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Keiko Toda
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Nagoya, Aichi. Her most famous role is the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime ''Soreike! Anpanman''. She was also the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in the Japanese dub of ''Thomas & Friends'' from Season 1 to Season 8. She was once married to Shuichi Ikeda and Junichi Inoue. Career She first became an actress in fifth grade and then relocated to Tokyo in 1973 to become an idol singer. She then later joined Nachi Nozawa's theatre company. Also a musical theatre actress, she has appeared in musicals like "Sweet Charity" and "Dance of the Fleet Lady". She won Japanese Academy Award as the supporting actress for '' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' in 1997. Toda has dubbed over actresses like Jodie Foster, Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer and Carrie Anne Moss for dubs of American live-action movies. She's voiced Rui Kisugi for the new animated City Hunter movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Unusual
is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and "The Marriage Simulator" (romance-drama). It is the special film version of the long-running TV drama series of the same name (). Writing credits * Tomoko Aizawa, segment ''The Marriage Simulator'' * Ryoichi Kimizuka, segment ''Samurai Cellular'' * Motoki Nakamura, segment ''Chess'' * Masayuki Ochiai and Katsuhide Suzuki, segment ''One Snowy Night'' Cast ;''The Storyteller'' * Tamori as the storyteller * Kōji Yamamoto as a young man * Ryuta Sato * Kazuyuki Aijima * Isao Yatsu as an old man * Bokuzō Masana ;''One Snowy Night'' * Akiko Yada as Misa Kihara * Kazuma Suzuki as Takuro Yuki * Akira Takarada as Haruomi Manabe * Ren Osugi as Yoshiaki Yamauchi * Mami Nakamura as Mari Kondō ;''The Marriage Simulator'' * Izumi Inam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Densha Otoko (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television. It is based on the '' Densha Otoko'' story, which has also been portrayed in other media. The drama's 11 episodes were aired on Fuji TV from July 7 to September 22, 2005 (with a special episode on October 6, 2005). A two-hour-long TV special, ''Train Man Deluxe: The Last Crusade'', aired on September 23, 2006, featured a visit to Tahiti. Pony Canyon released the series on a DVD box set on December 22, 2005. It also aired in Taiwan's Videoland Japan from January 24, 2006 (with a special episode on December 28, 2006), and in Hong Kong's TVB Jade from April 15, 2006 (with a special episode on January 27, 2007). Plot The plot follows the life of Yamada after a chance encounter with Saori, when he rescues her from a drunken man on the train. Saori sends him a set of Hermès tea cups as a thank you gift. Relying on advice from users on a website, he is able to find the courage to change and eventually confess his fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsengumi!
is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period. Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Joe Odagiri, and Shingo Katori of the pop idol group SMAP. It was written by Japanese director and playwright, Kōki Mitani. Staff * Original: Kōki Mitani * Music: Takayuki Hattori * Titling: Tansetsu Ogino * Narrator: Yasuo Kodera * Historical research: Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura * Architectural research: Sei Hirai * Clothing research: Kiyoko Koizumi * Production coordinator: Kōji Kikkawa * Casting: Kazuhiko Itō * Sword fight arranger : Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Shinsengumi * Shingo Katori as Kondō Isami * Kōji Yamamoto as Hijikata Toshizō * Tatsuya Fujiwara as Okita Sōji * Joe Odagiri as Saitō Hajime *Nakamura Kantarō II as Tōdō Heisuke * Tarō Yamamoto as Harada Sanosuke * Masato Sakai as Yamanami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (2001 TV Series)
''Hero'' is a Japanese drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2001. Hero achieved the highest Japanese TV drama ratings record in 25 years (average audience share over the entire series = 34.3%). It was so successful that it spawned a 2006 miniseries and a feature film entitled '' Hero: The Movie'' which reached #3 on the 2007 top-grossing film chart in Japan. Starting July 2014, Fuji TV aired a second series entitled ''Hero 2'', which had Takuya Kimura reprising his role. Plot Kuryu Kohei is a young public prosecutor who gets transferred to a division in Tokyo from Aomori. Kuryu is unlike a typical prosecutor; he refuses to wear a suit and tie, opting for casual clothing, his trademark orange down jacket and stylish boots. He looks and behaves more like a Generation X slacker. He is known for always buying bizarre items from infomercials and the home shopping network. Kuryu is a high-school dropout who was falsely accused of a felony, cleared only by a public pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shomuni
(also called Power Office Girls) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ... of the same name by , though much of the details (all besides the company name and the characters) have departed from the comic. Released in 1998, Shomuni was a surprise winner of the ratings war for drama serials aired in Japan between April to June, despite being projected to finish a lowly thirteenth in a survey conducted by a major TV station. Story The stories revolve around the '' office ladies (OL)'' of General Administration Section 2 (''Shomu ni'', or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation. GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōmandokoro
Ōmandokoro (大政所, 1516 – 29 August 1592) or Ōmandokoro Naka was the mother of the Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. She was also the mother of Asahi no kata, Tomo and Toyotomi Hidenaga. Biography It is said that Ōmandokoro was born in Gokisu-mura, Owari Province. She was married to Kinoshita Yaemon, an Ashigaru of the Oda clan. They had two sons, Tomo and Hideyoshi. She remarried when her husband died. There is some controversy whether Asahi no kata and Hidenaga were the children of her first or second husband. There are several accounts describing her role in Hideyoshi's court. One source cited that due to her serious illness in 1588, Hideyoshi ordered ceremonies at major Shinto and Buddhist temples at Ise, Kasuga, Gion, Atago, Kitano, Kiyomizudera, Kofukuji, and Kuramadera. In 1591, she pleaded clemency for three senior Daitokuji abbots, who Hideyoshi intended to crucify. Ōmandokoro and her daughter Asahi were also sent as hostages in 1586 to Tokugawa Ieyasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kiyosu Conference
is a 2013 Japanese period comedy film directed by Kōki Mitani. Cast * Kōji Yakusho as Shibata Katsuie * Yo Oizumi as Hashiba Hideyoshi * Fumiyo Kohinata as Niwa Nagahide * Kōichi Satō as Ikeda Tsuneoki * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Oda Nobukatsu * Bandō Minosuke II as Oda Nobutaka * Tadanobu Asano as Maeda Toshiie * Susumu Terajima as Kuroda Kanbei * Kenichi Matsuyama as Hori Hidemasa * Yūsuke Iseya as Oda Nobukane * Kyōka Suzuki as Oichi * Miki Nakatani as Nene * Ayame Goriki as Matsuhime * Keiko Toda as Naka * Toshiyuki Nishida as Sarashina Rokubei * Denden as Maeda Gen'i * Eisuke Sasai as Oda Nobunaga * Nakamura Kankurō VI as Oda Nobutada * Kenji Anan as Takigawa Kazumasu * Kazuyuki Asano as Akechi Mitsuhide * Shōta Sometani as Mori Ranmaru * Hinata Sasaki as Chacha * Moeka Konno as Hatsu * Itsuki Moriyama as Gō Reception By December 21, the film had grossed ¥2.87 billion ( US$27.3 million) in Japan. References External links * *The Kiyosu Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ghost Of A Chance
, also known as ''Once In a Blue Moon'' in Japan, is a 2011 Japanese comedy mystery film directed by Kōki Mitani. Plot Emi Hosho, a third-rate lawyer without much of a future, is tasked with defending Goro Yabe, a man arrested for the murder of his wife. Without much hope of winning, Yabe proclaims his innocence, saying that he was under sleep paralysis at the time of the murder. Emi heads to the inn where Yabe stayed and encounters the ghost of fallen samurai Rokubei Sarashina, who claims he was the one holding Yabe in sleep paralysis. Rokubei is brought to the court as a witness. However, the prosecution denies the existence of the occult, asserting that Rokubei's testimony is inadmissible in court. So begins the struggle to prove Yabe's innocence. Cast * Eri Fukatsu - Emi Hosho (lawyer) * Toshiyuki Nishida - Rokubei Sarashina (fallen samurai) * Hiroshi Abe - Yu Hayami (lawyer) * Kiichi Nakai - Tooru Osano (prosecutor) * Yūko Takeuchi - Suzuko Yabe (murder victim), Fuuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The White Night
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on Journey Under the Midnight Sun, by Keigo Higashino. Plot A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the main suspect's daughter Yukiho (Maki Horikita) and the pawn shop owner's son Ryoji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho and Ryoji. Detective Sasagaki, still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case, discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryoji. Cast *Maki Horikita as Yukiho Karasawa * Kengo Kora as Ryoji Kirihara *Keiko Toda as Yaiko Kirihara * Tetsushi Tanaka as Isamu Matsuura * Ayame Koike as Mika Shinozuka *Eichiro Funakoshi as Junjo Sasagaki *Nobuo Kyo as Kazunari Shinozuka *Yurie Midori as Eriko Kawashima *Urara Awata as N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Mother
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Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulator in Jamaica * Operation Underground Railroad, a non-profit organization that helps rescue sex trafficking victims * Operation Unified Response, the United States military's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake * Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party, a political party in the Solomon Islands See also * Ours (other) One Union of Regional Staff (OURS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in early 2010 by the merger of the Derbyshire Group Staff Union and the Cheshire Group Staff Union. It organises former Derbyshire Building Societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
