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Hiroki Hasegawa
, nicknamed , (born March 7, 1977 in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Trained as a stage actor at the Bungaku-za after graduating from Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private flagship research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1885 as Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (the English Law School), Chuo is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the country. The univer ..., he first began to appear on Japanese TV in small roles in 2008, and then in films in 2011. Filmography Television Film Awards References External links Profile at Hirata Office Co. website* 1977 births Living people Japanese male television actors Taiga drama lead actors {{Japan-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...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] |
Attack On Titan (film)
is a 2015 Japanese post-apocalyptic action film based on the manga of the same name created by Hajime Isayama. The film is directed by Shinji Higuchi, written by Yūsuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama and stars Haruma Miura, Ryota Ozawa, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongō, Takahiro Miura, Nanami Sakuraba, Satoru Matsuo, Shu Watanabe, Ayame Misaki, Rina Takeda, Satomi Ishihara, Pierre Taki and Jun Kunimura. In the film, Eren Yeager, his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, join the Survey Corps, a military corporation to fight gigantic humanoids called the Titans after their hometown is attacked by a Colossal Titan. The film is split into two parts, with the first part released in Japan on 1 August 2015 and the second part (subtitled ''End of the World'') released on 19 September that year. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the Titans designs and the B-movie style, but criticized the script and deviations from the source mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruhiko Arai
is a Japanese screenwriter. He is also a publisher and an editor of the ''Eiga Geijutsu'' magazine and a professor of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Career Arai won the Mainichi Film Award for best screenplay for the film ''W's Tragedy'' in 1984. He wrote the screenplay for Junji Sakamoto's '' KT'' (2001), and also penned the screenplays for Ryuichi Hiroki's films '' Vibrator'' (2003) and ''It's Only Talk'' (2005). In 2013, he wrote the scripts for Junichi Inoue's ''A Woman and War'' and Shinji Aoyama's ''The Backwater''. His published but unfilmed scenario, , has been called lesescenario by figures such as the director Shinichiro Sawai. Filmography As screenwriter * ''Woman with Red Hair'' (1979) * ''Enrai'' (1981) * ''W's Tragedy'' (1984) * '' The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark'' (1993) * ''Body and Soul'' (1997) * '' KT'' (2002) * '' Vibrator'' (2003) * ''It's Only Talk'' (2005) * '' Someday'' (2011) * ''A Woman and War'' (2013) * ''The Backwater'' (2013) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiichirō Hasumi
is a Japanese film director. Filmography Film * ''Umizaru (2004 film), Umizaru'' (2004) * ''Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006) * ''Oppai Volleyball'' (2008) * ''Umizaru 3: The Last Message'' (2010) * ''Wild 7'' (2011) * ''Brave Hearts: Umizaru'' (2012) * ''Assassination Classroom (film), Assassination Classroom'' * ''Mozu (film), Mozu'' (2015) * ''Assassination Classroom: Graduation'' (2016) * ''Over Drive (film), Over Drive'' (2018) * ''The Sun Stands Still'' (2020) * ''Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness'' (2021) * ''Re/Member'' (2022) * ''Resident Evil: Death Island'' (2023) TV series * ''Antique Bakery'' (2001) * ''Umizaru Evolution'' (2005) References External links * 1967 births Japanese film directors Living people {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozu (film)
is a 2015 Japanese suspense action film directed by Eiichirō Hasumi and based on the '' Mozu'' series by Go Osaka and its Japanese television drama series adaptation of the same name. It was released on November 7, 2015. Cast * Hidetoshi Nishijima *Teruyuki Kagawa * Yōko Maki *Sosuke Ikematsu * Atsushi Itō *Hana Sugisaki *Tsuyoshi Abe *Yūsuke Iseya *Tori Matsuzaka * Hiroki Hasegawa *Fumiyo Kohinata *Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ... Reception The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with . By its third weekend, it had grossed . References External links * * 2015 action films Films based on Japanese novels Films based on television series Films directed by Eiichirō Hasumi Japanese action films Toho films 2010s Japanese f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love & Peace (film)
is a 2015 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy drama film directed by Sion Sono. It was released on June 27, 2015. Plot Ryo is a failed musician who now works in an office with Yuko, the woman of his dreams. He buys a pet turtle and names it Pikadon but is ridiculed for it at his office so he flushes it down the toilet, which he immediately regrets doing. Pikadon finds a home among abandoned dolls in the sewer, where it is given a magical candy that allows it to grant Ryo's wish to become a successful musician. Ryo is inspired to write a song about missing Pikadon that becomes and unexpected hit when he performs it live with the band Revolution Q. The band's management replaces the name "Pikadon" with "Love & Peace" and plans out Ryo's career, starting with quitting his job. Pikadon grows bigger as Ryo's wishes grow bigger, and it returns to Ryo to provide him with a new ballad. Ryo rebrands himself as a solo artist with his former bandmates as his backing band. Pikadon is captured and ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Suo
Masayuki (written: , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese animator and director *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player and manager *, Japanese politician *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese pianist and composer *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese physician *Masayuki Kawamura (golfer) (born 1967), Japanese golfer *, Japanese seismologist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese animator and anime director *, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese artist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese actor *, Japanese film producer *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Maiko
is a 2014 Japanese musical comedy film written and directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, and Sumiko Fuji. It screened in competition at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 16, 2014. It was released in Japan on September 13, 2014. Cast *Mone Kamishiraishi as Haruko Saigo *Hiroki Hasegawa as Noritsugu Kyono * Sumiko Fuji as Chiharu Kojima *Tomoko Tabata as Momoharu *Tamiyo Kusakari as Satoharu *Eri Watanabe as Mameharu *Naoto Takenaka as Tomio Aoki * Masahiro Takashima as Yoshio Takai *Gaku Hamada as Shuhei Nishino *Ittoku Kishibe as Orikichi Kitano *Fumiyo Kohinata as Kanpachiro Ichikawa * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Yuichiro Akagi * Jurina Matsui as Fukuna *Tomu Muto as Fukuha Reception Elizabeth Kerr of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' commented that " asayuki Suobrings the same light, optimistic touch to bear as he did with his best known films, ''Sumo Do, Sumo Don't'' and '' Shall We Dance?'', which similarly revolved around gently non-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Jellyfish
is a Japanese ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Kiss'' from October 2008 to August 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An 11-episode anime television adaptation directed by Takahiro Omori was produced by Brain's Base and aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October and December 2010. The anime has been licensed by Funimation. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 27, 2014. A ten-episode live-action drama series aired from January to March 2018. Plot ''Princess Jellyfish'' centers on Amamizukan, an apartment building in Tokyo, where the only tenants are ''otaku'' women, and where no men are allowed. While each character has her own particular fixation, the protagonist is Tsukimi Kurashita, whose love of jellyfish stems from memories of her deceased mother taking her to an aquarium and linking the lace-like tendrils of jellyfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sion Sono
Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Places France * Sion, Gers, France * Sion, Saxon-Sion, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France * Sion-les-Mines, Loire-Atlantique department, France * Sion-sur-l'Océan, Vendee department, France * Mont Sion, namesake of the Priory of Sion India * Sion, Mumbai, India **Sion Causeway **Sion Creek **Sion Hillock Fort **Sion railway station (India) Switzerland * Sion, Switzerland ** Sion District ** Sion Airport ** Sion railway station (Switzerland) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion ** Sion Cathedral Elsewhere * Sion (Asia Minor), a former ancient city and bishopric, and present Latin Catholic titular see in Asian Turkey * Sion, Alberta, Canada * Sion, Czech Republic, a castle * Sion, Netherlands Other uses * Sion (periodical), ''Sion'' (peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Don't You Play In Hell?
is a 2013 Japanese film directed, written and scored by Sion Sono. The movie is an action film based on a screenplay written by Sono fifteen years earlier. North American distributor Drafthouse Films announced its acquisition before it made its world premiere at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, planning a 2014 release in theatres and VOD after its premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. At Toronto the film won the People's Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section. Plot Four teenagers who are passionate about cinema, including wannabe director Hirata, meet a young thug named Sasaki who they see as a potential Japanese Bruce Lee. They form the movie club "Fuck Bombers" with the blessing of an elderly projectionist specialized in 35mm film. In the meantime, a yakuza war rages. Boss Muto grapples with the assassins of a rival gang who invaded his home to attack his wife. To defend herself, she kills almost all of them and ends up in prison. The only survivor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
