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Ayumi Ito
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan. Career Ito played a supporting role in ''Tokyo!''. She also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama '' Penance''. Filmography Film * '' Samurai Kids'' (1993) – Chizuko Kusubayashi * '' Swallowtail'' (1996) – Ageha * ''Dr. Akagi'' (1998) * '' All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001) – Yūko Kuno * ''Owl'' (2003) * ''Hana and Alice'' (2004) * ''A Day on the Planet'' (2004) – Kate * ''Riyu'' (2004) – Ayako Takarai * ''Kagen no Tsuki'' (2004) – Sayaka Kamijo * ''Curtain Call'' (2005) – Kaori Hashimoto * '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' (2005) – Tifa Lockhart (voice) * '' Last Order: Final Fantasy VII'' (2005) – Tifa Lockhart * ''The Go Master'' (2006) – Kazuko Nakahara * ''Crickets'' (2006) – Eiko * ''Vanished'' (2006) – Chie * '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) – Tamama * ''Tokyo!'' (2008) – Akemi * '' Be Sure to Share'' (2009) – Nakagawa Yoko * ''Solanin'' (2010) – Ai Kotani * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainichi Korean
comprise ethnic Koreans who have permanent residency status in Japan or who have become Japanese citizens, and whose immigration to Japan originated before 1945, or who are descendants of those immigrants. They are a group distinct from South Korean nationals who have emigrated to Japan after the end of World War II and the division of Korea. They currently constitute the second largest ethnic minority group in Japan after Chinese immigrants, due to many Koreans assimilating into the general Japanese population. The majority of Koreans in Japan are , often known simply as , who are ethnic Korean permanent residents of Japan. The term Zainichi Korean refers only to long-term Korean residents of Japan who trace their roots to Korea under Japanese rule, distinguishing them from the later wave of Korean migrants who came mostly in the 1980s, and from pre-modern immigrants dating back to antiquity who may themselves be the ancestors of the Japanese people. The Japanese word "Zainic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crickets (film)
is a 2006 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama. Plot Cast * Kyōka Suzuki as Kaoru * Tsutomu Yamazaki as Blind Man * Masanobu Andō as Taichi * Ayumi Ito as Eiko Production ''Crickets'' was filmed in 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Release ''Crickets'' debuted in Orizzonti section at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2006. Reception ''Film Comment'' named the film as one of "19 Films to Look Out For" in 2007. Japanese film critic Shigehiko Hasumi (born 29 April 1936 in Roppongi, Tokyo) is a film critic and an academic researcher on French literature from Japan. He was president of the University of Tokyo from 1997 to 2001. Life and work Hasumi's father Shigeyasu was a professor at Kyot ... said, "''Crickets'' can be seen as a bold reply to Sokurov’s '' The Sun''." References External links * * Films directed by Shinji Aoyama 2006 drama films 2006 films Japanese drama films 2000s Japanese-language films 2000s Japanese films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Falsified Romance
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel 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 ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohisama
is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Originally it was planned to air from March 28, 2011 (same as 2005's Asadora series Fight) to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It later aired from April 4, 2011 to October 1, 2011, same as 1988's and 1994's . Cast *Mao Inoue as Yōko Maruyama (her maiden name was Sudō) **Yūki Yagi as young Yōko **Ayako Wakao as older Yōko Maruyama *Kengo Kora as Kazunari Maruyama *Hikari Mitsushima as Ikuko Tsutsui **Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as older Ikuko *Maiko as Machiko Hatano (her maiden name was Sōma) **Yoko Tsukasa as older Machiko *Kei Tanaka as Haruki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother *Kento Nagayama Sigeki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother *Tokio Emoto as Takeo Miyamoto *Ayumi Ito as Natsuko Takahashi *Yumi Shirakawa as Setsuko Miyazawa * Eriko Watanabe as Kayo Murakami * Kazuyoshi Koshida as Michio Maruyama * Hiroshi Inuzuka as Takeo Miyamoto *Yasufumi Tera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Kawashima
was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War. She is sometimes known in fiction under the pseudonym "Eastern Mata Hari". After the war, she was captured, tried, and executed as a traitor by the Nationalist government of the Republic of China. She was also a notable descendant of Hooge, eldest son of Hong Taiji. Names She was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. Her birth name was Aisin Gioro Xianyu and her courtesy name was Dongzhen (literally "eastern jewel"). Her Sinicised name was Jin Bihui. She is best known by her Japanese name, Kawashima Yoshiko (川島 芳子), which is read as Chuāndǎo Fāngzǐ in Chinese. In 1925, Yoshiko took the male name Ryōsuke. Family background and early life She was born Aisin Gioro Xianyu in Beijing in 1907 as the 14th daughter of Shanqi (1866–1922), a Manchu pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth Of Cinema
is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The cast also includes Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki and Takako Tokiwa. ''Labyrinth of Cinema'' premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival. It is Obayashi's final film before his death in 2020, as well as Yukihiro Takahashi's last film role before his death in 2023. Cast ;Main * Takuro Atsuki as Mario * Yoshihiko Hosoda as Shigeru * Takahito Hosoyamada as Hosuke * Rei Yoshida as Noriko * Riko Narumi as Kazumi Saitō * Hirona Yamazaki as Kazuko Yoshiyama * Takako Tokiwa as Yuriko Tachibana ;Others Production In 2016, Nobuhiko Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four terminal cancer. Despite this, he wrote and directed ''Hanagatami'' (2017), and decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheer Boys!!
is a Japanese novel written by Ryō Asai, first published on October 5, 2010, by Shueisha. It follows the members of a university's all-male cheerleading squad. The novel is loosely based on the real-life men's cheerleading team "Shockers" from Waseda University. The series was also adapted as a manga by Kenichi Kondō for the ''Shōnen Jump+'' app starting on April 5, 2016. An anime adaptation started airing on July 5, 2016. It is directed by Ai Yoshimura and written by Reiko Yoshida for the studio Brain's Base. A live action film directed by Hiroki Kazama is slated to open in early 2019. Plot Disheartened with judo, college student Haruki "Haru" Bando was invited by his childhood boyfriend Kazuma Hashimoto to create "BREAKERS", an unprecedented boys' cheerleading team. Those that came to join all were very characteristic in nature: argumentative Mizoguchi, voracious Ton, frivolous Kansai boys Gen and Ichiro, and Sho, who has cheerleading experience. Characters ; : :Haru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekigahara (film)
is a 2017 jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Masato Harada starring Junichi Okada as Ishida Mitsunari. The film recounts the Battle of Sekigahara, a six-hour battle in 1600 that brought an end to the Warring States era in Japanese history, as well as the political struggles that led up to it. It is an adaptation of the 1966 novel ''Sekigahara'' by Ryōtarō Shiba. Plot After brief flash-forwards both to the morning of the battle as well as to the present day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi meets a young temple acolyte, "Sakichi", and recruits him into his service after being impressed with him. Sakichi, who is Ishida Mitsunari, gains wealth and prestige in his new master's service, and eventually is granted a large domain. Hideyoshi unifies most of Japan and takes the title of taikō, but also grows erratic in his old age. He orders a series of expensive invasions of Korea where they were utterly defeated by the Koreans, bankrupting the nobles, and also orders the execution of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokomichi Yonosuke
is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Shūichi Okita. The theme song is called and is performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The film was shown at the 13th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in June 2013. It premiered in America on July 13, 2013 at the New York Asian Film Festival and has also made an appearance at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Japanese Film Festival in Australia. Plot The story is set in Tokyo in 1987 where Yonosuke Yokomichi has arrived from Nagasaki to study Business Administration at Hosei University. Relative to the other students his suit is crumpled and his hair is uncombed. He meets Kuramochi, another unconventional student at the introductory meeting, and meets the pretty Yui Akutsu at the formal registration and they agree to explore together rather than be alone. He encounters Chiharu, a would-be actress in a cafe, and she uses him to extort a car from a businessman. He tells this story to a new friend, Kato, who asks him to join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gantz (film)
''Gantz'' is a Japanese series of live-action action horror science fiction films. The ''Gantz'' series is based on Hiroya Oku's manga series, Gantz. The films are titled ''Gantz'', the sequel ''Gantz: Perfect Answer'', and a made-for-TV movie titled ''Another Gantz''. The first film, starring Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama, follows two high school students who die and are transported to an alternate world. In this alternate reality, a black sphere gives them a mission to kill aliens. Plot ''Gantz'' (2010) The film follows two young men, Kei Kurono (Kazunari Ninomiya) and Masaru Kato (Kenichi Matsuyama), who are killed in a train accident. After their deaths they find themselves transported to another world, where there exists a black ball known as Gantz. Inside the Gantz is a bald man on life support. They find the Gantz in an unfurnished Tokyo apartment, and it forces them to take part in missions to hunt down and kill aliens. They struggle to figure out whether it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandage (film)
, stylized as ''BANDAGE'', is a 2010 Japanese independent film directed by Takeshi Kobayashi, who also served as the editor, producer and composer and written and produced by Shunji Iwai. Based on the original novel by Chika Kan, Iwai adapted it along with Kan and renamed it ''Bandage''. The movie title has actually two meanings, a literal one, which is a play on the words "Band Age", because the story takes place in Japan's early 1990s, the boom of indie rock bands. And a figurative one, in which a certain character uses music as a "bandage" to heal the feeling of worthlessness. Plot Back in the 1990s, way before the manufactured pop acts we now see on TV, there was a flood of indie rock bands that were televised during talent contests that guaranteed instant fame. Amongst that band boom, a group of young musicians managed to dominate the music scene, a band that shone brightest for a brief moment in time. Between popularity and talent, they go through various trials and lineup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
