Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

Okada Mariko

Okada Mariko is a Japanese actress. She was married to film director Yoshida Yoshishige, until his death in 2022. Her father was the noted silent film actor Okada Tokihiko, who before his early death (the year following his daughter's birth) starred in Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Chorus (1931). As an adult,…

Sugimoto Tetta

Sugimoto Tetta is a Japanese actor from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is Tristone Entertainment. He dropped out of Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa Technical High School. In 1981, he made his debut with the Yokohama Ginbae family rock band, Grease. In the same year, he made a regular…

Naka Riisa

Naka Riisa is a Japanese actress. She has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, which her grandfather had an affection for. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival.…

Aoyama Sugisaku

Kishi Teruko

Takahashi Michio

Takahashi Michio was a Japanese cinematographer.

Kawaguchi Matsutaro

Kawaguchi Matsutaro was a Japanese writer and film producer.

Takesato Mitsuko

The Uncanny Counter

8.8

A group of demon hunters called Counters work undercover at a noodle restaurant to capture evil spirits seeking eternal life. So Mun, the youngest Counter, becomes a central figure after a mysterious childhood car…

The Paradise of Thorns

8.8

Thongkam and Sek, a devoted gay couple in Mae Hong Son, build a life together with a house and a durian orchard. After Sek's sudden death in an accident, Thongkam discovers that same-sex marriage is not legally recognized…

The Story of Ming Lan

8.8

Set in the Northern Song dynasty, the story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised by her paternal grandmother. Growing…

The Blood of Youth

8.8

Lei Wu Jie, a young disciple eager to prove himself, travels to Xue Yue in hopes of becoming a true hero. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he damages the struggling Villa of Fallen Snow, run by the reluctant…

The Double

8.8

Xue Fang Fei, the daughter of a wealthy magistrate, loses everything after a major upheaval. She’s saved by Jiang Li, the daughter of the Secretariat Director, and takes on Jiang Li’s identity to return to the…

The First Frost

8.9

Wen Yi Fan, a reporter, went to a bar called Overtime to meet with her best friend, Zhong Si Qiao. While she was at the bar, she met Sang Yan, a department manager and one of the owners of Overtime. He was Yi Fan's…

The Glory

8.9

A high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a child. Once the child is…

The Good Bad Mother

8.9

Young Soon is a single mother and pig farmer who raised her son Kang Ho alone. Despite her love for him, her strict parenting caused Kang Ho to view her as a bad mother. As an adult, Kang Ho became a cold-hearted prosecutor…

The Prisoner of Beauty

8.9

Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the sharp and kind master of the Wei family, as part of a family alliance. With bad blood between their clans, the two start off wary of each other,…

The Village Barber

8.8

Actor Park Bo Gum, who has a license in barbering and cosmetology, opens a hair salon in a remote village in South Korea together with fellow actors and real-life friends Lee Sang Yi and Kwak Dong Yeon, creating bonds…