Kobayashi Mao

Kobayashi Mao is a Japanese actress and news anchor. She is perhaps best known for her appearances on Fuji TV as a weathercaster and on News Zero as a co-anchor, but she has also played several supporting roles in Japanese dramas and movies. Mao was born in Ojiya, Niigata and is a graduate of the department…

Shim Mina

Shim Min Ah, known professionally as Mina, is a South Korean singer and dancer. She graduated from Uijeongbu Girls' High School and later from the Department of Health Administration at Shinheung University. She made her debut in 1993 as an advertising model and later became a dancer. She spent several…

Miyashita Junko

Miyashita Junko is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema. Miyashita Junko was born in Tokyo. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films. Her debut film was in July 1971 with "That's How I Lost".…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Somboonsuk Niyomsiri

Somboonsuk Niyomsiri is a film director and the 2015 "National Artist of Thailand" in the field of cinema for helping shape the Thai screen of the 70s. He is known with the artist nick 'Piak Poster'. The National Artist title rightly recognises his contribution in making movies — 29 of them — though…

Chae Bo Hoon

Chae Bo Hoon is a South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, producer, former member of PURPLE RAIN (퍼플 레인) and current member of THE VANE (더 베인). He graduated from Keimyung University with a bachelor's degree in Music Production and later obtained a master's degree also in Music Production…

Huh Chan Mi

Huh Chan Mi is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of COED SCHOOL (남녀공학) and F-VE DOLLS (파이브돌스). She graduated from Anyang Arts High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Applied Music from Dongduk Women's University. Before debuting, she spent time as a trainee…

Julian Gaertner

Award-winning, German-born actor Julian Gaertner, is known for his television and film appearances in Asia and Europe. He stands for bringing cultures closer together. Gaertner has distinguished himself as a multitalented actor, bringing both superior martial arts and language expertise to films including…

Shim Su Chang

Shim Soo Chang is a South Korean retired relief pitcher and broadcaster. He graduated from Baemyung High School where he was scouted by several US baseball teams as a possible ace when he helped his team earn 2nd place in the 1999 President's Cup National Championship. Unfortunately, the negotiations…

Hirose Yutaka

Hirose Yutaka, born Hirose Kazuhisa (広瀬和久) in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and talent agency representative. He began his career in 1984 and was affiliated with several agencies, including Toei Television Production (東映テレビプロダクション), Toei Actor Center…

Uta no Hajimari

Documentary about deaf photographer Saito Harumichi. When Saito threw away his hearing aid and picked up a camera at age 20, he chose a life of "seeing" over "hearing." His wife Moriyama Manami is also a deaf photographer,…

The Big Band Season 2

8.2

Forget about their past! Whether they’re veterans or nobodies, in this season of The Big Band, their existing labels won’t matter! Their passion for music is the only reason and answer to how far they’ll go.…

Haribote

Documentary about a small local TV station uncovering improprieties at a city council in Toyama Prefecture, a conservative area known for having the highest percentage of LDP voters in Japan for ten years running.…

Guitar Brothers

8.2

Story about the "guitar brothers" Fang Qing Ming and Fang Qing Hua from their hometown in Shizhu Village, Guizhou Province who went to work in a guitar factory in Guangzhou. They later became the owner of a guitar…

Marshall Mu Gui Ying

6.2

Story about the war between Song and Liao during the Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Zong Bao and his father Yang Yan Zhao led an army to fight back against the Liao army and recover the lost territory. Unexpectedly, Empress…

Gong Yin Yi Jiang Shui

Story about fight, with epidemic, spreading in Wuhan. (Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = MyDramaList)

Yi Ye

Tells about the experiences and growth of three boys and girls in puberty in just one night. (Chinese = thehour.cn || Translation = MyDramaList)

SUKITA: The Shoot Must Go On

9.0

Documentary about veteran photographer Sukita Masayoshi, whose photos of musicians like David Bowie and Iggy Pop have been seen around the world. Follows the trajectory of his work including behind-the-scenes anecdotes…

Kokoro no Kokyo Aru Wansho no Ayundekita Michi

Documentary about the lives of 'wansei' Japanese who were born and raised in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation prior to World War Two. At the end of World War Two there were some 200,000 'wansei.' Forcibly repatriated…

Idol Workshop: Cherry Bullet

9.0

Everything about social life that Cherry Bullet shows! (Source: Korean = idollive.tv || Translation = MyDramaList)