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…

Minoru Murata

Murata Minoru was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor in the Taisho and early Showa periods born in Ogawamachi, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He is the first deputy director of the Directors Guild of Japan. He joined Norimasa Kaeriyama's Film Arts Association from the Shingeki movement and is known…

Raymond Red

Raymond Red is one of the pioneer figures of modern Filipino alternative cinema. Having a background in visual arts and photography after studying at the Philippine High School for the Arts and the University of the Phils. College of Fine Arts, he began by making numerous experimental and narrative…

Kim Jong Wook

Kim Jong Wook is a South Korean former singer. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Konkuk University and later obtained a master's degree in Journalism and Information from Kyung Hee University. He made his debut in 2007 with his 1st album, "Kim Jong Wook First" and…

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Roel

Kim Sun Ho, known professionally as Roel, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of ARGON (아르곤). Before debuting, he used to be part of the broadcasting club during middle school and high school and even wanted to become an announcer. He made his debut in March 2019 as the group's…

Okawa Hiroshi

Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…

Ye Da Ying

Ye Da Ying, also known as Ye Ying, is a Chinese screenwriter, director, and actor. Grandson of the late Communist military general Ye Ting, Ye Da Ying began to take an interest in film in his early childhood, owing much to the influence of his actress mother. During the Cultural Revolution, Ye, at the…

Hama Mie

Hama Mie is a Japanese actress most known outside Japan for having played Kissy Suzuki in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Hama was working as a bus conductor when she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She went on to become one of the most in-demand actresses in Japan. Notable appearances…

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,…

Paper Roses

7.1

Kang Jian proposes to Bai Yan, but not out of love. His heart harbors revenge. Twenty-four years ago, Bai Yan's mother had an affair with a married man with a child. The lovers dreamed of a life together, but when…

South Bound

7.1

An eccentric family decides to move to a remote island and drop out of mainstream society in order to save the place the father once called home. ~~ Adapted from the novel by Okuta Hideo.

Nine Dragon Sky Coffin

7.2

The film tells the story of the expedition team headed by Zoran to find out the cause of his father's bizarre death, embarked on the road to find the legendary ship coffin, but accidentally awakened the bloodthirsty…

The Faces of My Gene

7.2

A story revolving around an aimless young man who has done nothing out of his life, yet a magical encounter enables him to regain the confidence and courage to face his problems head on. Mei Xiao Bei has vowed to become…

LOL: Last One Laughing Philippines

7.2

“LOL” or “Last One Laughing” is a reality show where ten comedians battle it out to make each other laugh. With no smiles allowed, they unleash their best jokes and antics, aiming to make each other crack up…

Mutual Crush

7.2

Song Qing Jia makes herself look ugly for a blind date who turns out to be Pei Si Yu, a guy she had a crush on for ten years. (Source: iQiyi)

Sheng Ge

7.2

In her previous life, Sheng Ge found out that Zhou Ye, a boy with a bad reputation, had committed suicide for her after she died. Her impression of him was that he was frivolous and careless. In her new life, Sheng…

Second Proposal

7.1

Jang Mi Young was a happily married mother of 2 when she finds out her husband is having an affair. This results in a divorce, and her husband and his new bride gain custody of the children. Mi Young must strike out…

Instant Numa

7.1

After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation, office worker Haname Jinchoge is given the name of her real father-Noburo Jinchoge when her mother falls into…

School of the Holy Beast

7.3

A young woman becomes a nun at the Sacred Heart Convent to find out what happened to her mother years earlier.