Distressed Beauty

6.2

our heroine (Jia Qing) comes from a rich family but her family is murdered in one day, leaving her and younger sis to fend for themselves. In her poor state, she meets and falls in love with a well-meaning man (Chen…

A Road Stained Crimson

6.7

Ken (Hirofumi Arai) is a former contract killer, but now works in a motorcycle shop. He tries to live a respectable life with his partner Yoko (Jun Fubuki). Akira (Jun Murakami) has known Ken since his days as a contract…

Hatsukoi Triangle: Ano Ko wa Nande Nippon ni?

6.4

Aya and Ryo are directors of the popular TV variety programme “Why Did You Come to Japan?” which covers interesting foreigners at Narita Airport. Aya is Ryo’s junior and immediately took the plunge into the TV…

We Are Reds! The Movie Minna Minna Minna

The conclusion to the two-part documentary about J-League soccer club, the Urawa Red Diamonds. Players, staff, and fans who were covered for a year throughout the 2014 season offer their thoughts on the team and deliberate…

Yami Koku no Utage

An omnibus horror film comprised of six shorts about fragments from nightmares. > Story 1: Shadowgraph/ Utsushie(うつしえ) [Director: Sakamoto Keiji] A maid shows up at a deserted inn closed for the off-season…

A Matter of Interpretation

6.2

Filmmaker Lee Kwang Kuk noted for his unique style of deriving a story from another story in his debut film Romance Joe (2011) returns with another interesting narrative structure in his 2nd film A Matter of Interpretation.…

Kamihate Store

6.9

Chiyo runs a modest bakery on the last bus stop in the small port town of Kamihate. The bakery was left by her late mother. Her personality is abrupt and, because of this, only the milk delivery man Okuda, who is autistic,…

Doctor

7.9

Chikako Shida was born in 1910 in Ooisawa, Yamagata (now Nishikawa) as the eldest daughter of a prominent family. Her father Soujirou was the principal of a local elementary school and her mother died during a particularly…

Debusen

7.5

Fat, ugly Fukushima Mitsuru has fallen into debt because of his love of cosplay. He encounters the dead body of Fukushima Mitsuko, a female teacher with a name and face just like his while attempting to commit suicide…

Wang Chao

Wang Chao is a Chinese director, screenwriter and producer born in Nanjing China. Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kai Ge, working with the elder director on epics like Farewell My Concubine and The Emperor and the Assassin. At the same time,…

Ludovico Einaudi

Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi was born in Turin on November 23rd 1955. Perhaps it was his mother, an amateur pianist, who gave him the first impulse to music, planting the seeds for what would become a fruitful, illustrious career. He began to study music at the Conservatory of Turin and graduated…

Koo Do Gyeong

Koo Do Gyeong is a South Korean singer, dancer, musical actress, former member of GEEGU (지구, formerly known as GATE9) and current member of CLEO (클레오). She made her debut in October 2017 (using the stage name Kady) as GATE9's main dancer, vocalist, and rapper with their first mini-album, "Gate…

Park Gyu Bin

Park Gyu Bin, known simply as Gyu Bin, is a South Korean singer. She is attending Bucheon Girls’ High School. Before debuting, she had a YouTube channel, using the stage name Bin, where she uploaded covers of famous songs. The video of her and her younger sister covering Red Velvet's "Psycho" was…

Lee Michelle

Lee Michelle, or sometimes shown in the Western version as Michelle Lee, is a South Korean singer, vocal trainer, professor and musical/theater actress. She graduated from Munsan Sueok High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Music from Dong-Ah University of Media and Arts. She was born…

Sunthorn Phu

Phra Sunthorn Vohara, born Phu and known as Sunthorn Phu, was a famous royal poet honoured as the Shakespeare of Thailand. Born in 1786, four years after the birth of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, in what was then Thonburi and today Bangkok, his family home was behind the royal palace. Sometime after his…

Sulli

Choi Jin Ri, known professionally as Sulli, was a South Korean actress, singer, dancer, MC, and former member of F(X) (에프엑스). She graduated from Seoul Performing Arts High School. She made her debut as a child actress in 2005, with roles in KBS's "Drama City: Goblins Are Alive" and SBS's "Ballad…

Inoue Toshiki

Inoue was born the child of Masaru Igami, a screenwriter known for his works on shows such as Kamen Rider and Akakage. Belonging to the fantasy literature Study Group at Seikei University, a short story written by Inoue caught the way of Toei Animation producer Shichijo Keizo, leading to his debut screenplay…

Taniguchi Masashi

Masashi Taniguchi is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He belongs to the Society of Style Co., Ltd. (SOS Entertainment). When he was in high school, he was a reader model for the magazine "Tokyo Street News!". After graduating from high school, he worked for private companies but retired, uncertain of…

Chun Jane

Cheon Jae In, known professionally as Chun Jane, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and former member of THE ARK (디아크). She graduated from Hanlim Arts High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Broadcasting Entertainment from Dongduk Women's University. She first appeared on TV as…