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All She Was Worth
''All She Was Worth'' is a crime novel by Miyuki Miyabe. It was originally published under the Japanese title ''Kasha'' (Japanese: 火車). Plot introduction In 1992, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Detective Shunsuke Honma, on leave due to an incident on the job, is hired by his nephew, banker Jun Kurisaka, to track down Kurisaka's fiancée, whom he knows by the name of Shoko Sekine and who disappeared from his life after he discovered her credit history was tainted by bankruptcy. As Honma investigates her circumstances, he finds that the name "Shoko Sekine" actually belongs to someone else other than Kurisaka's fiancée, and that the latter may have murdered the former to achieve this. As Honma navigates the country for clues, he finds that the credit-based economy in Japan, coupled with the country's own system for family identification, have undesirable side effects on ordinary people's lives. Characters (Some of the names were changed in translation and will be noted in ''italics' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya, Aichi
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. It is the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million in 2020. In 1610, the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu to Nagoya. This period saw the renovation of Nagoya Castle. The arrival of the 20th century brought a convergence of economic factors that fueled rapid growth in Nagoya, during the Meiji Restoration, and became a major industrial hub for Japan. The traditional manufactures of timepieces, bicycles, and sewing machines were followed by the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Tabata
is a Japanese actress. She won the best supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for ''The Hidden Blade'' and ''Blood and Bones'', and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for ''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' in 2012. Career Tabata has appeared in films such as ''Happy Flight''Schilling, Mark.Airplane flick tells only half the story" ''The Japan Times''. Friday November 14, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. and ''Sankaku'' She has also appeared in television such as '' Watashi no Aozora'' and ''Shinsengumi!''. Filmography Films * '' Moving'' (1993) * '' Sabu'' (2002) * ''The Hidden Blade'' (2004) * ''Blood and Bones'' (2004) * ''Hana'' (2006) * ''Yellow Tears'' (2007) * ''After School'' (2008) * '' School Days with a Pig'' (2008) * ''Happy Flight'' (2008) - Natsumi Kimura * ''Sankaku'' (2010) * ''A Liar and a Broken Girl'' (2011) * '' Gokudō Meshi'' (2011) - Aya Kurihara * ''Robo-G'' (2012) * ''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' (2012) * '' Befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaya Kamikawa
is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Biography Kamikawa was born in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1965. He graduated from Hachioji-Kita high school in Tokyo. While studying economics in Chuo University, he acted in a minor theatrical group which was touring around Japan and performing at local schools. Kamikawa left Chuo University without a diploma, and joined the group Caramel Box to become a full-time actor. In 1995, Kamikawa starred in a TV drama by NHK, ''Daichi no Ko'', and played the leading role, Lu Yixin. The original author, Toyoko Yamasaki, initially wanted Masahiro Motoki to play the role. However, since the most of the drama was filmed in China and required a lot of travel, Motoki was not able to meet the tight filming schedule. Then one of the staff found Kamikawa, who was still unknown, in a magazine. Toyoko Yamasaki later commented that Kamikawa had been the right choice. Kamikawa is nicknamed "cyborg" by his colleagues due to his extraordinary ability to memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Zaizen
is a Japanese actress. Filmography Films * (1989) * (1989) * '' Heaven and Earth'' (1990) * '' Best Guy'' (1990) * * (1991) * (1993) * (1994) * (1995) * (1997) * (1998) * ''Avalon'' (2001) * ''Ouran High School Host Club'' (2012) * (2013) * (2016) * '' Perfect World'' (2018) * ''Kazoku no Hanashi'' (2018) * ''Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito'' (2019) * ''Iwane: Sword of Serenity'' (2019) * '' Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV'' (2019) * ''Silent Tokyo'' (2020) Television * '' Yoshitsune'' (2005), Hōjō Masako * ''Carnation'' (2011) * '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017) * '' Scarlet'' (2019–20) Anime * ''Human Crossing'' (2003) Dubbing * ''Avalon Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...'', Ash ( Małgorzata Foremniak) References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Moriguchi
is a Japanese actress. She made her film debut with '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' in 1983. Filmography Film * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) * ''Final Take'' (1986) * ''Chichi'' (1988) * ''Kacho Shima Kosaku'' (1992) * '' Unloved'' (2001) * ''Casshern'' (2004) * ''The Taste of Fish'' (2008) * ''Rebirth'' (2011) * ''Key of Life'' (2012) * ''Orange'' (2015) * '' Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment'' (2015) * ''Sun'' (2016) * '' To Each His Own'' (2017) * ''Shoplifters'' (2018) * ''He Won't Kill, She Won't Die'' (2019) * ''Come On, Kiss Me Again!'' (2020) * ''Hiroshima Piano'' (2020) * ''Love Mooning'' (2021) * ''I'll Be Your Ears'' (2021) * ''The Lone Ume Tree'' (2021) * ''Whisper of the Heart'' (2022), Shizuku's mother * ''Shylock's Children'' (2023) Television * ''Hissatsu Shigotonin V'' (1985) * ''A.D. Boogie'' (1991) * ''Imoto Yo'' (1994) * '' Toki o Kakeru Shojo'' (1994) * ''Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune'' (1995), Takehime * ''Minikui Ahiru no Ko'' (1996) * ''Sono Ki ni Naru Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunihiko Mitamura
is a Japanese actor/singer. He is well known for his role in Taiyō ni Hoero! and Hide in the Hissatsu series. Selected filmography Film *''Almost Transparent Blue'' (1979) as Ryu *'' Hissatsu: Sure Death'' (1984) as Hide *''W's Tragedy'' (1984) as Jun Godai *''Fireflies in the North'' (1984) as Denji Masaki *''Hissatsu! Braunkan no Kaibutsutachi'' (1985) as Hide *'' Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka'' (1986) as Hide *'' Sure Death 4: Revenge'' (1987) as Hide *''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' (1989) as Kirishima Kazuhito *''Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi'' (1991) as Hide *''Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu'' (1996) as Hide *''Taiyō no Futa'' (2016) as Naoto Kan Television *Hissatsu series **''Hissatsu Shigotonin'' (1979–81) as Kazarushokunin no Hide **''Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin'' (1981–82) **'' Hissatsu Shigotonin III'' (1982–83) **'' Hissatsu Shigotonin IV'' (1983–84) **''Hissatsu Masshigura!'' (1986) **'' Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitotsu'' (1991–92) *''Taiyō ni Hoero!''(1982–84) as Masayuki H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasha (folklore)
The kasha ( ja, 火車, , or ja, label=none, 化車, lit=changed wheel) is a Japanese yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds. Summary Kasha are yōkai that would steal corpses from funerals and cemeteries, and what exactly they are is not firmly set, and there are examples all throughout the country. In many cases their true identity is actually a cat yōkai, and it is also said that cats that grow old would turn into this yōkai and that their true identity is actually a nekomata. However, there are other cases where the kasha is depicted as an oni carrying the damned in a cart to hell. There are tales of kasha in tales like the folktale Neko Danka, and there are similar tales in the Harima Province (now Hyōgo Prefecture). In Yamasaki (now Shisō), there is the tale of the "Kasha-baba". As a method of protecting corpses from kasha, in Kamikuishiki, Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture (now Fujikawaguchiko, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Credit (finance)
Credit (from Latin verb ''credit'', meaning "one believes") is the trust which allows one party to provide money or resources to another party wherein the second party does not reimburse the first party immediately (thereby generating a debt), but promises either to repay or return those resources (or other materials of equal value) at a later date. In other words, credit is a method of making reciprocity formal, legally enforceable, and extensible to a large group of unrelated people. The resources provided may be financial (e.g. granting a loan), or they may consist of goods or services (e.g. consumer credit). Credit encompasses any form of deferred payment. Credit is extended by a creditor, also known as a lender, to a debtor, also known as a borrower. Etymology The term "credit" was first used in English in the 1520s. The term came "from Middle French crédit (15c.) "belief, trust," from Italian credito, from Latin creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koseki
A or family register is a Japanese family registry. Japanese law requires all Japanese households (basically defined as married couples and their unmarried children) to make notifications of their vital records (such as births, adoptions, deaths, marriages and divorces) to their local authority, which compiles such records encompassing all Japanese citizens within their jurisdiction. Marriages, divorces by mutual consent, acknowledgements of paternity of non-marital children and adoptions (among others) become legally effective only when such events are recorded in the ''koseki''. Births and deaths become legally effective as they happen, but such events must be filed by family members or other persons as allowed by law. Loss of Japanese or foreign nationalities have to be recorded in the ''koseki'', too. Format There are two main types of certified copies of ''koseki'': the Comprehensive Copy of ''Koseki'' (戸籍謄本, ''koseki tōhon'') and Selected Copy of ''Koseki'' (戸 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ise, Mie
, formerly called Ujiyamada (宇治山田), is a city in central Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan. Ise is home to Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shintō shrine in Japan. The city has a long-standing title – Shinto (神都) – that roughly means "the Holy City", and literally means "the Capital of the ''Kami''". , the city had an estimated population of 123,533 in 55,911 households and a population density of 590 people per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Ise is located on the northern half of Shima Peninsula in far eastern Mie Prefecture. The northern part of the city is flat land, facing Ise Bay of the Pacific Ocean. In the south, the land rises to form hills and mountains with an elevation of 100 to 500 meters. Most of the city is within the geographic limits of Ise-Shima National Park. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture *Toba *Shima * Minamiise * Watarai * Tamaki *Meiwa Climate Ise has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
