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Arata Furuta
is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. Biography Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to '' bushi'' in period drama roles, and even women. He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and often with the troupe Gekidan Shinkansen. Furuta also stars in the 2007 horror film ''Apartment 1303''. Personal life He is married to the television talent Yayoi Nishihata. Selected filmography Film Television dramas *''Shinsengumi!'' (2004) *''Tokyo Friends'' (2005) *''Oh! My Girl!!'' (2008) *''Amachan'' (2013), Taichi Aramaki * ''Doctor X'' (2014), Kiyoshiro Fujikawa (Episode 7 - 11) *'' Botchan'' (2016) *'' Daddy Sister'' (2016) *''Shimokitazawa Die Hard'' (2017) *''Fugitive Boys'' (2017) *''Yell'' (2020), Homare Hatsukaichi *''What Will You Do, Ieyasu?'' (2023), Ashikaga Yoshiaki Television animation *'' PopoloCrois Monogatari'' (1998), Gamigami Devil *''One Piece'' (2014), Byrnndi World (One Piece 3D2Y) *'' Shinya! Tensai Bakabon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furuta Arata From "Stray Nightingale" At Opening Ceremony Of The Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 (33260116030)
Furuta (written: 古田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player and player-manager *, Japanese football player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese football player *, Japanese murder victim *, Imperial Japanese Navy dive bomber pilot *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese social reformer, educator, radio and television personality, and politician *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese football player *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese hurdler *, Japanese jurist {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobunaga Concerto (film)
is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki adventure film directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama, starring Shun Oguri and based on the manga series Nobunaga Concerto, of the same name by Ayumi Ishii. It was released in Japan by Toho on 23 January 2016. Plot Saburo (Shun Oguri) is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan. Cast *Shun Oguri as Saburō/Oda Nobunaga/Akechi Mitsuhide *Kō Shibasaki as Nōhime, Kichō *Osamu Mukai as Ikeda Tsuneoki *Takayuki Yamada as Hashiba Hideyoshi *Gaku Hamada as Tokugawa Ieyasu *Arata Furuta as Matsunaga Hisahide *Taisuke Fujigaya as Maeda Toshiie *Kiko Mizuhara as O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Friends
is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on television but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes. The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired, it was quite successful probably because it was Ai Otsuka's debut as an actress. Plot Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs. Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsengumi!
is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period. Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Joe Odagiri, and Shingo Katori of the pop idol group SMAP. It was written by Japanese director and playwright, Kōki Mitani. Staff * Original: Kōki Mitani * Music: Takayuki Hattori * Titling: Tansetsu Ogino * Narrator: Yasuo Kodera * Historical research: Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura * Architectural research: Sei Hirai * Clothing research: Kiyoko Koizumi * Production coordinator: Kōji Kikkawa * Casting: Kazuhiko Itō * Sword fight arranger : Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Shinsengumi *Shingo Katori as Kondō Isami * Kōji Yamamoto as Hijikata Toshizō *Tatsuya Fujiwara as Okita Sōji *Joe Odagiri as Saitō Hajime *Nakamura Kantarō II as Tōdō Heisuke *Tarō Yamamoto as Harada Sanosuke *Masato Sakai as Yamanami Keisuke *Tomomitsu Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Generations
Beyond may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film * ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne'' * ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed by Pernilla August, OT: ''Svinalängorna'' * ''Beyond'' (2012 film), an American thriller directed by Josef Rusnak * ''Beyond'' (2014 film), a British science fiction film * "Beyond" (''The Animatrix''), a segment of the short-film collection ''The Animatrix'' *''Star Trek Beyond'', a 2016 American science fiction film in the ''Star Trek'' film franchise Games *Beyond Games, a U.S. video game developer founded in 1992 *Beyond Software, a 1980s UK video game developer *'' Beyond: Two Souls'', a video game for the PlayStation 3, developed by Quantic Dream *''Beyond the Supernatural'', a 1980s role-playing game *Stormfront Studios, a U.S. video game developer originally named Beyond Software 1988–1991 Literature * ''Beyond'' (book), a 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump!! The Heroes Behind The Gold
is a Japanese film released on 18 June 2021. It is based on a true story of the test jumpers for the ski jumping event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, who were instrumental in giving Japan a chance at winning the gold medal. Plot Jinya Nishikata is part of Japan's Large Hill ski jumping team at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, which has to settle for silver medal as his teammate Masahiko Harada fails his final jump. Nishikata proceeds to train for the 1998 Winter Olympics, which will be held in his home Nagano Prefecture. However, he gets injured during training and even though he manages to complete rehabilitation before the event, he is not selected for the team, while Harada makes the cut. He instead accepts an offer to join the team of test jumpers, which includes hearing-impaired Ryuji Takahashi; Takashi Minamikawa, who also did not make the Olympics team due to injury; and high school girl Yoshiko Kobayashi, who could only participate in that capacity as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Story
The discography of Japanese pop and jazz vocalist Juju consists of six studio albums, four tribute albums, two extended plays, two live albums, five video albums and numerous singles. Juju debuted as a singer in 2001, collaborating with artists such as DJ Masterkey, Spontania (then known as Hi-Timez) and worked on the soundtrack for the film ''Kyōki no Sakura''. In 2004 while still based in New York, Juju released her debut single with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, "Hikari no Naka e". She had her first successful single in 2006 with the song "Kiseki o Nozomu Nara...", however reached widespread fame in 2008 when "Kimi no Subete ni", the song of her long-time collaborators, Spontania, became a hit single, managing to be certified Million by the RIAJ. This was followed by the successful tracks "Sunao ni Naretara" (2008), an answer song to ""Kimi no Subete ni", and "Ashita ga Kuru Nara" (2009), a duet with R&B singer Jay'ed used as the theme song for the film ''April Bride'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promare
is a 2019 Japanese animated film co-produced by Trigger and XFLAG. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima. It features character and mecha designs by Shigeto Koyama, 3DCG animation by Sanzigen, and music by Hiroyuki Sawano. The film was released on May 24, 2019 in Japan, by Toho Animation. At the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the film was selected as one of the ten films. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature — Independent at the 47th Annie Awards, but lost to Jérémy Clapin's ''I Lost My Body''. Plot During a calamity known as the Great World Blaze, fires from mass spontaneous human combustions killed half the world's population. Certain humans developed pyrokinetic abilities during and subsequent to the event, and become known as the Burnish. Thirty years later, Galo Thymos is a member of the firefighting group Burning Rescue living in the city of Promepolis. The team responds to incidents involving Mad Burnish, a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood-C Another Story
''Blood-C'' (stylized as ''BLOOD-C'') is a 2011 Japanese anime television series co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. It is the second anime series in the ''Blood'' franchise following the 2005–2006 series ''Blood+''. The original 12-episode series aired during 2011, with a sequel film, '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'' releasing in Japanese theaters the following year. The anime was subsequently adapted into two manga, a 2011 novelization, a 2015 stage play, and three live-action films. ''Blood-C'' focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal teenage high school girl who serves as a shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Choose You!
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural '' ies''. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent and this use persists in the languages that descended from Latin. The modern letter ' j' originated as a variation of 'i', and both were used interchangeably for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napping Princess
is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film. It was produced by Signal.MD, written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, and stars Mitsuki Takahata. It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 18, 2017. An English dubbed version was released in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2017, and in the United States a month later. The theme song for the film is a cover of The Monkees' "Daydream Believer" performed by lead actress Mitsuki Takahata. Plot ''Napping Princess'' takes place in two concurrent settings: a near-future Japan, and Heartland, a fantastical realm. The main character, Kokone Morikawa, has strange dreams of Heartland while taking naps. In these dreams, Heartland is a society entirely revolving around cars; the King's castle is a car factory, and his subjects all come to it to make a constant stream of new cars. His daughter, Ancien (who appears as a younger Kokone), has a "magic tablet" computer she uses to give life to various machines: notably, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf The Black Cat
is a 2016 Japanese computer-animated family adventure drama film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara. It was released in Japan by Toho on August 6, 2016. Plot Rudolf is a domestic little black cat from the little town of Gifu (region of Chubu, the center of Japan) who never left his home, being cared for by the child Rie, his owner. When Rie's mother asks her to visit his grandmother to take her food, Rudolf follows Rie out of the house in the wish to know the world outside the home. But when Rudolf runs afoul of a fishmonger, running away and gets inside a trailer of a truck, he's knocked out cold by a broom the fishmonger threw. When Rudolf wakes up and gets out from the trailer to explore, he meets "Gottalot", a big bobtailed street cat who lets Rudolf sleep under a temple. The next morning, Gottalot and Rudolf traverse the town, as Rudolf learns that Gottalot was given a lot of names by the people he encountered, but when he asks Gottalot if he was a pet cat, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
