Wishing Chong

Born in 1957, Japan. He studied in the Department of Arts of the Yokohama Movie and Broadcasting College. In 1993 he branched out into film, and his movie All Under the Moon(1993) won the prize for Best Screenplay in the Mainichi Film Competition and the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay. He won several awards for his movie Begging for Love(1998), including the Japan Academy Prize for Best Screenplay, and the First Asia-Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. He also won the 2001 National Arts Festival Grand Prize for his TV drama I'll Be Eighteen Tomorrow(2001), and published a collection of essays Andreas's Hat(1995). In 2008, his Japan-South Korea joint production the play Yakiniku Dragon was staged in Tokyo and Seoul.

Labyrinth of Dreams (1997)

Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Rena Komine  •  Kotomi Kyōno  •  Tomoka Kurotani

Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Rena Komine  •  Kotomi Kyōno  •  Tomoka Kurotani

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Daisuke Ryū  •  Masakatsu Funaki

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a trio of fighters known only as the demons. Taking up his sword once more, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Daisuke Ryū  •  Masakatsu Funaki

Yakiniku Dragon (2018)

Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wishing Chong
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Yo Oizumi  •  Nanami Sakuraba

Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wishing Chong
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Yo Oizumi  •  Nanami Sakuraba