit was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. He grew up spending a great deal of his childhood at a cinema, where his father left him for the day while working in a nearby cake shop, an experience that planted in him the seeds for a future in film. Mak’s family relocated to…

The Four Daughters of Luoyang

7.3

This is a story about the loves and careers of four sisters from a wealthy background. Their father, Mr. Gu, is the head of their Luoyang family, who one day, along with his wife, suddenly go missing, leaving their…

Drama Festival 2013: Haneuljae's Murder

7.3

A period drama about a woman's tale of love and respect from the 1950s Korean war. Yoon Ha and Jeong Boon met years ago when they were both having a difficult time in their lives. Yoon Ha was a kid at that point of…

A Dynamite Family

7.3

A human comedy about five brothers known for their disagreements, in a village called Duksoori... Soo Kyo, Dong Soo, Soo Geun, Hyun Jung, and the youngest sibling become a family through their parent’s second marriage.…

That Kind of Love

7.3

A story about two imperfect people entangled by fate because of their search for love. The Love Coach extraordinaire, who profiles and points out the flaws of a conceited man who deems himself as Mr. Perfect, ends…

Host Sozoku Shichaimashita

7.3

The story is about Motohashi Kumiko, an advertising agency worker who suddenly inherits a "MAJEST", which is a host club located in Kabukicho, due to her uncle's will, and how she works with the eccentric, handsome…

My Secret Hotel

7.3

This drama is about a woman who runs the wedding planning division of one of the country’s top 1% wedding destination hotels. And while planning perfect weddings for the elite, she’ll be caught in a love triangle…

Positive Physique

7.3

A story about Hwan Dong, majoring in film and is preparing for his graduation project as a movie director. His script wins a grand prize, but he faces difficulty after difficulty while trying to finalize the film.…

Inference Notes

7.3

The story tells us about a genius girl Xia Zao An who got involved in a conspiracy of probability killing after a heart transplant. With everyone around her as possible suspects, she shall solve this through layers…

Papa

7.3

The storyline is about a manager who pushes a young female talent to enter a reality TV show contest in the U.S. Some background information involves the manager having to get married to attain a legal visa and ends…

On Air

7.3

This drama is about behind the scene in TV drama productions. It also portrays how the whole production team and performers complete a project on a tight schedule as well as how actors, actresses, and entertainment…