Nakamura Tomijiro V

Nakamura Tomijuro V was a prominent kabuki actor recognized for his contributions to Japanese cultural heritage. Born Watanabe Hajime, he was the son of Yondaime Nakamura Tomijuro and Azuma Tokoho, head of the Azuma School of Japanese Dance. He belonged to the Japan Art Academy and held the title of…

Saito Miho

Saito Miho is a former Japanese gravure idol from Ushiya, Takasago, Hyogo, Japan. She was affiliated with the talent agency Neue. She graduated from Kitahama Elementary School, Kakogawa Nishi High School, and the Faculty of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University. Initially known as Miho in the modeling…

Kim Tae Hun

Kim Tae Hun is a South Korean music critic. He graduated from Baemyung High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature from Chung-Ang University and a master's degree in Creative Writing from Dongduk Women's University. He was originally interested in pop music but…

Jiang Chun Liang

Jiang Chun Liang was a Chinese actor, casting director and assistant director born in Huainan, Anhui Province, China. He graduated from the performance department of Central Academy of Drama. He passed away in the evening of October 7, 2021, at the age of 33. (Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation…

Ando Mitsuo

Ando Mitsuo was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He began his career with the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1947 at the age of 18, remaining until 1953. He made his film debut in 1958 with Toei in "Jigoku no Gozen Niji" and continued into the 1960s, appearing in gangster films and action movies…

Park Yoo Lim

Park Yoo Lim is a South Korean math instructor, singer, and former member of child group 7PRINCESS (7공주). She graduated from the KAIST-affiliated Academy of Science and Technology and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Mathematical Science from KAIST. She made her debut in 2004 as part of the…

Kura Tadaoyshi

Kura Tadayoshi was a Japanese actor born in Kameido, Koto, Tokyo. He debuted in 1963, appearing in the television drama "Tentekomai Monogatari" while in the second grade. In 1974, he graduated from Seisoku High School in Shiba Park, Minato. He retired from the entertainment industry in 1985 at age 30.…

Fukuda Toyoto

Fukuda Toyoto, also known by the erroneous credit Fukuda Toyoshi (福田豊士), was a Japanese actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He was the eldest son of Japanese painter Fukuda Toyoshiro. Fukuda attended Japan University's Faculty of Literature but later discontinued his studies in the English Literature…

Hanayagi Yoshiaki

Hanayagi Yoshiaki, born Aoyama Masaru (青山勝) in Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by actor Hanayagi Shotaro (花柳章太郎) at a young age. He made his stage debut in November 1933 at Meijiza Theater (明治座) in Kyoenroku (侠艶録). Later, he mentored younger actors in the…

Ijichi Kei

Ijichi Kei was a Japanese film producer born in Hyogo, Japan. He graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. In 1960, he joined the assistant director department at Nikkatsu Studios. After transitioning to a producer in 1971, he left the company in 1977. After working at Central Arts,…

Umui Geino no Mura

Ryukyu dance and sanshin music are among the most impressive traditions from Okinawa. Director Daniel Lopez, being of Swiss-Spanish origin and living in Okinawa, is fascinated by the way these art forms are still being…

The Melancholy of Nagi

Nagi, who works as a contract employee in Osaka has been dating her boyfriend for a year, but he dumps her the day before her first paid vacation. Nagi’s melancholic vacation passes as she is pushed around by her…

Purple Dalha

A group of young individuals in their mid-20s Kwan, Ploy, and Kawin who, in their newfound and unconventional love, look for a sense of belonging as the world comes to pause. In stillness, they face themselves and…

Mama wa Bartender: Koyoi mo Odorou

Hoshino Akari is a bartender working at the long-established bar "BAR 1511" in Ginza. She fell in love with a man who visited the bar where she used to work and married him. Although she had two children, her husband…

There Is People Here, Too

Choong Gil is an unknown actor who broke up with his girlfriend and is having trouble with his work. While frustrated, a great thing happened to him. He passed the first audition for a new film by a world-renowned…

A Song for My Dear

8.0

A song for my dear is a film with a similar story to The memory of you in the Korean Cinema section. The husband is teaching Korean traditional music at a university with his talent inherited from his parents, pansori…

Naniwa no Ban-san! Oishi Oishi Hashirimeshi

5.9

In the bustling city of Osaka, a captivating gourmet drama unfolds, revolving around the enigmatic Ban Akira, a taxi driver with a unique gift for ferrying distressed passengers with intricate dilemmas to exquisite…

Vandalism

Three years ago, Daichi Matsumura lost his beloved family in an unreasonable incident. From then one, he lives with a helpless sense of remorse for himself. However, as time passes, the incident is easily forgotten…

Your Lovely Smile

A charming and heartfelt road movie that follows an independent filmmaker as he travels from Okinawa to Hokkaido, seeking arthouse cinemas that would showcase his low-budget films amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On his…

Kristin dan Kuching Kuchingnya

Adopted as a young child, a Malay boy eventually came out as trans. Kristin was accepted by her foster parents, but her happiness was short-lived when both of them suddenly passed away. Shunned by the rest of her foster…