Gosho Heinosuke

Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…

Fukae Shoki

Fukae Shoki, born Fukae Akiyoshi (深江和久) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor affiliated with Ishihara Promotion (石原プロモーション) and Group 71 (グループ71). During World War II, he served as a special naval youth recruit aboard the aircraft carrier Shinano. After working in…

Hidari Bokuzen

Hidari Bokuzen, born Mikajima Ichiro (三ヶ島一郎) in Kitano, Kotesashi, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actor and opera singer. He was the second son of an elementary school principal, and his family had been priests at Hikawa Shrine in Mikajima Village for generations, though his grandfather…

Yamamoto Satsuo

Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho.…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Kim Sung Won

Kim Sung Won was a Korean actor, voice actor, and theater actor. He was born in 1936 in Pyongyang, South Pyongan Province (which became part of North Korea) but spent his childhood in Wonju City in Gangwon Province, remaining in South Korea after the nation divided. After graduating from Seorabeol University…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Kawada Yoshiko

Yoshiko Kawada was born on October 17, 1895, in Niigata, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kurokami yâshâ dainihen (1926), Yôfu gonin onna - Dai sanpen: Sempatsu Oyoshi (1926) and Ari jigoku (1925). She died on March 24, 1970. (IMDB) 1895 (Meiji 28) October 17, Niigata City of the red-light district…

Cha Eun Dam

Lee Seung Ju, known professionally as Cha Eun Dam, is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress, and former member of A.DE (에이디이). She made her debut in June 2016 (using the stage name Yeorin) as the group's sub-vocalist with their first single, "Strawberry". They were managed by 2Able Company…

Lee Yun Sang

Lee Yun Sang is a South Korean singer, dancer, former member of ASTIN (아스틴), AWEEK (어위크), IB147 (아이비147), and current member of L5ST (로스트). He is enrolled in the Practical Dance program at Sejong University Lifelong Education Center. He made his debut in March 2019 (under the…

Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action

After the Gangnam Station Murder Case in 2016, my friends and I started new activism from labour activism to feminist activism. The feminist group we created, Flaming Feminist Action, is the group addressing the issues…

206: Unearthed

After the dissolution of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was launched as a South Korean government organization in 2005, civic groups and bereaved families wishing to complete the mission the government…

Fukushima Monologue II

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After the Fukushima nuclear accident, Matsumura Naoto stayed put in his hometown of Tomioka to look after abandoned animals. A decade later, Matsumura is now battling to revive a rice field in a decontaminated wasteland.…

Welcome, First Time in Korea? Reboot

After the pandemic is over and restrictions are lifted, foreigners can once again invite their friends from their home countries to South Korea and offer them unique trips that ordinary tourists wouldn't otherwise…

Posthumous Child

After the wife learns her husband's accidental death, she has an intense conflict with her own mother, in-laws, and public opinion about whether the posthumous child less than ten weeks old should be born. (Source:…

Yu Ta Xin Jian Jiang Luo

After the Mu family found their biological daughter, the well-behaved and adorable Mu Wan Wan was kicked out of the house. Helpless and with nowhere to go, she was fortunately taken in by Ye Mo Han’s grandmother,…

Korea-Japan Top Ten Show

After the fierce competition of "Korea-Japan King of Singers", the top representatives of each country face-off again to showcase their best music. (Source: Korean = MBN || Translation = MyDramaList)

This Land Is Mine

After the end of World War II, Singapore returned to British rule after four years of Japanese Occupation. Life, however, does not return to the way it was before the war. It is a time of massive unemployment, food…

A Dream about My Ex

After the protagonist Zhi Hao and his girlfriend broke up, his life became bleak and tasteless. When he sorts out his ex-girlfriend's belongings, all the fond memories comes back into his mind. (Source: BIFAN) ~~ A…

Po Mi

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After the April 12th counter-revolutionary coup, Cai Ze Hong returned to Shanghai to seek out the party organization. To protect his family's identity, he used the alias Cai Wei and became acquainted with Ming Song,…