Gong Hoon

Gong Hoon is a South Korean trot singer. He came up with his stage name during high school when he became certain he wanted to be a singer. He was raised by his grandmother as his mother battled through illness for many years. He won awards at various music festivals but due to his family situation…

Yamaoka Sohachi

Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…

George A. Furness

A former soldier and lawyer residing in Japan during the 50s and 60s. He retired from the army as a Major. His was well known in Japan for serving as defense counsel for Shigemitsu Mamoru, a war-time Japanese politician, and Admiral Toyoda Soemu, during the Tokyo Trials. Despite Shigemitsu’s opposition…

Matsubayashi Shue

Matsubayashi Shue was a Japanese film director, former naval officer, and a monk, born in Sakurae-cho, Gotsu-shi, Shimane. His Dharma name is Shaku Shue. After he graduated junior high school in 1938, he went to Kyoto and graduated from the Ryutani University specialized department. He moved to Nihon…

Nakano Minoru

Nakano Minoru was a novelist and playwright born in Osaka Prefecture. He dropped out of Hosei University's liberal arts department. In 1922, Nakano's play "Basue no Haru" was performed for the first time at the Park Theater in Asakusa. In the same year, he applied for "Chabanshi" in the script recruitment…

Park Shi Chun

Park Soon Dong, known professionally as Park Shi Chun, was a South Korean director, producer and music composer. He attended Miryang Public Primary School but he dropped out after his father fell ill and the family had to spend money on his medical treatment. He made his debut in 1931 when he composed…

Song Pil Geun

Song Pil Geun is a South Korean comedian and singer. He graduated from Sejong Daesung High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment from Induk University. He made his debut in 2012 as part of the 27th open recruitment for comedians at KBS. He won the Rookie Award…

Hwang Sok Yong

Hwang Su Yeong, later legally changed to Hwang Sok Yong, is a South Korean novelist and democratic activist. He was born in China, as his family was in exile during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He returned in 1945 and lived in Pyongyang, North Korea, for 3 years until the Korean War broke out.…

Dok Go Sung

Born in Gangneung, Gangwon-do. His real name is Jeon Won Yoon. He graduated from Seorabol College of Arts and worked as an exclusive singer at the Goryeo Record Company after winning a prize in the rookie singer contest while attending college. During the Korean War, he made his debut as a movie star…

Kim Ho Sun

Kim Ho Sun was born in South Hamgyong Province, now part of North Korea. He dropped out of Kyung Hee University and made his directorial debut in 1974 with Hwannyeo. A member of the so-called "Visual Age" of Korean directors, Kim made some of the bestselling Korean films of the 1970s. The local Korean…

Kaijuu 8-gou

8.3

Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro vowed as children to join the Defense Force and protect Japan from towering monsters called kaijuu. Years later, Mina has risen through the ranks as a decorated officer, while Kafka—now…

Dou Chong Sheng Le Shei Hai Tan Lian Ai A

He traveled back to ancient times and became the son of a marquis. He wanted to just lie down and relax, but he got a lottery system. However, the condition for activating the system was that the heroine had to reject…

Breaking the Cycle

Breaking the Cycle takes us on a gripping journey through Thailand’s political landscape, following the remarkable rise and fall of Thanathorn, a charismatic young politician. Against the backdrop of the 2019 election,…

All the Things You Are

Seo Jun, a young pianist from an underprivileged background, manages to study classical piano with the aid of a scholarship with the help of renowned pianist Eun Jung Son. His goal is to win an international competition…

Lucky Day

During an afternoon nap, Bai Ling Long is mistakenly summoned by a soul-reaping spell and sent into a parallel space where she is reborn. Armed with a magical artifact — a personal storage space — she finds herself…

Gone with the Wind

6.5

Yin Yin, A Bu, and Shi Tou have known each other since childhood. They grew up together in an orphanage, but a bombing separated them. Abu vanished in the flames while trying to save Yin Yin, his fate unknown. Fifteen…

Legend of Lingyun

6.2

Lin Jin Yu dedicates her life to her husband, Shen Tian Qi, only to be betrayed when he becomes the emperor’s son-in-law and decides to kill her. Framed for infidelity, she is buried alive but miraculously survives…

Chuan Yue Qian Nian De Ai

General Lu Chang Ning of Daqing returns victorious, only to be betrayed by her savior, Li Cheng Jing. To subdue the immortal Lu Chang Ning, Crown Prince Li Cheng Jing and Crown Princess Liu Wen Xi forge three arrows…

Tian Ming Shen Hou

In the thirty-second year of the Qin Dynasty's Heavenly Edict, a 600,000-strong Xiongnu army, allied with eighty-two demonic forces, invaded Tianmen Pass. After a fierce battle, the Divine Marquis Huo Wen Tian annihilated…

In Thy Name

In 2000, after a peace agreement between the Philippine government and the MNLF, some disillusioned members formed the Abu Sayyaf Group. On March 20, Abu Sayyaf rebels kidnapped Fr. Rhoel Gallardo and others in Basilan,…