Ying Wei Min

Ying Wei-min is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is the lead singer of an indie nakasi rock band, The Clippers, which he founded in 1995. The band began with an emphasis on noise music, and shifted in style throughout the years. On stage, Ying is known by a diminutive of his surname, to which he usually…

Pauline Yeung

Pauline Yeung is a Hong Kong actress and a former Miss Hong Kong Pageant titleholder. She was born in Hong Kong with ancestry in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. Yeung won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and went on to compete at the 1987 Miss World pageant, where she placed amongst the top 12 semi-finalists…

Kiwi Chow

Kiwi Chow Kwun Wai is a Hong Kong filmmaker. After his graduation, Kiwi Chow participated in different processes of film production including as continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he worked as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his…

Isaka Satoshi

Isaka’s reputation rests mainly on his extraordinary debut, Focus (1996), an economical and disturbing thriller following the grim chain of events initiated when a television crew sets up an interview with an otaku (nerd) whose hobby is eavesdropping on two-way radio conversations. A subtle critique…

Naruse Masahiko

Naruse Masahiko was a Japanese actor and director affiliated with Oda Production. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from the Arts Department of Nihon University. In the 1940s, he joined the mobile theater troupe "Fuyotai," which was linked to the Actor's Studio. After World War II, Naruse continued with the…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Ohsaki Akira

Ohsaki Akira was born in Gunma Prefecture in 1961. After studying under Tatsumura Jin, he took part in the making of documentary programs and commercials, then going freelance to work as an assistant director for Kitano Takeshi, Suwa Nobuhiro, Shinohara Tetsuo, and others. Also, he was in charge of…

Oi! Kyuuma

Born in Osaka in 1972 as Kyuma Ayumu. In 2001, he formed a comedy trio, Plan 9, in which he has been active as a comedian, receiving the NHK Kamigata Manzai Contest and the BGO Kamigata Shogendaisho Award. He is also responsible for editing the monthly event "Monthly Conte", and has been well received…

Chiba Yasuki

Though remembered largely for his inventive postwar shomin-geki, Chiba specialized initially in period films before achieving commercial success with such popular romances as Hideko the Cheerleader (Hideko no ōendanchō, 1940), a vehicle for the teenage Hideko Takamine. Among his wartime films, Women’s…

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Mickey on the Road

7.6

Best friends Mickey and Gin Gin are young women scraping by in southern Taiwan. A headstrong tomboy, Mickey looks after her depressed mother, and spends her free time at the local temple, trying to join its all-male…

The Boy and the Dog

7.6

6 months after the earthquake disaster in Sendai City, Nakagaki Kazumasa is a young man who has lost his job. He encounters a dog named Tamon on its dog tag, who lost its owner in the earthquake disaster. Kazumasa…

Let Me Understand Your Language

7.6

Xu Hao Ran’s life changes when he falls in love with Yu Bo, a Dai girl. Embracing her culture, he becomes passionate about protecting the rainforest and its animals. But their love faces obstacles. Yu Bo’s romantic…

Ink at Tai Ping

7.6

Taiping Street, a mysterious area without people, inside has always had its own set of rules to maintain the relationship between power and benefit. It looks peaceful from the outside, but the inside is darkness everywhere.…

The Great Escape: The Story

7.6

It is an adventure variety show in which the cast works together to solve complex escape room challenges. It features a stage that transcends time and space, further enhancing the show's reputation for its unique premise…

Dear Patient - Kizuna no Karute

7.6

At Sasai Memorial Hospital, where a hospital is seen as the hospitality industry and patients are the priority, its doctors are plagued with all sorts of problems. Mano Chiaki, a young doctor, is stalked by a monster…

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009

7.6

This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first…

Shitamachi Rocket Special

7.6

Tsukuda Industries and Teikoku Heavy Industries mobilised all employees and finally completed the automated tractor Landcrow. However, sales have been sluggish in the weeks since its launch. On the other hand, the…

King Naresuan 3: Naval Battle

7.5

Thai biographical historical drama film about King Naresuan the Great, who ruled Siam from 1590 until he died in 1605. Part III was to depict Naresuan's military and leadership skills and the expansion of the Siamese…

Happy Jail

7.6

This five-part docu-series goes inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a unique Philippine jail where dancing is part of the inmates’ exercise and rehabilitation. CPDRC shot to worldwide…