26th Yokohama Film Festival
The was held on 6 February 2005 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Awards * Best Film: ''Kamikaze Girls'' * Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho – ''Yudan Taiteki'', ''Tōkyō Genpatsu'', '' Warai no Daigaku: University of Laughs'' * Best Actress: Kyōko Fukada – ''Kamikaze Girls'' * Best Supporting Actor: Akira Emoto – ''Yudan Taiteki'', ''Niwatori wa Hadashida'' * Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki – ''Kamikaze Girls'', ''Half a Confession'', Hotaru no Hoshi'' * Best Director: Tetsuya Nakashima – ''Kamikaze Girls'' * Best New Director: Izuru Narushima – ''Yudan Taiteki'' * Best Screenplay: Shinobu Yaguchi – ''Swing Girls'' * Best Cinematography: Takahide Shibanushi – ''Swing Girls'', ''Shinkokyū no Hitsuyō'', ''Gege'' * Best New Talent: **Yūya Yagira – '' Nobody Knows'' **Anna Tsuchiya – ''Kamikaze Girls'', ''The Taste of Tea'' **Juri Ueno – ''Swing Girls'', ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'', '' Chirusoku no Natsu'' * Special Prize: Kazuo Kuroki – ''Utsu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center. Ceremonies Categories *Best Film *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Director *Best New Director *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Newcomer *Special Jury Prize *Best New Actor *Best New Actress References External links * Yokohama Film Festival - Overviewon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Authority control Awards established in 1980 Film festivals in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juri Ueno
is a Japanese actress. She first gained recognition in the 2005 film ''Swing Girls'' where she was a recipient of Newcomer of the Year prize at the Japanese Academy Awards. Ueno achieved mainstream success for playing the titular role in the live-action adaptations of manga ''Nodame Cantabile'' for which she won Best Lead Actress at the 51st Television Drama Academy Awards in 2007. She further gained acclaim with her role in the television series ''Last Friends'' for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards in 2008. Career Ueno made her television debut in 2002 at the age of 16 in the NHK series ''Seizon'' before making her first film major appearance in 2003 in ''Chirosoku no Natsu'' which won her the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award at the Mainichi Film Awards along with her performance in the 2004 film, ''Swing Girls''. ''Swing Girls'' proved to be a breakthrough when she received critical accl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2005 Festivals In Asia
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2005 Film Festivals
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niwatori Wa Hadashida
* ''Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga ita'', a one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto * ''Niwatori Otoko to Akaikubi'', a segment of the Anime anthology Robot Carnival is a Japanese anthology original video animation (OVA) and anime film released in 1987. The film consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has ... * ''Niwatori:_13_Japanese_Birds_Pt._10'', an album by Merzbow {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hana And Alice
is a 2004 Japanese film, Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on High-definition video, HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana (Anne Suzuki) and Alice (Yū Aoi), and the stress placed on their friendship as they move into Secondary education in Japan, high school. It was theatrical released in Japan in 2004. It moved into theaters in other Asian territories later in 2004 and 2005, and into western film festivals, such as New York Asian Film Festival and Seattle International Film Festival. Plot When Alice develops a crush on a stranger at the train station, she offers her best friend, Hana, the stranger's "half brother," Masashi. Hana declines, but after watching Masashi from a distance, she develops feelings for him. She stalks him by travelling on his regular train throughout the winter. During the spring, Ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Golden Cups One More Time
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Face Of Jizo
is a Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue. Plays * It was performed by Komatsuza as their 34th Play, from September 3 to 18, 1994, directed by Hitoshi Uyama, starring by Masayo Umezawa and Kei Suma. It has been performed frequently not only all over Japan but also overseas. Paris in 1997, Moscow in 2001, Hong Kong in 2004 and London in 2007. * Now, the play is performed by Komatsuza and some theatrical companies. Books The play ''Chichi to Kuraseba'' ''(Living with my Father)'' is published by Shinchosha in 2001. The play was transferred into three languages and published by Komatsuza. * ''The Face of Jizo'' in English by Roger Pulvers in 2004. * ''Die Tage mit Vater'' ''(The Day with Father)'' in German by Isolde Asai in 2006. * ''Mio Padre'' ''(My Father)'' in Italian by Franco Gervasio and Ai Aoyama in 2006,. CD The play is recorded for a CD with starring Tomoko Saito and Kei Masu, published by Shinchosha, on April 25, 2003. Film The play is adapted for a f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blood And Bones
is a Japanese film, directed by Yōichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel ''Chi to Hone'' by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru (Yang Seok-il). The film opened in Japan on November 6, 2004. It was released on DVD in Japan on April 6, 2005 and South Korea on May 16, 2005. Madman Entertainment distributed it in Australia, while Tartan Video was originally slated to release it in North America. These plans, however, were cancelled due to the company's closure and Kino Entertainment instead took the rights. It was released on DVD in North America on November 11, 2008. The soundtrack was composed by veteran composer Taro Iwashiro and was later released on iTunes. The film was nominated for 12 Japanese Academy Awards and won four, including Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay. It was Japan's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nomine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chichi To Kuraseba
is a Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue. Plays * It was performed by Komatsuza as their 34th Play, from September 3 to 18, 1994, directed by Hitoshi Uyama, starring by Masayo Umezawa and Kei Suma. It has been performed frequently not only all over Japan but also overseas. Paris in 1997, Moscow in 2001, Hong Kong in 2004 and London in 2007. * Now, the play is performed by Komatsuza and some theatrical companies. Books The play ''Chichi to Kuraseba'' ''(Living with my Father)'' is published by Shinchosha in 2001. The play was transferred into three languages and published by Komatsuza. * ''The Face of Jizo'' in English by Roger Pulvers in 2004. * ''Die Tage mit Vater'' ''(The Day with Father)'' in German by Isolde Asai in 2006. * ''Mio Padre'' ''(My Father)'' in Italian by Franco Gervasio and Ai Aoyama in 2006,. CD The play is recorded for a CD with starring Tomoko Saito and Kei Masu, published by Shinchosha, on April 25, 2003. Film The play is adapted for a f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |