Kim Ho Sun

Kim Ho Sun was born in South Hamgyong Province, now part of North Korea. He dropped out of Kyung Hee University and made his directorial debut in 1974 with Hwannyeo. A member of the so-called "Visual Age" of Korean directors, Kim made some of the bestselling Korean films of the 1970s. The local Korean…

Matsuo Fumindo

Matsuo Fumindo was a Japanese actor born in Minami-Ota, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He began his acting career as a child actor at the Shinpa Theater at age four in 1920. He achieved early success at Makino Production in Kyoto and later took leading roles at Kawai Film Production in Tokyo. In May 1924,…

Kataoka Nizaemon XII

Kataoka Nizaemon XII was a kabuki actor known for his long, prestigious career and violent death. Kataoka Tokichi was born into a kabuki family and three of his own sons followed in his footsteps. When he first took the stage at the age of only three, he was known by his birth name. However, he took…

Yoshiyuki Aguri

Yoshiyuki Aguri was a Japanese pioneering beauty specialist. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Yoshiyuki opened a beauty shop in Tokyo after marrying writer Eisuke Yoshiyuki at age 15. Despite the sudden death of her husband in 1940, she raised three children while working as a beautician. In 1985 Yoshiyuki…

Hata Hisao

Hata Hisao was a Japanese actor and playwright. He belonged to the Kansai Geijutsuza and the Mirai Theater Company, and worked as a directing lecturer until his later years to train young talents. He died at the age of 85. (Source: MyDramaList)

Ichikawa Yoshiro

Ichikawa Yoshiro was a Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo. He dropped out of the theater department at Nihon University College of Art. Ichikawa belonged to Joji Ai Pro. He died at the age of 45 of subarachnoid hemorrhage on June 25, 1993.

Kim Dong Won

Kim Dong Won was born in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea and passed away in Seoul, South Korea, at the age of 89 years.

Yoon Il Bong

Yoon Il Bong was a South Korean actor. He graduated from Yongsan High School and later dropped out of university to pursue a career as an actor. He made his debut in 1947 as a child actor in the cultural film "Railroad Story" at the age of 13. The following year, he made his official commercial debut…

Onoe Kajo

Onoe Kajo was a Japanese actor born in Kobe. He was a thorough supporting player of Kyoto historical drama, and at the age of 30, he also played a leading role. His older brother is actor Kataoka Matsuyan. He became a stage actor from early on under the name of Ichikawa Momotaro. After working in the…

Hayama Yoko

Hayama Yoko is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She dropped out of Yamawaki Gakuen High School. At the age of 7, she joined Gekidan Wakakusa at the recommendation of his mother and started performing arts activities as a child actor. In 1955, she made her silver screen debut with "Shiinomi Gakuen" and…

Marumo no Okite SP

7.5

The story is set during the children's summer vacation, and the three main characters take a trip to a vineyard run by Marumo's college underclassman. There, Kaoru and Tomoki meet another child around the same age…

Fly Me to the Moon

7.6

Perhaps we form our likings later in life, whereas our childhood memories shape what makes us feel at home. Yuan moves to Hong Kong with her mother from Hunan at the age of eight to reunite with her father. Everything…

Boogie Woogie

7.6

Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera…

Kimi Ga Kureta Natsu

7.6

A young couple gets married because the girl is pregnant. Their son is healthy until they find out he has cancer at the age of five. How does the young couple deal with that?

Scarlet

7.6

Born in Osaka in 1937, Kawahara Kimiko is the eldest of 3 sisters. At age nine, she and her family moved Shigaraki in Shiga Prefecture. Growing up surrounded by local Shigaraki pottery, she decided to become a ceramics…

Nakimushi Shottan no Kiseki

7.7

Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional…

Duresori: The Voice of East

7.7

Seul Ki and Ah Reum are in their final year at Korea’s much-revered National High School of the Traditional Arts, and like other teenagers their age, they are stressing over the upcoming college entrance exam. During…

Super Intern

7.5

“Super Intern” is a new program that will select interns based only on a SWOT analysis (study looking at the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats) without looking at the applicant’s age,…

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei

7.5

Tsuda Umeko was born in December 31, 1864 and became a pioneer in women's education. In 1871, Tsuda Umeko, with her father's recommendation, went to the United States to study at the age of 6. She was the youngest…

20-Year-Old Soul

7.7

"Even if my heart is dead, my music will continue to live" A young music lover named Asano Daiyoshi died at the young age of 20. In that fact, there is a feeling that a miracle that cannot be imagined overflows the…