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Atsuhime (drama)
is a 2008 Japanese historical drama television series. It is the 47th NHK taiga drama. It aired from January 6 to December 14, 2008, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama chronicles the life of Tenshō-in, based on Tomiko Miyao's 1984 novel . Viewership for ''Atsuhime'' was high; the series received an average rating of 24.5%, the highest rating received by a taiga drama since ''Hideyoshi'' in 1996. Background The taiga drama is based on Tomiko Miyao's novel ''Tenshō-in Atsuhime''. The protagonist is Tenshō-in (Princess Atsu), the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the thirteenth ''shōgun'' of the Edo shogunate. It is the seventh taiga drama to feature a female lead, coming just two years after ''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' in 2006. Following '' Yoshitsune'' in 2005, this is Miyao's second work to be turned into a taiga drama. Following ''Shinsengumi!'', it is also the second taiga drama taking place at the end of the Edo shogunate. The character of Tenshō-in was previously taken up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Tomosaka
is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo. She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name . Profile Tomosaka's father is a beautician. In 1998, she majored in International Culture at Teikyo University, later dropping out. In 1999, she confessed that she had an eating disorder. When she began to appear on television, her female classmates came to ignore her suddenly. In high school, her national popularity rose, causing her stress that resulted in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In April 2003, she married , a theatre director and an actor, and gave birth to her son at home in October 2004. However, she announced on her blog on December 31, 2008 that they divorced. In September 2007, her blog had about 30,000,000 monthly views. She has maintained her management relationship with Itoh Company for modelling, endorsements and acting work. Tomosaka married Suneohair in 2011. They divorced in 2016. On December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naraoka Tomoko
is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film ''Chijin no Ai'', based on the novel ''Naomi''. In 1981 she appeared in ''Rengō Kantai'' (lit. "Combined Fleet", United States title: '' The Imperial Navy''). She also appeared in ''Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial'' (a 1988 movie in the long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series) as well as eight films in the ''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' series. Naraoka has appeared in several NHK Taiga dramas. Her first was the 1969 ''Ten to Chi to,'' in the role of the wife of Uesugi Sadazane. She portrayed Kita no Mandokoro (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in ''Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971). Her next Taiga drama appearance was in 1976 in ''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to''. She narrated the 1986 ''Inochi'' and 1989 ''Kasuga no Tsubone.'' She is the narrato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kin'ya Kitaōji
is a Japanese actor. Biography Early life He was born in Kyoto, son of ''jidaigeki'' film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II in Tokyo. Acting career Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film ''Oyakodaka'' in the role of Katsu Kaishū. He is a contemporary of, and was taken to be a rival of, Hiroki Matsukata, who was also the son of a famous actor (Jūshirō Konoe). In 1964, Kin'ya made his first appearance on stage in ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. The 1960s and 1970s saw him in many contemporary roles. He appeared in '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' and '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' as well as ''Karei naru Ichizoku''. The title role in the 1975 film ''Takehisa Yumeji'' was his. On television, Kitaōji portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in the Nippon Television show of the same name. A major historical role was Sakamoto Ryōma in the year-long prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideki Takahashi
is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University. Career Takahashi made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. Takahashi made film debut with ''Kōgenji'' directed by Buichi Saitō in 1961. In 1963, he starred in the yakuza film ''The Symbol of a Man '' directed by Akinori Matsuo and won populality. Under exclusive contract with Nikkatsu, his notable films are ''Fighting Elegy'' and ''Tattooed Life''. In 1971, Takahashi left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor. In 1974, he starred Kenji Misumi's last film ''The Last Samurai''. On television, he became a star in such ''jidaigeki'' television dramas as Kunitori Monogatari and Momotarō-zamurai. Modern roles are also in his repertoire. Among these is Detective Totsukawa in the ''Nishimura Kyōtarō Travel Mystery'' series. Takahashi is also active as a personality in quiz shows, exemplified by ''Quiz Nihonjin no Shitsumon'' (NHK, 1993–2003). He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikijirō Hira
was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as Macbeth. Described as "Japan's best Shakespearean actor", Hira received several awards throughout his career, including an excellence award at the 2011 hosted by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Biography Early life Hira was born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from in Jōge, Hiroshima Prefecture, he studied at the training school of the Haiyuza Theatre Company and officially joined the company in 1956. One of his early roles was in a production of Goethe's ''Faust''. Acting career Hira's television debut in the 1963 series ''Three Outlaw Samurai'', in which he played a nihilistic masterless samurai, saw his popularity rise. In 1968 he played Hamlet with the Shiki Theatre Company, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Matsuzaka
(born July 20, 1952) is a Japanese actress. Early life Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Career In the 1960s, Matsuzaka became a child actress. Matsuzaka grew into adulthood in film working for Daiei and Shochiku. Matsuzaka played the "Madonna" role in the 1981 film ''Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō,'' the 27th in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. The producers called on her again for that role in ''Torajirō no Endan,'' the 46th of the 49 installments (1993). Keiko also appeared in ''Legend of the Eight Samurai'' (1983), ''Shin Izakaya Yūrei'' (1996), ''Dr. Akagi'' by Shōhei Imamura (1998), '' Runin: Banished'' by Eiji Okuda (2004), and ''Inugamike no Ichizoku'' (scheduled for release in 2007). She won the award for best actress at the 6th Hochi Film Award for '' The Gate of Youth'' and '' Tora-san's Love in Osaka'', and at the 15th Hochi Film Award for ''The Sting of Death''. Her early television appearances have i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Emori
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1965. Career Emori entered the acting school at the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1962 and came to fame with the play ''Ōmugiiri no chikin sūpu'' in 1964. Also appearing on television and in film, he began directing theater in 1981 with ''Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...''. Selected filmography Television Film References External links * 1944 births Living people People from Tokyo Japanese male voice actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izumi Inamori
is a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production. Biography Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. After a year and a half of school life in the United States, her family was poor so she returned to Japan, and soon started her career as a model locally at the age of 20 in 1992. In 1994, she made her film debut in the TV drama series "''Ue o muite arukō!''". She is also a first dan kendoka. Filmography Movies TV dramas Commercials * Shiseido - Elixir (1993) *Shiseido - Prime Rich (1993) * Suntory - Dynamic (1993) * Lotte - Choco-Torte (1994) *Lotte - Toppo (1994) *Toyota - Corolla Celles (1994) *Nissan Motors - "RV de kawaranakya!" (1995) *Kirin Brewery Company - Kirin Lemon Select (1995) *Coca-Cola - Shpla (1996) * Meiji Life Insurance - Fresh Life, Bright Life, Master Life (1996) *Lotte - Aroma Stick Chocolate (1996) *Lotte - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Nagato
, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in ''Season of the Sun'', '' Endless Desire'', '' My Second Brother'', '' Stolen Desire'', and '' Sukeban Deka'', and ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. Life and career Nagato was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō. His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakamura Baijaku II
, better known as , is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. *Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II. *Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III. *Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV. His trade name is and debuted in 1965. Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the Zenshinza troupe. His initial name was . Nakamura took on the name of his great-grandfather Baijaku in 1980 during the 50th Anniversary Performance of Zenshinza and became "Baijaku II". At the final performance of ''Otose'' in 2007, Nakamura announced he was leaving Zenshinza and turning freelance. ''Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsurutaro Kataoka
is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer. For his role in the 1988 film ''The Discarnates'', he won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, at the 13th Hochi Film Award, and at the 10th Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography Film *''The Discarnates'' (1988) - Hidekichi Harada *''Sharaku'' (1995) - Goro *'' Sada'' (1998) - Tatsuzo Kikumoto *'' Last Love'' (2007) *''Maniac Hero'' (2016) - Kōzō Kusaka *''Labyrinth of Cinema'' (2020) - Sen no Rikyū *''Haru ni Chiru'' (2023) Television *'' Rose Against the Odds'' (1991) - Fighting Harada *''Taiheiki'' (1991) - Hōjō Takatoki *''Shūchakueki Series ''5～ (1996–) – Masanao Ushio *'' Atsuhime'' (2008) - Iwakura Tomomi *''Gunshi Kanbei'' (2014) - Kodera Masamoto *''Kamen Rider Drive'' (2014) - Jun Honganji *''Toto Neechan'' (2016) - Eitarō Kumai *''Dokonimo nai Kuni'' (2018) - Ayao Kishimoto *'' Awaiting Kirin'' (2020) - Settsu Harukado *'' Chimudondon'' (2022) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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