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Midnight Sun (2006 Film)
is a 2006 Japanese film directed by Norihiro Koizumi starring Yui (singer), Yui. Upon release, ''A Song to the Sun'' was financially successful and helped launch Yui's music career. In addition, Yui also won the Best Newcomer Actress at the 30th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role. Several adaptations of the film were made, including a 2006 television series, a 2018 American Midnight Sun (2018 film), remake, and stage plays. Plot Kaoru has Xeroderma Pigmentosum, a medical condition that forbids its bearer from being exposed to direct sunlight. She sleeps during the day, and is active at night. She busks every night in front of a station, playing the guitar. Outside her bedroom window, she spots a high school boy with a surfboard. She watches him and his friends visit the ocean every morning before going to sleep. One day, she introduces herself to him without letting him know about her medical condition. The man identifies himself to be Kōji Fujishiro. When her friend drags h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norihiro Koizumi
Norihiro (written: 仙弘, 了洋, 紀寛, 紀洋, 乗寛, 範宏, 憲広, 教広, 教博, 典洋, 倫宏, 規広 or 謙宏) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese violinist and composer *, Japanese manga writer and artist *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Imperial Japanese Army officer See also * 29737 Norihiro, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound echoes that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and 1.33 million for its evening edition as of July 2021, was second behind that of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. By print circulation, it is the third largest newspaper in the world behind the ''Yomiuri'', though its digital size trails that of many global newspapers including ''The New York Times''. Its publisher, is a media conglomerate with its registered headquarters in Osaka. It is a privately held family business with ownership and control remaining with the founding Murayama and Ueno families. According to the Reuters Institute Digital Report 2018, public trust in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' is the lowest among Japan's major dailies, though confidence is declining in all the major newspapers. The ''Asahi Shimbun'' is one of the five largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie-in
A tie-in work is a work of fiction or other product based on a media property such as a film, video game, television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. Tie-ins are authorized by the owners of the original property, and are a form of cross-promotion used primarily to generate additional income from that property and to promote its visibility. Types Common tie-in products include literary works, which may be novelizations of a media property, original novels or story collections inspired by the property, or republished previously existing books, such as the novels on which a media property was based, with artwork or photographs from the property. According to publishing industry estimates, about one or two percent of the audience of a film will buy its novelization, making these relatively inexpensively produced works a commercially attractive proposition in the case of blockbuster film franchises. Although increasingly also a domain of previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyō No Uta (song)
is a song recorded by Japanese actress and singer Erika Sawajiri for the TBS television adaptation of the film of the same name. It was released under the name "Kaoru Amane", the lead character of the series portrayed by Sawajiri, through Sony Music Records on August 30, 2006. The single broke several records, scoring the best first-week sales of a debut single by a female solo artist, and becoming the first debut single by an actress in twelve years to top the Oricon Singles Chart, since Yuki Uchida's debut with "Tenca o Torō! (Uchida no Yabō)" (1994). Background "Taiyō no Uta" was written by Japanese singer-songwriter and daughter of Emiko Shiratori, Maika Shiratori. The song was arranged by Junji Yayoshi and produced by Yoshio Konno. It is composed in the key of G major and set to a tempo of 84 beats per minute. Sawajiri's vocals span from G3 to C5. Lyrically, the song describes a woman who gains hope for the future through falling in love. Shiratori used the plot of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Yamada
is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Sakutaro Matsumoto in TV drama ''Socrates in Love'' and as Densha Otoko in the 2005 film of the same name. Yamada gained international popularity through his portrayal as Tamao Serizawa in ''Crows Zero'' film series. Japanese media often dubs him as chameleon actor for his wide acting spectrum throughout his career. He began venturing as producer with live-action web series '' Saint Young Men''. Since 2018 he releases music as the lead singer of band The XXXXXX. Career Yamada was born in Naha, Okinawa but raised in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima until the age of 15. He is the youngest of three siblings with two older sisters, Kaori and Sayuki who worked as models for teen magazines in late 1990s. Yamada got scouted after shopping with his sisters in front of Laforet Harajuku. After being scouted, in his third year of middle school he moved from Kagoshima to Tokyo. Yamada graduated from a middle school in Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Sawajiri
is a Japanese former actress, singer, and model. After starting out as a junior model, Sawajiri transitioned to acting in 2002 and has starred in ''Break Through!'', ''Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', and ''1 Litre no Namida (TV series), 1 Litre of Tears'', for all of which she received several newcomer acting awards. Sawajiri also launched a singing career through the 2006 television drama ''Taiyō no Uta (TV series), Taiyō no Uta'', where her first commercially-released Taiyō no Uta (song), song of the same name was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. She later released solo music under the name Erika. In 2007, Sawajiri went on hiatus after her public image was affected by her controversial statements and personal relationships. She later returned to acting in 2010 and starred in ''Helter Skelter (manga), Helter Skelter'', for which she received a Best Leading Actress nomination at the 36th Japan Academy Film Prize. On November 16, 2019, she was arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamakura
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Kamakura was the ''de facto'' capital of Japan from 1185 to 1333 as the seat of the Kamakura Shogunate, and became the nation's most populous settlement during the Kamakura period. Kamakura is a popular domestic tourist destination in Japan as a coastal city with a high number of seasonal festivals, as well as ancient Buddhist and Shinto shrines and temples. Geography Surrounded to the north, east, and west by hills and to the south by the open water of Sagami Bay, Kamakura is a natural fortress. Before the construction of several tunnels and modern roads that now connect it to Fujisawa, Ofuna ( ja) and Zushi, on land it could be entered only through narrow artificial passes, among which the seven most important were called , a name some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good-bye Days
"Good-bye days" is the fifth major label single released by Japanese artist Yui. It was released on 14 June 2006 under Sony Records. She credits the song as "for Amane Kaoru / for 雨音薫" because the song was the main theme song for ''Midnight Sun The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight. When the midnight sun is seen in the Arctic, ...'' in which Yui also plays the leading role of Kaoru Amane. The B-side, "Skyline", was also used for the movie as an insert song. "It's Happy Line" is actually the title track of her first single, which was an indie release. Track listing Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) References {{Authority control 2006 singles Yui (singer) songs Songs written by Yui (singer) Japanese film songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magy (actor)
Magy (マギー ''Magī'', born Yūichi Kojima, 児島雄一 ''Kojima Yūichi'', on May 12, 1972) is a Japanese actor. Filmography Dramas *1999 ''Naomi'' *2004 ''Neo the Office Chuckler'' *2005 '' AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo'' *2005 '' Haruka Seventeen'' - Kengo Kuriyama *2019 '' Scarlet'' *2021 ''Influence'' *2021 ''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' Films * 2004 '' Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World'' * 2006 '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' - Yuji Demegawa * 2008 ''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 ...'' * 2018 '' Perfect World'' * 2021 '' Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai'' - Ōsawa Ippei * 2021 ''Rika: Love Obsessed Psycho'' * 2021 ''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' References External links Magy's website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magy Living people Japanese m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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