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Akaji Maro
is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. Early life In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. Career Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, Maro has over 42 film. In 1972 Maro is the founder of Dairakudakan Temputenshiki. Personal life Maro's sons are film director Tatsushi Ōmori, a film director, and Nao Ōmori, an actor. Filmography Film *''Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands'' (1967) *''Ke no haeta kenjû'' (1968) as Taka *''Diary of a Shinjuku Thief'' (1969) *''Yami no naka no chimimoryo'' (1971) as Kinzo *''Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken'' (1977) *''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) *''Kagero-za'' (1981) as Homeless *''Burst City'' (1982) *''Yaju-deka'' (1982) as Painter *''Mitsugetsu'' (1984) *'' Shinran: Path to Purity'' (1987) as Nanzame *''Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon'' (1989) as Tattoo Master *''Dotsuitarunen'' (1989) as Daisuke Kamoi *''Ware ni utsu yoi ari'' (1990) as Sakurada *'' Yumeji'' (1991) *''Waga jinsei saiaku no toki'' (1993) as Lt. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanazawa
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape File:もてなしドーム３.jpg, Kanazawa Station（2013） File:Omichoichibakan004.jpg, Ōmichō-Market（Ōmichō-Ichiba）（2013） File:Kanazawa view from Utatsuyama Park.jpg, Skyline of Kanazawa City（2017） File:Cityscape at downtown Kanazawa.jpg, Central Business District, CBD of Kanazawa File:Katamachi Crossing.jpg, Downtown of Katamachi Area (2022) Geography Kanazawa is located in north-western Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Toyama Prefecture to the east. The city sits between the Sai River (Ishikawa), Sai and Asano river, Asano rivers. The eastern portion of the city is dominated by the Japanese Alps. Parts of the city are within the borders of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight Serenade (1997 Film)
is a 1997 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi / Elder Keita * Hideyuki Kasahara as Onda Keita, younger * Jun Toba as Koji * Shima Iwashita as Fuji * Hinano Yoshikawa as Yukiko * Michiko Hada as Komachi * Junji Takada as Black Marketeer * Toshiya Nagasawa * Sayuri Kawauchi as Onda Hideko * Shōhei Hino * Chōichirō Kawarazaki * Akaji Maro * Takashi Tsumura is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include: *江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem" *隆 - "prosp ... as Interpreter References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films Japanese drama films 1990s Japanese-language films Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9 Souls
is a 2003 Japanese crime drama film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It was released on July 19, 2003. Cast * Yoshio Harada as Torakichi * Ryuhei Matsuda as Michiru *Genta Dairaku as Ushiyama *Itsuji Itao as Fujio *Kazuki Kitamura *Kiyohiko Shibukawa *Koji Chihara as Kazuma *Mame Yamada as Shiratori *Onimaru as Shishido *Takako Matsu *Takuji Suzuki as Inui Reception The film was part of the International Competition: Long Films section at the 18th Fribourg International Film Festival The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival .... On ''Midnight Eye'', Tom Mes said the "film witnesses the birth of an assured, mature director capable of handling multi-character storylines with confidence." References External links * 2003 crime drama films 2003 films Films directed by Toshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makai Tensho
is a 1967 historical fantasy novel by Futaro Yamada. It is a tale in which Mori Sōiken resurrects other dead historical figures to overthrow the Shogunate, while Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi rises to fight him and his warriors of the dead. Plot The tale starts in the Tokugawa shogunate when Yui Shōsetsu meets the old Mori Sōiken, who, in the story, had survived to the Shimabara rebellion and learned the dark arts of ninpou in order to get his revenge. Knowing they both wish for the dethroning of the shōgun, Soiken forms an alliance with Shosetsu and reveals a spell devised by him, the Makai Tensho, which can rise dead people as his puppets. They soon gather an undead army of legendary warriors and sorcerers, among them Amakusa Shirō Tokisada, Miyamoto Musashi, and Araki Mataemon, and plan to use their supernatural skills to destroy the shogunate. However, the crown of their army, Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, breaks free from their control and becomes determined by his own reas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Films
''Jam Films'' and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director. ''Jam Films'' ''Jam Films'' is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse (various production companies participated in the production of the films, e.g. Rockwell Eyes in "''Arita ''Featuring Spencer A. Weezy"). The opening credits sequence for the collection was directed by Hanada Daizaburo. # "''The Messenger'' -弔いは夜の果てで-" (''Requiem for the Dead'') - directed by Ryuhei Kitamura # "けん玉" (''Kendama'') - directed by Tetsuo Shinohara # "コールドスリープ" (''Cold Sleep'') - directed by George Iida # "''Pandora - Hong Kong Leg''" - directed by Mochizuki Rokuro # "''Hijiki''" - directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko # "''Justice''" - directed by Isao Yukisada # "''Arita''" - directed by Shunji Iwai ''Jam Films 2'' ''Jam Films 2'' is the 2003 sequel containing four shorts by different directors. ''Jam Films 2'' is only available as a Region 2 or Region 3 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangri-La (film)
is a 2002 Japanese comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based on the autobiographical novel ''Tōgenkyō no hito-bito'' by Yūji Aoki.http://www.canadajapansociety.bc.ca/cgi/page.cgi?evtid=80&_id=8&date=2008-09-20 Plot The wealthy businessman Korijima of Uwazoko-ya declares bankruptcy, leaving a 10-million-yen contract unpaid to Shosuke Umemoto's printing shop and thereby leaving Shosuke's brother Chusuke unable to repay a 9-million-yen loan to the loan shark Shoko. Shosuke plans to kill himself in his car through carbon monoxide poisoning but stops to assist a man from a nearby homeless village who has been injured by members of the Seiryu mob for threatening to tell the police about their illegal dumping of trash in the village. In return, the members of the village make use their various ingenious resources as they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail Korijima. The liquidator arrives and take everything in Shosuke's printing shop apart from Shosuke's father's priz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KT (film)
''KT'' is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It is based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung-hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days. The title KT means Killing the Target. Plot The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung-hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved. Cast * Kōichi Satō ... Masuo Tomita * Kim Kap-soo ... Kim Chang-won * Choi Il-hwa ... Kim Dae-jung * Yoshio Harada ... Akikazu Kamikawa * Michitaka Tsutsui ... Kim Kap-soo * Yang Eun-yong ... Lee Jeong-mi * Kim Byung-se ... Kim Jung-won * Teruyuki Kagawa ...Haruo Satake * Akira Emoto ... Hiroshi Uchiyama * Kyoko Enami ... Kab-Soos Mother * Noboru Hamada ... Minister * Masahiro Komo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Club (film)
''Suicide Club'', known in Japan as , is a 2001 Japanese independent horror film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film explores a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes Japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior. ''Suicide Club'' gained considerable notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial, transgressive subject matter and overall gruesome presentation. It developed a significant cult following over the years, and won the Jury Prize for "Most Ground-Breaking Film" at the 2003 Fantasia Film Festival. This film has a similar premise to M. Night Shymalan's The Happening. Plot The film takes place over six days, with footage from a fictional pop group "Dessert" opening and closing the film. The story begins with a concert held by Dessert, in which they perform a J-Pop song titled "Mail Me". In Tokyo on May 27, 54 teenage schoolgirls commit mass suicide by throwing themselves in front of an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday (2000 Film)
''Monday'' is a 2000 Japanese comedy thriller drama film directed by Sabu. The film was featured at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award "for its austere, dark wit and keen eye for human foibles." Plot Takagi (Shinichi Tsutsumi), a seemingly average Japanese businessman, wakes up in a hotel room but doesn't know how he wound up there. When a packet of "purification salt" falls out of his pocket, he starts having memories of a funeral and a meeting with a yakuza boss. Soon he finds out he is in deep trouble. Cast * Shin'ichi Tsutsumi as Koichi Takagi * Yasuko Matsuyuki as Yuko Kirishima * Ren Ohsugi as Murai Yoshio * Masanobu Andō as Mitsuo Kondo * Hideki Noda as Shingo Kamiyama * Akira Yamamoto as Kiichiro Hanai * Naomi Nishida as Yuki Machida * Susumu Terajima as Saburô Nakano Reception The ''New York Times'' found that "'Monday' has some of Sabu’s sharpest satire" and "offers a lot of stylish parody as it tracks the increasingly grim traject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Lost Souls
is a 2000 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike based on a novel by Hase Seishu. Plot The Brazilian-Japanese criminal Mario hijacks a helicopter and uses a machine gun to attack a prison bus and free his Chinese girlfriend Kei. They attempt to raise money by robbing a cockfight but end up robbing drugs bought by the yakuza Fushimi of the Okayama Group from a Chinese triad boss named Ko moments before. Fushimi's boss demands his finger but Fushimi kills him and takes over his position with the aid of his soldier Yamazaki. Mario and Kei sell the drugs to a local Brazilian TV broadcaster, who attempts to sell the drugs back to Ko but is beaten then given a message that there is a million-yen reward for Mario and Kei. Mario and Kei fly to Okinawa and are about to stow aboard a boat bound for Tapei then escape to Australia with the aid of their fake passports, but Fushimi abducts Mario's former lover Lucia's blind foster daughter Carla, so Mario and Kei return to Tokyo. Kei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini (1999 Film)
''Gemini'' (also known as ''Sōseiji''; , "Twins") is a 1999 horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto, loosely based on an Edogawa Ranpo story, which pursues his theme of the brutally physical and animalistic side of human beings rearing its ugly head underneath a civilized veneer, present in previous films like '' Tetsuo: The Iron Man'' (1989) and '' Tokyo Fist'' (1995), in what is a new territory for Tsukamoto—a story set in the late Meiji era (1868–1912) with no stop-motion photography and no industrial setting. Plot Tokyo. 1910. Dr. Daitokuji Yukio (Masahiro Motoki), a former military doctor who has taken over a successful practice from his father and treats plague victims, is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and Rin ( Ryo), a beautiful wife. His only problem is that she suffers from amnesia, and her past is unknown. However, things begin to fall apart. Both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger who looks jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikujiro
''Kikujiro'' () is a 1999 Japanese road drama film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro'' tells the story of a young boy searching for his mother during his summer vacation. The film is mostly divided into smaller chapters, listed as entries in the boy's summer vacation diary. Kitano's inspiration for the character (not the film) was his own father, Kikujiro Kitano, a gambler who struggled to feed his family and pay the rent. Similar to his earlier works ''Getting Any?'' and ''A Scene at the Sea'', Kitano references the yakuza only tangentially in ''Kikujiro'', a departure from his work in crime dramas such as '' Sonatine'' and ''Hana-bi''. Aimed at the whole family, the film was allegedly inspired by '' The Wizard of Oz'' with the basic premise being a road trip. Kitano's familiar elements and locales are present: drawings, vignettes, the seaside, and angels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
