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Manten Irohakomachi
is a Japanese television drama series, the 67th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It was aired on September 30, 2002 and ended on March 29, 2003. The drama tells about a young woman who studies to become a meteorologist. Plot Cast Main characters * Mao Miyaji as Manten Hidaka ** Chiaki Saito as young Manten Hidaka * Takashi Fujii as Yōhei Hanayama * Riku Nishimoto as Sora Hanayama * Nobuko Miyamoto as Yuriko Hanayama * Katsuhisa Namase as Keisuke Hanayama * Serina Suzuki as Nishiki Hanayama (her maiden name was Shinohara) * Atsuko Asano as Mihoko Hozumi (her maiden name was Hidaka) * Tatsuya Mihashi as Genji Hidaka * Hidekazu Akai as Genkichi Hidaka * Kiyoshi Hikawa as Hideo Hidaka * Fumiyo Kohinata as Jinroku Hozumi * Mitsuki Tanimura as Mikai Hozumi * Yuriko Hirooka as Fumiko Tanaka Kuroda family * Nobuaki Kakuda is a retired karateka and kickboxer. Early life After attending university, Kakuda opened a karate dojo in Kobe but was forced to shut it down after two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuko Miyamoto
is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in '' A Taxing Woman''. Selected filmography Film *''Lost Sex'' (1966) *'' The Funeral'' (1984) *''Tampopo'' (1985) *'' A Taxing Woman'' (1987) *''A Taxing Woman's Return'' (1988) *''Sweet Home'' (1989) as Akiko Hayakawa *'' A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha'' (1990) *''Minbo'' (1992) *''Daibyonin'' (1993) *'' Supermarket Woman'' (1996) *''Woman in Witness Protection'' (1997) *''Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' (1997) *'' Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle'' (2011) as Tokie Hagiwara *''Strawberry Song'' (2019) *''Stand by Me Doraemon 2'' (2020) *''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021) as Yoshiko *''BL Metamorphosis'' (2022) as Yuki Ichinoi *''Haw'' (2022) Television *'' Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokoro (TV Series)
''Kokoro'' (こころ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 68th Asadora series, following Manten. It premiered on March 31, 2003 and concluded on September 27, 2003. Plot Cast Suenaga and Asakura family * Noriko Nakagoshi as Kokoro Asakura (her maiden name was Suenaga) * Ran Itō as Misako Suenaga, Kokoro's mother * Keiko Kishi as Izumi Kiyono, Kokoro's grandmother (also as narrator) * Akira Terao as Takuro Suenaga, Kokoro's father * Tōru Nakamura as Yusaku Asakura, Kokoro's husband * Tomoka Kurokawa as Sachi Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's daughter * Ryohei Hirota as Yūta Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's son * Kōjirō Kusanagi as Yuri Asakura, Yusaku's father * Akemi Omori as Haruko Asakura, Yusaku's mother * Naomi Zaizen as Kanna Fujii, Yusaku's ex-wife Hotta family * Hiroshi Tamaki as Takumi Hotta, a fireworks craftsman * Takeshi Onishi as Tadashi Hotta, Takumi's brother * Taisaku Akino as Denzo Hotta, Takumi and Tadashi's father * Yuka Itaya as Mariko Hott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura (NHK)
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama series that was broadcast on NHK. It aired a total of 156 episodes from April 1 to September 28, 2002. Each episode of the series was 15 minutes long, airing every morning except Sunday. It chronicles the life of Matsushita Sakura, a Japanese-American from Hawaii who moves to a small town in Japan to be an assistant language teacher for Japanese middle-school students. Premise Sakura Matsushita, a Sansei (third-generation) Japanese-American living in Hawaii, who comes to Japan to live with her grandparents. Later, she moves because she has to teach English to Japanese middle-school students as an assistant language teacher. There she learns many valuable lessons and makes new friends. Cast * Shiho Takano - Elizabeth Sakura Matsushita (primary character) * Hideji Otaki - James Takero Matsushita (Sakura's grandfather, narrator) * Yukiyoshi Ozawa - Keisuke Katsuragi * Ken Teraizumi - Ichiro Matsushita * Hiromi Ōta as Kyoko Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuki Tanimura
is a Japanese actress. Biography Tanimura was born in Sakai, Osaka. She starred in Akihiko Shiota's ''Canary'' and Norio Tsuruta's ''Orochi''. She has also appeared in films such as Takashi Miike's '' God's Puzzle'', Junji Sakamoto's '' Strangers in the City'', and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's ''Sketches of Kaitan City''. Filmography Film * ''Canary'' (2005) * ''Tokyo Zombie'' (2005) * ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2006) as Kaho Fujitani (voice) * ''The Chasing World'' (2008) * '' God's Puzzle'' (2008) * ''Orochi'' (2008) as Orochi * '' Summer Wars'' (2009) as Kazuma Ikezawa (voice) * '' Kanikōsen'' (2009) * '' Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror'' (2009) as Miho (voice) * ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' (2009) * ''13 Assassins'' (2010) * ''Box!'' (2010) * '' Strangers in the City'' (2010) * ''Sketches of Kaitan City'' (2010) * ''Hankyū Densha'' (2011) as Miho * ''Salvage Mice'' (2011) * ''Soup'' (2012) * ''Ace Attorney'' (2012) * ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki'' (2012) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Hikawa
is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.Hikawa Kiyoshi: Profile Columbia Music Entertainment. Accessed May 6, 2008. His real name is and he is known as due to his young age and popularity. When he is marketing non-enka music, he goes by the name KIYOSHI, using capitalized letters of the Roman alphabet, instead of ''kanji'' or ''hiragana. His record company is Columbia Music Entertainment, and his agency is Nagara Productions. He was given his stage name by Takeshi Kitano, who initially supported his career. Today, Hikawa makes frequent appearances on , as well as NHK's annual ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen. History Hikawa was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. As a high school student, Hikawa was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serina Suzuki
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__NOTOC__ Serina can refer to: Places * Serina, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the Province of Bergamo, Italy People * Serina (Battlestar Galactica), a character from the original Battlestar Galactica (1978) TV series * Serina (actress), a Japanese actress (born 1985) Other * Serina (grape), another name for the Austrian wine grape Blaufrankisch See also * Serena (other) Serena most commonly refers to: * Serena Williams (born 1981), professional tennis player Serena may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Serena (genre), 13th-century Occitan poetic genre * ''Serena'' (1962 film), a British crime t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no surviving e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Kawasaki
was a Japanese musician and composer, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. As a musician, he played keyboards in a number of bands, including Ryudo Uzaki's Ryūdōgumi. As a composer for film, television, and anime, he won awards of excellence at the Japan Academy Prize for his film scores for '' Rampo'' and ''Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku''. He was also nominated for best original film score for the Taiwanese film ''Rice Rhapsody'' at the Golden Horse Awards. He died of liver cancer at the age of 56 on 4 May 2006 in Inage-ku, Chiba. Partial filmography * '' Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni'' (1993) * '' Rampo'' (1994) * ''Kamikaze Taxi'' (1995) * ''Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku'' (1999) * ''Off-Balance'' (2001) * ''Rice Rhapsody ''Rice Rhapsody'' (alternative title ''Hainan Chicken Rice'') (Chinese: 海南雞飯, literally meaning "Hainanese chicken rice") is a 2004 film directed by Kenneth Bi. The cast includes Sylvia Chang and Martin Yan. Jackie Chan was one of the ex ...'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitose Hajime
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects. History Early life Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age. At age 10 she began to pick up ''shima-uta'', a style of singing passed down through generations. She won many folk and other song competitions during her teens, traveling to events across Japan. She released two traditional folk albums on cassette on an indie label, the first at age 16, and at age 17 was approached by numerous record labels following a grand prize win at a local folk song contest. Stating in a later interview that she was "suspicious of them", she decided not to join the labels or pursue music, and instead chose to study to become a beautician, following in the footsteps of her older sister. She moved to Osaka in 1997. However, she suffered from asthma and had severe allergic reactions to many of the chemicals used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunji Fujimura
was a Japanese actor from Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He appeared in the second series of ''Monkey (TV series), Monkey'' as the horse. He appeared in the ''Death Note'' live-action movie as Quillsh Wammy A.K.A. Watari. Filmography Film *''Seishun kigeki: Harenchi gakuen'' (1970) *''Kigeki kankon-sousai nyûmon'' (1970) - Fujiwara *''Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase'' (1990) - Katsu Hashimoto *''Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, ラヂオの時間(The Time of Radio)'' (1997) - Mansaku Iori *''Hakuchi'' (1999) - The tailor *''Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'' (2001) - Professor Kinomoto *''Quartet'' (2001) - Shunkichi Fujioka *''Ganryujima'' (2003) - Todoroki *''Hero? Tenshi ni aeba...'' (2004) *''Gosuto shauto'' (2004) *''Kogitsune Heren'' (2006) - Professor Uehara *''Hatsukoi'' (2006) - Motorcycle seller *''Death Note (2006 film), Death Note'' (2006) - Watari *''Death Note 2: The Last Name'' (2006) - Watari *''Helen the Baby Fox'' (2006) - Manager of Coffee Lounge *''L: Change the WorLd'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Mihashi
was a Japanese actor best known internationally for his role as Commander Minoru Genda in the 1970 Japanese-American war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. In addition, Mihashi was known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'', ''The Human Vapor'', '' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'', '' High and Low'', ''None but the Brave'' and the lead role as agent Jiro Kitami in '' Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi'', which was reedited in the US as ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' Mihashi's looks were compared to those of Cary Grant's. He died in 2004 of Myocardial infarction. Selected filmography Film * ''Nishijin no shimai'' (1952) - Hiroshi Yasui * ''Shino machi o nogarete'' (1952) - Yosaburo Sugi * ''Dôkoku'' (1952) * ''Hawai no yoru'' (1953) * ''Sincerity'' (1953) - Tôru Shimura * ''Jinanbo'' (1953) * ''Shin Tokyo koshin-kyoku'' (1953) - Kazuo Kiriyama * ''Gutei kenkei'' (1953) * ''Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin'' (1953) - Mitsuo Itô * ''Kyûkon sannin musume'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |