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Koike Eiko
is a Japanese actress. Biography Koike starred in Kunitoshi Manda's film '' The Kiss''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance,'' and co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's ''A Chorus of Angels'' with Sayuri Yoshinaga. She also co-starred in Masanori Tominaga's ''Vengeance Can Wait'' with Takayuki Yamada. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at Japan Academy Prize for her outstanding performance in the film '' Rebirth''. Filmography Film * ''Kamikaze Girls'' (2004) * '' 2LDK'' (2004) * '' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' (2005) * '' The Kiss'' (2007) * ''Paco and the Magical Book'' (2008) * '' 20th Century Boys'' (2009) * ''Vengeance Can Wait'' (2010) * '' No Longer Human'' (2010) * '' Rebirth'' (2011) * ''Railways'' (2011) * '' Liar Game: Reborn'' (2012) * ''A Chorus of Angels'' (2012) * ''Unforgiven'' (2013), Okaji * '' April Fools'' (2015) * '' A Living Promise'' (2016) * ''Terraformars'' (2016) * '' To Each His Own'' (2017) * '' Close- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setagaya
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orchid, and its tree is the ''Zelkova serrata''. Setagaya has the largest population and second largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of January 1, 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 939,099, and a population density of 16,177 persons per km² with the total area of 58.06 km². Geography Setagaya is located at the southwestern corner of the Tokyo's special wards and the Tama River separates the boundary between Tokyo Metropolis and Kanagawa Prefecture. Residential population is among the highest in Tokyo as there are many residential neighbourhoods within Setagaya. Setagaya is served by various rail services providing frequent 2 to 3 minutes headway rush hour services to the busiest train terminals of Shinj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamikaze Girls
''Kamikaze Girls'', originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese light novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the friendship between two students named Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri. These two are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita-fashioned girl and the other, her antithesis, is a (juvenile delinquent). Viz Media licensed the novel for an English-language release in North America in 2006. A live-action film adaptation of the novel directed by Tetsuya Nakashima premiered in Japan in May 2004. It starred Kyoko Fukada as Momoko and Anna Tsuchiya as Ichigo. It was filmed in the town of Shimotsuma in Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan. Viz Media screened the film in select theaters in the United States in late 2005 under the title ''Kamikaze Girls''. They released it on DVD with hardcoded English subtitles in January 2006. The DVD extras include the original Japanese movie trailers, an interview with the lead actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
is a 2019 Japanese political and comedy film directed by Kōki Mitani. It stars Kiichi Nakai. Mitani wrote a script for a similar political drama series '' Sōrito Yobanaide'' aired on Fuji TV in 1997. Plot The main character of the film is the prime minister, who is hated by the people as he is a corrupt politician. One day, a stone thrown by a man who hates Prime Minister Keisuke Kuroda hits Kuroda's head, causing memory loss; he wakes up in a hospital. He watches TV and is surprised to find out that he is the prime minister hated by people. Cast * Kiichi Nakai as the Prime Minister Keisuke Kuroda * Dean Fujioka as Isaka * Yuriko Ishida as Satoko Kuroda * Eiko Koike as Nozomi Banba * Yuki Saito as Suga-san * Takashi Yamaguchi * Kei Tanaka as Heitarō Ōzeki * Takahiro Fujimoto * Takaya Sakoda * Zen Kajihara * Takashi Kobayashi * Kenji Anan * Yoshimasa Kondō * Kazuki Iio * Junpei Gotō * Jay Kabira * Yuta Ozawa * Yūki Amami * Yumiko Udō as a news presenter * Tatsuomi Hama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Each His Own (2017 Film)
is a Japanese drama film, released in 2017. It was directed by Izuru Narushima with a screenplay by Emi Kitagawa, Izuru Narushima, Kumi Tawada, and Hiroyuki Ikeda. It is based on the novel by Emi Kitagawa "Chotto Ima Kara Shigoto Yamete Kuru" published in 2015, the novel was the Winner of the "Media Works Bunko Prize": 21st Dengeki Novel Prize. Plot A young Japanese salaryman, Takashi (Asuka Kodo) is suffering abuse and difficulty in a high pressured sales position. Eventually succumbing to the stress, he tries to end his own life by throwing himself on to the railway tracks. At the last minute, he is saved by an old friend from school, Yamamoto. He befriends the man, who has a carefree, happy life, however as he grows to know him he realises all is not what it seems. Yamamoto ends up not being his old friend, through a case of mistaken identity. Takashi's work life gets worse, and he becomes distant from his parents as he takes his stress out on them. His only friend at work i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Formars (film)
is a 2016 Japanese science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike and based on the manga series of the same name by Yū Sasuga & Kenichi Tachibana. It was released in Japan on Friday, April 29, 2016. Plot In the 21st century, overpopulation has become such a problem that scientists begin preparing for the colonization of Mars. Their first steps in the terraforming of Mars involve seeding the planet with moss in order to absorb the sunlight and create a hospitable atmosphere as well as increase the surface temperature. They also introduce cockroaches in order to spread the moss. 500 years later, in the year 2599, a crewed mission is sent to the red planet to clear out the cockroach colony in preparation for the human colonization of Mars. The crew is an international team of misfits and criminals who are given the opportunity to take part in the mission to gain forgiveness for their crimes. They enter the new atmosphere aboard the BUGS 2 and find the terraforming to have been s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinsei No Yakusoku
is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by and written by . It was released in Japan on January 9, 2016. Plot Cast *Yutaka Takenouchi *Yōsuke Eguchi *Tori Matsuzaka * Yūka *Eiko Koike * Hikaru Takahashi *Jun Miho *Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa. Biography Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine ''Olive'' ... Reception The film grossed on its opening weekend in Japan and was sixth placed in admissions, with 81,867. On its second weekend, it was in tenth place by admissions and ninth place by gross, with . As of January 24, 2016, the film had grossed in Japan. References External links * * Japanese drama films Nippon TV films 2016 drama films 2016 films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Fools (2015 Film)
is a 2015 Japanese comedy drama suspense film directed by Junichi Ishikawa. It was released on April 1, 2015. Plot In one of the subplots in this film, Ayumi Nitta (Erika Toda) suffers from anthropophobia (extreme shyness & fear of people). She works as a janitor at a hospital. She had a one-night stand with Wataru Makino (Tori Matsuzaka) who is a sex addict and a womanizer getting his way with beautiful women by lying about being a very good surgeon and many other things. Ayumi later realizes that she is pregnant because of that one night stand. When she tells Wataru that she is pregnant, Wataru believes she is a making a bad April Fools joke. Wataru Makino then takes flight attendant Reiko ( Nanao) out to an Italian restaurant. He doesn't know that Ayumi Nitta is going to the same restaurant, after he mentioned it when she called him, to confront him to take responsibility for getting her pregnant which escalated to a major incident. Other subplots involve a student ( Seishuu Ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgiven (2013 Film)
is a 2013 Japanese jidaigeki Western film written and directed by Lee Sang-il. It is a remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 western ''Unforgiven'', written by David Peoples. The film was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film also made its US debut as the opening film for LA EigaFest 2013. It was also presented in 2014 in the Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now category) and out of competition in the 70th Venice International Film Festival. The plot closely follows the original 1992 film, but shifts the setting to Japan's Hokkaido frontier during the early Meiji period. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), a former samurai, is approached by an old associate to help claim the bounty on two men who have disfigured a prostitute. Plot Shortly after the start of the Meiji period, Jubei Kamata, a former samurai under the Edo Shogunate who fought against the Imperial government, flees from Imperial cavalrym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reborn
Reborn may refer to: Film *''Reborn'', a 2015 video produced by the Augustine Institute * ''Re:Born'' (film), a 2016 Japanese action film * ''Reborn'' (film), a 2018 American horror film Music *Reborn (band), a Moroccan death metal band Albums * ''Reborn'' (Avalon album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Reborn'' (Diaura album) or the title song, 2013 * ''Reborn'' (Era album) or the title song, 2008 * ''Reborn'' (Finding Favour album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Reborn'' (Denny Laine album) or the title song, 1996 * ''Reborn'' (Living Sacrifice album), 1997 * ''Reborn'' (Manafest album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Reborn'' (Northern Kings album), 2007 * ''Reborn'' (Stryper album) or the title song, 2005 * ''Reborn'' (Trapt album), 2007 * ''Re:Born'' (album), by Gackt, 2009 * ''Re:Born'' (EP), by Soyou, 2017 * ''Reborn'' (upcoming album), by Kavinsky, 2021 Songs * "Reborn" (Kids See Ghosts song), 2018 *"Reborn", by AKB48 from '' Kibōteki Refrain'', 2014 *"Reborn", by Biohazard from ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Longer Human
is a 1948 Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It is considered Dazai's masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel ever in Japan, behind Natsume Sōseki's ''Kokoro''. The literal translation of the title, discussed by Donald Keene in his preface to the English translation, is "Disqualified From Being Human". The novel, narrated in first person, contains several elements which portray an autobiographical basis but is in fact categorized under the semi-autobiographical genre since the characters in the book are all fictional. The novel presents recurring themes in the author's life, including suicide, social alienation, and depression. Much like the protagonist Yōzō, Dazai attempted suicide a total of five times in his lifetime, with consorts, until ultimately succeeding in taking his own life with his lover at the time, a woman named Tomie Yamazaki. Many believe the book to have been his will, as Dazai took his own life shortly after the last part of the book (which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Boys
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sixteen chapter continuation, titled , ran in the same magazine from 2006 to 2007 and was gathered into two ''tankōbon''. It tells the story of Kenji Endo and his friends, who notice a cult-leader known only as "Friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with their childhood memories. The series makes many references to a number of manga and anime from the 1960s–1970s, as well as to classic rock music, its title being taken from T. Rex's song " 20th Century Boy". A trilogy of live-action film adaptations, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, were released in 2008 and 2009. The manga was licensed and released in English by Viz Media from 2009 to 2012, and distributed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
