HOME
*





44th Yokohama Film Festival
The was held on 5 February 2023. Awards * Best Film: - ''Love Is Light'' * Best Director: Keiichi Kobayashi - ''Love Is Light'' * Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Chie Hayakawa - '' Plan 75'' * Best Screenplay: Kōsuke Mukai - ''A Man'' * Best Cinematographer: Ryūto Kondō - ''A Man'' * Best Actress: ** Chieko Baisho - '' Plan 75'' ** Riho Yoshioka - ''Anime Supremacy!'' and ''Shimamori'' * Best Actor: Kōji Seto - ''Love Nonetheless'' * Best Supporting Actress: Yuumi Kawai - ''A Man'', '' Plan 75'', ''Love Nonetheless'', ''A Winter Rose'' and ''Just Remembering'' * Best Supporting Actor: ** Hayato Isomura - ''The Fish Tale'', '' Plan 75'', ''Offbeat Cops'' and ''Prior Convictions'' ** Tasuku Emoto - ''Anime Supremacy!'', ''No Place to Go'', and ''Riverside Mukolitta'' * Best Newcomer: ** Nanase Nishino - ''Love Is Light'' ** Fūju Kamio - ''Love Is Light'' ** Yuna Taira - ''Love Is Light'' ** Fumika Baba - ''Love Is Light'' * Examiner Special Award: the staff and ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

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 region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, 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 (era), 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 (1 ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Tasuku Emoto
is a Japanese actor represented by Alpha Agency. His father is actor Akira Emoto, his mother is actress Kazue Tsunogae, his brother is actor Tokio Emoto, and his wife is actress Sakura Ando. Biography Emoto was born in Tokyo on 1986. In 2001 he was a student for Wako High School. Later in the year Emoto passed the audition for the film ''Utsukushī Natsu Kirishima''. He debuted in the film as the protagonist Yasuo Hidaka in 2003. This started Emoto's acting career. In 2004 he was awarded the 77th Kinema Junpo Award for Best Newcomer and the 13th Japanese Movie Critics Rookie Award for his role. In 2005 Emoto went to the video department at Waseda University Art School. In March 2012 he married actress Sakura Ando. Filmography TV series Film Television animation Dubbing *''The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily ''The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily'' () is a 1945 Italian children's book written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati. It tells the story of an armed conflict b ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

2023 In Japanese Cinema
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

2023 Film Festivals
3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic numerals, Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. ...
[...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]  


Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy
is a 2021 Japanese romantic drama anthology film written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The film stars Kotone Furukawa, Katsuki Mori, and Fusako Urabe as the lead actresses of each of the anthology's three segments. The film was previewed online and in cinemas in four cities across the world to buyers, the press, and the festival juries in the ''Competition'' of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival from March 1–5, 2021, after which it was awarded the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. It had its public world premiere at the 22nd Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival on March 23. It was first released nationally in cinemas in Denmark, on July 29, 2021. It was not released across Japan until December 17 the same year. Plot Episode 1: "Magic (or Something Less Assuring)" During a taxi ride back from a photo shoot, model Meiko hears about her best friend Tsugumi's new love interest. After Tsugumi is dropped off, Meiko takes the taxi back to an office, where ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Fumika Baba
''Weekly Playboy'', January 22, 2014 is a Japanese actress and model. She was scouted on a local street when she was in high school, and started working as a model for the local free newspaper, ''Niigata Bishōjo Zukan''. Baba was also part of a young performers troupe called Apricot.高倉文紀 タレントパワーランキング. アーキテクト Her acting debut was in the 2014 film ''Puzzle''. She has expressed her admiration for the actress Fumi Nikaidō is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Career Starting as a model in Naha, Okinawa, Nikaidō made her film debut in 2009 in ''Toad's Oil'', directed by Kōji Yakusho. She and Shota Sometani received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Yo .... Filmography TV series Film Awards References External links Official profile * (Line) * (Ameba) {{DEFAULTSORT:Baba, Fumika Actors from Niigata Prefecture Japanese female models Japanese film actresses Japanese gravure models Japanese television actre ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Yuna Taira
is a Japanese actress. Biography Taira was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, and grew up in Akashi, Hyōgo. Sankei Shimbun (April 4, 2015) . Taira was in the sixth grade at elementary school when her mother and grandmother applied for her to be in the film ''I Wish''. She passed the audition and debuted as an actress. In 2011, she made regular appearances in NHK Educational TV's ''R no Hōsoku''. In 2012, Taira was in Contact Girl Ju Ju Ju from ''Oha Suta ''Oha Suta'' () is a Japanese children's breakfast television show. Produced by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) for TV Tokyo, the show airs on TV Tokyo & TX Network. It premiered in 1997 as a relaunch of (. ''Sutajio'' is a loanword f ...'' Super Live and released a CD. In 2015, she starred in the film ''Scarecrow and Racket: Aki and Tamako's Summer Vacation''. Tennis Magazine (2015年2月20日) Filmography TV series Films References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taira, Yuna 21st-century Japan ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Fūju Kamio
is a Japanese actor. Career Taking an interest in acting as a teenager, Kamio decided to quit his high school soccer club and began his acting career. As he was a fan of Hideaki Itō, he auditioned for the same agency and passed, although Itō would later leave the agency in 2022. In the same year in 2015, Kamio made his television debut in ''Mother, I'm Fine'', a drama special for ''24Hour Television: Love Saves the Earth''. He starred as Aran Maki, the 17-year-old prime minister of an experimental city, in '' Teen Regime'', reuniting with Anna Yamada is a Japanese actress represented by Amuse. Career In 2011 Yamada won the Grand Prix at Ciao Girl 2011 Audition, and joined the talent agency Amuse Inc. She attended the audition because she wanted the Nintendo 3DS, which was the prize of th ..., whom he costarred with in '' What She Likes...''. In May 2021, he made his first starring role in short film, "10 Years wondering in Shibuya - A Decade of Roaming" Kamio an ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Nanase Nishino
is a Japanese actress, model, television host, and former member of Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Her lead roles in TV and film have included Asahi Tōjima in ''Asahinagu'' and Ai Amano in '' Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 2018''. She co-hosts the Fuji TV variety show ''Lion no Goo Touch''. Career In 2011 Nishino auditioned for Nogizaka46 and was selected as one of the 36 first generation members. She was chosen as one of the members performing on their debut single "Guruguru Curtain", released on February 22, 2012. On November 8, 2012, Nishino made her model debut walking the runway at GirlsAward 2012 Autumn/Winter with Nogizaka46 bandmate Mai Shiraishi. She was selected as the choreographic center for the first time for Nogizaka46's 8th single "Kizuitara Kataomoi", which was released on April 2, 2014. Her first solo song, "Hitoriyogari" was included on Nogizaka46's debut album '' Tōmei na Iro'', which was released on January 7, 2015. Nishino's first photo book, titled ' ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Hayato Isomura
is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Blue Label. Filmography TV series Films Awards References External links Official profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isomura, Hayato 21st-century Japanese male actors 1992 births Living people Actors from Shizuoka Prefecture ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Kanagawa
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Kawasaki, Sagamihara, and Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Fujisawa. Kanagawa Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast on Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay, separated by the Miura Peninsula, across from Chiba Prefecture on the Bōsō Peninsula. Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with Yokohama and many of its cities being ma ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]