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36th Yokohama Film Festival
The was held in 2015 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Awards * Best Film: - ''The Light Shines Only There'' * Best Director: ** Mipo O - ''The Light Shines Only There'' ** Momoko Andō - ''0.5mm'' * Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Nao Kubota - ''Homeland'' * Best Screenplay: Ryō Takada - ''The Light Shines Only There'' and ''Silver Spoon'' * Best Cinematographer: Ryūto Kondō - ''The Light Shines Only There'' and ''My Man'' * Best Actor: Gō Ayano - ''The Light Shines Only There'' * Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa - ''Pale Moon (film), Pale Moon'' * Best Supporting Actor: Sosuke Ikematsu - ''Pale Moon (film), Pale Moon'' and ''Bokutachi no Kazoku'' * Best Supporting Actress: ** Satomi Kobayashi - ''Pale Moon (film), Pale Moon'' ** Yuko Oshima - ''Pale Moon (film), Pale Moon'' * Best Newcomer: ** Mugi Kadowaki - ''Love's Whirlpool (2014 film), Love's Whirlpool'', ''Yamikin Ushijima-kun Part2'', ''Shanti Days 365-nichi, Shiawasena Kokyū'' ** Nana Seino - ''Tokyo Tribes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1872), and power plant (1882). Yokohama develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosuke Ikematsu
(born July 9, 1990) is a Japanese actor, television, and theatre actor best known for his role as Higen, the young nephew of samurai leader Katsumoto, in the 2003 film '' The Last Samurai''. Life and career Born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 1990, Ikematsu landed his first film role in the blockbuster hit ''The Last Samurai'' at the age of 13.. Accessed May 29, 2006. He has since gone on to star in four feature-length films in Japan. Ikematsu graduated from Noma Junior High School in Minami-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka in March 2006. Filmography Film * '' The Last Samurai'' - Higen (2003) * '' Tetsujin 28: The Movie'' - Shōtarō (2005) * '' Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' - Atsushi (2005) * ''Udon'' - Shōta Mizusawa (2006) * ''Yoru no Pikunikku'' - Junya Sakaki (2006) * '' Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea'' (2007) * ''Sand Chronicles'' - Daigo Kitamura (2008) * ''Dive!!'' - Yōichi (2008) * ''Ike-chan to Boku'' - Boku (2009) * ''Shin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahiro Takasugi
is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Posters. He is best known for his role as the character Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen from the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Gaim is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei period, Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi ...''. Career Takasugi was scouted by chance at a fireworks display held in Kumamoto Prefecture. In 2009, he debuted in the stage play, ''Every Little Thing '09'' and in 2010 he made his film debut in ''Hanjiro''. Started acting as an actor in 2009. In 2012, he starred in the movie "Quartet" for the first time. In 2014, he won the Best Newcomer Award at the 36th Yokohama Film Festival for the movie "Bon to Lin Chan". In 2017, he won the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards Sponichi Grand Prix New Face Award for the movie "Before We Vanish". Filmography TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon To Lin Chan
''Bon'', also spelled Bön () and also known as Yungdrung Bon (, "eternal Bon"), is a Tibetan religious tradition with many similarities to Tibetan Buddhism and also many unique features.Samuel 2012, pp. 220-221. Bon initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries, but may retain elements from earlier religious traditions (which also used the term Bon).Kvaerne 1996, pp. 9-10. Bon remains a significant minority religion in Tibet (especially in Eastern Tibet) and in the surrounding Himalayan regions. The relationship between Bon and Tibetan Buddhism has been a subject of debate. According to the modern scholar Geoffrey Samuel, while Bon is "essentially a variant of Tibetan Buddhism" with many resemblances to Nyingma, it also preserves some genuinely ancient pre-Buddhist elements. David Snellgrove likewise sees Bon as a form of Buddhism, albeit a heterodox kind. Similarly, John Powers writes that "historical evidence indicates that Bön only developed as a self-consc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Wa Isekai De Tatakatta
is a 2014 Japanese science fiction action film directed by Shusuke Kaneko starring Rumi Hanai, Rina Takeda, Kayano Masuyama (a former member of the Japanese idol girl's group AKB48) and Nana Seino. It was released in Japan on September 27, 2014. Plot In a world where nuclear arms have been outlawed and brilliant leader George W. Bush has eliminated firearms, the law is enforced by sword-wielding police. But aliens from another world have infiltrated this peaceful culture through a wormhole and only the Danger Dolls, a female quartet with unique powers can identify and destroy them. In order to keep their identity secret, the four girls, Arisa, Rei, Miki and Mari, go undercover as a J-pop idol group, the "i.Dolls". However, things are not quite what they seem, their leader, scientist Taichiro Yagyu, has withheld the full story from them and the Danger Dolls have some difficult decisions to make. Cast * Rumi Hanai as Arisa * Rina Takeda as Rei * Kayano Masuyama as Miki * Nana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Tribes
''Tokyo Tribes'', known in Japanese as , is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Santa Inoue. A previous series titled was published into a single-volume in 1993. ''Tokyo Tribes'' was originally serialized from 1997 to 2005 in the urban fashion magazine ''boon''. It is a continuation of the plot in ''Tokyo Tribe'', although many of the characters from that story do not appear in this series. A live-action film adaptation directed by Sion Sono was released in Japan on August 30, 2014. Characters *Nagisa -- the protagonist and a member of the Shivuya (an alteration of "Shibuya") Saru gang. *Megane (Specs) -- Nagisa's friend and a member of Shivuya Saru. *Totoro -- Nagisa's friend and a member of Shivuya Saru. *Otogiri -- Shivuya Saru member who lives in Shivuya Mansion. The Saru are often seen at his apartment. *Fujio -- Nagisa's girlfriend. *Iwao -- leader of Saru's rival gang, the Shinjuku (written in katakana differently than the actual place) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Seino
is a Japanese actress. She has played Sunmi in ''Tokyo Tribe'', Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in the TV Asahi adaptation of Kuroyanagi's autobiography '' Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window'', and Yuko Komiya in the 98th NHK asadora '' Half Blue Sky'', among numerous other TV and film roles. Early life and education Seino was born on October 14, 1994 in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. She started her entertainment career in 2007 as an exclusive model for the girls' fashion magazine ''Pichilemon''. At the age of 15 Seino moved from Aichi to Tokyo alone, later graduating from Japan Arts High School. When she saw ''Resident Evil'', she admired Milla Jovovich, and soon became a pupil of Tak Sakaguchi, who is an action choreographer and actor. Career Seino made her television acting debut in 2011 as Momoka Kurakano in the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television adaptation of Bisco Hatori's manga series ''Ouran High School Host Club''. After minor roles in two films, she successfully auditioned for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanti Days 365-nichi, Shiawasena Kokyū
Shanti may refer to: In Sanskrit * Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress * Kshanti, one of the paramitas of Buddhism * Shanti Mantras or "Peace Mantras”, Hindu prayers or sacred utterances believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers People Real * Shanti Devi (1926–1987), Indian woman at the center of a case of supposed reincarnation * Shanti Devi (politician) (born 1937), Indian politician * Shanti Roney (born 1970), Swedish actor * Shanti Snyder (born 1981), Japanese/English lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host * Oliver Shanti (born 1948), New Age musician * Shanti Wintergate, musician/actress/writer * Shanthi Krishna (born 1960), Tamil and Malayalam movie actress * Shanthi Lekha or Rita Irene Quyn (1929–2009), Sri Lankan actress * Santhi Soundarajan or Santhi Soundararajan (born 1981), Indian athlete * Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Whirlpool (2014 Film)
is a 2014 Japanese erotic romantic drama film directed by Daisuke Miura. The film was adapted from Miura's own award-winning play of the same name, and portrays a group of men and women who pay to come to a common location to take part in organized promiscuous sexual activity. It was released in Japan on March 1, 2014. Plot The entire film is in located in a high rise residential building in Roppongi, Japan where four anonymous men and four anonymous women pay to enter an anonymous sex club. At the beginning of the night the owner comes out and lets them know that they will have from midnight until 5:00 A.M. to continue whatever sexual activities they desire. The rules include showering every time after sex and using the restroom, condoms must be worn at all times, and men must respect the wishes of the women. When the owner leaves they are left in silence to continue spend the night as they wish in sexual activity. After the clerk/bartender leaves to get snacks, the men and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugi Kadowaki
is a Japanese actress. Biography In 2011, Kadowaki debuted in the television drama, ''Misaki Number One!!''. At the time of her debut she was signed to Blooming Agency. In 2013, Kadowaki became a hot topic because of a commercial for "Chocola BB Fe Charge (Eisai)", and appeared in the film '' School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen'' with Aoi Morikawa. MANTANWEB. (2013年2月7日) シネマトゥデイ. (2013年2月10日) In 2014, she appeared in the film '' Love's Whirlpool'' as a college student. 映画.com ( 2013年7月17日 ) The same year, Kadowaki earned her first main role in a drama in NTV's ''Sailor-fuku to Uchūbito (Alien)〜Chikyū ni Nokotta Saigo no 11-ri〜''. Her special skill was classical ballet, which she had studied for twelve years. During her second year in high school, she realized she had to abandon ballet. She did take advantage of her skills, and appeared in a commercial for Tokyo Gas , founded in 1885, is the primary provider of natural gas to the main cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
