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Japanese Films Of 1993 ...
The following is a list of films released in Japan in 1993 (see 1993 in film). See also * 1993 in Japan * 1993 in Japanese television References External links Japanese films of 1993at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese Films Of 1993 1993 Japanese Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morio Asaka
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. After graduating Osaka Designers' College, Asaka entered Madhouse. He was inspired to become a director by '' Phoenix: Yamato Chapter'' and made his debut as an episode director in episode 40 of ''Yawara!''. He made his chief directorial debut with the 1993 OVA ''POPS''. His noted works include, among others, ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (his directorial anime television series debut), ''Chobits'', ''Gunslinger Girl'', ''Nana'', ''Chihayafuru'', and ''My Love Story!!''. In 1999, he won the Theatrical Film Award in the Animation Kobe awards. Filmography TV series *''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1998–2000) - Director *''Galaxy Angel'' (2001) - Director *''Galaxy Angel Z'' (2002) - Director *''Chobits'' (2002) - Director *''Gunslinger Girl'' (2003–2004) - Director *''Nana'' (2006–2007) - Director *''No Longer Human'' (2009) - Director *''Chihayafuru'' (2011-2012) - Director *'' Chihayafuru 2'' (2013) - Director *''My Love Story!!'' (2015) - Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid's Scar
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It consists of 9 stories told in 16 chapters irregularly published in Shogakukan's '' Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' and ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1984 to 1994. In North America, the manga has been licensed by Viz Media, while the first OVA was released by US Manga Corps in 1993 and the second OVA by Viz Media in 1995. The anime television series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment. Two of the stories from the series, ''Mermaid's Forest'' and ''Mermaid's Scar'', were adapted as original video animations (OVAs) in 1991 and 1993, respectively. All of the tales, except one, were later adapted as an anime television series in 2003. In 1989, the manga received the 20th Seiun Award for Best Comic. Plot According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will lead to death or transformation into a damned creature known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film '' Sanshiro Sugata''. After the war, the critically acclaimed ''Drunken Angel'' (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films. ''Rashomon'' (1950), which premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madadayo
is a 1993 Japanese comedy-drama film. It is the thirtieth and final film to be completed by Akira Kurosawa. It was screened out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot The film is based on the life of Japanese academic and author Hyakken Uchida (1889–1971). It opens with him resigning as professor of German, in the period immediately before the Second World War. The plot is centered on his relationship with his former students, who care for him in his old age. Many of the movie's vignettes, like the search for a missing cat and the time Uchida spent in a one-room hut after his home was destroyed in a bombing raid, come from Uchida's own writings, but the movie also gives Kurosawa the chance to comment on aspects of modern Japanese history like the American occupation of Japan that he had only been able to explore indirectly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keita Amemiya
is a prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba. Amemiya is known for his distinctive fantasy designs and directorial style. Biography After graduation from the Asagaya College of Art and Design, he joined the Den Film Effect in 1981. As a film director, he made his debut in 1988's '' Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden''. Major works include science fiction film ''Zeiram'' released in 1991 and tokusatsu franchise '' Garo'' created in 2006. Filmography TV and film * '' Choujin Sentai Jetman'' (TV): director, character designer (Demon Machine Veronica) * ''G-9'' (OVA): screenplay, original creator and director * ''GARO'' (TV): creator, character designer and director * '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'' (OVA): original concept, visual setting * ''Jikuu Senshi Spielban'': monster designs, director * ''Kamen Rider BLACK'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider BLACK RX'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider Decade'' (TV): character designer (Kai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider ZO
, translated ''Masked Rider ZO'', is a 1993 Japanese tokusatsu biopunk superhero movie produced by the Toei Company as part of their ''Kamen Rider Series''. Directed by Keita Amemiya, it was the first joint production of Toei and Bandai. A Sega CD interactive movie was released for ''ZO'' in 1994, and was distributed in the United States as '' The Masked Rider: Kamen Rider ZO''. To commemorate the series' 40th anniversary, ''ZO'' was shown on Toei's pay-per-view channel in September 2011. The film's protagonist, Kamen Rider ZO, appears in the later ''Kamen Rider Decade'' television series and is a playable character in the 2011 Nintendo DS video game ''All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation''. Plot Masaru Aso is the laboratory assistant of geneticist Doctor Mochizuki. He is used in one of Mochizuki's experiments related to the creation of the Neo-Lifeform, enabling him to transform into the grasshopper-like Kamen Rider ZO. He flees to the mountains and lapses into a two-year coma befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiju
is a Japanese media genre that focuses on stories involving giant monsters. The word ''kaiju'' can also refer to the giant monsters themselves, which are usually depicted attacking major cities and battling either the military or other monsters. The ''kaiju'' genre is a subgenre of ''tokusatsu'' entertainment. The 1954 film ''Godzilla'' is commonly regarded as the first ''kaiju'' film. ''Kaiju'' characters are often somewhat metaphorical in nature; Godzilla, for example, serves as a metaphor for nuclear weapons, reflecting the fears of post-war Japan following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the '' Lucky Dragon 5'' incident. Other notable examples of ''kaiju'' characters include Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah and Gamera. Etymology The Japanese word ''kaijū'' originally referred to monsters and creatures from ancient Japanese legends; it earlier appeared in the Chinese ''Classic of Mountains and Seas''. After ''sakoku'' had ended and Japan was opened to for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takao Okawara
is a Japanese film director, writer, and producer. Biography Most famous for his entries in the Heisei ''Godzilla'' series, Takao Okawara joined Tōhō in 1973, but would not get his first shot in the director's chair until 1980, when he joined Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda on the film ''Kagemusha'' (1980). Four years later, he worked as an assistant director for the first ''Godzilla'' film of the Heisei series: ''The Return of Godzilla'' (1984). Okawara debuted as primary director seven years later on the film ''Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected'' (1991), which he also wrote. His most notable credit is perhaps the crafting the most profitable ''Godzilla'' film, ''Godzilla vs. Mothra is a 1992 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Takao Okawara, written by Kazuki Ōmori, and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is the 19th film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, and is the fourth film in the ...'', in 1992. The director stated that his work o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godzilla Vs
is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film ''Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produced by Toho, four American films and numerous video games, novels, comic books and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the "King of the Monsters", a phrase first used in ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' (1956)'','' the Americanized version of the original film. Godzilla is an enormous, destructive, prehistoric sea monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the '' Lucky Dragon 5'' incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons. Others have suggested that Godzilla is a metaphor for the United States, a giant beast woken from its slumber which then takes terrible vengeance on Japan. As the film series expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojack Unbound
''Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound'', known in Japan as , is a 1993 Japanese animated science fantasy martial arts film and the ninth ''Dragon Ball Z'' feature film. It was released in Japan on July 10 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village with Love'' and the first ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' film. The antagonist Bojack was created by Takao Koyama and was designed by series creator Akira Toriyama. The film is the last to feature Kōhei Miyauchi as Master Roshi, who died two years after its release. Plot A wealthy family hosts an intergalactic martial arts tournament on Earth in which fighters from across the galaxy compete including Gohan, Piccolo, Future Trunks, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Krillin. All but Yamcha effortlessly advance much to the concern of Mr. Satan who recognizes them from the battle against Cell and knows he will need to face whichever one of them wins. In the semifinals, Trunks fights Tien a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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