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Jun Murakami
is a Japanese actor. He is not to be confused with Japanese stunt actor Jun Murakami. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's ''Heaven's Story'' and Gakuryu Ishii's '' Isn't Anyone Alive?''. Filmography Film * ''Bounce Ko Gals'' (1997) * ''Nabbie's Love'' (1999) * '' Shiki-Jitsu'' (2000) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (2000) * ''Stereo Future'' (2001) * ''Konsento'' (2001) * ''Blue'' (2001) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * ''Konsento'' (2001) * '' Border Line'' (2002) * ''Filament'' (2002) * ''Desert Moon'' (2003) * ''Out of This World'' (2004) * ''Cutie Honey'' (2004) * '' 69'' (2004) * ''Into a Dream'' (2005) * ''Nanayo'' (2008) * ''Michiko & Hatchin'' (2008) * ''Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death'' (2008) * ''Counterfeit Bills'' (2009) * ''Zen'' (2009) * ''Nonchan Noriben'' (2009) * ''The Lightning Tree'' (2010) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Cannes Film Festival
The 67th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2014. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the main competition section. The Palme d'Or was awarded to the Turkish film '' Winter Sleep'' directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The festival opened with the long delayed '' Grace of Monaco'', directed by Olivier Dahan and starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, which played out of competition. The restored 4K version of Sergio Leone's 1964 western ''A Fistful of Dollars'', served as the closing night film. Due to European Parliament elections which took place on 25 May 2014, the winner of the Palme d'Or was announced on 24 May, and the winning film in the Un Certain Regard section announced on 23 May. The festival poster featured Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni from Federico Fellini's 1963 film ''8½'', which was presented in the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection, within the Out of Competition section. The Official Selection of film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiki-Jitsu
is a 2000 art film written and directed by Hideaki Anno. The film is Anno's second live-action feature. The screenplay is an adaption of Ayako Fujitani's novella ''Tōhimu'', which was inspired by an emotionally difficult time in Los Angeles working on her father Steven Seagal's 1998 film '' The Patriot''. The film tells the story of a director (Shunji Iwai) who meets an odd young woman (Fujitani). Taking place over a period of 33 days, the plot involves these two characters trying to work their way out of a collective emotional funk. Michael Ordona of the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported the film had "dark themes of mental illness and suicidal ideation". ''Shiki-Jitsu'' won an award for Best Artistic Contribution at the 13th International Film Festival in Tokyo. Story The film follows a young Director returning to his home city of Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and an eccentric young Woman he meets, whose quirks include saying "tomorrow is my birthday" every day and wearing very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakuza Weapon
is a 2011 Japanese film directed and written by Tak Sakaguchi and Yūdai Yamaguchi. Based on the manga by Ken Ishikawa, the film is about Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is involved in a double-cross. ''Yakuza Weapon'' was premiered at the 2011 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and opened theatrically in Japan on July 23, 2011. Plot Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) is a strong fighter with a strong disregard for his own safety during fights by shrugging off all wounds and damage. He has a falling out with his father, the Boss Yakuza Kenzo Iwaki (Akaji Maro) and spends years in the South American jungle fighting mercenaries. After a battle against opposing soldiers, Shozo is found by a special agent code-named "Red Tiger" and his team of Japanese government agents who inform him of the news that his father was recently assassinated. Shozo retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Of Desperation
is a 2010 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was released in Japan on July 10, 2010. It was written by Hidehiro Itō and Itaru Era, based on a novel by Shūhei Fujisawa, and was produced by Hidehiro Itō. Plot Ukyo-dayu, a powerful Edo-era ''daimyō'', and his court attend a ''kabuki'' play in the courtyard of his palace. After the performance ends, members of the court bow in respect as Lord Ukyo and his family, including his favorite concubine Lady Renko, are leaving. Suddenly, a samurai named Sanzaemon Kanemi unsheathes his ''tantō'' and stabs Lady Renko to death. He surrenders his weapon and is taken into custody. Despite expecting to be put to death for murdering his lord's consort, Kanemi is surprised to learn that Lord Ukyo has instead sentenced him to spend a year under house arrest. Kanemi's estate is barricaded and placed under watch by armed guards, while Kanemi himself is sealed in a makeshift cell inside a woodshed. His servants are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketches Of Kaitan City
is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and starring Mitsuki Tanimura and Ryo Kase. Cast * Mitsuki Tanimura as Honami Ikawa * Pistol Takehara as Futa Ikawa * Ryo Kase as Haruo Meguro * Masaki Miura as Hiroshi Hagiya * Takashi Yamanaka as Makoto Kudou * Kaoru Kobayashi as Ryuzo Hika * Kaho Minami as Haruyo Hika Release The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2010. It was released in Japan on 18 December 2010. Reception Dustin Chang of Twitch Film felt that the film "resembles strongly of the neo-neo realism of the Dardenne brothers' films but without their sense of hope". Meanwhile, Maggie Lee of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' noted Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's "low key but tender depictions of working class people and subtle assimilation of socio-economical realities, redolent of the works of Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiko & Hatchin
is a Japanese anime television series. The series was produced by Manglobe and directed by Sayo Yamamoto, her first directorial work. The two eponymous starring roles are portrayed by film actresses Yōko Maki (''The Grudge'') and Suzuka Ohgo (''Memoirs of a Geisha''). It was broadcast for 22 episodes on Fuji TV's (Noise) programming block from October 2008 to March 2009. The anime is licensed by Funimation in North America. The story takes place in the fictional country of Diamandra which has cultural traces from South American countries, mostly from Brazil. In the first episode, Michiko is introduced as a free-willed " sexy diva" who escapes from a supposedly inescapable prison fortress, while Hatchin is a girl fleeing her abusive foster family. The two join forces on an improbable escape to freedom. The music was composed by the Brazilian musician Alexandre Kassin and produced by Shinichirō Watanabe. Plot In a fictional South American country, the criminal Michiko Maland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into A Dream
is a 2005 Japanese black comedy drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. It screened at the 2009 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival. The title comes from the 1973 single by Yosui Inoue. Plot The movie focuses on the misadventures of low-profile theater troupe actor Mutsugoro Suzuki who begins a surreal journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the person responsible for infecting him with a sexually transmitted disease Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral .... As he travels down to his parents' house for a family reunion, his dreams become more and more intrusive. Eventually, after reuniting with his father, younger sister and friends, his dreams eat away at his sanity and he finds himself unable to differentiate between his dreams and reality. Thus, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
69 (film)
''69'' is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel '' 69''. Plot Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, 1969: Inspired by the iconoclastic examples of Dylan, Kerouac, Godard and Che, a band of mildly disaffected teenagers led by the smilingly charismatic Ken (Tsumabuki Satoshi) decide to shake up "the establishment," i.e., their repressive school and the nearby US military installation. A series of anarchic pranks meets with varying levels of success, until Ken and company focus their energies on mounting a multimedia "happening" to combine music, film and theater. Complications ensue. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kensuke "Ken" Yazaki * Masanobu Andō as Tadashi "Adama" Yamada * Yuta Kanai as Manabu Iwase * Asami Mizukawa as Mie Nagayama * Rina Ohta as Kazuko "Lady Jane" Matsui * Yoko Mitsuya as Yumi Sato * Hirofumi Arai as Bancho * Hideko Hara as Kenichi's mother * Ittoku Kishibe as Matsunaga sensei * Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutie Honey (film)
is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu film directed and co-written by Hideaki Anno. It is an adaptation of the 1970s manga and anime series ''Cutie Honey''. The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the hyperactive Honey. The film loosely retells the classic story of Cutie Honey's battle to defend humanity and avenge her father against Panther Claw. In this version, Honey's powers come from the Imaginary Induction System. Called I-system for short, the name is a pun on the word . Villains Honey faces include Sister Jill, Gold Claw, Cobalt Claw, Scarlet Claw, and Black Claw. The film also features a cameo by series creator Go Nagai. ''Cutie Honey'' was followed two months later by an OVA series, '' Re: Cutie Honey'', based on the film. In North America, the film was released direct-to-DVD on April 17, 2007 by Bandai Entertainment. Previously, the 1994 ''New Cutie Honey'' OVA was the only incarnation of ''Cutie Honey'' to have been commercially released in the United States. Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Moon
''Desert Moon'' is the debut solo album by former Styx keyboard player/singer/songwriter Dennis DeYoung. It was released in 1984 on A&M Records. To date, it has been the most successful of his solo albums and most successful of any of the Styx member solo albums. The album sold respectably and reached No. 24 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts in the fall of 1984 and was certified Gold in Canada. The album's biggest hit was its title cut which hit No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart. The album's second single "Don't Wait for Heroes" reached No. 83 and got MTV play. However, the follow up "Dear Darling (I'll Be There)", failed to chart. Track listing All songs written by Dennis DeYoung, except where noted: # "Don't Wait for Heroes" – 4:46 # "Please" – 4:20 (a duet with Rosemary Butler) # "Boys Will Be Boys" – 5:41 # "Fire" (Jimi Hendrix) – 3:46 # "Desert Moon" – 6:09 # "Suspicious" – 4:57 # "Gravity" – 4:51 # "Dear Darling (I'll Be There)" – 4:27 Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Line (film)
''Border Line'' is a 2002 drama film, and the feature film debut of Korean-Japanese film director Sang-il Lee. It observes the lives of three un-related characters, a son, a father and a mother, each of whom has a troubled family background. The film is largely a character study, structured in a style of a Robert Altman movie, showing a number of different sub-plots unfold over the course of a few days. The shooting-style adopted is often similar to that of Yasujirō Ozu. The cast includes Tetsu Sawaki (Shuji Matsuda, the 17-year-old high school student), Yumi Asō (Aikawa, the convenience store clerk), Ken Mitsuishi (the middle-aged yakuza), and Jun Murakami (Kurosawa, the taxi driver). Plot The film opens with Matsuda being uncooperative at school. A radio broadcast reveals that he then murders his father and runs away on his bike. The next morning a drunken Kurosawa runs him over in his taxi. Feeling guilty about the accident, he is soon driving Matsuda to northern Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Shadow (film, 2001)
is a 2001 Japanese samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. The film stars Masanobu Andō in the title role and features a guest star appearance of Tomoyasu Hotei returning from the 1998 spin-off and virtual prequel ''Samurai Fiction''. The film is loosely based on the 1960s manga Akakage. Plot in 1545, the world was in the Warring States period. The servants surpassed the lord and defeated them frequently, and the Sengoku daimyo repeated fierce battles and were devoted to trade-in. Among the ninjas who served them was a group of ninjas called the "Kage Clan". They serve the Sengoku daimyo Hidenobu Togo, and while faithfully performing all missions to unify the world, they make weapons and armor with metal that is stronger than any substance called "invincible steel" and meet mysterious ninjutsu. However, after a long time, the "invincible steel" dissipates and the number of people who can use the technique gradually decreases, and the legitimate successors of the Kage clan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
