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Eita
is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series '' Water Boys''. He also appeared in ''Summer Time Machine Blues'' and '' Tokyo Friends: The Movie''. Career In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play ''Tokyo Gekko Makyoku'', playing a mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production. Personal life On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer Kaela Kimura is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter. Career Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine ''Seventeen (Jap ..., who was already five months pregnant, that sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaela Kimura
is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter. Career Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine '' Seventeen''. She went on to host the morning television show ''Saku Saku'' from April 14, 2003 to March 31, 2006. Kimura released her only indie single, titled "Level 42", but it was later released as her major label debut single on June 23, 2004, after she signed with Columbia Music Entertainment. The song was used over the end credits of ''Saku Saku''. On October 27, Kimura released her second single, " Happiness!!!", which was followed by her debut album, ''Kaela'', on December 8, 2004. Following the release of her third single, " Rirura Riruha", on March 30, 2005, Kimura saw her fanbase grow considerably. The song was used in a series of Vodafone commercials in Japan and helped make her a household name. It sold over 100,000 copies, her best-selli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Doctor (film)
is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by Miwa Nishikawa, starring Tsurube Shofukutei. It won the award for Best Film at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Film at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize. Cast * Tsurube Shofukutei as Dr. Osamu Ino * Eita as Keisuke Soma * Kimiko Yo as Akemi Otake * Haruka Igawa as Ritsuko Torikai * Teruyuki Kagawa as Masayoshi Saimon * Yutaka Matsushige as Yukinari Hatano * Ryo Iwamatsu as Yoshifumi Okayasu * Takashi Sasano as Tokio Sone * Kaoru Yachigusa as Kazuko Torikai Awards and nominations 33rd Japan Academy Prize. * Nominated: Best Film 34th Hochi Film Award. * Won: Best Director - Miwa Nishikawa is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off ... References External links * * 2009 films 2000s Japanese-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azumi (film)
is a 2003 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Ryûhei Kitamura and starring Aya Ueto, Yuma Ishigaki, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko, Eita, Shogo Yamaguchi and Joe Odagiri. ''Azumi'' is an adaptation of Yū Koyama's manga series of the same title, and was followed by the sequel '' Azumi 2: Death or Love'' in 2005. Plot As in the manga, the old master Jiji is tasked by the Tokugawa shogunate to raise a band of assassins. Their task is to finish off Toyotomi Hideyoshi's three allies: Nagamasa Asano, Kiyomasa Kato and Masayuki Sanada, to prevent an outbreak of the new civil war. Azumi is discovered as a little girl kneeling without visible emotion next to the body of her dead mother by Gessai and his entourage of young students. She is then raised by him in the martial skills of sword fighting and the art of assassination. Azumi and her classmates, now at young adult age, are constantly being told about a "mission" they must accomplish, though they have no idea wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su-ki-da
''Su-ki-da'' is a 2005 Japanese romantic drama film. The plot centers on two teenagers who deal with tragedy and then have to grow up. It was written and directed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and stars Aoi Miyazaki, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hiromi Nagasaku, and Eita. Plot High school student Yosuke spends most of his free time sitting near a floodgate and playing the same short tune on his acoustic guitar. He is often joined by a girl in his class, Yu. Yu hums Yosuke's tune to her older sister, who is mourning her deceased boyfriend. Yu sets up a few meetings between Yosuke and her sister. While talking with Yosuke after school, Yu kisses him, but Yosuke walks away, leaving Yu devastated. While walking to see Yosuke, Yu's sister is hit by a truck and enters a coma. Yu tells Yosuke that she wants to hear his song when he finishes it. 17 years later, Yosuke is working in music production in Tokyo. He shoos away a man interfering with an intoxicated woman lying in the street and takes her to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tada's Do-It-All House
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori, based on a 2006 novel by Shion Miura. It rotates around a down-on-his-luck handyman who reunites with an old friend from his middle school days, who winds up joining his business. A sequel television series based on the sequel book, also starring Eita and Matsuda, aired in 2013 on TV Tokyo. A second film based on the third book in the series premiered in 2014. Cast * Eita as Keisuke Tada * Ryuhei Matsuda as Haruhiko Gyōten * Tasuku Emoto as Yamashita * Manami Honjō as Nagiko Sanmine * Reiko Kataoka as Lulu * Ittoku Kishibe as Hayasaka * Kengo Kora as Hoshi * Akaji Maro as Oka * Suzuki Matsuo as Shinchan * Masaki Miura * Yuko Nakamura as Mari's mother * Nao Ōmori , sometimes credited as Nao Ohmori or Nao Omori, is a Japanese actor. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Yokohama Film Festival. Career Omori starred in Takashi Miike's ''Ichi the Killer''. He co-starred with Shinobu Teraji ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Time Machine Blues
is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Makoto Ueda, based on Ueda's 2001 play of the same name. The film stars Eita as a member of a university science-fiction club, and Juri Ueno and Yoko Maki as part of the neighboring photography club. Plot ''Summer Time Machine Blues'' is based around a group of friends in a science-fiction club who spend their days fooling around at the clubhouse. The boys play a game of baseball as their friend Yui Ito takes pictures of them nearby. After the game, the boys return to the clubhouse and head off to the bathhouse leaving the girls, Yui and Haruka to develop their pictures. While they bathe, Niimi gets angry because he thinks someone stole his Vidal Sassoon shampoo. On their way back, Komoto decides to sneak off to buy tickets at the theater for a sci-fi B movie. He hopes that he can ask Haruka out. Haruka says that she does not want to go out with him since he apparently has a girlfriend, but Komoto has no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Capriccio
is a 2016 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takashi Miike from a screenplay by Kankuro Kudo based on the popular manga series ''Mogura no Uta'' by Noboru Takahashi. It is the sequel to the 2013 film '' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' and follows the story of Reiji Kikukawa after the events of that film. Plot Undercover investigator Reiji Kikukawa, nicknamed "The Mole", has infiltrated the Hiura gang led by Masaya Hiura, a.k.a. "Crazy Papillon", and risen to the rank of second-in-command after eliminating the members of the clan who were involved in the illegal drug trade without authorization. A disgraced yakuza member forges an alliance with the Dragon Skulls, a Chinese gang, to take on the Sukiya-kai clan that is in control of the Kanto Region. Shuho Todoroki, head of the Sukiya-kai, becomes a target and his daughter Karen is kidnapped to be sold at a beauty auction in Hong Kong. Reiji once again tries to do the right thing while remaining undercover as he becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of A Samurai
is a 2011 Japanese 3D jidaigeki drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Toshiaki Nakazawa, who previously teamed with Miike on his 2010 film '' 13 Assassins''. The film is a 3D remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film ''Harakiri''. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the first 3D film to do so. ''The Village Voice'' Michael Atkinson praised it describing it as "a melodramatic deepening and a grisly doubling-down of Kobayashi's great original". Composer and pop star Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the original score. Plot In 1635, Tsukumo Hanshiro's clan has lost its status and he requests permission to perform seppuku in the courtyard of the castle of Lord Ii. Senior retainer Saitō Kageyu tells Hanshiro the tale of Squire Chijiiwa Motome, another samurai from the same clan who had visited with the same request the previous year in 1634. Suspecting that he was bluffing in order to obtain money, Ii's retainers scheduled the ritual immediately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Boys (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There were 32 swimmers in this drama who were carefully chosen to fit their roles, but none of them had ever done synchronized swimming before.Water Boys [ウォーターボーイズ] :: jdorama.com/ref> Story Two years after the movie ''Waterboys (film)">Water Boys'' takes place, the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The series tells the life and hardships of the boys as they learn synchronized swimming. Cast ;Main cast * Kankuro Shindo – Takayuki Yamada * Norio Tatematsu – Mirai Moriyama * Masatoshi Tanaka – Eita * Go Takahara – Yuma Ishigaki * Futoshi Ishizuka – Tomoya Ishii * Asako Onishi – Mao Miyaji * Kyoko Hanamura – Yu Kashii * Mr. Ozaki – Kei Tani * Mr. Yamaoka – Akira Fuse * Mr. Sugita – Tetta Sugimoto * Ms. Sakuma – Kaori Manabe * Ms. Onogawa – Maiko Kikuchi * Mama (of a bar) – Akira Emoto * Chi-mama – Yuu Tokui * Mr. Isomura – Naoto Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Bride
is a 2009 Japanese biographical romantic drama film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki. Plot On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. Cast * Nana Eikura: Chie Nagashima * Eita: Taro Akasu * Satomi Tezuka * Misako Yasuda * Akira Emoto Notes *Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a woman afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu. *Chie Nagashima's story was also told in a 2007 TBS documentary. Reception ''April Bride'' was number one in the box office in its opening weekend. Mark Schilling of The Japan Times ''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by ... gave the film a mostly positive review. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Of Matsuko
is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada. It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an average rating of 9.2 Summary Following a breakup with his girlfriend, Sho Kawajiri sleeps at home, before his father, Norio, pays him a surprise visit. Sho is surprised to see an urn with the ashes of his aunt Matsuko, who he has never met. Sho is asked to help clean her old room, and while doing so, he gradually learns more about the life of his estranged aunt. During Matsuko's early life, she struggled to gain the attention of her father, who was mostly concerned with her chronically ill sister, Kumi. This created an imbalance where Matsuko's needs were less likely to be met. From 1970 to 1971, Matsuko was a very popular junior high school music teacher in Ōkawa, Fukuoka. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild 7
is a Japanese manga series by creator Mikiya Mochizuki that debuted on 1969 on ''Weekly Shōnen King'' where it ran until 1979. The creation of the manga had been based on the condition that Japan and other non-communist countries were facing in the 1960s and 1970s with the rise of Student activism, militant student activists and Political corruption, politicians being caught and seen as corrupt with their economies recovering from the days of World War II. It has been adapted into a Japanese television drama, live action series, an OVA and a spin-off anime. A live action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 21, 2011. Plot In the wake of rising criminality and terrorist activities in Japan against Japanese nationals, the National Police Agency (Japan), Japanese National Police Agency has no choice but to authorize the mobilization of a special Counter-terrorism, Counter-terrorist Motorcycle unit consisting of reformed convicts, ranging from simple thugs, individu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |