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Loft (2005 Film)
''Loft'' is a 2005 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Miki Nakatani and Etsushi Toyokawa. Plot Reiko Haruna, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet suburban house to finish up her new novel. One night she sees a man in a storage room transporting an object wrapped in cloth. She finds out that he is Makoto Yoshioka, an archaeologist researching ancient mummies, and that object was a recently discovered mummy. Working late on her book, she sees a ghost and finds out that her room once belonged to a woman who disappeared. Cast * Miki Nakatani - Reiko Haruna * Etsushi Toyokawa - Makoto Yoshioka * Hidetoshi Nishijima - Koichi Kijima * Yumi Adachi - Aya * Sawa Suzuki - Megumi Nonomura * Haruhiko Kato - Murakami * Ren Osugi - Hino Reception Sky Hirschkron of '' Stylus Magazine'' gave ''Loft'' a "C" grade. However Julien Gester of Les Inrockuptibles ''Les Inrockuptibles'' () is a French cultural magazine. Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific nicknamed " David Cronenberg of Japan". Biography Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who is not related to director Akira Kurosawa, started making films about his life in high school. After studying at Rikkyo University in Tokyo under the guidance of prominent film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, where he began making 8mm films, Kurosawa began directing commercially in the 1980s, working on pink films and low-budget V-Cinema (direct-to-video) productions such as formula yakuza films. In 1981, his 8mm film ''Shigarami Gakuen'' (しがらみ学園) was nominated for the Oshima Prize at the PFF (Pia Film Festival). In 1983, after he worked with Shinji Soumai, he released his first feature film '' Kandagawa Pervert Wars'' (1983). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ren Osugi
, born was a Japanese actor. For his work in ''Cure'', ''Hana-bi'' and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVD commentary to the '' MPD Psycho'' television series, director Takashi Miike said that he admired Osugi's experience to shift quickly from comic and imbecilic to authoritative and earnest. He died of heart failure at the age of 66 on February 21, 2018. Filmography Films 1980s * ''Kinbaku ikenie'' (緊縛いけにえ) (1980) * '' Empire of Kids'' (ガキ帝国; ''Gaki teikoku'') (1981) * ''Beautiful Mystery'' (巨根伝説 美しき謎; ''Kyokon densetsu: utsukushii nazo'') (1983) * '' Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride'' a.k.a. ''Spring Bride'' (変態家族兄貴の嫁さん; ''Hentai kazoku: Aniki no yomesan'') (1984) * ''Momoiro shintai kensa'' (桃色身体検査) (1985) 1990 *''Love of Sawako'' (さわこの恋 上手な ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Japanese Ghost Films
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Japanese Horror Films
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2005 Horror Films
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Les Inrockuptibles
''Les Inrockuptibles'' () is a French cultural magazine. Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. Now it is a monthly again, since 2021. In the beginning, rock and roll, rock music was the magazine's primary focus, though every issue included articles on other topics, generally with a left-wing approach. The magazine has produced several tribute records, including ''I'm Your Fan'' to Leonard Cohen in 1991, ''The Smiths is dead'' in 1996 and ''Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited'' in 2006. Since 1988 it has included CD Compilation album, compilations as part of individual issues. Guillaume B. Decherf, a music critic and journalist for the magazine, was killed during the November 2015 Paris attacks at an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan (theatre), Bataclan. There is a Spanish-language edition of the magazine made in Argentina named ''Los Inrockuptibles''. References External linksOfficial Website (in French) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylus Magazine
''Stylus Magazine'' was an American online music and film magazine, launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog. Additionally, ''Stylus'' had daily features like "The Singles Jukebox", which looked at pop singles from around the globe, and "Soulseeking", a column focused on personal responses in listening. Even though they never reached the readership of other music magazines such as PopMatters or Pitchfork, they still had a very consistent and fired-up audience. In 2006, the site was chosen by the '' Observer Music Monthly'' as one of the Internet's 25 most essential music websites. ''Stylus'' closed as a business on 31 October 2007. The site remained online for several years, but did not publish any new content. On 4 January 2010, with the blessing of former editor Todd Burns, ''Stylus'' senior writer Nick Southall launched ''The Stylus Decade'', a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruhiko Kato
Haruhiko is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Haruhiko Arai (born 1947), Japanese screenwriter, publisher/editor of ''Eiga Geijutsu'' film magazine *Haruhiko Ash, founder of ''Eve of Destiny'', a Japanese industrial rock band founded in 1999 * Haruhiko Higashikuni (1887–1990), the 43rd Prime Minister of Japan for 54 days in 1945 *Haruhiko Jō, Japanese actor, theatre director and voice actor * Haruhiko Kazama or List of Please Save My Earth characters "Please Save My Earth * Haruhiko Kindaichi (1913–2004), Japanese linguist and a scholar of Japanese linguistics Kokugogaku * Haruhiko Kon, Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics *Haruhiko Kuroda (born 1944), has been the president of the Asian Development Bank since February 2005 * Haruhiko Mikimoto (born 1959), Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist *Haruhiko Nishi (1893–1986), Japanese diplomat *Haruhiko Okumura, Japanese engineer *Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Nakatani
is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club from 1991 to 1993, wherein she formed the duo Key West Club with member Keiko Azuma. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure, making her debut on the popular television drama ''Under One Roof''. She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: '' Shokumotsu Rensa'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997) and ''Shiseikatsu'' (1999). Her best known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the ''Oricon'' charts. As an actress, Nakatani has received six Japan Academy Awards for her roles in ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002)'', Memories of Matsuko'' (2006), and ''Zero Focus'' (2009), among others. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the Japanese horror film franchise '' Ring''. Biography From 1998 to 1999, Nakatani starred in a trio of horror films – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawa Suzuki
, Tower Records (October 24, 2013) better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress represented by the talent agency Horipro. Biography After dropping out of Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College, Suzuki became a research student at Bungakuza. In 1994, after her institute graduation, she starred in her debut film, ''Ai no Shinsekai,'' alongside Reiko Kataoka. The film's director, Kinema Junpo, won the 37th Blue Ribbon Rookie Award and the Sponichi Newcomer Award in the Grand Prix of the Mainichi Film Award. Suzuki married actor Sumihiro Yoshikawa on October 5, 2011, but they divorced in August 2015. In 2012, she released her first essay, ''Joyū Geki-ba'', from Wanibooks. PRESIDENT Online Filmography TV series NHK Nippon TV Tokyo Broadcasting System Fuji Television TV Asahi TV Tokyo WOWOW LaLa TV Lala may refer to: Geography * Lala language (other) Places * Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Adachi
is a Japanese actress and singer. Filmography Film * ''Rex: Kyōryū Monogatari'' (1993) * ''Hero Interview'' (1994) * ''Homeless Child'' (1994) * '' Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus'' (1995) * ''Kikansha Sensei'' (1997) * '' Star Kid'' (1997) * ''Ohaka ga Nai!'' (1998) * ''Wakkanai Hatsu Manabiza'' (1999) * ''The Boy Who Saw the Wind'' (2000) * ''Tracing Jake'' (2004) * '' Loft'' (2005) * '' Go! Anpanman: Dolly of the Star of Life'' (2006), Dolly (voice) * ''Mameshiba'' (2009) * ''A Courtsean With Flowered Skin'' (2013) * '' Seven Weeks'' (2014), Ayano Yamanaka * ''Zenigata'' (2018) * ''Usuke Boys'' (2018) * ''#HandballStrive'' (2020), Ichikawa * ''Suicide Forest Village'' (2021) * '' The Way of the Househusband'' (2022), Shiraishi-sensei *'' Downfall'' (2023), Karin Makiura Television * ''Gakkō ga Abunai'' (1992) * ''Hitotsu Yane no Shita'' (1993) * ''Homeless Child'' (1994) * ''Seiryū Densetsu'' (1996) * ''Nurse no Oshigoto'' (1996) * '' Glass Mask'' (1997) * ''Cindere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
