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Haruko Kato
was a Japanese actress. Biography Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in ' in the same year. She married the playwright in 1946, but he died in 1953. She married actor in 1958, but they divorced in 1973. Kato died on 2 November 2015 at her home in Tokyo, aged 92. Filmography Films * ''Higashi Shinakai'' (1968) * ''Something Like It'' (1981), Yumi's mother * '' Gray Sunset'' (1985), Kikuyo Takano * ''Capone Cries a Lot'' (1985) * ''Gonza the Spearman'' (1986) * ''Tokyo Blackout'' (1987) * ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989), Madame (voice) * ''Pistol Opera'' (2001) * ''Blooming Again'' (2004) * ''Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004), Madame Suliman (voice) * ''Chameleon'' (2008) * '' Still Walking'' (2008) * '' About Her Brother'' (2010) Television * ''Ashura no Gotoku (TV series)'' (1979,1980) * ''Ōoku'' (1983) * ''Furuhata Ninzaburō'' (1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district. Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government. Notable sites * Akasaka Sacas * Embassy of the United States, Mexico, Cambodia, Canada, Iraq, Spain and Syria as well as San Marino *Ark Hills and Suntory Hall * Hikawa Shrine * Nogi Shrine *Tokyo Midtown - currently the tallest high-rise complex in Tokyo *Takahashi Korekiyo's residence and memorial park * Riki Mansion home of Rikidōzan In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North: *Akasaka Palace (State Guest House) * Togu Palace Residence of the Crown Prince of Japan Companies based in Akasaka * DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka * EMI Music Japan 5-3-1 Akasaka * Epic Records Japan 9-6-35 Akasaka * Fujifilm * Fuji Xerox [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howl's Moving Castle (film)
is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by English author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the English dub version starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal. The film is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and early twentieth-century technology are prevalent, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. It tells the story of Sophie, a young milliner who is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king. Influenced by Miyazaki's opposition to the United States' invasion of Iraq in 2003, the film contains strong anti-war themes. Miyaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Tokyo
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Precious Crown
The is a Japanese order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. Since the Order of the Rising Sun at that time was an Order for men, it was established as an Order for women. Originally the order had five classes, but on April 13, 1896 the sixth, seventh and eighth classes were added. Until 2003, the Order of the Precious Crown, which had eight ranks, was equivalent to the Order of the Rising Sun and was awarded as a women-only version of the Order of the Rising Sun.栄典制度の概要. p.6 In 2003 the Order of the Rising Sun, previously reserved for males, was made available to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furuhata Ninzaburō
is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials) in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of ''Columbo''. It should not be confused with ', a more literal Japanese version of ''Columbo''. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like Takuya Kimura of SMAP (boy-band), television hosts like Sanma Akashiya (variety) and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki (baseball) have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials. Plot patterns Furuhata opens each episode with a humorous monologue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōoku (1983 TV Series)
is a 1983 Japanese Jidaigeki television series. The story is set in whole Edo period in Ōoku and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was where thousands of women work for one Tokugawa shogun and the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. Cast Tokugawa shogun and people of Ōoku *Komaki Kurihara as Oeyo (episode1-3,50,51) *Tomisaburo Wakayama as Tokugawa Ieyasu (episode1-2) *Katsuo Nakamura as Tokugawa Hidetada (episode1-3,8) * Masaya Oki as Tokugawa Iemitsu (episode3-8,10,11,13) *Naoko Otani / Misako Watanabe as Lady Kasuga *Mieko Takamine as Sosinni *Haruko Kato as Senhime (episode14-16) *Mitsuko Kusabue as Asukai (episode14-16) * Ken Tanaka as Tokugawa Ietsuna (episode14-16) *Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (episode18-20,22,23,25,26) *Yoko Tsukasa as Nobuko (episode18,19,21,-23,25,26) *Meiko Kaji as Uemonnosuke no Tsubone (episode22.23) *Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Tokugawa Ienobu (episode26-29) * Ayumi Ishida / Kyoko Enami as Gekkoin *Isuzu Yamad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashura No Gotoku (TV Series)
is a Japanese drama series that first aired on NHK in 1979. It is based on Kuniko Mukōda's novel of the same title. Ken Ogata played the role of Satomi Takao in Part 1 and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the role in part 2. Cast * Kaoru Yachigusa as Satomi Makiko * Haruko Kato as Mitamura Tsunako * Ken Ogata(Part1) / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi(Part2) as Satomi Takao * Ayumi Ishida as Takezawa Takoko * Jun Fubuki as Takezawa Sakiko * Ryudo Uzaki as Katsumata Shizuo * Shin Saburi as Kotaro Takezawa * Sanshō Shinsui as Jinnai Hidemitsu * Ittoku Kishibe , born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Aca ...(Part2) as Takuma Episodes Part1 *1, Onna Shougatsu (January 13, 1979) *2, Sando Mame (January 20, 1979) *3, Soubijinsou (January 27, 1979) Part2 *1, Hana Ikusa (January 19, 1980) *2, Ura Kimon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otōto (2010 Film)
is a 2010 film by Yoji Yamada. The first screening of this film outside Japan was at the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlin Film Festival in 2010. Plot The story unfolds as the young Koharu (Yū Aoi), the daughter of a pharmacist in a modest neighborhood of Tokyo, is about to marry the son of a prestigious family, and even before the event everybody is anxious that Tetsuro ( Tsurube Shofukutei), the younger brother of Koharu's mother, Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga), might join the wedding ceremony, as he is considered to be the black sheep of the family and even Ginko and Koharu consider him to be an embarrassment, even though he has lived with the family for quite some time after the death of Koharu's father. As the invitations to the wedding had been returned to the sender, everybody is relieved that Tetsuro will not show up, as he has embarrassed the family in the past with his childish behavior and his drunkenness. But during the party after the ceremony he turns up anyway in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Walking (film)
is a 2008 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of the eldest son. The film was widely praised by critics and won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot The Yokoyama family come together every year to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who accidentally drowned 12 years ago while saving the life of a boy. His father Kyohei, a retired doctor, and mother Toshiko are joined by their surviving son Ryota, who has recently married a widow (Yukari) with a young son (Atsushi), and their daughter Chinami, her husband and their children. Ryota resents knowing that Junpei was the favorite son, whose belongings are still left untouched by Toshiko, and that his parents attribute positive memories of him to Junpei; a bitter Kyohei, who is still mourning his son, has always been disappointed that Ryota went into ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chameleon (2008 Japanese Film)
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, being capable of shifting to different hues and degrees of brightness. The large number of species in the family exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to change color. For some, it is more of a shift of brightness (shades of brown); for others, a plethora of color-combinations (reds, yellows, greens, blues) can be seen. Chameleons are distinguished by their zygodactylous feet, their prehensile tail, their laterally compressed bodies, their head casques, their projectile tongues, their swaying gait, and crests or horns on their brow and snout. Chameleons' eyes are independently mobile, and because of this there are two separate, individual images that the brain is analyzing of the chameleon’s environment. When hunting prey, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blooming Again
is a 2003 novel by Ranzō Ōta. It has been adapted into a film by Isshin Inudo in 2004. Film Adaptation * ''Blooming Again'' directed by Isshin Inudo, a Toei production in 2004, it stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. Hisaya Morishige and Takuya Fujioka made their final film appearance in the film. Cast * Tsutomu Yamazaki as Makoto Kikushima * Ken Utsui as Kōtarō Inō * Yukio Aoshima as Yoshio Nagaike * Kei Tani as Shōji * Isamu Nagato as Rokubei Sakiyama * Takuya Fujioka as Kinzō Genda * Asei Kobayashi as Shujirō Akahoshi * Chieko Matsubara as Suzuko Asuka * Haruko Katō as Sadako Tōyama * Hisaya Morishige was a Japanese actor and comedian. Born in Hirakata, Osaka, he graduated from Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School), and attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Man ... as Rokusaburō Aoki References External linksBlooming Again at Toei Video {{DEFAULTSORT:Blooming Again 2003 Japanese novels N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho
is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer and distributor of many '' kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films, the Chouseishin ''tokusatsu'' superhero television franchise, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, CoMix Wave Films, TMS Entertainment and OLM, Inc. All nine of the highest-grossing Japanese films are released by Toho. Other famous directors, including Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, and Mikio Naruse, also directed films for Toho. Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, who is featured in 32 of the company's films. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla are described as Toho's Big Five because of the monsters' numerous appearances throughout the franchise, as well as spin-offs. Toho has also been involved in the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
