Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Kobayashi Satoru

Kobayashi Satoru was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. Japanese sources claim that Kobayashi directed over 400 pink films between 1960 and 1990,…

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…

Yakumaru Hirohide

Yakumaru Hirohide is a Japanese talent and moderator. His wife is former singer Ishikawa Hidemi (who retired from the entertainment industry after marriage), and the eldest son is actor Yakumaru Sho. The second son is Yakumaru Hayato, a soccer player from CE Sabadelvenir B (youth). The third son is…

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…

So Yu Mi

So Yu Mi is a South Korean singer, dancer, and former member of VNT (브이엔티; also known as V-92) and KISS & CRY (키스&크라이). She graduated from Anyang Arts High School. She is the daughter of veteran trot singer So Myung. She made her debut in November 2010 as VNT's main dancer, lead vocalist…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Jung Jung Kyun

Jung Jung Kyun is a South Korean producer, singer, dancer, former member of TACHYON (타키온), N-TRAIN (엔트레인) and BIGFLO (빅플로) and current member of WE:A (위아). He made his debut in 2007 as TACHYON's lead vocalist and maknae with their first single, "Feel Your Breeze". Unfortunately,…

Bumkey

Kwon Ki Bum, known professionally as Bumkey, is a South Korean hip-hop singer-songwriter. He was born in Seoul but he moved to Los Angeles, USA in 1999 with his family. In 2004, he decided to return to South Korea, alone, to pursue a career in music. He made his debut in Dynamic Duo's song "Love Is"…

Tokyo Landmarks

Takeshi, who is visiting Minori, who works part-time at a convenience store to support himself, learns that Minori is harboring a runaway girl named Sakurako. Sakurako is a minor, and Takeshi tries to persuade her…

The Voices of the Silenced

6.7

This film delves into the historical experiences of Park Soo Nam, born in colonial-era Japan, now nearly 90 years of age. She had lived half her life when she swapped pen for camera to retrace the story of Zainichi-Koreans…

Republic

In a tiny, six-square-meter room, a young Chinese man named Er Yang envisions a republic of his own. A self-proclaimed communist whom others consider an idealist, Er Yang is a preposterous dreamer, and he is happy…

Trouble Girl

6.5

Xiao Xiao is a girl with ADHD, bullied and isolated by her classmates at school. Even her own mother sees her as a troublemaker, and her father, who works abroad for an extended period, is like a familiar yet distant…

Oh Eun Young Report: Alcohol Free

South Korea suffers from a high rate of high-risk drinking and it is increasing every year, reaching the highest levels around the world! To save countless people who have lost their daily lives due to alcohol, Dr.…

Performing Kaoru's Funeral

Yokotani, bound by obligations to honour his ex-wife Kaoru's passing before he can begin life anew. Completely incompatible, Yokotani and Kaoru's daughter must change completely to create a new family while performing…

Sapfree Office

On the theme of respect, challenge, innovation, and safety, which are core values of HD modernity, episodes 1 to 4 deal with respect, episodes 5 to 6 deal with challenges, and episodes 7 to 8 deal with innovation.…

Yellow Margarine

Inspired by the expression "something like ◯◯" often used in the news, this work is a group drama about nine people and one animal, where a special dream, diverse love, and unbridled self-affirmation intertwine.…

Shiny Summer: P1X3L 5G Team Up

The 3 members of P1X3L and 5 of the female contestants from ‘King Maker IV’ have taken part in a variety of programmes since they joined ViuTV. However, they have yet to participate in a stunning, live singing…

Xun Ta

A wife who gave everything for the husband she loved so deeply is brutally murdered when she's forced to take the place of her husband's mistress in order to lure out a serial killer. Her soul holds resentment and…