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Choshichiro Edo Nikki
(''Choshichiro's Edo Diaries'') was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori, the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga. The premise of the show focuses on Tadanaga's death as a result of an alleged plot to overthrow his elder brother, the third shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Choshichiro lives among the commoners in the shogunal capital city of Edo. Kōtarō Satomi portrayed Choshichiro throughout the series. Plot During the reign of the third shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, an exalted personage who was his nephew disobeyed the shōgun's wish and left shogunate services. His name was Choshichiro Nagayori Matsudaira. He was the son of Tadanaga Tokugawa, Suruga's chief councilor who lost his life vying for the shōgun's position with Iemitsu. Broadcast The show ran from 1983 to 1991 on the Nippon Television network. It occupied the Tuesday evening 8:00–8:54 time slot. The first series began on October 18, 1983 and continued to D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hell'', for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. ''Jidaigeki'' films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is more accurately a subgenre of ''jidaigeki''. ''Jidaigeki'' rely on an established set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines. Types Many ''jidaigeki'' take place in Edo, the military capital. Others show the adventures of people wandering from place to place. The long-running television series ''Zenigata Heiji'' and ''Abarenbō Shōgun'' typify the Edo ''jidaigeki''. ''Mito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Japanese Television Series Endings
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1991 So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Japanese Television Series Debuts
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV Dramas
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jidaigeki Television Series
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hell'', for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. ''Jidaigeki'' films are sometimes referred to as chambara movies, a word meaning "sword fight", though chambara is more accurately a subgenre of ''jidaigeki''. ''Jidaigeki'' rely on an established set of dramatic conventions including the use of makeup, language, catchphrases, and plotlines. Types Many ''jidaigeki'' take place in Edo, the military capital. Others show the adventures of people wandering from place to place. The long-running television series ''Zenigata Heiji'' and ''Abarenbō Shōgun'' typify the Edo ''jidaigeki''. ''Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chizuru Azuma
Chizuru (written: 千鶴 lit. "thousand cranes") is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese actress *, Japanese volleyball player *, pseudonym of Shizuka Ishikawa, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese sports shooter *, Japanese cross-country skier Fictional characters *, a character in the manga series ''Squid Girl'' *, a character in the light novel series '' Student Council's Discretion'' *, a character in the manga series ''ReLIFE'' *, a character in the manga series ''Bokurano'' *, a character in the manga series ''YuruYuri'' *, a character in the video game series ''The King of Fighters'' *, a character in the light novel series ''Kanokon'' *, a main character in manga series ''Rent a Girlfriend'' *, a character in the manga series ''Negima!'' *, a character in the anime series '' Combattler V'' *, a character in the manga series ''Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun'' *, a character in ''Haikyū!!'', the position is Wing Spiker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Takagi (actress)
is a Japanese actress and essayist. She dropped out of Wayo Women's University. Filmography * ''W's Tragedy is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Shinichirō Sawai, based on the novel by Shizuko Natsuki (published in English under the title '' Murder at Mt. Fuji''). At the 9th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received three other nominations ...'' (1984) External links *JMDb profile (in Japanese) References 1962 births Living people Japanese essayists Actresses from Tokyo {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagyū Munefuyu
was a ''daimyō'' and a teacher of kenjutsu and military strategy in Japan during the Edo period. His highest-ranking pupil was Tokugawa Ietsuna, fourth Tokugawa ''shōgun''. Munefuyu, who also went by the name Matajūrō, was the third son of Yagyū Munenori. One of his elder brothers was Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. His younger brother was Retsudō Gisen, the real person who is fictionalized as Yagyū Retsudō, leader of the ''Ura-Yagyū'' (Shadow Yagyū), in ''Lone Wolf and Cub''. In 1650, Munefuyu became the head of the Yagyū clan. In 1657 he received the title '' Hida no kami''. In 1668 he rose to the rank of daimyo of the Yagyū Domain when he received an additional grant of land, bringing his holdings above the 10,000 '' koku'' minimum. Initially weaker than his brothers and father, a kōan tells how he managed to become an expert after training his ''zanshin'' (vigilance) for several years in a temple. Despite his success and fame, he was defeated in a single stroke by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tappei Shimokawa
was a Japanese actor. He attended Musashino Art University, but withdrew before completing his degree. In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company but left in 1977. He is well known for his role as Chōsan (Detective Tarō Nozaki) in the detective drama television series ''Taiyō ni Hoero!''. His notable films are ''The Sands of Kurobe'' (1968), Akira Kurosawas film ''Dodes'ka-den'' (1970) and ''Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare '' (1976).日本タレント名鑑 1982 VIP タイムズ社、1981 年、101頁 Selected filmography Films *''The Sands of Kurobe'' (1968) *''Portrait of Hell'' (1969) *''Dodes'ka-den'' (1970) *''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' (1974) *''Failed Youth aka Bitterness of Youth'' (1974) *''Prophecies of Nostradamus '' (1974) *'' Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare '' (1976) *''Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron'' (1978) *''A Distant Cry from Spring '' (1980) *''The Catch'' (1983) *''Boku to, bokura no natsu'' (1990) *''Edo Jō Tairan'' (1991) *'' After the Rain'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Golden Network
Nippon Golden Network (ニッポンゴールデンネットワーク, abbreviated NGN) is a cable television network broadcasting Japanese programs in Hawaii, United States. It is viewable in 4 islands in Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii) and California. Some of their shows have English subtitles. The network has three channels at the moment, NGN (Japanese dramas, musical and variety shows, documentaries and educational programs), NGN2 (Japanese programs from NHK via TV Japan) and NGN3 (subtitled, classic and modern Japanese movies). NHK World is broadcast in partnership with NGN as NGN4. Former programs (incomplete) *Ensen Isan (Railside Treasures) Anime *''Dragon Ball'' (Japanese with English subtitles) *'' Dragon Ball Z'' (Japanese with English subtitles) *''Dr. Slump'' (Japanese with English subtitles) *''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' (1985 series; Japanese with English subtitles) *''Galaxy Express 999'' (Japanese with English subtitles) *''Fist of the North Star'' (Japanese with Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
