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Giovanni's Island
is a 2014 Japanese animated historical drama film directed by Mizuho Nishikubo and produced by Production I.G and co-produced and presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises. The film was released on February 22, 2014, in Japan and North America on March 22, 2014, in New York International Children's Film Festival. GKIDS has licensed the film for release in North America and will release it on Blu-ray and Digital on February 21, 2023. The film makes frequent allusions to Kenji Miyazawa's ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', and borrows the name in its title from that of the book's protagonist. Plot The story follows two brothers, Junpei and Kanta, who live on the island of Shikotan, weeks before the end of World War II, on August 15, 1945, Soviet soldiers land on Shikotan and occupy the island. Junpei and Kanta, who live with their grandfather, a fisherman, and their father, the head of the firefighting force of the village, are forced to move to the stables while t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiki Sakurai
is a Japanese screenwriter and producer. Career Sakurai was born in Tochigi, Japan. He returned there when he was 13, and graduated from University of Tokyo majoring in economics. His theses on Japanese animation and subculture won several awards. While still a college student, he wrote eight episodes of the anime television series '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex''. After graduation, he was employed at Production I.G. and wrote for the second series, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and for the TV movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. Filmography Anime * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (Screenwriter; eps3,8,11,12,15,17,24,25) * '' Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' (Screenwriter; eps1,10,14,24) * '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (Screenwriter; eps3,8,12,16,20,24) * ''Blood+'' (Screenwriter; eps 3, 11, 20) * '' xxxHolic'' (Screenwriter; eps2,5,9,13,19,SP) * '' xxxHolic:Kei'' (Screenwriter; ep7) * ''Otogi Zoshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of The Kuril Islands
The Invasion of the Kuril Islands (russian: Курильская десантная операция, lit=Kuril Islands Landing Operation) was the World War II Soviet military operation to capture the Kuril Islands from Japan in 1945. The invasion, part of the Soviet–Japanese War, was decided on when plans to land on Hokkaido were abandoned. The successful military operations of the Red Army at Mudanjiang and during the Invasion of South Sakhalin created the necessary prerequisites for invasion of the Kuril Islands. Order of battle ;Soviet Union * 2nd Far Eastern Front **87th Rifle Corps *** 355th Rifle Division ***113th Separate Rifle Brigade ** 56th Rifle Corps ***2nd Rifle Brigade **Kamchatka Defense Area *** 101st Rifle Division ***Separate Rifle Regiment ***128th Composite Air Division (78 aircraft) *Soviet Pacific Fleet (operating from Paul naval base) **60 ships and vessels including transports **2nd Independent Naval Aviation Bomber Regiment **Coastal Artillery b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated in 1997, the festival focuses on South Korean and international horror, thriller, mystery and fantasy films, with particular attention to Asian cinema from East Asia and Southeast Asia. The 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 July 2021, it featured 257 films from 47 countries. The film festival due to the impact of the COVID-19 is held in a 'hybrid' format (online and offline) at 5 different locations including Oul Madang and CGV Picnic. As per quarantine guidelines for COVID-19 pandemic containment, online screening of 154 films (61 feature films, 93 short films), which is about 60 % of the entire film festival are open on WAAVE over-the-top (OTT) service. Program The festival's programming consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore genre film fans, and distributors, who take advantage of the eclectic line up to select domestic and international films for release across North America. By virtue of the reputation developed over the last 15 years, this festival has been described as perhaps the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Overview The history of the Fantasia Festival has roots in the Asian Film scene in Montreal. Beginning in 1996 where it screened Asian films from Hong Kong and Anime from Japan, the festival later expanded its international repertoire and screened genre films from all across the world. Since this time many world and international premieres have featured at Fantasia fest, including ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''Perfec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to 1959 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1999. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films, translated as the International Federation of Film Producers Associations) paused the accreditation of the festival until further notice. The festival's top prize is the statue of Saint George slaying the dragon, as represented on the Coat of Arms of Moscow. Nikita Mikhalkov has been the festival's president since 2000. Over the years the Stanislavsky Award—"I Believe. Konstantin Stanislavsky" for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association (french: Association internationale du film d'animation, or ASIFA). The festival is a competition between animated films of various techniques (traditional, cut-outs, claymation, 3DCG, etc.) classified in various categories: * Feature films * Short films * Films produced for television and advertising * Student films * Films made for the internet (since 2002) * Feature films contrechamp in competition (since 2007) Throughout the festival, in addition to the competing films projected in various cinemas of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlín Film Festival
Zlín Film Festival, also known as the International Film Festival for Children and Youth ( cs, Mezinárodní festival filmů pro děti a mládež) is an annual festival of children's film in Zlín in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1961 in the former Czechoslovakia, the festival gradually gained international attention. The audience consists mainly of children and youth from the Zlín region, but also university students and adult visitors who come to late-night screenings with appropriate dramaturgy, as well as film professionals from around the world. The anniversary 60th Zlín Film Festival took place exceptionally in September 2020. History The establishment of a regular film festival in Zlín was the result of efforts by local filmmakers to present their work in a local atmosphere. The first festival took place in 1961, 20 years after a previous film festival had been held in Zlín, named Film Harvest ( cs, Filmové žně) or Zliennale. Film Harvest, held in the war ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Nakadai
is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai worked with some of Japan's best-known filmmakers—starring or co-starring in five films directed by Akira Kurosawa, as well as being cast in significant films directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara (''The Face of Another''), Mikio Naruse (''When a Woman Ascends the Stairs''), Kihachi Okamoto (''Kill!'' and ''The Sword of Doom''), Hideo Gosha (''Goyokin''), Shirō Toyoda (''Portrait of Hell'') and Kon Ichikawa (''Enjō'' and ''Odd Obsession''). Biography Nakadai grew up in a very poor family and was unable to afford a university education, prompting him to take up acting. He picked up a liking of Broadway musicals, and travels once a year to New York City to watch them. Nakadai was working as a shop clerk in Tokyo before a chance encounter with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru Yachigusa
was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the Revue, she was active in film, television, and narration. She famously quit part way through the filming of the television series ''Akai Giwaku'' outraged at being forced to work at times dictated by idol Momoe Yamaguchi's schedule. Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had been married since 1957. Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88. Awards and honours * Medal with Purple Ribbon (1997) * Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2003) * Mainichi Film Awards: Tanaka Kinuyo Prize (2004) * Japanese Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Ashura no Gotoku'' (2004) * Honorary citizen of Tokyo (2015) Filmography Film (incomplete) * ''Madame Butterfly ''as Cio Cio San (1954), dubbed by an Italian soprano * ''Samura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsuke Santamaria
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and singer. Biography Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro is a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Odoru Daisosasen Bangaihen – Wangansho Fukei Monogatari Shoka no Kôtsûanzen Special'' (1998) *'' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998) *'' Space Travelers'' (2000) *''Satorare'' (2001) *''Bayside S ...'s 2005 film ''Negotiator''. He directed and starred a segment of the 2008 anthology film ''R246 Story''. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Sasabe's 2011 film ''The Legacy of the Sun''. Filmography Film Television References External links Official website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santamaria, Yusuke 1971 births Living people People from Ōita (city) 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Yanagihara
(born February 3, 1986 in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, comedian, and '' tarento'', who has been featured in '' Cartoon KAT-TUN'', the live-action drama ''Otomen'', and collaborated on the music for '' Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel''. She is represented with Ohta Production. Film * ''Maboroshi no Yamataikoku'' (2008) as Tamago * ''Giovanni's Island is a 2014 Japanese animated historical drama film directed by Mizuho Nishikubo and produced by Production I.G and co-produced and presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises. The film was released on February 22, 2014, in Japan a ...'' (2014) Television * ''Maru maru chibi maruko chan'' (Fuji TV/2007) * ''Oniyome nikki: Ii yu da na'' (Fuji TV/2007) * ''Nanase Once More'' (NHK/2008) * ''Bakushō Reddo Kāpetto'' (2008) * ''Otomen'' (Fuji TV/2009) * ''Sora kara Nihon o Mite miyō'', voice of Kumomi, (TV Tokyo/2009-2010) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
