A Stranger in Shanghai

7.6

China was in turmoil in 1921 when renowned Japanese novelist, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, (author of "Rashomon") visits Shanghai as a newspaper correspondent. He'd read classic Chinese novels growing up but China is quite…

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

A Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He committed suicide at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.

Katsuta Natsuko

Okabe Takashi

Okabe Takashi is a Japanese actor born in Wakayama, Japan.

Kato Taku

Born in 1969 in Nara, KAto Taku has been working for the Japanese public broadcasting company NHK since 1991. His documentary Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017) was shown on Nippon Connection 2018. (Source: NipponConnection)

Matsuda Ryuhei

Matsuda Ryuhei is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in Japanese films such as Taboo and Nana. Matsuda was born in Tokyo to Matsuda Yusaku, a Japanese actor, and Matsuda Miyuki, a Japanese actress. He has two siblings, one of whom is Japanese actor Shota Matsuda. Yusaku…

Nao

Nao, previously known with her stage name Honda Nao, is a Japanese actress born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is currently signed under the talent agency Irving Co., Ltd. She began her entertainment activities in her hometown at the age of 15 and moved to Tokyo at the age of 20. On February 10, 2025, her official…

Watanabe Aya

Watanabe Aya is a Japanese screenwriter from Hyogo prefecture. She graduated from Konan Women's University. After graduating from college, she spent five years in Germany. Later, she got married and lived in Shimane prefecture while running a grocery store. In 1999, she applied for the scenario entry…

Nakamura Yuri

Nakamura Yuri is a Japanese-born Korean actress and former singer from Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture. She belongs to the Alpha Agency. Nakamura's father was a third-generation Japanese man and her mother was Korean and held citizenship in both South Korea and Japan. Nakamura, like many other multiracial…

Chiang Hsing Lung

A native of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, Shanghai born Chiang Hsing Lung is a pioneer of Hong Kong film in many respects where he was groomed by the legendary Nanyang Film studio's chief executive Wang Sun Fu in the techniques of film editing, cutting & print development for prestige Mandarin dialect…

Sean Zhang

Started his career as a chef, then transitioned to modeling and finally to acting. Married Kou Jing in 2005, and has a son with her born in 2007, named Zhang Yue Xuan, and a daughter born in 2015, named Zhang Xue Yi. On November 29, 2019 Sean announced that he and Kou Jing filed for divorce in 2017.…

The Longest Night in Shanghai

7.5

Lin Xi's the struggling taxi driver who literally runs Naoki down in the street after he goes walkabout. Eager to placate the mysterious foreigner, Lin offers to chauffeur him around town, yet by the time she discovers…

Excellent Investor

7.5

Excellent Investor deals with the distance between dreams and reality and raises the question of how to find yourself. Fang Yu Bin is no different from tens of thousands other young men who leave their small town to…

Shanghai Strangers

In a Shanghai night, during a blackout, two strangers in a restaurant strike up a conversation. erhaps through the ambiguity of the night, Xiuxiu told this stranger a secret that even her family didn't know.

Godfathers of Fury

A stranger in a black fedora comes into town and befriends the Number One Godfather of Shanghai. When the Godfather is gunned down, all fingers point to the man in the black hat. He must fight and kick to prove his…

Strands of Love

6.8

Si Si Xin Dong tells of a love that really begins with using the right shampoo. A country girl who followed her dreams of being a TV host in Shanghai, Zhang Xiao Rou moves into her new rented home with her best friend.…

Sky Lovers

This series depicts six different love stories happening in six different places. Each segment is five-episode long: 1. "Moonlight in the City" (城里的月光; Chengli De Yueguang), set in Bangkok (ep. 1-5) 2. "My…

Shanghai Dawn

8.0

A strange murder case hides more secrets than you can imagine… In 1930s Shanghai, a detective finds himself embroiled in an intriguing murder case, with all clues pointing to his ex-girlfriend as the main suspect.…

Hero from Shanghai

The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside,…

Wandering Days

In 1993, Shanghai, a teenage artist named Xuan drops out of school and crashes in an old Shikumen house. While cleaning up, he finds a forgotten diary written by someone named Lan when she was 18. He becomes kind of…