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Hiroyuki Miyasako
is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, voice actor and plays the boke in Ameagari Kesshitai. His partner is Tōru Hotoharu. He is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo. Miyasako won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 28th Hochi Film Awards for ''Thirteen Steps'' and '' Wild Berries''. Career In June 2019, Miyasako, alongside other Yoshimoto Kogyo affiliated comedians, were suspended from activities due to attending parties held by the yakuza and receiving . On July 19, 2019, Miyasako was fired from Yoshimoto Kogyo and held a press conference the following day, accepting the scandal and condemning his part in the yakuza while citing Yoshimoto's own involvement in the scandal. On July 21, 2019, Yoshimoto issued a press conference to reinstate Miyasako's contract. His ban was lifted on August 19, 2019 but he remains inactive as of January 2020. On January 28, 2020, Miyasako created a YouTube channel and upload videos regularly. Miyasako's YouTube channel hit 1 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibaraki, Osaka
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Ibaraki translates to "wild trees" or "thorny trees". The city was incorporated on 1 January 1948. As of February 2017, the city has an estimated population of 280,562 and a population density of 3,580 persons per km2. The total area is 76.52 km2. Transportation Railways *West Japan Railway Company **JR Kyoto Line: Ibaraki Station– JR-Sōjiji Station *Hankyu Railway **Hankyu Kyoto Line: Minami-Ibaraki Station–Ibaraki-shi Station– Sōjiji Station *Osaka Monorail **Main Line: Unobe Station– Minami-Ibaraki Station– Sawaragi Station **Saito Line Handai-byōin-mae Station– Toyokawa Station–Saito-nishi Station Highways * * Education Prefectural public senior high schools: * * * * * * Private junior and senior high schools: * * * * Korea International School, a Korean international junior and senior high school, is in Ibaraki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previously ''Mainichi Daily News''), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The Sankei Shimbun and The ''Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for the both respectively. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The ''Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zettai Reido
is a Japanese police procedural television drama. The first season, subtitled , was set in a fictional version of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, which is based on an actual division established in Japan in 2009. The first season aired from April 13 to June 22, 2010 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to an 18% rating. A special two-hour-long episode which served as conclusion to the first series was aired on July 8, 2011. Season two of ''Zettai Reido'', subtitled takes place a year after the events of the special episode, after Sakuragi and her fellow detectives have been transferred to the undercover investigation division which deals with current crimes. The second season aired from July 12 to September 20, 2011 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to a 15.4% rating and ended with a season-high rating of 16.3%. The last leg of the second season featured guest star appearances by Yūsuke Santamaria and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōmaden
is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Production Production Credits *Original – Yasushi Fukuda *Music – Naoki Satō *Titling – Shishū *Narrator – Teruyuki Kagawa *Historical research – Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura *Architectural research – Sei Hirai *Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi *Beauty and costume direction – Isao Tsuge *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi *Production coordinator – Kei Suzuki, Kanako Iwatani *Casting – Keishi Ōtomo Cast *Masaharu Fukuyama as **Tatsuomi Hamada as young Ryōma Sakamoto family *Shinobu Terajima as – older sister of Ryōma - later **Tao Tsuchiya as young Otome *Kiyoshi Kodama as – father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōkai Ningen Bem
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series, which first aired on Fuji TV between October 7, 1968 and March 31, 1969, on its 19:30–20:00 timeslot. The series was later remade into a second anime television series, which premiered in April 2006 in Japan on Animax, featuring a new cast, with a total of 26 episodes also produced. A live-action television drama adaptation premiered on NTV on October 22, 2011. A film was released on December 15, 2012. For the series' 50th anniversary, a third anime television series adaptation titled ''BEM'' was confirmed to be in production. The third series aired from July 14 to October 13, 2019. A new film titled '' BEM: Become Human'', was released on October 2, 2020. It streamed on Funimation's website on October 29, 2020. A spin-off live-action film ''Yokai Ningen Bela'' was released on September 11, 2020. Plot The plot of the series revolves around three yokai (supernatural creatures), Bem, Bela and Belo, who arrive at a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Belial
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra Galaxy
is the first season of its series that is the 21st entry in the Tsuburaya Productions' long-running Ultra Series. It is an adaption of the video game ''Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS''. The show first aired on December 1, 2007 and concluded on February 23, 2008. On December 20, 2008, the second season titled premiered. ''Ultra Galaxy'' was the first Ultra Series to be shown as a pay-per-view service. On July 25, 2017, Toku announced that the series (along with its second season) would air in the United States on its channel with English subtitles beginning August 31, 2017. 50 years after the extinction of monsters, humanity had finally advanced to outer space. The crews of Space Pendragon were tasked to investigate Planet Boris after communications on that planet were mysteriously halted. Arriving on the planet, the crew was astonished to find it inhabited by monsters, with every nearby city destroyed. While forced to wait for reinforcements, the crew must solve the myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafe Isobe
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It was in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is h .... References External links * Films directed by Keisuke Yoshida 2008 films 2000s Japanese-language films Films set in restaurants 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Boys
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sixteen chapter continuation, titled , ran in the same magazine from 2006 to 2007 and was gathered into two ''tankōbon''. It tells the story of Kenji Endo and his friends, who notice a cult-leader known only as "Friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with their childhood memories. The series makes many references to a number of manga and anime from the 1960s–1970s, as well as to classic rock music, its title being taken from T. Rex's song " 20th Century Boy". A trilogy of live-action film adaptations, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, were released in 2008 and 2009. The manga was licensed and released in English by Viz Media from 2009 to 2012, and distributed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Man Japan
is a 2007 Japanese ''kaiju'' film written, starring and directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was well received by critics in the U.S., after many months of showings at various festivals and film events. Plot The film takes the form of a mockumentary that follows Masaru Daisatou. Daisatou is an otherwise normal Japanese citizen except for an inherited ability to grow to a height of approximately 30 meters in response to the application of high voltage electricity. As both his father and grandfather before him, Daisatou has accepted the duty to protect Japan against various giant monsters while working for a sub-division of the defence ministry called the Ministry of Monster Prevention. The Battles with the monster are televised, and the ratings appear to drop or pick up depending on the event, most of the monsters have obscure abilities, and he generally defeats them. Despite his great powers, he increasingly finds himself mocked by his fellow citizens while struggling under the bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mōryō No Hako
is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the ''Kyōgokudō'' series that began with ''Summer of the Ubume''. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime television series. Story The story takes place between August and October, 1952. It primarily follows crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi and news magazine editor Morihiko Toriguchi as they investigate, with the help of ''onmyōji'' Akihiko Chūzenji, a series of unusual crimes that take place in Musashino and Mitaka. Kanako Yuzuki and Yoriko Kusumoto are friends and middle school students. The two plan to go to Lake Sagami over summer break. On the night they are to leave, Kanako is hit by the train on which Tokyo police detective Shutarō Kiba is traveling. After the hospital stabilizes Kanako, her older sister, Yōko Yuzuki, has Kanako transferred to Kōshirō Mimasaka's research hospital. Several days later, the discovery of a severed arm and two b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Yokai War
is a 2005 Japanese fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike, produced by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Shochiku. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Mai Takahashi. The film focuses largely on creatures from Japanese mythology known as ''yōkai'' (妖怪, variously translated as "apparition", "goblin", "ghoul", "spirit", or "monster"), which came to prominence during the Edo period with the works of Toriyama Sekien. It also draws inspiration from Aramata Hiroshi's ''Teito Monogatari'', with the novel's antagonist Katō Yasunori appearing as the main antagonist in the film. The film is considered a loose remake of the 1968 film '' Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare'', but also draws influence from Shigeru Mizuki's ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' manga series of the same name. All three are retellings of the famous Japanese tale of Momotarō, which features the title character driving a group of demons away from Kikaigashima with the help of native anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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