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MW (film)
''MW'' is a live-action Japanese film released in 2009 and based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. The film was directed by Hitoshi Iwamoto. The film was shot in Kantō region for 40 days, and the car chase scene was shot in Bangkok. Casts * Hiroshi Tamaki as Michio Yūki * Takayuki Yamada as Yūtarō Garai * Yusuke Yamamoto as Satoshi Mizohata * Rio Yamashita as a girl at a church * Shingo Tsurumi as Matsuo * Ryo Ishibashi as Kazuyuki Sawaki * Yuriko Ishida is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of the title character San from the 1997 animated film ''Princess Mononoke''. She is the older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress. Filmography Films *''Gokudo no On ... as Kyōko Makino References External links * MW(2009)aallcinema MWaKINENOTE 2009 films Live-action films based on manga Films based on works by Osamu Tezuka Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ...
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MW (manga)
is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic'' in Japan, from 1976–78, and was published in English translation by Vertical Inc. in 2007. Vertical's edition earned it a nomination for Eisner Award at the category " Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan," but it lost to '' Tekkonkinkreet''. A Japanese film adaptation was released in July 2009. A thriller, ''MW'' follows a fictional Japanese priest, Father Garai, his lifelong connection to serial killer Michio Yuki, and a mysterious chemical weapon "MW" developed by the Occupying American Force in Japan. This manga series is notable because it can be seen as Tezuka's response to the gekiga ("dramatic pictures") artists who emerged in the 1960s and 70s, and as an attempt to surpass their work. The gekiga artists of this period created gritty, adult-oriented works that sharply contrasted to the softer, Disney-influenced style with which Tezuka was associated, a s ...
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Yusuke Yamamoto
is a Japanese actor and DJ. He was born in Aichi, Japan. His debut role was as Tsurugi Kamishiro, a.k.a. Kamen Rider Sasword, in ''Kamen Rider Kabuto is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the sixteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi ...''. On July 10, 2020, he had been tested positive for COVID-19. A week later, his agency announced that he recovered from the virus. Filmography Television Films Dubbing *'' Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'' (Darren Shan ( Chris Massoglia)) References External links * Yusuke FCOfficial Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamamoto, Yusuke 1988 births Living people 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male voice actors Actors from Aichi Prefecture ...
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Films Based On Works By Osamu Tezuka
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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Live-action Films Based On Manga
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space J ...
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2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ...
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Yuriko Ishida
is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of the title character San from the 1997 animated film ''Princess Mononoke''. She is the older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress. Filmography Films *''Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Saigo no Tatakai'' (1990) – Shiori Ueki *''Boiling Point'' (1990) – Sayaka *''Kanojo ga Kekkon Shinai Riyu'' (1990) – Reiko *''Seishun Dendekedekedeke'' (1992) *''Haruka, Nosutarujii'' (1993) *''Pom Poko'' (1994) – Okiyo (voice) *''Princess Mononoke'' (1997) – San (voice) *''Himitsu'' (1999) *''Yomigaeri'' (2002) – Reiko *''Gege'' (2004) – Yōko Asamura *''Year One in the North'' (2005) – Kayo Mamiya *''Yokkakan no Kiseki'' (2005) – Mariko Iwamura *'' Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior'' (2007-2008) *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) *'' From up on Poppy Hill'' (2011) *''The Mourner'' (2015) – Yukiyo Nagi *'' Erased'' (2016) – Sachiko Fujinuma *'' Cafe Funiculi Funicula'' (2018) *''At the End ...
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Ryo Ishibashi
is a Japanese people, Japanese actor and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB (band), ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese horror films ''Suicide Club (film), Suicide Club'' and ''Audition (1999 film), Audition.'' He is also recognized in United States, America for his role as Nakagawa in ''The Grudge'' and ''The Grudge 2''. Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (band), ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Ishibashi has subsequently resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, ''Real Life'' in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film ''A-Hômansu'' in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and be ...
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Shingo Tsurumi
is a Japanese actor. Career Shingo Tsurumi has appeared in the films such as Katsuhito Ishii's ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'', Hideo Nakata's '' L: Change the World'', and Tak Sakaguchi's ''Yakuza Weapon''. Filmography Films * ''Tonda Couple'' (1980) * '' Typhoon Club'' (1985) * ''The Sound of Waves'' (1985) * ''Gonin'' (1995), Shigeru Hisamatsu * ''Atashi wa juice'' (1996) * '' Rasen'' (1998) * ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'' (1999) * '' Dead or Alive'' (1999) * ''Kaza Hana'' (2000) * ''Freeze Me'' (2000) * ''Hysteric'' (2000) * ''Sukedachiya Sukeroku'' (2001) * '' Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere'' (2002) * ''Hitokiri Ginji'' (2003) * '' Lakeside Murder Case'' (2004) * ''The Thousand Year Fire'' (2004) * '' My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?'' (2005) * ''Hinagon'' (2005) * '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * ''School Daze'' (2005) * '' L: Change the World'' (2007) * ''Hana Yori Dango Final'' (2008) * ''Yakuza Weapon'' (2011) * '' Life Back ...
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Rio Yamashita
is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Yamashita is represented with Stardust Promotion. Biography Yamashita decided to pursue a career as an actress when she watched Ko Shibasaki in the television drama ''Orange Days'' when she was in elementary school. She later auditioned for Stardust Promotion, which Shibasaki is affiliated with, in 2006. In March 2007 she was chosen as the 12th Rehouse Girl of Mitsui Fudosan Realty. Later in April Yamashita became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''Hanachu''. Her acting debut was in the drama ''Koisuru Nichiyōbi: Dai 3 Series'' in June. In November 2008 Yamashita's first leading role in a terrestrial television drama was the ''Ai no Gekijō'' 40th anniversary programme ''Love Letter''. Her first leading role in a film was ''Someday's Dreamers'' later in December. In July 2013, Yamashita played Arisa Morishige in the drama ''Limit Limit or Limits may refer to: Arts and media * ''Limit'' (manga), a manga by Keiko Suenob ...
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Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ...
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Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as , and . Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years. Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works. Tezuka began what was known as the manga revolution in Japan with his '' New Treasure Island'' published in 1947. His output would spawn some of the most influential, successful, and well-received manga series including the children mangas ''Astro Boy'', '' Princess Knight'' and ''Kimba the White Lion'', and the adult-oriented series '' Black Jack'', ''Phoenix'', and ''Buddha'', all of which won several aw ...
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Kantō Region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slightly more than 45 percent of the land area within its boundaries is the Kanto Plain. The rest consists of the hills and mountains that form land borders with other regions of Japan. As the Kanto region contains Tokyo, the capital and largest city of Japan, the region is considered the center of Japan's politics and economy. According to the official census on October 1, 2010, by the Japan Statistics Bureau, the population was 42,607,376, amounting to approximately one third of the total population of Japan. Other definitions The Kantō regional governors' association (関東地方知事会, ''Kantō chihō chijikai'') assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano and ...
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