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Masato Sakai
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and ''The Chef of South Polar'' and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno. On August 14, 2015, he announced the birth of his first son. Filmography Film Television Animation *'' Yukikaze'' (2002-2005 OVA) Rei Fukai *''Aoi Bungaku'' (2009) Youzou, Shigemaru, Sensei, Melos, Yoshihide, Presenter *''Promare'' (2019) Kray Foresight Theater *''Honmoku Macbeth'' (1995) *''Kozak'' (1995) *''Vibe'' (1996) *''The Soul of Orange'' (1997) *''The Taste of Water'' (1998) *''Zenmai (1998) *''Beautiful Sunday'' (2000) *''Vamp Show'' (2001) *''Father's Love Story: A Family Tale'' (2005) *''The Man in the Rumors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about west of Osaka and southwest of Kyoto. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the '' Nihon Shoki'', which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201.Ikuta Shrine official website – "History of Ikuta Shrine" (Japanese) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okita Sōji
was the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi. Background He was born in 1842 or 1844 from a samurai family in the Shirakawa Domain's Edo mansion. His great-grandfather was Okita Kan'emon (d. 1819) and his grandfather was Okita Sanshiro (d. 1833.) His father, Okita Katsujiro, died in 1845; he had two older sisters, Okita Mitsu (1833–1907) and Okita Kin (1836–1908). In 1846, in order to marry the adopted son of the Okita family, Okita Rintarō (1826–1883), his oldest sister Okita Mitsu became an adopted daughter of Kondo Shusuke in name. Kondo Shusuke was the third master of the ''Tennen Rishin-ryū'' and Okita started training at the ''Shieikan'' with him around the age of nine. By that time, Kondo Shusuke had already adopted Shimazaki Katsuta (the later Kondō Isami), but Hijikata Toshizō had not yet enrolled at the Tennen Rishin-ryū school. Ok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimitsu Morita
was a Japanese film director who was born in Tokyo. Career Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with ''No Yōna Mono'' (''Something Like It'', 1981).Mark Schillin"Director Yoshimitsu Morita dies" ''Chicago Tribune'', 21 December 2011 In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie ''Kazoku Gēmu (The Family Game)'', which was voted the best film of the year by Japanese critics in the ''Kinema Junpo'' magazine poll.Roger Mac"Yoshimitsu Morita: Director best known for 'The Family Game'" ''The Independent'', 3 January 2012 This black comedy dealt with then-recent changes in the structure of Japanese home life. It also earned Morita the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. The director has been nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards, winning the 2004 Best Director award for ''Ashura no Gotoku'' (''Like Asura'', 2003). He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for ''39 keihō dai sanjūky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Nakamura
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter, known for his 2009 film '' Fish Story'', which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and ''A Boy and His Samurai'', which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival. Life He was born on 25 August 1970 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He went to Seijo University Department of Arts and Literature. While there he joined the Film Research Club and started 8 mm film making, and in 1993 won the PIA Film Festival Grand Prix with "Summer Rain Kitchen". After graduating he worked as assistant director on films with Yoichi Sai, Hideyuki Hirayama and Juzo Itami. In 1999 he made his debut as an independent director with "Local News". That year he worked to direct, organise and produce many films that made into the "It's True! Cursed Films" series. In 2004 together with scriptwriter Ken'ichi Suzuki and editor Tooru Hosokawa he formed the conte unit "Assembly of Little Pigeons". In 2007 he won the Kaneto Shindō Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Batista No Eikō
is a Japanese mystery film and television show adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Takeru Kaidō. The story revolves around a hospital with a team of doctors known for their success with a type of heart surgery. After a series of failed operations that result in the patient's death, an internal investigation is initiated, led by a doctor named Taguchi and a brash government official. In the original novel the main character Taguchi, was a male doctor in his forties. However, for the film adaptation TBS suggested replacing the character with a young female resulting in Yūko Takeuchi being cast as in the role. For the TV show, Taguchi is a man, with Atsushi Itō playing the role. Plot A top notch seven-member team of doctors and nurses known as “Team Batista” are Tojo University Hospital’s pride and joy. The medical team performs a prominent heart surgery known as the Batista Operation which has a normal 60% success rate, but the team has consecutively p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daihachi Yoshida
is a Japanese film director. He won the award for best new director at the 29th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!''. Filmography * ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Kuhio Taisa'' (2009) * ''Permanent Nobara'' (2010) * ''The Kirishima Thing'' (2012) * ''Pale Moon'' (2014) * ''A Beautiful Star is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. Plot The Osugi family consists of the father Jūichirō Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazu ...'' (2017) * '' The Scythian Lamb'' (2018) * ''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction'' (2021) References External links * 1963 births Living people Japanese film directors Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful World Of Captain Kuhio
is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, ''Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa'' ( "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s. The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009. Cast *Masato Sakai - Captain Kuhio *Yasuko Matsuyuki - Shinobu Nagano *Hikari Mitsushima - Haru Yasuoka *Yuko Nakamura - Michiko Sudo *Hirofumi Arai - Tatsuya Nagano *Kazuya Kojima - Koichi Takahashi *Sakura Ando - Rika Kinoshita * Masaaki Uchino - Chief Fujiwara *Kanji Furutachi - Shigeru Kuroda * Reila Aphrodite * Sei Ando Awards At the 31st Yokohama Film Festival * Best Actor – Masato Sakai * Best Supporting Actress – Sakura Ando is a Japanese actress. Career Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for ''Love Exposure'', ''The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Uchida (film Director)
is a Japanese film director. He studied filmmaking at San Francisco State University. His independently produced film ''Weekend Blues'' won two awards at the 24th Pia Film Festival in 2001. His theatrical feature film debut, '' A Stranger of Mine'' (2005), won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival, and also earned him the Best Director award at the 30th Hochi Film Award. Filmography * ''Weekend Blues'' (2001) * '' A Stranger of Mine'' (2005) * ''After School'' (2008) * ''Kagi Dorobō no Method is a 2012 Japanese comedy film directed by Kenji Uchida. The film opened in Japan on September 15, 2012. The movie's theme song was written and performed by Kazuya Yoshii. The movie was remade in Korean in 2016 as ''Luck Key''. Plot synopsis The ...'' (2012) * ''The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa : The Worst Day in History'' (2014) References External links * * Living people Japanese film directors San Francisco State University alumni 1972 births {{Japan-film-direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Harada
is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in ''The Last Samurai'' and as Mr Mita in ''Fearless (2006 film), Fearless''. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways. Early life Harada was born in Numazu, Shizuoka and graduated from Higashi High School. In 1972 he went to London to learn English. He then attended Tokyo College of Photography and Pepperdine University, where he spent number of years training as a filmmaker. He married journalist Mizuho Fukuda in 1976. Career Harada made his directorial debut in 1979. He collaborated and showcased his works in Europe and US and worked as an English to Japanese subtitle (captioning), subtitle translator for number of American films showing in Japan. As an actor, he appeared in Edward Zwick's ''The Last Samurai'' in 2003. and Ronny Yu's ''Fearless (2006 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climber's High
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. The film is about a newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Accolades 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Best Film * Best Supporting Actor - Masato Sakai References External links * *Narratives on the World's Worst Plane Crash: Flight JL123 in Print and on ScreenArchive by Hood, C.P. (2009), Research Seminar Paper, Ref No.7, Cardiff Crimes Narrative Network, Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ... 2008 films 2000s Japanese-language films Japanese aviation films Films directed by Masato Harada 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and surrealism, bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly movies. He is a controversial figure in the contemporary Japanese cinema industry, with several of his films being criticised for their extreme graphic violence. Some of his best known films are Audition (1999 film), ''Audition'', Ichi the Killer (film), ''Ichi the Killer'', ''Gozu'', One Missed Call (2003 film), ''One Missed Call'', the ''Dead or Alive (1999 film), Dead or Alive'' trilogy, and various remakes: Graveyard of Honor (2002 film), ''Graveyard of Honor'', ''Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Hara-kiri'' and 13 Assassins (2010 film), ''13 Assassins''. Early life Miike was born in Yao, Osaka, Yao, Osaka Prefecture, to a ''Japanese diaspora#Asia, Nikkei'' family originally from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taira No Shigemori
was the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He supported his father in the Heiji Rebellion. He died two years before his father. His son, Taira no Koremori, became a monk in 1184, and drowned himself. Oda Nobunaga claimed to have descended from him through his grandson, Taira no Chikazane. Shigemori in The Tale of the Heike Death On May 12, 1179, a great whirlwind swept through the capital. Many people died along with many buildings destroyed by the tornado. Only a few days after the incident, he fell ill and died at the age of 42, possible due from smoke that came from the tornado. The Lanterns Shigemori built a temple forty-eight bays long, inspired by the forty-eight great vows of the Buddha Amida, and in each bay he hung a lantern. He then became known as the "Lantern Minister". Gold to China In 1173, Shigemori made an agreement with a ship captain name Miao Dian in Kyushu. He gave 500 tael of gold to the captain, 3000 to the Song dynasty, 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
