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30th Yokohama Film Festival
The was held on 1 February 2009 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Awards * Best Film: Yōjirō Takita – '' Departures'' * Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi – ''Kyūka'' and ''Kanki no Uta'' * Best Actress: Eiko Koike – '' The Kiss'' * Best Supporting Actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima – ''Kyūka'', ''Tōnan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna'', ''Oka o Koete'' * Best Supporting Actress: **Ryōko Hirosue – '' Departures'' **Kimiko Yo – '' Departures'', ''Maboroshi no Yamataikoku'', ''Oka o Koete'' * Best Director: Yōjirō Takita – '' Departures'' * Best New Director: Yoshitaka Mori – ''Hyaku Hachi'' * Best Screenplay: Kunitoshi Manda and Tamami Manda – '' The Kiss'' * Best Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa – ''Tokyo Sonata'', ''Kimi no Tomodachi'', ''Shiawase no Kaori'' * Best New Talent: **Riisa Naka – ''Cafe Isobe'' **Anna Ishibashi – ''Kimi no Tomodachi'' **Sarara Tsukifune – ''Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru'' * Special Jury Prize: Yoshitaka Mori – ''Hatsuratsu to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Riisa Naka
is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in ''Hachi One Diver'' (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in '' Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'' (2010). Personal life Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci’s ''Mona Lisa'' painting which her grandfather had an affection for. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in ''Hachi One Diver'', a drama that aired in 2008. Naka co-starred with actor Akiyoshi Nakao in '' Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo'' in 2010 and again in the NHK drama ''Tsurukame Josanin'', which aired in August 2012. They started dating after the filming for the drama ended in October 2012. In spring 2013, it was announced that Naka would marry Nakao, with the wedding being held on March 21, 2013. On October 4, 2013, Naka gave birth t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Festivals In Asia
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2009 Film Festivals
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the Brahmi numerals, beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an Ascender (typography), ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Million Yen Girl
is a 2008 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yuki Tanada. The film is a variation on seishun-eiga and family drama that tells the story from a woman's perspective. The troubled 21-year-old female protagonist named Suzuko Sato (Yū Aoi) sets out on a journey to escape troubles and lives on her own terms by saving up one million Yen each time, but ultimately finds that grass is always greener on the other side. In Japanese films, it is unusual for the girls to take initiative, however, ''One Million Yen Girl'' was able to subversively redefine this narrative. This is one of the most popular films by Yuki Tanada that incorporates feminism and aims toward redefining the gender role and space for woman in the film industry. With a middle ground budget and some promotions, this film has comfortably found success and won awards. Plot Suzuko Sato (Yū Aoi) is an unremarkable young teen that has trouble fitting in. While her younger brother is often praised for his smarts, her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climber's High
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. The film is about a newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Accolades 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Best Film * Best Supporting Actor - Masato Sakai References External links * *Narratives on the World's Worst Plane Crash: Flight JL123 in Print and on ScreenArchive by Hood, C.P. (2009), Research Seminar Paper, Ref No.7, Cardiff Crimes Narrative Network, Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ... 2008 films 2000s Japanese-language films Japanese aviation films Films directed by Masato Harada 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Red Army (film)
is a 2007 film written, directed and produced by Kōji Wakamatsu. It stars Akie Namiki as Hiroko Nagata and Go Jibiki as Tsuneo Mori, the leaders of Japan's leftist paramilitary group, the United Red Army. Akie Namiki was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Story The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the southern Japanese Alps. It emphasizes the dogmatic (and eventually hypocritical) bullying of the group by Mori and Nagata, with 12 members being killed. The third act shows the splitting up of the group after two members run off. It follows one group of five members to Karuizawa and a hostage-taking and police standoff known as the Asama-Sansō incident. Production In order to make the film Wakamatsu mortgaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Dark
, also known as ''Children of Darkness'', is a 2008 Japanese crime film written and directed by Junji Sakamoto based upon the book by the same name by Yang Sok-il. The film premiered on August 2, 2008 in Japan and stars Yōsuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki and Satoshi Tsumabuki. Due to its content, Bangkok International Film Festival pulled ''Children of the Dark'' from its 2008 film lineup, stating that it was “not appropriate for Thai society.” Cast * Yōsuke Eguchi as Hiroyuki Nanbu * Aoi Miyazaki as Keiko Otowa * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Hiroaki Yoda * Kōichi Satō as Katsuhito Kajikawa * Sawa Suzuki as Mineko Kajikawa * Kosuke Toyohara as Tetsuo Shimizu * Prima Ratchata as Napapom * Setanan Homyamyen as Aranya * Thanayong Wongtrakun Production Filming for ''Children of the Dark'' took place in Bangkok despite initial problems securing a filming permit for Thailand, who denied Sakamoto's attempts to procure one. Actor Yōsuke Eguchi had some difficulties with the script, as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Walking (film)
is a 2008 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of the eldest son. The film was widely praised by critics and won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot The Yokoyama family come together every year to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who accidentally drowned 12 years ago while saving the life of a boy. His father Kyohei, a retired doctor, and mother Toshiko are joined by their surviving son Ryota, who has recently married a widow (Yukari) with a young son (Atsushi), and their daughter Chinami, her husband and their children. Ryota resents knowing that Junpei was the favorite son, whose belongings are still left untouched by Toshiko, and that his parents attribute positive memories of him to Junpei; a bitter Kyohei, who is still mourning his son, has always been disappointed that Ryota went into ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gururi No Koto
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi and starring Lily Franky and Tae Kimura. Cast *Lily Franky *Tae Kimura *Mitsuko Baisho *Susumu Terajima * Tamae Ando *Minori Terada *Akira Emoto *Norito Yashima *Seiichi Tanabe *Ryo Kase *Reiko Kataoka *Hirofumi Arai Reception Todd Brown of Twitch Film called ''All Around Us'' " once sweepingly panoramic and microscopically intimate", adding that "Hashiguchi's fourth feature parallels the pains and struggles of the married couple at its center with the changes in Japan itself, touching on such major events as the 1990s economic collapse, the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks, and others." Awards and nominations 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Won: Best Actress - Tae Kimura * Won: Best New Talent - Lily Franky 33rd Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Director - Ryōsuke Hashiguchi 32nd Japan Academy Prize: Best Actress (Tae Kimura is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ishibashi
is a Japanese actress and model. Career Ishibashi starred in Ryuichi Hiroki's ''Your Friend'' in 2008. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. She appeared in Koji Maeda's ''Cannonball Wedlock'' in 2011. Filmography Films *''Your Friend'' (2008) as Emi Izumi *'' Akai Ito'' (2008) as Asami Tadokoro *'' Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2010) as young Kazuko Yoshiyama *''Cannonball Wedlock'' (2011) as Mika *'' Paper Flower'' (2011) as Asuka *''My Back Page'' (2011) as Shigeko *''Milocrorze'' (2011) as Yuri *'' Yume no Kayoiji'' (2012) as Mari Miyazawa *''The Millennial Rapture'' (2013) as Yukino *''Fuan no Tane'' (2013) as Yoko *''Heart Beat'' (2013) as Kayo *''Girl in the Sunny Place'' (2013) *'' L DK'' (2014) as Satsuki Mizuno *'' My Pretend Girlfriend'' (2014) *''Tremble All You Want'' (2017) *''The Stand-In Thief'' (2017) *'' Memoirs of a Murderer'' (2017) *''Linking Love'' (2017) *'' Color Me True'' (2018) *''Butterfly Slee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafe Isobe
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It was in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is h .... References External links * Films directed by Keisuke Yoshida 2008 films 2000s Japanese-language films Films set in restaurants 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
