Funahashi Seiichi

Seiichi Funabashi was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Mito High School and later from the Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University. His younger brother, Kazuo Funabashi, was a screenwriter. Seiichi was a member of the Japan Art Academy and was recognized as a Person…

Pepe Diokno

Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno is a Filipino motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. His debut film, Engkwentro premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and received the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize. He has since produced…

Yamaoka Sohachi

Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…

Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Noguchi Hisamitsu

Noguchi Hisamitsu was a Japanese film, jazz, and musical critic born in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. He was also a painter and graphic designer. He is said to have painted over 1000 movie posters in his lifetime. In 1933, he graduated from the Design Department of the Crafts Department of Tokyo…

Fujiyama Ichiro

Fujiyama Ichiro was a Japanese singer, vocalist, composer, and conductor born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, He graduated from Tokyo Music School. He was active as a tenor national singer and popular singer with the orthodox vocal technique, singing method, anf music theory cultivated at Tokyo Music School,…

Li Yang

Li Yang, born in Xi'an of Shaanxi Province, is a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer. In 1978, he was admitted to the National Theatre. In 1985, he studied directing in the department of television of Beijing Broadcasting Institute. In 1988, he studied at the department of art history at the…

Hyun Mee

Kim Myung Seon, known by the stage name of Hyun Mee, is a North Korean singer. She was born in Pyongyang (now North Korea's capital) during the Japanese colonial period and she lived there during her childhood until she and her family were forced to flee Korea in 1951 when the Korean War was in full…

Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Mizunoya Kiyomi

Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…

An Affair

Depicts the terror of the world of death. Eriko and Ryo, who both have families, have a relationship at a love hotel. Ryo says he wants to see her again soon, but Eriko has decided that it will be a one-off affair.…

Mourning Period

After Kim Jong Il's death, a period of national mourning is declared and border security is strengthened. Geun Seop, the first to join the border guard at this time, finds a pregnant woman crossing the river and stops…

Tetsuba to Kaze

Upon learning about the sudden death of his estranged brother, Toshi reluctantly goes to a garage in order to sort out and collect his brother's belongings. (Source: IMDb)

METALCA

A Japanese comedy about a death metal girl band as they go through all the usual “artistic” differences and angst’s of a rock group i.e; love, life, creative control, getting paid....oh and of course the fact…

Hoigaku Kyoshitsu no Jiken File 38: Danjo no Shitai wa Futari de Usowotsuku!?

Ninomiya Saki investigates a mysterious double death discovered in an abandoned factory, where initial findings suggest an unusual combination of strangulation and a rare medical condition affecting the heart. As forensic…

Tales of Mystery

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A university swimmer’s sudden death sparks suspicions among classmates, leading her friend and rival to uncover chilling secrets lurking beneath the surface. A young man’s infatuation with a nearby sculptor takes…

Autopsy

A corpse with an unknown cause of death is transported to an autopsy room in the military. (Source: Koreanfilm.or.kr)

Hankei 3 Kiro no Sekai

Unable to come to terms with the death of his beloved mother, Kazuki lives an empty life with his father. They receive a letter from Yuka, a young woman who received an organ transplant from Kazuki's mother. Hoping…

Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 10

An art critic is found stabbed to death in an apartment, while another body is discovered on the building roof. It's suspected that the woman on the roof had committed suicide after murdering the other woman, but because…

Tanikala: Buyonero

Nestor Quilat witnessed the tragic death of his parents at a very young age. He grew up fending for himself without any help from his known family. Everything he knows, he has learned from the cruel streets and prison…