Tita Duran

Tita Duran as a Filipina film actress who began as a child actress. She was the first successful child star of Philippine cinema. Duran joined a movie in her early career as an eight-year-old child abandoned by her mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila. In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted…

Manuel Barbeyto

Manuel Barbeyto was a Filipino actor of early 1920s before the war struck in the City of Manila. Barbeyto made his first appearance in the silent movie Mary, I Love You in 1921. He made two movies under Filippine Pictures, Ang Batang Tulisan with Mary Walter and Dalagang Silangan. He was one of the…

Guillermo Carls

Guillermo Carls started acting before the war. He made two films with Philippine Pictures in 1938, Kamay na Bakal which was an action and Kalapating Puti which was a musical. He made two films in the yard of Sampaguita Pictures Katurungan in 1940 and Ulilang Watawat in 1946. Spotlight Pictures ' Jeepney…

Yun Baek Nam

Yun Baek Nam was a South Korean director. He has often been called the Father of Korean Cinema despite evidence pointing to the fact that the release of his first known film, The Vow Made Below The Moon, was preceded by Kim Do-san’s first true movie, The Border, by three months. The earliest confirmed…

Dely Atay Atayan

Dely Atay-atayan was a Filipina comedienne and singer. Her career in entertainment spanned seven decades, beginning in bodabil and ending in television. From 1940 until 1994, Atay-Atayan appeared in over 300 films. Her most famous role was as Doña Delilah, the wealthy, imperious and disapproving mother-in-law…

Ramon Estella

Ramon A. Estella son of Filipino composer Jose Estella, was a pre-war Philippines movie director and actor. At the age of 27 years old, he started directing his first film, "Bayan at Pagibig,” in 1938 and in 1941, he was proclaimed Director of the Year by Philippine Cinema and Radio because of the…

Kim Soo Young

Kim Soo Young is a South Korean comedian. He graduated from Daesung High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Comedy Acting from the Seoul Arts College. He made his debut as part of the 26th open recruitment for comedians at KBS in 2011 and appeared in several segments of "Gag Concert".…

Miyake Jun

Jun Miyake, born in Kyoto, is a Japanese composer. His music (e.g., the songs "Lilies in the Valley" and "The Here and After") was used in the film Pina, nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature in January 2012. He has also been awarded by the German critic's award, Der Preis der…

Luis Gonzales

Luis Gonzales, was a Filipino actor who appeared in more than 100 films during his career, most of them by Sampaguita Pictures. He may best known for his portrayals of former President Ferdinand Marcos in two biographical films in the 1960s: Iginuhit ng Tadhana, 1965, a political propaganda film; and…

Tony Dantes

Tony Dantes is a Filipino actor who spent his movie career under LVN Pictures. His first movie appearance is El Diablo and Hen. Gregorio del Pilar, a biography of one of the famous Filipino heroes in 1949. His last film was a Nationalistic movie, Badjao. He portrayed one of the Badjao Tribsmen (Source:…

Beach of the War Gods

5.9

During the last days of the Ming Dynasty, the coast of Southeast China was at the mercy of marauding of Japanese pirates. When Hangchow city was occupied, the general’s cousin Hsiao Feng, a fencing master-hand, went…

The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion

Third and last movie of the "Ai to Makoto" trilogy.

Yao's Young Warriors

Set during the last days of the Song dynasty as Chin forces overrun the countryside. Only esteemed general Yao has managed to hold out. When the Chin kidnap Yao's mother in order to force him to surrender, they hadn't…

Strawman

10.0

Chronicles the last days of Japanese rule in a Taiwanese village, in a quasi-comical style. [Source: IMDB)

This Window Is Yours

7.2

Six youngsters spend their last summer together in rural northeastern Japan before heading off in different directions. The focus rests on a pair who don't quite know they're a pair. Taro is sidelined with a broken…

The Strangers in Beijing

Set in the last decade of the 20th century in Beijing. Young people from all corners of the country gather and work at a publishing press. They all live in the same shabby apartment building. All these people's lives…

Daddy O, Baby O!

6.6

In obliging the last request of his dying friend Arnold, ambulant school vendor Mario takes in Arnold's daughter Anna. But sweet-faced Anna is no angel: street savvy and charismatic, she is used to having her own way…

The Jade Lion

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, in a small town, there were often strange events, masked people invaded the official palace and other places, searching jewelry boxes, but not taking away any jewelry or money,…

Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection

7.2

When we last saw the intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon, he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk…

Heaven's Seven

After finishing their last mission in the Vietnam War, a group of seven blood brothers of the Thai Army's Black Panthers Division scatter away to live their own ordinary lives. However, they're haunted by their memories.…