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Dondo Hare
is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2007. It was the 76th Asadora. Cast * Manami Higa as Natsumi Asakura * Ren Osugi as Keigo Asakura, Natsumi's father * Masako Mori as Fusako Asakura, Natsumi's mother * Asahi Uchida as Masaki Kagami, Natsumi's husband * Mikihisa Azuma as Shinichi Kagami * Akiko Hinagata as Emiko Kagami * Ryunosuke Kamiki as Tomoya Asakura, Natsumi's younger brother * Takeshō Aki as owner of the boarding house in Morioka * Masayuki Suzuki as Kisunori Kagami * Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Yujiro Imamoto * Hiroyuki Nagato as Heiji * Isao Sasaki as Masato Yoshizawa * Mitsuko Kusabue as Katsuno Kagami, Masaki's grandmother * Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese ... as Tamaki Kagami, Masaki's aunt References External links * * ... [...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] |
Hiroyuki Nagato
, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in ''Season of the Sun'', '' Endless Desire'', '' My Second Brother'', '' Stolen Desire'', and '' Sukeban Deka'', and ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. Life and career Nagato was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō. His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Japanese Television Series Debuts
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imo Tako Nankin
IMO or Imo may refer to: Biology and medicine * Irish Medical Organisation, the main organization for doctors in the Republic of Ireland * Intelligent Medical Objects, a privately held company specializing in medical vocabularies * Isomaltooligosaccharide, a mixture of short-chain carbohydrates which has a digestion-resistant property * Idiopathic Massive Osteolysis, a name for Gorham's disease Maritime * International Maritime Organization ** IMO number, a unique identity number issued to seacraft (pattern "1234567") * SS ''Imo'', a 1889 ship involved in the Halifax Explosion Meteorology * International Meteorological Organization * Icelandic Meteorological Office Other * International Mathematical Olympiad * International Meteor Organization * Imo State, Nigeria * imo.im, a video calling and instant messaging app * IMO (in my opinion), an Internet slang expression * Integration Management Office see Post-merger integration Post-merger integration or PMI is a complex proces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Sasaki
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer. He has had voice roles in anime such as '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes'', ''Space Battleship Yamato'', and '' Gatchaman''. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as ''Yamato'', ''Star of the Giants'', '' Getter Robo'', '' Casshern'', '' Grendizer'', ''Gaiking'' and tokusatsu series such as '' Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'', '' J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai'', '' Choujinki Metalder'', and most recently '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''. He has also had an acting role in the tokusatsu film '' Kamen Rider ZO, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders'' and in the series ''Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion''. He is also known for dubbing over Sylvester Stallone, and Christopher Reeve. As an actor, Sasaki was Selected for the lead role in Nagisa Ōshima's film ''The Sun's Burial'' in 1960 by Ōshima. Sasaki played the leading roles in seven films when he was an actor under contract with Shochiku studio. In 1969, he landed lead role on the TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no surviving e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Kino
Hana or HANA may refer to: Places Europe * Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period * Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway West Asia * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province, Iran * Hana, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Hana, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran ** Hana Rural District (other), in Iran Pacific * Hana, Hawaii, a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, USA **Hana Highway, long and winding road connecting Hana, Hawaiʻi to the rest of the island of Maui Africa * Hana, Ethiopia, a town in the woredas of Selamago in Ethiopia People * Hana (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Ben Hana (1957–2012), New Zealand activist * Marion Tait, British ballerina Entertainment * ''Hana'' (film), a 2006 Japanese black comedy by Hirokazu Koreeda Music Musicians * Hana (American musician), stage name of American singer-songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuko Miyamoto
is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in '' A Taxing Woman''. Selected filmography Film *''Lost Sex'' (1966) *'' The Funeral'' (1984) *''Tampopo'' (1985) *'' A Taxing Woman'' (1987) *''A Taxing Woman's Return'' (1988) *''Sweet Home'' (1989) as Akiko Hayakawa *'' A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha'' (1990) *''Minbo'' (1992) *''Daibyonin'' (1993) *'' Supermarket Woman'' (1996) *''Woman in Witness Protection'' (1997) *''Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' (1997) *'' Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle'' (2011) as Tokie Hagiwara *''Strawberry Song'' (2019) *''Stand by Me Doraemon 2'' (2020) *''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021) as Yoshiko *''BL Metamorphosis'' (2022) as Yuki Ichinoi *''Haw'' (2022) Television *'' Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child".http://www.20knames.com/female_japanese_names.htm However Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are: *光子, "light, child" *充子, "provide, child" *満子, "satisfy/full, child" *睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child" *三子, "third child" *密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child" *蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child" People with the name *Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 ''Baishō Mitsuko''), a Japanese actress * Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 ''Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko''), the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi *, Japanese concubine *Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 ''Horie Mitsuko'', born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Aomori Prefecture, Fukikoshi moved to Tokyo at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on stage. He works in both serious drama and comedy, and has often played police detectives. He starred in Sion Sono's ''Cold Fish''. He co-starred with Hideaki Itō in Takashi Miike's ''Lesson of the Evil''. Personal life In 1994, Fukikoshi married the actress Reona Hirota. They divorced in 2005 after having one child, but then remarried in 2012. The couple separated for the second time in December 2016. Filmography Film * '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996) * ''Love & Pop'' (1998) * ''Samurai Fiction'' (1998) * '' Whiteout'' (2000) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * ''The Twilight Samurai'' (2002) * ''Spy Sorge'' (2003) * ''Lady Joker'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * '' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006) * '' Kabei: Our Mother'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manami Higa
is a Japanese actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora ''Dondo Hare'' in 2006. Filmography Film Television TV movies TV dramas Awards *54th Television Drama Academy Awards: Special Award for Dondo Hare is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2007. It was the 76th Asadora. Cast * Manami Higa as Natsumi Asakura * Ren Osugi as Keigo Asakura, Natsumi's father * Masako Mori as Fusako Asakura, Natsumi's mother * Asahi Uchida as Masaki ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higa, Manami Japanese actresses Japanese female models People from Okinawa Prefecture 1986 births Living people Asadora lead actors Ryukyuan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
