Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

Akane Hotaru

Akane Hotaru, also known as Akizuki Anna and Hotaru, was a Japanese actress, HIV/AIDS activist, and AV idol. She was active in many media formats in Japan including mainstream theatrical film and was a popular blogger. She retired from AV work in 2008. Akane was discovered collapsed at home on August…

Kobayashi Asao

Japanese actor. Well known for his role of Hyō Asao (VulPanther) in Taiyō Sentai Sun Vulcan. On 28 December 1982, less than a year after Sun Vulcan ended, Kobayashi's co-star Kishida Shin (Arashiyama Daizaburō) died of esophageal cancer, aged 43. Asao Kobayashi was so overcome by the shock of Kishida’s…

Tanonaka Isamu

Tanonaka Isamu was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Taito, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Madame Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitaro animation series during his lifetime. Previously, he had been attached to Gekidan Togei and then to Theater Echo. At the of his death,…

Gori Daisuke

Gori Daisuke, born Nagahori Yoshio, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. Throughout his career, he was under various agencies, including TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Production; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. On January…

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamaguchi Kappei, born Yamaguch Mitsuo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Goku and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Saotome Ranma in Ranma½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles including Inuyasha in the anime Inuyasha…

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,…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

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…

Sogabe Kazuyuki

Sogabe Kazuyuki was a Japanese actor, voice actor, musician and narrator. During his life, he had been attached to Theater Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He also served as guitarist of the band Slapstick, which he formed with fellow voice actors Furuya Toru and Furukawa…

Gravity

6.5

After surviving the Death March, Martial Law and the loss of his legs, Justino became an atheist. But when his wife dies, a part of him is yearning to believe in life beyond death; just for a chance to be with her…

Kawaguchi 4256

After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family is reluctantly reunited under one roof. Tensions clash between an alcoholic father and his troubled children. (Source: IMDb)

Encounters with Silence

Kodokushi or the lonely death has become common in Japan. The director confronts the silence on the subject through encounters with a man who cleans the apartments of those who die alone, a photographer who documents…

The Sun is Burning

7.0

The unexpected death of her father caused Chen Xuan to suddenly fall into the abyss of reality. A box of urns owed a huge amount, the last thing her father left for her. She was fired, kicked out of the house, threatened…

The Enticement

10.0

Before his death, Tian Nuo Group President Chen Tian Nuo gave two Dong Qichang paintings worth 200 million to Xia Wei, a descendant of the Xia family. During this time, Tian Nuo Group was facing bankruptcy due to a…

Six Sense: Women in Sight

6.0

Yeong Jun experienced what death feels like... One day, he heard someone talking on the phone next door... and got confused. Without knowing, he passes through a wall and enters Soo Ae's room. He was amazed and startled...…

The Hill of Wind

7.8

After the death of her husband, Yeong Boon tells her stepson, Yong Jin, of her plans for a short trip. However, she has other plans in her mind, mainly to go back to her hometown, Taebaek, to get a job. She hopes to…

The Menu

6.7

Two years after the death of Kenny Wong and the departure of editor-in-chief Alma Wong, Smart Post is facing a direct challenge from Flash Post, whose online articles receive considerable click rate on its first date…

The Cat in the Closet

7.1

The sudden death of their son prompts the couple to shut themselves up in their own worlds. The mother begins to spend more and more time feeding the stray cats on the street while the father pretends that nothing…

Most Disturbing Feeling

Stunned by the death of his parents, a struggling teenage boy was forced to look after his siblings while battling against nature which he took for granted, costing the life of his long-lost best friend who visited…