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Long Vacation
''Long Vacation'' (, also known as ) is a Japanese television drama series from Fuji Television, first shown in Japan from 15 April to 24 June 1996. The show's high ratings in Japan made Takuya Kimura popular in the Asia-Pacific region and is known as "The King of Ratings". The characters in the series have something in common: if not jobless, they can do no better than secure a temporary job. This is a portrayal of a time when Japan was plagued by deep recession, when its people suffered profound depression from constant failure to earn a stable income. The series also portrays how relationships are made and broken, and explores how people come to depend on each other for solace. Plot Minami and Sena meet when Sena's apartment-mate, Asakura, jilts Minami on their wedding day. Minami learns from Sena that Asakura has left, whereabouts unknown. Sena allows Minami to move into the apartment, since she is penniless, having given all her money to Asakura, and cannot pay the rent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriko Kitagawa
(born December 24, 1961) is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. She is best known for writing Japanese television dramas, notably ''Long Vacation'' (1996), '' Beautiful Life'' (2000), '' Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi'' (2002), and ''Orange Days'' (2004). In 2009, Kitagawa made her directorial debut in the coming-of-age film ''Halfway'', which she also wrote and co-edited. She then wrote and directed the 2012 film ''I Have to Buy New Shoes'', a contemporary romantic comedy set in Paris. Both films were produced by her friend Shunji Iwai, and Kitagawa appeared in his 2011 documentary ''Friends after 3.11'', which explores the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Filmography *''I Have to Buy New Shoes'' (2012) Television series *''Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari'' ("Tales of the Unusual") (Fuji TV, 1991–1996) **すみません、握手してください (1996) **隣の声 (1993) **午前3時のノック (1991) **もう一人の花嫁 (1991) **昔みたい (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izumi Inamori
is a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production. Biography Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. After a year and a half of school life in the United States, her family was poor so she returned to Japan, and soon started her career as a model locally at the age of 20 in 1992. In 1994, she made her film debut in the TV drama series "''Ue o muite arukō!''". She is also a first dan kendoka. Filmography Movies TV dramas Commercials * Shiseido - Elixir (1993) *Shiseido - Prime Rich (1993) * Suntory - Dynamic (1993) * Lotte - Choco-Torte (1994) *Lotte - Toppo (1994) *Toyota - Corolla Celles (1994) *Nissan Motors - "RV de kawaranakya!" (1995) *Kirin Brewery Company - Kirin Lemon Select (1995) *Coca-Cola - Shpla (1996) * Meiji Life Insurance - Fresh Life, Bright Life, Master Life (1996) *Lotte - Aroma Stick Chocolate (1996) *Lotte - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Drama Television Series
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Japanese Television Series Endings
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 300 400 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
