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Bunshun Kiichigo Awards
The Bunshun Kiichigo Awards (文春きいちご賞 - ''Bunshun Kiichigo Shou''), or ''Bunshun Raspberry Awards'', is an award presented in recognition of the worst in film. It was founded in 2005 by the Japanese publication company Bungeishunjū, Ltd. Each year, up to 10 movies are nominated for the award (although in 2008 there were 11 nominees). The first film to win 1st Place was ''Devilman'' (the live-action adaptation of Go Nagai's anime/ manga series), which had already received negative reviews in Japan. The Bunshun Kiichigo Awards are not limited strictly to domestic films; American and foreign films were selected as candidates as well. They include '' Thunderbirds'' (the live-action remake of Gerry Anderson's classic puppet show), the Hong Kong film '' 2046'', ''War of the Worlds'' (the 2005 remake), and ''The Da Vinci Code''. Worst Movie Awards 2004 *1st Place: ''Devilman'' *2nd Place: ''Casshern'' *3rd Place: ''Umineko'' *4th Place: ''Howl's Moving Castle'' *5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungeishunjū
is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine '' Bungeishunjū''. The company was founded by Kan Kikuchi in 1923. It grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well as the annual Naoki Prize for popular novelists. It also granted (from 1955 to 2001) the annual Bungeishunjū Manga Award for achievement in the manga and illustration fields. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company publishes , the weekly , and the sports magazine ''Number'', which represent public opinion of literary, political, and sport-journalistic culture, respectively. The ''Bunshun'', in particular, has come to be known for litigation involving freedom of speech issues, particularly alleged privacy violations and defamation; see, for example, Mitsuo Kagawa. List of magazines The magazines published by Bungeishunjū include: * (published monthly) * (published monthly) * (published weekly) * (monthly literary issue) * (wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Under Blade
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest. In humans, other mammals, and birds, the heart is divided into four chambers: upper left and right atria and lower left and right ventricles. Commonly the right atrium and ventricle are referred together as the right heart and their left counterparts as the left heart. Fish, in contrast, have two chambers, an atrium and a ventricle, while most reptiles have three chambers. In a healthy heart blood flows one way through the heart due to heart valves, which prevent backflow. The heart is enclosed in a protective sac, the pericardium, which also contains a small amount of fluid. The wall of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough (manga)
is a manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho. Plot Rough tells the story of Keisuke Yamato, a 100 m freestyle swimmer, and Ami Ninomiya, a competitive diver as they overcome their family rivalry and fall in love with each other over the course of their high school years. Their families own competing confectionery stores and Ami has grown up hating Keisuke's family because her family believes her grandfather was driven to an early death after Keisuke's grandfather copied their signature "horned owl" manju and outsold them simply by adding "ears," making it that much larger. Characters ; :''Portrayed by:'' Mokomichi Hayami :The son of a Japanese confectionery store owner and a member of Eisen Private High School's swimming club. In junior high school, he won third place in the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeonriji
''Now and Forever'' () is a 2006 South Korean film directed by Kim Seong-joong and starring Choi Ji-woo, Jo Han-sun, Choi Sung-kook and Seo Young-hee.it also has a Japanese manga named RENRI NO EDA (連理の枝) Intertwined Branches . Plot summary Min-su (played by Jo) is a playboy. With his attractive looks, money and position as a CEO of a game company, he can easily lure women he likes and simply enjoys casual relationships with them. His life, however, reaches a turning point when Hye-won (Choi) enters the scene. At first, she is nothing more than one of many women he has met, but as he gets to know her he realizes that he is in love, which he has never experienced before. Although Hye-won has to spend most of her time at hospital due to a fatal disease, she is always cheerful and not discouraged with her misfortune and tries to enjoy life. Mysteriously, Hye-won does not give any signs that she is dying until their relationship is in full bloom. As the story progresses, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umizaru
is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more authentic. The series focuses on Daisuke Senzaki, an officer in the Japan Coast Guard, and tells the stories of shipwreck rescues and other incidents where the coast guard plays a role. The plotlines in the series were drawn from incidents and accidents which actually happened while the manga was being written (similar to the "ripped from the headlines" tagline used by various '' Law & Order'' series). The manga has been adapted into two NHK high-definition specials, four films, and one drama series In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise (2005 Film)
''The Promise'' is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from '' The Kunlun Slave'', a ''wuxia'' romance story written by Pei Xing in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative. Plot Qingcheng, a starving girl, wanders around the land in search of food. She chances upon a boy, tricks him, steals a mantou from him, and runs away. She encounters the goddess Manshen and accepts an offer to enjoy a wealthy and luxurious life and become the most beautiful woman in the land. However, she has a price to pay: She will never find genuine everlasting love with any man. She becomes the King's concubine when she grows up. General Guangming defeats a large army of barbarians with only 1,000 soldiers and rushes back to save the King, who is besieged in the palace by the traitorous Duke Wuhuan. He meets Manshen, who tells him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Sōsō (film)
is a 2006 Japanese romance film directed by Nobuhiro Doi. Starring Masami Nagasawa, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kumiko Aso as Kaoru Aragaki, Yotaro Aragaki and Keiko Inamine, the film depicts Okinawan step-siblings, Kaoru and Yotaru, growing up. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki - Yotaro Aragaki * Masami Nagasawa - Kaoru Aragaki * Kumiko Aso - Keiko Inamine * Takashi Tsukamoto - Yuichi Shimabukuro * Tomi Taira - Mito Niigaki (grandmother) * Eiichiro Funakoshi - Kameoka * Isao Hashizume - Keiko's father Reception ''Nada Sōsō'' was nominated for Best Actor (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Best Actress (Masami Nagasawa) for the 2007 Japanese Academy Awards. However, for the 2007 Bunshun Kiichigo Awards, ''Nada Sōsō'' was ranked 4th worst film and Masami Nagasawa as worst actress. ''The Japan Times'' Mark Schilling comments that the film "has the feel of a more hardscrabble, pure-spirited time and place, when struggle, sacrifice and premature death for the virtuous on-screen heroes were as common as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinking Of Japan
is a 2006 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' disaster film directed by Shinji Higuchi. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Japan Sinks'' and a remake of its earlier film adaptation '' Tidal Wave'', both released in the year 1973. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa and Mao Daichi. Plot In 1995, Submersible pilot Toshio Onodera wakes up pinned inside his car in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, after an earthquake wreaked havoc in the city and nearby Suruga Bay. As an aftershock triggers an explosion, a rescue helicopter led by Reiko Abe saves him and a young girl named Misaki while a nearby mountain (possibly Mount Fuji) erupts. The 1990's have now passed: In Tokyo, geologists and volcanologists around the world become concerned about Japan; one predicts that the archipelagic nation will sink within 40 years. Japanese geoscientist Yusuke Tadokoro doubts the prediction and analyzes rocks in Kyushu, Hokkaido and Mangaia of the Cook Islands, where he hypothesizes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From Earthsea (film)
is a 2006 Japanese anime epic fantasy film co-written and directed by Gorō Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi and Toho, and distributed by the latter company. The film is based on a combination of plot and character elements from the first four books of Ursula K. Le Guin's ''Earthsea'' series (''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'', ''The Farthest Shore'', and ''Tehanu''), as well as Hayao Miyazaki's manga series ''Shuna's Journey''. The film's title is named from the collection of short stories ''Tales from Earthsea'', published in 2001. The plot was "entirely different" according to the author Ursula K. Le Guin, who told director Gorō Miyazaki, "It is not my book. It is your movie. It is a good movie", although she later expressed her disappointment with the end result. A film comic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Tower (film)
is a 2005 Japanese romantic film directed and written by Takashi Minamoto. The film is based on a novel by Kaori Ekuni. Plot Toru, a 20-year-old man, falls in love with a woman who is not only married but also 20 years older. Complicating matters even further, she also happens to be a good friend of his own mother. She has all the possessions she could ever want. But something is missing. The story unfolds in tandem with that of Toru's friend, Koji, who also falls in love with a married woman. The two couples struggle to deal with the complexities of their choices in an effort to find a balance between the forces of love and the reality surrounding them. Cast * Junichi Okada – Toru Kojima * Hitomi Kuroki – Shifumi * Jun Matsumoto – Koji * Shinobu Terajima – Kimiko * Kento Handa * Aya Hirayama * Rosa Kato * Goro Kishitani * Hiroyuki Miyasako is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, voice actor and plays the boke in Ameagari Kesshitai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander (2004 Film)
''Alexander'' is a 2004 historical drama epic film based on the life of the ancient Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great. It was directed by Oliver Stone and starred Colin Farrell. The film's original screenplay derived in part from the book ''Alexander the Great'', published in 1973 by the University of Oxford historian Robin Lane Fox. After release, while it performed well in Europe, the American critical reaction was negative. It grossed $167 million worldwide against a $155 million budget, thus making it a commercial failure. Four versions of the film exist, the initial theatrical cut and three home video director's cuts: the "Director's Cut" in 2005, the "Final Cut" in 2007, and the "Ultimate Cut" in 2014. The two earlier DVD versions of ''Alexander'' ("director's cut" version and the theatrical version) sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. Oliver Stone's third version, ''Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut'' (2007), sold nearly a million copies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Snow (film)
is a 2005 film adaptation of Yukio Mishima's novel of the same name, directed by Isao Yukisada. The cast includes Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kiyoaki Matsugae, Yūko Takeuchi as Satoko Ayakura, and Sosuke Takaoka as Shigekuni Honda. The film was nominated for nine Japanese Academy Awards. " Be My Last", the main theme song for this film, was performed by Hikaru Utada. This was her 14th Japanese-language single release. Plot Spring Snow starts in 1912, as Emperor Taishō begins his reign and Japan's upper classes (''kazoku'') are mimicking the tastes and manners of Europe's aristocrats. Among them are two children, Kiyoaki Matsugae ( Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is the only son of the Marquess Matsugae and Satoko Ayakura (Yūko Takeuchi) who is the only daughter of the Earl Ayakura. Even as a child, Satoko had romantic aspirations for her friendship with Kiyoaki. However, her father (Kenjirō Ishimaru), wary of the womanizing ways of Kiyoaki's father (Takaaki Enoki), fears for his daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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