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31st Japan Academy Film Prize
The is the 31st edition of the ''Japan Academy Film Prize'', an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2007 and it took place on February 15, 2008 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Nominees Awards References External links * - Complete list of awards and nominations for the 31st Japan Academy Prize- {{Japan Academy Film Prize Japan Academy Film Prize The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ... 2008 in Japanese cinema Japan Academy Film Prize February 2008 events in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Film Prize
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai'') for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards. Venue Since 1998 the venue is regularly the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa of Prince Hotels in Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Admission tickets for this award ceremony are also sold to regular customers. As of 2015, there is a charge of 40,000 Yen which includes a French cuisine course dinner named after the award ceremony. Spectators are expected to attend in semi-formal attire. Elementary school students and younger are not permitted. Award The winners are selected from the recipients of the Award for Excellence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano No Mori
''Forest of Piano'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki. It was serialized by Kodansha from 1998 to 2015, initially in ''Young Magazine Uppers'' before transferring to ''Weekly Morning''. The serialization was irregular, and went on hiatus in 2002 before resuming in 2006. The series ended after 26 bound volumes. The series was adapted into a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by director Masayuki Kojima and production company Madhouse. The film featured performances by the renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina premiered from April 8, 2018, to April 14, 2019, on NHK. Plot ''Forest of Piano'' is a story that follows Kai Ichinose, a boy who lives in the red light district but escapes at night to play the piano in the forest. Shuhei Amamiya, the grade-school son of a professional pianist, transfers to Moriwaki Elementary, Kai's elementary school. But it doesn't take lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize For Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the ''Nippon Academy-sho association'' (Japan Academy Prize Association). On 2020, Shim Eun-kyung Shim Eun-kyung (born May 31, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She has starred in the box office hits '' Sunny'' (2011), ''Miss Granny'' (2014) and ''Fabricated City'' (2017), as well as television series ''Naeil's Cantabile'' (2014). In 2020, s ..., a South Korean, became the first non-Japanese actress to win this award. List of winners Multiple wins The following individuals received multiple Best Actress awards: External links Japan Academy Film Prize official website *The winner and nominees {{Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Film awards for lead actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize For Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
The of the Japan Academy Film Prize The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ... is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association. List of winners Multiple wins The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards: External linksJapan Academy Film Prize official website {{Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Film awards for lead actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiko Haaaan!!!
is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007. Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in the film. Plot Kimihiko Onizuka ( Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called yakyuken with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko (Kou Shibasaki) and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However, when the realization of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito (Shinichi Tsutsumi), he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile, Fujiko decides to become an apprentice geisha. A rivalry between Kimihiko and Naito ensues in which they try to out-do each other at baseball, K-1, cooking, acting and even politics. Cast * Sadao Abe as Kimihiko Onizuka * Shinichi Tsutsumi as Kiichiro Naito * Kou Shibasaki as Fujiko Osawa * Kotomi Kyono as Koume * Hitoshi Ueki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kankurō Kudō
is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for '' Go'', which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in ''Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World'', and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band Group Tamashii. Selected filmography Director *''Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san'' (2005) *'' Shonen Merikensack'' (2008) Writer (Movie Screenplays) *'' Go'' (2001) *''Ping Pong'' (2002) *''Drugstore Girl'' (2003) *'' Iden & Tity'' (2003) *'' Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Japan Series'' (2003) *'' 69'' (2004) *''Zebraman'' (2004) *''Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san'' (2005) *'' Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series'' (2006) *''Maiko Haaaan!!!'' (2007) *'' Shonen Merikensack'' (2008) *'' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City'' (2010) *'' Too Young To Die! (2016) Writer (Television) * ''Ikebukuro West Gate Park'' (2000) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuki Matsuo
is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Career Born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Suzuki started his own theatre troupe, Otona Keikaku, in 1988 and was joined by such talent as Kankuro Kudo and Sadao Abe. He won the Kishida Prize for Drama in 1997 for ''Fankī! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai''. In addition to acting and directing, he also writes, and won the Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year in 2008 for '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. As a novelist, he has twice been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. Selected filmography As director *''Otakus in Love'' (2004) *''Female'' (2005) segment "Yoru no Shita (Licking Nights)" *''Welcome to the Quiet Room'' (2007) *'' Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e'' (2015) *'' 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019) As actor Film * ''Ichi the Killer'' (2001) * ''Be with You'' (2004) * '' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' (2005) * ''Forbidden Siren'' (2006) * '' The Shock Labyrint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Yamazaki
is a Japanese visual effects artist, television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year, Director of the Year and Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year, Screenplay of the Year awards at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2006 for ''Always Sanchōme no Yūhi, Always: Sunset on Third Street''. He is a member of the animation and visual effects studio Shirogumi. Filmography Films * ''Juvenile (2000 film), Juvenile'' (2000) * ''Returner'' (2002) * ''Always Sanchōme no Yūhi, Always: Sunset on Third Street'' (2005) * ''Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2'' (2007) * ''Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ballad'' (2009) * ''Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film), Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010) * ''Friends: Naki on Monster Island'' (2011) * ''Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64, Always: Sunset on Third Street 3'' (2012) * ''The Eternal Zero'' (2013) * ''Stand by Me Doraemon'' (2014) * ''Parasyte: Part 1'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Suo
Masayuki (written: , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese animator and director *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player and manager *, Japanese politician *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese pianist and composer *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese physician *Masayuki Kawamura (golfer) (born 1967), Japanese golfer *, Japanese seismologist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese animator and anime director *, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese artist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese actor *, Japanese film producer *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūichi Satō
is a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Pray'' (2005) *''Simsons'' ( ja) (2006) *'' Kisaragi'' (2007) *''Guardian Angel'' ( ja) (2009) *''A Man on the Verge at a Black Company'' ( ja) (2009) *'' Strawberry Night'' (2013) *'' Poison Berry in My Brain'' (2015) *'' Kasane: Beauty and Fate'' (2018) *''You, I Love'' (2018) *'' The Master Plan'' (2021) *''City Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991 and collected into 35 ''tankōbon'' volumes by its publisher Shueisha. The manga was adapted int ...'' (2024) References 1962 births Japanese film directors Living people People from Tokyo {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isshin Inudo
is a Japanese film director. Career Inudo began making films on his own in high school, with one of his works being selected for the 1979 Pia Film Festival. After attending Tokyo Zokei University, he found work at Asahi Promotions where he began directing television commercials, including some award winning ones. He made his feature-length film debut in 1995 with ''Futari ga Shabette iru'', which earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'' (2003) earned him the Minister of Education New Director Award for Fine Art. Filmography * ''Futari ga Shabette Iru'' (1995) * ''Across a Gold Prairie'' (1999) * ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'' (2003) * ''Blooming Again'' (2004) * ''All About My Dog'' (2005) * ''Touch'' (2005) * '' House of Himiko'' (2005) * ''Yellow Tears'' (2006) * ''Bizan'' (2007) * ''Zero Focus'' (2009) * ''The Floating Castle is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Matsuoka
is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short '' Inaka no hōsoku'' at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, ''Bataashi kingyo'', in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a homosexual triangle in ''Kirakira Hikaru'', a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in ''Akashia no Michi'', and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in ''Tokyo Tower''. He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most successful TV show is the '' Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories''. Director Films * ''Bataashi Kingyo'' (1990) * ''Kirakira Hikaru'' (1992) * ''Toire no Hanako-san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
