Calm Before the Storm

Actor Kai spends his days attending rehearsals for stage performances while working part-time jobs. However, those stage productions also intentionally collapse for the purpose of obtaining financial aid... Rin is…

Zessho Rokyoku Story

Asakusa’s Mokubatei is the only theater in the Kanto region that regularly bills Rokyoku—a form of narrative singing accompanied by shamisen. Backstage, a variety of lives intersect, and the art is passed down…

Stand Up Story

From a young age, Mancer had always known that his father, Wah, was different from other adults; he spoke illogically, had slow comprehension, and was quite easily deceived. After growing up, Mancer finally understood…

Mari's Story

Sugita, a film director in a slump who is writing scripts in a seaside town, falls in love with a young woman named Mari, whom he happens to meet, and asks her to star in his film. Although Mari is confused, she is…

A Summer Solstice Story

The film “Summer Solstice Story” was produced in 1992. Now, with Aina The End as the new heroine, director Shunji Iwai himself takes on the task of remaking it. Through his unique style, characterized by the heavy…

The K-Pop Story

In a world where the value of dreams is no longer questioned, is it still valid to pursue our dreams? Dong Geun, who has served time in prison for embezzlement, receives a proposal from Yoon, the director of the financial…

Lightseeker: The Story of the Young Mao Zedong

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The drama narrates his remarkable revolutionary journey from graduating in 1918 from Hunan First Normal School to attending the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1921. (Source: GlobalTimes.cn)

Gao Bei Dian Story

Zhang Xiao Lei, a villager from Gaobeidian Village, and Song Zi Qi, a returned executive who lives in his home, are committed to promoting the development of emerging cultural industries in the village, innovating…

Dear My Father: The Story of a Legendary Hair Dresser

The daughter of legendary hairdresser Ayanokoji Takechiyo documents the life of the man behind the “charisma beautician” boom. Personal vignettes paint an intricate portrait of Ayanokoji, who never gave up on his…

New Nemuro Pro Wrestling Story

In 2006, Samson Miyamoto, a toy store owner in Nemuro, Hokkaido, founded “New Nemuro Pro Wrestling” to promote his love of wrestling and revitalize his hometown. His wrestlers were local customers and dairy farmers,…

Gerardo de Leon

Gerardo de León was a Filipino film director and actor. Gerardo De León was a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures, which includes Robert Arevalo, Conrado Conde, Angel Esmeralda, Eddie Ilagan, musical scorer Tito Arévalo, and his daughter Liberty Ilagan. De León was a medical…

Han Jae Un

Han Jae Un is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of INX (인엑스) and ARGON (아르곤). He made his debut in August 2016 (using the stage name Win) as INX's lead rapper, vocalist and maknae with their first single, "Alright". Unfortunately, the group was not successful and disbanded…

Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

Kobayashi Satoru

Kobayashi Satoru was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. Japanese sources claim that Kobayashi directed over 400 pink films between 1960 and 1990,…

Furuhata Yasuo

Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director, who won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for 'Poppoya'. A proficient commercial director, Furuhata made his debut with the youth film Bad Girl Yoko (Hikō shōjo Yōko, 1966), about a girl who, along with her boyfriend, escapes Japan by…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Zeebra

Zeebra, real name Hideyuki Yokoi, is a Japanese hip hop artist, who made his first appearance in 1995. Zeebra is a former member of the hip-hop group King Giddra, which also included DJ Oasis and K Dub Shine, and the older brother of fellow hip-hop artist SPHERE of INFLUENCE. He went on to pursue a…

Adipati Dolken

Adipati Koesmadji or better known as Adipati Dolken is an Indonesian actor and model of mixed German and Javanese descent. Adipati gained prominence when he appeared in a supporting role on the soap opera Kepompong (Indonesian: Cocoon), which aired on SCTV from 2008 to 2009. He was later cast in Putih…

Choi In Gyu

Born in Yeongbyeon, North Pyongan Province, he dropped out of Pyongyang High School and moved to Osaka, Japan to work as a driving assistant. In 1935, together with his older brother Choi Wan Gyu, he founded Goryeo Film Co., Ltd. in Sinuiju with a capital of 50,000 won and held the position of representative.…

Bu Fei Yan

Xin Xiao Juan, known also with her pen name Bu Fei Yan, is a Chinese female writer known for her wuxia novels. Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, she studied at the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1999, awarded with a master's degree in ancient Chinese literature in 2006 and a Doctor's degree…