The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

7.1

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his…

Koizumi Takashi

Koizumi Takashi worked as an assistant director to Kurosawa Akira in “Kagemusha”, ”Ran”, “Madadayo”, etc.. His directorial debut "After the Rain" (2000) (screenplay by Kurosawa Akira) has won the best picture prize of the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize, which is followed by well-made cinemas…

Higashide Masahiro

Masahiro Higashide is a Japanese actor and model who won the Rookie of the Year at the 36th Japan Academy Prize in 2013 and the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award ("The Kirishima Thing") at the 67th Mainichi Film Awards in 2012. Higashide graduated from Saitama Prefectural Asaka High School. He practiced…

Tanaka Min

Tanaka Min is a Japanese actor and dancer. He was trained in ballet and modern dance, but in 1974, turned his back on these forms. He began his solo career with a series of nearly-naked primarily outdoor improvisational dances that took place throughout Japan, often dancing up to five times a day. For…

Yoshine Kyoko

Yoshine Kyoko is a Japanese actress. She began to learn to play piano since kindergarten and started playing the flute from primary school. She is known for her role in "Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu!" as "Kagawa Makoto". In April 2013, she participated in Fuji TV series "Last Cinderella", her official…

Nakadai Tatsuya

Nakadai Tatsuya was a Japanese actor. In his over seven-decade career, he appeared in more than 160 movies and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Kobayashi Masaki, he…

Matsu Takako

Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…

Kurosawa Kazuko

Kurosawa Kazuko is a film costume designer and essayist. She was born in Tokyo. She is the eldest daughter of Kurosawa Akira. Her mother is Yaguchi Yoko. Her older brother is Kurosawa Hisao. Her former husband is Kato Takayuki, the son of actor Kato Daisuke. Her eldest son is actor Kato Takayuki, and…

Sasaki Kuranosuke

Sasaki Kuranosuke is a Japanese actor born in 1968 as the second son of the Katsuya Sasaki, the only remaining sake brewery in Kyoto. He is a graduate of Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kyoto City Nijo Junior High School, and Rakunan High School. In 1988, in order to succeed the family business,…

Igawa Hisashi

Igawa Hisashi is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's "Dodesukaden", "Ran", and "Madadayo". He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of "The Man Who Turned Into A Stick", a surrealist play, in 1969.

Nagayama Kento

Nagayama Kento is a Japanese actor born in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. His older brother is actor (Nagayama) Eita. He made his acting debut in 2007 and won the "Rookie of the Year" at the Japan Academy Prize for his role in the movie 'Softboys' in 2011. He was arrested on June 16th, 2023, for suspicion…

Tirad Pass: The Last Stand of Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar

10.0

Tirad Pass: The Last Stand of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar recounts the early days of American occupation of the Philippines with one of the earliest resistance of the American government which is the infamous Battle of…

Spring!

7.4

Osaka Aoi, a top student and third-year member of the calligraphy club, failed the early entrance exam for a national university, which she was expected to pass. At the lowest point of despair, a classmate and member…

The Legacy

7.0

When Jung Do was 13 years old, his mother often beat him for bringing home very bad report cards. Eventually, Jung Do's mother who felt the education system of the established institution is no good for her son pulled…

Confessions of a Concubine

The lecherous Ming emperor Cheng Teh sat on the throne, women were utterly subservient to men. Businessmen, officials and scholars suggested building houses of infinite pleasure to their lives. In the Ching Hua House…

Love Bites Season 2

6.2

Eight different real-life love stories showcasing the beauty of Oriental Mindoro, inspired by real people bitten by love. > Story 1: "Wedding Dress" After a break up with her long-term boyfriend, Kath buys a wedding…

Hope - Misaeng: Incomplete Life

7.5

Ayumu Ichinose dreams of becoming a professional shogi player, but after his father's death, he supports his family through part-time work while pursuing his goal. At 22, he faces his last chance to pass the professional…

Over My Dead Body

7.2

A dead body and a hotchpotch of homeowners in a residential building on a single night: all hell breaks loose. As the Jewish axiom has it, "Man thinks; God laughs." On a night like any other, Ming, together with his…

Zoku. Zoku. Saigo kara Nibanme no Koi

8.3

11 years have passed and Chiaki is now 59, approaching 60 years old, and Wahei is 63, past retirement age. However, the distance between them remains unchanged, and the story begins in the present, as they watch the…

The Hunting Operations

This drama tells the story of the narc undercover Chen Changping. In order to arrest drug lord Tan Xiaoshan's criminal gang, he lurks beside Tan Xiaoshan's only son, Tan Zilong, and repeatedly saves Tan Zilong's life,…