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Japanese Films Of 2003
Highest-grossing films List of films A list of films released in Japan in 2003 (see 2003 in film). See also *2003 in Japan * 2003 in Japanese television External links Japanese films of 2003at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese Films Of 2003 2003 Japanese Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayside Shakedown 2
is the second film based on the popular Bayside Shakedown TV series, known for its unique and humorous depiction of the Japanese police force while avoiding the conventions that define most police dramas. The movie was released in the summer of 2003. ''Bayside Shakedown 2'' is the all-time highest-grossing Japanese live-action movie on domestic screens and earned at the box office. Plot The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, in the five years since the previous movie, the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction (the station was once referred to disparagingly as "the empty space station" by the surrounding jurisdictions) has become a popular tourist attraction, the officers at Wangan Station now have their hands full dealing with all manner of tourist related issues. In a sign of how much has ''not'' changed in the last five years, when Detective Sergeant Shunsaku Aoshima and several of other detectives p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidehisa Ebata
Hidehisa (written: 秀久) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese samurai {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumiko Akiyoshi
(born July 29, 1954), better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for ''Banka'', ''Saraba natsuno hikariyo'' and ''Brother and Sister''. Filmography Films * '' Tabi no omosa'' (1972) - Kayo * ''Juroku-sai no senso'' (''War of the 16 Year Olds'') (1973) - Azusa/Mizue (Plays two parts) * ''Aka chōchin'' (1974) - Yukie Shimokawa * ''Imouto'' (1974) - Neri Kojima * ''Aoba shigereru'' (1974) - Hiroko Wakayama * ''Virgin Blues'' (1974) - Shoplifter * ''Honō no shōzō'' (1974) * ''Shōwa karesusuki'' (1975) - Noriko, the sister * ''Banka'' (1976) - Reiko Ando * ''Saraba natsuno hikariyo'' (''Farewell, O Summer's Light'') (1976) - Kyoko Toda * ''Fumō chitai'' (1976) * ''Permanent Blue: Manatsu no koi'' (1976) - Woman * ''Brother and Sister'' (1976) - Mon * ''Totsuzen arashi no youni'' (1977) - Yuki Kobayashi * '' Mount Hakkoda'' (1977) - Sawa Takiguchi (Guide) * ''Sugata Sanshiro'' (1977) - Otomi Murai * ''Wani to oum to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress. Career Suzuki co-starred in Shunji Iwai's ''Hana and Alice'' with Yū Aoi. She voiced the title character Ray Steam in Katsuhiro Otomo's animated film ''Steamboy''. Suzuki played a supporting role in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's ''Initial D'', a film based on the Japanese comic series. She co-starred in Ryuichi Hiroki's yakuza film ''The Egoists'' with Kengo Kora. Suzuki has also appeared in films such as Takashi Yamazaki's ''Returner'' (2002), Takahisa Zeze's ''Moon Child'' (2003), and Yoshimitsu Morita's ''Tsubaki Sanjuro'' (2007). Filmography Film * ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1999) - Young Hatsue Imada * '' Juvenile'' (2000) * ''Pokémon 4Ever'' (2001) Miku (Diana in the English dub) * ''Returner'' (2002) – Milly * ''Moon Child'' (2003) * '' The Blue Light'' (2003) * ''9 Souls'' (2003) * ''Steamboy'' (2004) – Ray Steam (voice) * ''Hana and Alice'' (2004) – Hana Arai * ''Initial D'' (2005) – Natsuki Mogi * ''Hanging Garden'' (2005) * ''Tsubaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Matsuura
is a Japanese actress and pop singer, from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Career 2000–2009: Hello! Project Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. After being chosen from that audition, Matsuura began her solo career. In time, she would become one of Hello! Project's biggest acts. Aside from a successful solo career, Matsuura (nicknamed Ayaya), also did numerous collaborations with other members of Hello! Project, including special, usually short lived groups Gomattou with Maki Goto and Miki Fujimoto; Nochiura Natsumi with Maki Goto and Natsumi Abe; and DEF.DIVA with Maki Goto, Natsumi Abe, and Rika Ishikawa. She also did the "Folk Song" series which feature Yuko Nakazawa and other Hello! Project artists, as well as Hello! Project's shuffle groups ( 3nin Matsuri in 2001, Odoru 11 in 2002, Salt5 in 2003, and the larger H.P. All Stars in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazunari Ninomiya
, often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi. His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 aged 13. Prior to his debut as a member of Arashi, Ninomiya started an acting career when he was cast as Chris for the stage play ''Stand by Me'', which was based on the Stand by Me (film), film of the same name. Apart from his group's activities, he starred in numerous television drama, movie and stage production, and has been regarded as the actor of Arashi. Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of #Awards and nominations, awards and nominations for his roles. Early life Ninomiya was born in Katsushika, Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. His father and mother were both working as chefs when they met and his sister is two years older than he is. When Ninomiya was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukio Ninagawa
was a Japanese theatre director, actor and film director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He directed eight distinct renditions of ''Hamlet.'' Ninagawa was also emeritus of the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Although most famous abroad for his touring productions of European classics, Ninagawa also directed works based on contemporary writing from Japan, including the Modern Noh plays of Yukio Mishima (which toured to New York's Lincoln Center in early summer 2005) and several other plays by Japanese dramatists, including Shūji Terayama and Kunio Shimizu. His production of ''Titus Andronicus'' was performed in England in June 2006, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. In 2007 his company participated in the Barbican International Theatre Event (BITE) series at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, with their production of '' Coriolanus''. Biography In 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Light (2003 Film)
is a 2003 Japanese film based on the novel of the same name by Yusuke Kishi, directed and co-written by Yukio Ninagawa, and starring Kazunari Ninomiya and Aya Matsuura. The film portrays Ninomiya playing Shūichi, a high school student finding a way to get rid of his stepfather who had returned home and begins to terrorize his family. ''Ao no Honō'' was released in Japan on March 15, 2003 and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2003. Plot Shūichi Kushimori (Kazunari Ninomiya) lives with this mother Yūko (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and younger stepsister Haruka (Anne Suzuki). One day, his estranged stepfather Ryūji Sone (Kansai Yamamoto) suddenly returns home and begins to freeload off his family. After Shūichi encounters what appeared to be Sone making sexual advances towards Haruka one night, he tries to get rid of Sone. However, Shūichi discovers that it is impossible to do so legally as Haruka is his daughter, and Yūko asks him to endure it until Haruka t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969), also known by his initials JAT, is an American voice actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' franchise, the main character Tidus in '' Final Fantasy X'', Shuyin in ''Final Fantasy X-2'', Obi-Wan Kenobi in the '' Star Wars'' animated features such as '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and the franchise's video games, and the titular character in the animated series ''Johnny Test''. Early life Taylor was born in Santa Barbara, California on July 22, 1969. Career Taylor began his voice acting career in 1995. He has been an active member of the voice acting community since, appearing in numerous roles, including Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' video game series and Tidus from '' Final Fantasy X''. From 2005 until 2011, Taylor also voiced Fred Flintstone in commercials and promotional material, following the death of Henry Corden Henry Corden (born Henry Cohen; January 6, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedy Burress
Heather E. "Hedy" Burress (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress. She had a starring role in the film ''Foxfire'' as Maddy, and later landed roles in television shows ''Boston Common'' and '' E.R.'' In the video game world, she is best known as the English voice of leading character Yuna in ''Final Fantasy X'' and its sequel ''Final Fantasy X-2''. Life and career Burress was born in Edwardsville, Illinois on October 3, 1973 to teacher parents. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, in 1995. She made her film debut in the 1996 film ''Foxfire'', starring opposite Angelina Jolie and Peter Facinelli. Burress auditioned for the role of Dorothy Wheeler in the motion picture '' Valentine'', but the role went to Jessica Capshaw. However, director Jamie Blanks still wanted Burress to star in the film. During a meeting, they looked each other in the eye and both said, "Ruthie", resulting in Burress having the role of Ruthie Walker. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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