Ren Peng Nian

Ren Peng Nian was born in Shanghai in either 1892 or 1894, and later trained at the Anglo-Chinese Book Guild, then joined the Shanghai Commercial Press at age 16. He directed his first film in 1919, a two-reel comedy titled "The Gambler." In 1921, Ren directed his first feature film, the highly successful…

Ohira Toru

Ohira Toru was Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He was a representative of Ōhira Production. One of his most known roles is the dub voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars. He was also known for his many narration roles, most notably in the Super Sentai series. He was a…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Jin Dogg

Jin Dogg is a Japanese rapper of Korean ethnicity born in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. He was a student in an international school in Korea and speaks three languages: Japanese, Korean and English. From the beginning of 2016, he has been signed under Hybrid Entertainment. He has released two mix tapes, "1st…

Kataoka Ichitaro

Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO.…

Ishidate Tetsuo

Ishidate Tetsuo was a Japanese actor born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a 13th gen member of the Haiyuza Theater Company and a member of the Bungakuza Theater Company, he made a big break in the 1970 TV drama "Oku-sama wa 18-sai". He starred in a number of family dramas in…

Lung Kong

Lung Kong was a Hong Kong actor and director born in Hong Kong. His father was a Cantonese Opera actor, whose mentor was the famous star Sit Kok Sin. In the 40s during the Japanese invasion of China, his family joined Sit Kok Sin's opera troupe. In childhood, he first started as an extra. After the…

Matsumura Tatsuo

Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Dok2

Lee Joon Kyung, known professionally as Dok2 (pronounced Dokki), is a South Korean rapper and producer. His mother is South Korean and his father is Filipino and, when he was 12, he appeared in the song "FEVER" with rappers Jo-PD and Hype at the 2002 Mnet Music Video Festival. In 2003, he signed an…

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…

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.…

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Naomi Kawase films the last days of her chronically ill friend, the photographer and film critic Kazuo Nishii.

100

6.7

100 chronicles the last three months of a cancer stricken woman who has a list of things to do before she dies. Her list of tasks, mostly closures and practical undertakings, expands to the worldly and the spiritual…

Visitors From the Sui Dynasty

6.1

When the dissolute last emperor of the Sui Dynasty tries to hold an empire-wide beauty contest, a corrupt official takes advantage of the opportunity to divert money into his own coffers and steals the winner of the…

The Red Shoes: A Love Story

7.5

On the last day of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in February 1986, 10-year-old Lucas Munozca finds himself swept up with a euphoric crowd that has entered the grounds of the Malacañang Presidential…

Kankyou Chojin Ecogainder Season 2

6.0

In the last fight, Ecogainder saved the 21st century Earth but Queen Desugaia sent Stena and the others to the past of the world.

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…

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…

Chat Room

"Chat Room” is the last micro film of famous director Xinying Shao. It narrates the dizzying blatant life of urban white-collar workers struggling among the soul and flesh, and he finally decides to seek for spiritual…