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Grave Of The Fireflies (2005 Film)
is a live-action TV drama adaptation of ''Grave of the Fireflies'', made by NTV in Japan. It was produced in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The drama aired on November 1, 2005. Like the anime, the live-action version of ''Grave of the Fireflies'' focuses on two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, struggling to survive the final days of the war in Kobe, Japan. Unlike the animated version, however, it tells the story from the point of view of their cousin (their aunt's daughter) and also deals with the issue of how the war-time environment could change a kind lady into a hard-hearted woman. The film stars Nanako Matsushima as the aunt and Mao Inoue as the cousin (who also portrays the cousin's granddaughter). Plot The film is something of an epilogue, set in 2005, 60 years after the Second World War ended. It opens at a crematorium in Kobe, Japan, where a family is paying their respects to Hisako Sawano (Seita and Setsuko's aunt), who has just passed away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Of The Fireflies (short Story)
is a 1967 semi-autobiographical short story by Japanese author Akiyuki Nosaka. It is based on his experiences before, during, and after the firebombing of Kobe in 1945. One of his sisters died as the result of sickness, his adoptive father died during the firebombing proper, and his younger adoptive sister Keiko died of malnutrition in Fukui. It was written as a personal apology to Keiko, regarding her death. The story was first published in Japan in , a monthly literature magazine published by Bungeishunjū, in October 1967. Nosaka won the Naoki Prize for best popular literature for this story and "American Hijiki", which was published a month before. Both short stories along with four others were bundled as a book in 1968, published by Shinchōsha (). "Grave of the Fireflies" was translated into English by James R. Abrams and published an issue of the ''Japan Quarterly'' in 1978. It was later adapted into the 1988 anime film ''Grave of the Fireflies'', directed by Isao Taka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyokusai
Banzai charge is the term that was used by the Allied forces of World War II to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming staged by infantry units. This term came from the Japanese battle cry , and was shortened to banzai, specifically referring to the tactic used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War. This tactic was used when the Japanese commanders of infantry battalions foresaw that a battle was about to be lost, as a last ditch effort in thwarting Allied Forces. Origin The banzai charge is considered to be one method of , a suicide attack, or suicide before being captured by the enemy such as '' seppuku''. The origin of the term is a classical Chinese phrase in the 7th-century ''Book of Northern Qi'', which states "", "A true man would atherbe the shattered jewel, ashamed to be the intact tile." Among the rules there existed a code of honor that was later used by Japanese military governments. With the revolutionary change in the Meiji Restor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-war Films About World War II
An anti-war movement (also ''antiwar'') is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term anti-war can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts, or to anti-war books, paintings, and other works of art. Some activists distinguish between anti-war movements and peace movements. Anti-war activists work through protest and other grassroots means to attempt to pressure a government (or governments) to put an end to a particular war or conflict or to prevent it in advance. History American Revolutionary War Substantial opposition to British war intervention in America led the British House of Commons on 27 February 1783 to vote against further war in America, paving the way for the Second Rockingham ministry and the Peace of Paris. Antebellum United States Substantial antiwar sentiment developed in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Television Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Natsukawa
is a Japanese actress. She co-starred with Hiroshi Abe in the 2006 Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 film '' Still Walking''. Filmography Film * ''Sora ga Konnani Aoi Wake ga Nai'' (1993) - Kaoru Aoki * ''Yoru ga Mata Kuru'' (1994) - Nami Tsuchiya * ''Kura'' (1995) - Seki Yamanaka * ''Gonin 2'' (1996) - Saki * ''The Trap'' (1996) - Yuriko * ''Watashitachi ga Suki datta Koto'' (1997) - Aiko Shibata * ''Shikoku'' (1999) - Hinako Myoujin * ''Acacia no Michi'' (2001) - Kijima, Miwako * ''Distance'' (2001) - Kiyoka * ''Onmyōji'' (2001) - Fujiwara no Sukehime * ''Sotsugyō'' (2002) - Izumi * ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002) - Shizu / Mitsu * ''Spy Sorge'' (2003) - Hideko Ozaki * '' Zatōichi'' (2003) - O-Shino, Hattori's Wife * ''Yudan Tateiki'' (2004) - Miss Makiko * '' Hana'' (2006) - Oryo * '' Tales from Earthsea'' (2006) - The Queen (voice) * '' A Gentle Breeze in the Village'' (2007) - Itoko Migita * '' Still Walking'' (2008) - Yukari Yok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikki Sawamura
is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor. Biography Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he moved to Tokyo and started his career as a fashion model. In 1996, Sawamura debuted in a TV drama ''Matsuda no Drama'' as an actor. Since then, he has appeared in many television dramas and commercials. Sawamura married a Japanese ex-model in 2000, and has three sons. In public and some variety shows, Sawamura often portrays his character as a sexually perverted personality. He is also a well-known fan of Bruce Lee. His hobbies are playing tennis, playing billiards and watching movies. Filmography Movies * (1997) * (2006) * (2006) * (2009) * (2009) * (2009) * (2010) * (2016) *'' Ossan's Love: Love or Dead'' (2019) *''Love and the Grand Tug-of-war'' (2021) *''Masquerade Night'' (2021) TV dramas ;1996 * *, as ;1997 *, as *, as *, as ;1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayuko Fukuda
, born on August 4, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress who made her debut in 1998. She is contracted to talent agency FLaMme. Her father, Kenji Fukuda, is a drummer in the band Kasutera. Filmography Television dramas * '' Summer Snow'' ( TBS) (2000) * '' Yoiko no Mikata'' (NTV) (2003) * '' Ai no Ie'' (NHK) (2003) * '' Hikari to Tomo ni... -Jiheijōshi o Kakaete-'' (NTV) (2004) * '' Last Present: Musume to Ikiru Saigo no Natsu'' (NTV) (2004) * '' Honto ni atta Kowai no Hanashi'' (2004, CX) * '' Emergency room 24hours 3'' (2005, CX) * '' The Queen's Classroom'' (Joō no Kyōshitsu) (2005, NTV) * '' Hotaru no Haka'' (2005, NTV) * ''Byakuyakō'' 'Journey Under the Midnight Sun''">Journey_Under_the_Midnight_Sun.html" ;"title="'Journey Under the Midnight Sun">'Journey Under the Midnight Sun''(2006, TBS) * ''Teru Teru Ashita'' (2006, TV Asahi, EX) * ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (2006, CX) * ''Saikai: Yokota Megumi-san no Negai'' (2006, NTV) * ''Sono Gofun Mae'' (2006, NHK) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Kaname
is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV programs, plays, and music videos. Kaname married a non-celebrity woman April 28, 2013. Filmography TV *''Kamen Rider Agito'' (TV Asahi 2001) - as Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Riders G3 & G3-X *'' Kamen Rider Agito: A New Transformation'' (TV Asahi 2001) - as Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3-X *''Kono Fuyu no Koi'' (2002) *''Shin Ai no Arashi'' (2002) *'' Tensai Yanagisawa kyoju não Seikatsu'' (2002) *'' Mantenhan'' (NHK 2002) - as Takashi Nakashima *'' Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi'' (Fuji TV 2003) - as Kishimoto Hajime *''Good Luck!!'' (TBS 2003) - as Takayuki Abe *'' Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro'' (2003) *''Dōbutsu no Oisha-san'' (TV Asahi 2003) - as Nikaidou Akio *'' Kokoro no Teryōri'' (2003) *'' Koibumi carta de amor'' (TBS 2003) - as Wakabaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Kishi
is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. Life and career She made her acting debut in 1951. In the 1950s, David Lean had proposed her for the main role in ''The Wind Cannot Read'', which is about a Japanese language instructor in India circa-1943 who falls in love with a British officer, but the project fell through. Kishi married the French director Yves Ciampi in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris and Japan to continue her acting career. In 1963 a daughter, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In 2002, she won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress for her role in the film '' Kah-chan.'' Filmography Film * ''Home Sweet Home'' (1951) * '' Hibari no Sākasu Kanashiki Kobato'' (1952) * ''The Garden of Women'' (1954) * '' Takekurabe'' (1955) * '' Early Spring'' (1956) * ''Typhoon Over Nagasaki'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Muḥammad Yāsir ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAbd al-Raʼūf ʿArafāt al-Qudwa al-Ḥusaynī; ar, ياسر عرفات, Yāsir ʿArafāt) or by his kunya Abu Ammar ( ar, أبو عمار, ʾAbū ʿAmmār, links=no), was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004. Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth and studied at the University of King Fuad I. While a student, he embraced Arab nationalist and anti-Zionist ideas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undernutrition In Children
Undernutrition in children, occurs when children do not consume enough calories, protein, or micronutrients to maintain good health. It is common globally and may result in both short and long term irreversible adverse health outcomes. Undernutrition is sometimes used synonymously with malnutrition, however, malnutrition could mean both undernutrition or overnutrition (causing childhood obesity). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that malnutrition accounts for 54 percent of child mortality worldwide, which is about 1 million children. Another estimate, also by WHO, states that childhood underweight is the cause for about 35% of all deaths of children under the age of five worldwide.Prüss-Üstün, A., Bos, R., Gore, F., Bartram, J. (2008)Safer water, better health – Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland The main causes of malnutrition are often related to poverty: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
