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Koyuki
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese model and actress. She rose to fame in the drama '' Kimi wa Petto'' with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity, as well as the hit film ''The Last Samurai''. Career Actor career Koyuki appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 film ''Pulse''. She rose to fame in the drama '' Kimi wa Petto'' (2003) with ''Jun matsumoto'' and gained huge popularity. Her first international film was ''The Last Samurai'' (2003) where she played Taka, wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, portrayed by Tom Cruise. She has appeared in many commercials, including ''Coca-Cola'' Japan's ''Sokenbicha'', '' P&G'' '' Max Factor SK-II'', and '' Suntory'' Kakubin. Personal life In 2011, Koyuki married actor Kenichi Matsuyama, who co-starred with her in '' Kamui Gaiden''. The couple's first child was born in January 2012, and their second child was born in January 2013. In July 2015, the couple had their third child. Filmography Film * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamui Gaiden
is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Sai, based on Sanpei Shirato's manga series of the same title. The film is written by Sai and Kankurō Kudō, starring Kenichi Matsuyama in the titular role. It premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2009, to mixed reviews. Plot The young Kamui is a runaway ninja who has abandoned his clan, now constantly pursued by assassins. His travels bring him to a seashore village where he meets Hanbei, a fisherman who shares the former ninja's sense of honor. Though Hanbei's wife is wary of the stranger, the fisherman and Kamui become good friends. Life at the seaside seems idyllic but Kamui does not get to enjoy the peace for very long when his past life is catching up on him, and everything and everyone is not as it seems. Now he must draw upon his shadowy arts if he hopes to escape with his life. Cast *Kenichi Matsuyama as Kamui * Kaoru Kobayashi as Hanbei * Koyuki as Sugaru * Kōichi Satō as Gumbei *Hideaki Itō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Samurai
''The Last Samurai'' is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Ken Watanabe in the title role, with Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as a soldier-turned-samurai who befriends him, and Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki, and Shin Koyamada in supporting roles. Tom Cruise portrays an American captain of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th century Japan. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and the Westernization of Japan by foreign powers, though in the film the United States is portrayed as the primary force behind the push for Westernization. It is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French Imperial Guard sub-li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi 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] |
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV Series)
was a popular Japanese television drama by screenwriter Kankuro Kudo. Based on a novel by Ira Ishida, it initially aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System during the summer of 2000, and was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The success of the television series would launch a '' manga'' adaptation the following year. In a break from traditional Japanese programming, the series used edgy graphics and scene breaks to highlight a story involving themes drawn from the underbelly of modern Japanese society: hip-hop youth gang warfare, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, drug abuse, the Yakuza, rape and murder. Notable among the cast are Tokio lead singer Tomoya Nagase, film star Ken Watanabe, and future stars Koyuki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Tomohisa Yamashita of Johnny's Jimusho idol group NEWS. The series is also credited for raising the profile of actor Yōsuke Kubozuka. Summary Twenty-one-year-old Makoto, the former #1 ''waru'' of Ikebukuro in his high school years, hangs out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulse (2001 Film)
is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The movie was well-received critically and has a cult following. An English-language remake, also titled ''Pulse'', debuted in 2006 and spawned two sequels. The script was also adapted into a novel of the same name by Kurosawa himself. Plot The plot centers on ghosts invading the world of the living via the Internet. It features two parallel story lines. First story Michi Kudo (Kumiko Asō) has recently moved to Tokyo and begun working at a shop that sells plants. Her co-workers include Junko Sasano, Toshio Yabe, and Taguchi, who has been missing for several days while working on a computer disk for the shop's sales. Michi goes to Taguchi's apartment and finds him distracted and aloof; during their conversation, he casually makes a noose, goes into another room, and hangs himself. Michi and her friends inspect the disk he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alive (2002 Film)
is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film directed and co-written by Ryuhei Kitamura. It is based on the manga of the same name by Tsutomu Takahashi and stars Hideo Sakaki, Ryo, Koyuki, Jun Kunimura, and Tak Sakaguchi. In the film, two death row inmates are confined to an isolation cell with an alien organism that surges the violent nature of its host. ''Alive'' was theatrically released in Japan on June 21, 2003. Cast Production Crew * Ryuhei Kitamura – director, co-writer * Keishiro Shin – assistant producer * Manabu Shinoda – technical producer * Fumihiko Tamura – lighting director * Yuji Hayashida – production designer * Takeshi Shin – visual effects supervisor * Kenji Shibazaki – sound effects * Jun Nakamura – mixing engineer * Yuji Shimomura – action choreographer * Yūdai Yamaguchi – second unit director Development Technical producer Manabu Shinoda expressed interest in working with director Ryuhei Kitamura after being impressed with '' Versus''. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persona Non Grata (2015 Film)
is a 2015 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Cellin Gluck. It depicts the life of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who was appointed a vice-consul and later a consul in Lithuania and served there from 1939 to 1940 and who saved lives of some 6,000 Jewish refugees by issuing transit visas to the Japanese Empire. Even though most of the film is set in Interwar Lithuania, various places in Poland were chosen for filming. The Polish cargo ship SS ''Sołdek'' also appeared in the movie. Plot Chiune Sugihara is a Japanese diplomat working in Lithuania. During World War II, with the help of Dutch diplomat Jan Zwartendijk, he attempts to save many Jews from Nazi Germany by issuing transit visas to Japan. The film depicts Sugihara's life from the period when he was a student in Waseda University. Cast * Toshiaki Karasawa – Chiune Sugihara * Koyuki – Yukiko Sugihara (Chiune's wife) *Borys Szyc – Pesh (ペシュ ''Pesshu'') *Agnieszka Grochowska – Irina (イリー ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zama, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 130,667 and a population density of 7,400 persons per km². The total area of the city is The city hosts the United States Army Camp Zama base. Geography Located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Zama is approximately 50 kilometers from the center of Tokyo and 20 kilometers from Yokohama. It is divided into an alluvial lowland along the Sagami River in the west and a plateau belonging to the Sagamino Plateau (Sagamihara Plateau) in the east. The Hikiji River, Mekushiri River, and the Hato River flow through Zama. The city is well known for its drinking water, which is cold in the summer and warm in the winter. Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture *Sagamihara * Atsugi *Yamato * Ebina Climate Zama has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Zama is 14.4 °C. The av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy Sorge
is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 2003, about the Soviet spy Richard Sorge. Shinoda intended the film, a long and lavish production that had only modest critical and commercial success, as his final feature. Plot The film presents the life of Richard Sorge, a German spy for the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Soviet Army in Japan. Sorge and his contact Hotsumi Ozaki are arrested by the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (Special Higher Police) in Tokyo, and Sorge recounts the main events in flashbacks. Cast *Iain Glen : Richard Sorge *Masahiro Motoki : Hotsumi Ozaki *Kippei Shiina : Mitsusada Yoshikawa *Takaya Kamikawa : Tokko T * Toshiya Nagasawa : Miyagi Yotoku * Riona Hazuki : Hanako Miyake *Koyuki : Yoshiko Yamazaki * Armin Marewski : Branko Vukelic *Yui Natsukawa : Hideko Ozaki *Takaaki Enoki : Duke Fumimaro Konoye *Hideji Otaki : Duke Kinmochi Sai-onji *Michael Christian : Josef Albert Meisinger *Shima Iwashita : Mrs. Konoe *Ulrich Mühe : Eugen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective In The Bar
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Hajime Hashimoto and based on a novel by Naomi Azuma. Cast * Yo Oizumi as the detective * Ryuhei Matsuda as Takada * Koyuki as Saori * Toshiyuki Nishida as Toshio Kirishima * Tomorowo Taguchi as Matsuo * Yutaka Matsushige * Masanobu Takashima * Renji Ishibashi * Mayumi Shintani * Keiko Takeshita Keiko Takeshita (竹下景子 ''Takeshita Keiko''; born on September 15, 1953 in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' as Hana Matsuzaki. Filmography Film *'' Blue Ch ... Sequels *''Detective in the Bar 2'' (2013) *''The Last Shot in the Bar'' (2017) References External links * * 2011 films 2011 drama films Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Hajime Hashimoto Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike Films shot in Sapporo Films set in Sapporo Toei Company films 2010s Japanese films {{2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Life (2000 TV Series)
is a drama of "Toshiba Nichiyo Gekijo (東芝日曜劇場 Tōshiba Nichiyō Gekijō)" on TBS Television. It was first shown in Japan from 16 January to 26 March 2000. Beautiful Life was a massive success, achieving a TV rating of 41.3% -- a record it held until it was eclipsed by Hanzawa Naoki in 2013 (42.2%) Cast *Takuya Kimura (木村 拓哉 ) as Shuji Okishima *Takako Tokiwa (常盤 貴子) as Kyoko Machida *Miki Mizuno (水野 美紀) as Sachie Tamura *Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Takumi Okabe *Atsuro Watabe (渡部 篤郎) as Masao Machida *Takanori Nishikawa (西川 貴教 ) (T.M.Revolution) as Satoru Kawamura *Koji Matoba as Kozo Miyama *Chiaki Hara as Mayumi Ozawa *Koyuki (加藤 小雪) as Nakajima Satsuki Characters *Shuji Okishima – A hairstylist. His father wanted him to take over the Okishima hospital but he ignored his family. He becomes a Top Stylist (one of the best hairstylists in the salon where he works) and is occasionally picked up in magazines. *Kyoko Machid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimi Wa Petto
is a Japanese ''Josei'' manga series by . It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet. It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, in French by Kurokawa and in Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film in 2011. The manga is adapted to a second, reboot, TV drama series aired on Fuji TV in 2017 with totally different cast. Plot , a journalist at a major newspaper, is a career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well. Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
