Hiroki Ryuichi

Hiroki Ryuichi is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for 800 Two Lap Runners. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character". Of the directors who have graduated from “pink film” to the…

Yanagizawa Shingo

Shingo Yanagisawa is a Japanese actor, tarento and comedian. He graduated from Matsuda High School. He is nicknamed Shingo-chan. He is represented with Hercules.

Otowa Nobuko

Nobuko Otowa was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She appeared in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. She posthumously won the award for best…

Berry Kuo

Berry Kuo, also known as Ta Wen (大文), is a Taiwanese comedian and actress. She graduated from the Department of Drama at the National Taiwan University of Arts (國立台灣藝術大學). Kuo previously formed a comedy group, Baiwen Niao (白文鳥), with Bai Bai (百白). She made her acting debut…

Pai Ching I

Pai Ching I, also known as Pai Pai (百白), is a Taiwanese actress. A graduate of the Drama Department at National Taiwan University of Arts (國立台灣藝術大學), she was formerly part of the comedic duo "Pai Wen Niao" (白文鳥) with Da Wen (大文). She is currently represented by Invincible…

Hsieh Chi Wen

Hsieh Chi Wen is a Taiwanese actor, director, and playwright. He graduated from the Broadcasting and Television Department at the World News Institute of Technology. In 1996, he co-founded the Theater Club Troupe with classmates from Shih Hsin University, where he served as artistic director until 2010.…

Ken Hung

Ken Hung Cheuk Lap is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. He started his career after earning a second place in the EEG Singing Contest (aka 25th annual New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals). During 2007, he went to help in the office for about 3–4 months cutting newspapers because Mani said…

Kobayashi Kinako

Kobayashi Kinako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan, affiliated with the talent agency Otona Keikaku (大人計画). She made her acting debut in the 2005 film Koi wa Go, Shichi, Go! (恋は五・七・五!), followed by her first TV drama appearance in the 2006 TV Tokyo series Uramiya Honpo (怨み屋本舗).…

Kim Gi Hyeon

Kim Gi Hyeon is a South Korean actor, voice actor, and comedian born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong, South Korea. He graduated from Daejeon Daeheung Elementary School (대전대흥초등학교), Hanbat Middle School (한밭중학교), and Daejeon High School (대전고등학교), and earned a Bachelor's…

Siqin Gao Wa

Siqin Gaowa is a Chinese actress, born to a Han Chinese father and Mongolian mother in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. She made her debut in the 1982 film "Rickshaw Boy". She won the Golden Rooster Award and Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress that year. In 1995, she was a member of the jury at the…

Anyang, Paradise City

6.0

Set in Anyang, South Korea, crew members for an upcoming documentary research the devastating fire that took occurred in a factory prior to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. 22 female workers, who were locked in their…

Socrates Excelsa

An installment from program A of an omnibus about mysterious creatures made as part of the first film project by Polar Circle, a collective founded by director Kageyama Shu who has gathered together an eclectic range…

Bohe: Sons of the Waves

10.0

Sama Palau, or commonly known as "Badjaos," are the second Sea Gypsies in the world. They hail from the Southern parts of the Philippines to escape from conflicts and constant abuse from the pirates and ordinary folks.…

Iskalawags

10.0

One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for Filipino action movies (particularly those starred by their idol Jeric…

Yuzu no Ha Yurete

5.0

Set in a farming village in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Takeshi is in the 4th grade of elementary school. He is distraught that his grandfather, whom he loved and lived next door, died. A boy in a white t-shirt, named…

Legend of Fox Demon 1 Nie Xiaoqian

5.5

Nie Xiao Qian, a lonely girl controlled by a monster, accidentally ran into Ning Cai Chen, a scholar who went to Beijing to sit for the imperial exam. Xiao Qian was preparing for a tribute for the demon tree grandmother…

Gravity of the Tea

One hot summer day, Jeong Seong Il visits producer Im Kwon Taek and says he wants to make a documentary about filmmaking. He gets the green light, but the director cancels the movie for many reasons. Im Kwon Taek just…

Palm of the Hand Stories

3.0

1. "The man who does not laugh" (笑わぬ男) - directed by Tsukasa Kishimoto. Story of a man and his bedridden wife who always asks him to pat her legs. 2. "Thank you" (有難う) - directed by Nobuyuki Miyake A…

Hako

8.0

A withering craftsman caters to the requests of iron ore. He breathes life into them as he listens to their wishes. His most prominent creation, a traveling box, wanders the landscape, following railroad tracks, collecting…

Kasai no Hito Special

4.0

Maezaki Family Court is located in a suburban city about an hour away from Tokyo by shinkansen. A newly appointed judge arrives at the court. This man is Kuwata Yoshio, the rumoured oddball who snubbed career advancement…