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Ken'ichi Matsuyama
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films ''Death Note'', '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' and '' L: Change the World'' in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the ''Death Note'' animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel '' Norwegian Wood'', which was released in December 2010. Personal life On April 1, 2011, he married Koyuki Katō, who co-starred with him in ''Kamui Gaiden''. The couple's first child was born in January 2012, and their second child was born in January 2013 in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed .... In July 2015, the couple had their third child. Filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamachi (2004 Film)
''Kamachi'' () is a Japanese film produced in 2003 by Rokurō Mochizuki. The film centers around the life of poet and painter Kamachi Yamada at the age of 17. The film stars Lead member Shinya Tanuichi as the titular character. The film was originally distributed at the ''109 Cinemas Takasaki'' in Takasaki, Gunma, Kamachi Yamada's place of birth, on February 28, 2004. It was released nationwide two weeks later on March 13, 2004. Plot The film opens in 1975 with the character Kamachi Yamada ( Shinya Tanuichi), who strives to be the best he can be. His motto throughout his life was "24 hours a day is not enough." However, when he fails to get into an elite school, he enlists in a cram school, where he meets Yoko (Fumiko Himeno), with whom he falls in love. After confessing his love, she suggests they remain friends, much to his dismay. Twenty years later, Shun (Hiroki Nakadoi) starts a web site, calling for people to "enter another world." A girl, Miyuki (Akane Osawa), and a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of A Teenage Amnesiac
is a 2010 Japanese teen drama film directed by Hans Canosa and based on the 2007 young adult novel of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. The film stars Japanese actress Maki Horikita, Japanese actors Kenichi Matsuyama and Yuya Tegoshi, and American actor Anton Yelchin. Cast * Maki Horikita as Naomi Sukuse * Yuya Tegoshi as Mirai Hasegawa * Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuji Miwa * Anton Yelchin as Ace Zuckerman * Emma Roberts as Alice Leeds * Misa Shimizu as Mrs. Hasegawa * Atsuro Watabe as Goro Sukuse * Kylee as Winnie * Reira as Ace's New Girlfriend * Julia Sniegowski as Brianna * Arthur Rempel as Robert Sutton * Haruki Kimura as Bailey Plotkin * Ai Ozaki as Yu Arisa * Ian Moore as Mr. Weir * Karen Kirishima as Risa Arisa * Mirei Kiritani as Yumi * Yukiko Hattori as Yuji's Mother * David Neale as Dr. Pillar * Yui Ozaki as Eri Arisa * Yoriko Kamimura as Ms. Ishibashi * Michelle Take as Mrs. Tarkington Production The film was announced in November 2008. The script was wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiji (2009 Film)
, also known as ''Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler'', is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on ''Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji'', the first part of the manga series ''Kaiji'', written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the first film of a trilogy directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on October 10, 2009. It was followed by ''Kaiji 2'', released in 2011. Cast *Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji Itō *Yūki Amami as Rinko Endō *Teruyuki Kagawa as Yukio Tonegawa *Ken Mitsuishi as Kōji Ishida *Kenichi Matsuyama as Makoto Sahara *Tarō Yamamoto as Jōji Funai * Suzuki Matsuo as Tarō Ōtsuki *Kei Satō as Kazutaka Hyōdō Production In October 2008, it was announced that the film would be directed by Tōya Satō and Tatsuya Fujiwara would star as Kaiji Itō. The Watarase Film Commission, a non-governmental organization that supports film production, posted a casting call for 70 men between the ages of 20 and 40 to be extras to play contestants of the "restricted rock-paper-sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Metal City
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal'' from September 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series takes its name from the song "Detroit Rock City" by the American band Kiss. The manga was adapted into a twelve-episode (of thirteen minutes long and divided into two six-minute sections) original video animation (OVA) released in August 2008; a live action film adaptation also premiered in Japan in August 2008. Plot Soichi Negishi is a shy young musician who dreams of a career in pop. Dreams do not pay the bills, so he has ended up as the lead singer and guitarist of a blackened death metal band, "Detroit Metal City." In his stage costume, he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell, to have killed and raped his parents, to wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southbound (2007 Film)
is a 2007 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Yūki Amami. Based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Okuda, it tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa. It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end of June. Its theme song is " Eien no Uta" by Nakashima Mika. Cast * Etsushi Toyokawa as 'Ichiro Uehara' (as a father who was an extremism activist) * Yūki Amami as 'Sakura Uehara' (as a mother who was an extremism activist) * Keiko Kitagawa as 'Yoko Uehara' (as a Sakura's daughter) * Shuto Tanabe as 'Jiro Uehara' (as a Eldest son. 6th grade schoolboy. This movie's protagonist) * Rina Matsumoto as 'Momoko Uehara' (as a Second daughter. 4th grade schoolgirl. She loves being bitten by her father) * Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Officer 'Niigaki' (He fell in love with Yoko at first sight.) * Mitsuru Hirata as the Principal * Hideko Yoshida as Social Insurance Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shindo (manga) ''
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Shindo or Shindō may refer to: * *Shindo (religion) (신도), an alternative name of Korean Shamanism used by Shamanic associations in modern South Korea. People *Shindō (surname) * T.K. Shindo (1890-1974), Japanese photographer Other uses *, a Japanese manga by Akira Sasō (1998), film and novel by Koji Hagiuda (2007) *"Shindo", a song by Less Than Jake on the 1996 album ''Losing Streak ''Losing Streak'' is the second studio album by ska punk band Less Than Jake, released on November 12, 1996 on Capitol Records. The album was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida and Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Nights Of Dreams
or ''Ten Nights' Dreams'' is a series of short pieces by Natsume Sōseki. It was serialized in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' from July 25 to August 5, 1908. Sōseki writes of ten dreams set in various time periods, including his own time (the Meiji period) and as far back as the "age of the gods," and the Kamakura period. Four of the ten dreams begin with the phrase "This is what I saw in my dream" (こんな夢を見た ''Konna yume o mita''). Summaries of the Dreams ;The First Night The dreamer sits at the bedside of a woman who says she is dying. Because of the warm color in her lips and cheeks, he questions, several times, if she truly is dying. After confirming that she must indeed die, the woman asks a favor. After she dies, he should dig her grave with a large shell, mark it with a fragment of fallen star, and wait at its side a hundred years for her return. The dreamer prepares her grave and buries her as requested. Then he begins his vigil, losing count of the days as years go b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamato (film)
is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Satō and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship ''Yamato'', concentrating on the ship's demise during Operation Ten-Go. Plot The film begins with footage from ''Asahi Shimbuns special expedition to the ''Yamato'' wreckage in 1999. The narrative then shifts to the present on 6 April 2005, where a woman, Makiko Uchida, is visiting the Yamato Museum in Kure, Hiroshima. She is looking for a boat to take her to the site where the ''Yamato'' sank, to honor the crew on the 60th anniversary of the ship's last battle. Katsumi Kamio, a survivor who is now a fisherman, agrees to take her after he discovers she was an adopted daughter of Petty Officer First Class Mamoru Uchida, a fellow crewman and close friend who he thought went down with the ship. As Uchida, Kamio, and his teenage apprentice, Atsushi, travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custom Made 10
Custom, customary, or consuetudinary may refer to: Traditions, laws, and religion * Convention (norm), a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted rules, norms, standards or criteria, often taking the form of a custom * Norm (social), a rule that is socially enforced * Customary law or consuetudinary, laws and regulations established by common practice * Customary (liturgy) or consuetudinary, a Christian liturgical book describing the adaptation of rites and rules for a particular context * Custom (Catholic canon law), an unwritten law established by repeated practice * Customary international law, an aspect of international law involving the principle of custom * Mores * Tradition * Minhag (pl. minhagim), Jewish customs * ʿUrf (Arabic: العرف), the customs of a given society or culture Import-export * Customs, a tariff on imported or exported goods * Custom house Modification * Modding * Bespoke, anything commissioned to a particular specification * Custom car * Cus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Yoshiie
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He has also held a professorship at Shoin University. A native of Nagano Prefecture and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to his first term in 2012. As of 2021, he was the Chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee. thumb The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb ... References External links * in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Japanese educators 1971 births Living people Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Meiji Gakuin University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
