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Masayuki Ochiai (film Director)
is a Japanese film director. His films include '' Kansen'' and ''Saimin''. Biography Masayuki Ochiai was born in 1958. Ochiai grew up in the Western Tokyo suburb of Setagaya, where the studios for Toho, Nikkatsu and Daiei Film were located. He recalled watching fantasy televisions shows, including American shows such as ''The Twilight Zone'' and '' The Outer Limits'' as well as Japanese shows such as ''Ultra Q''. Ochiai stated that the shows influenced in "not so much in style, but in how they got me excited. Today, when making films or TV movies, I work hard ont create that same kind of excitement, hoping todays' audience can experience the joy I felt when i was young." Ochiai's main influence to become a director was Charlie Chaplin after seeing ''City Lights'' and ''The Kid'' while in junior high school. He went to the Nihon University College of Art, and believed that at that time that Japanese films were not doing well and it would be impossible to get to work on feature fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Films
A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originally referred to the main, full-length film in a cinema program that included a short film and often a newsreel. Matinee programs, especially in the US and Canada, in general, also included cartoons, at least one weekly serial and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends. The first narrative feature film was the 60-minute ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1906, Australia). Other early feature films include ''Les Misérables'' (1909, U.S.), ''L'Inferno'', ''Defence of Sevastopol'' (1911), '' Oliver Twist'' (American version), '' Oliver Twist'' (British version), ''Richard III'', ''From the Manger to the Cross'', ''Cleopatra'' (1912), '' Quo Vadis?'' (1913), ''Cabiria'' (1914) and ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915). Description The n ... [...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] |
Dark Tales Of Japan
is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told through a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus travelling on a long isolated mountain road. Plot summary Introduction: Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale? ''Introduction: Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale?'' (''Intorodakushon: Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka'') Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura; teleplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura and Katsuhide Suzuki At a bus stop near Twilight Cemetery, an elegant old lady gets on a late-night bus. She turns to the bus driver and asks "Would you like to hear a scary tale?" He refuses, but she pointedly shares a tale of a bus driver who has a ghostly experience with an okiku doll during one night. At end of her tale, she looks at the camera and asks "How about you? Would you like to hear a scary tale?" In each episode, the old lady shares a bus-related scary story with a different passenger before intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toki O Kakeru Shōjo (1994 TV Series)
is the second live-action television adaptation of the novel of the same name. It aired as a five-episode Japanese television live-action TV series broadcast on Fuji Television between February 19 and March 19, 1994, directed by Masayuki Ochiai and Yūichi Satō, with screenplay by Ryōichi Kimizuka and music by Joe Hisaishi. It stars the then-rookie idol Yuki Uchida in the main role, and also features the writer of the original book, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and the then-unknown idols Miho Kanno (the first ''Tomie''), Ranran Suzuki and her then-rabbit-cosplayed-partner in the children TV show Ponkikies: future J-pop star Namie Amuro. The series' theme song is by Nokko. ;Cast *Yuki Uchida as Kazuko Yoshiyama * Yoshihiko Hakamada as Kazuo Fukamachi * Gamon Kaai as Gorō Asakura *Ranran Suzuki as Mariko Kanda *Miho Kanno *Leo Morimoto *Namie Amuro *Yasutaka Tsutsui *Kyoko Yoshizawa *B-saku Sato *Yoko Moriguchi is a Japanese actress. She made her film debut with '' Tora-san Goes Rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of contests taking place after a regular season or round-robin tournament, culminating in a final by the first definition. * final (Java), a keyword in the Java programming language *Final case, a grammatical case * Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Part of a syllable *Final, a tone of the Gregorian mode Art and entertainment * ''Final'' (film), a science fiction film * ''The Final'' (film), a thriller film * ''Finals'' (film), a 2019 Malayalam sports drama film * Final (band), an English electronic musical group * ''Final'' (Vol. 1), album by Enrique Iglesias * ''The Final'' (album), by Wham! *"The Final", a song by Dir en grey on the album '' Withering to Death'' * ''Finals'' (comics), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beginning Of The End
The Beginning of the End may refer to: Film and television * ''Beginning of the End'' (film), a 1957 American science fiction film Television episodes * "Beginning of the End" (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''), 2014 * "Beginning of the End" (''Orange Is the New Black''), 2019 * "Beginning of the End" (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' 2003), 2006 * "The Beginning of the End" (''30 Rock''), 2012 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Grimm''), 2016 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Lost''), 2008 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Merlin''), 2008 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Ozark''), 2022 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' 1987), 1996 Literature * "The Beginning of the End", a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins * ''The Beginning of the End'', a 1998 book by Angelo Quattrochi and Tom Nairn about the May 68 events in France Music * The Beginning of the End (band), a Bahamian funk group Albums * ''The Beginning of the End'' (Sworn Enemy album) or the title song, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotodama – Spiritual Curse
is a 2014 Japanese school horror film written and directed by Masayuki Ochiai and based on ''Gakkō no Kaidan''. The main cast includes the five members of the Japanese idol girl group Tokyo Girls' Style. The film was released on May 23, 2014. Cast * * * * * * * * *Kouhei Takeda Music The theme song is by Tokyo Girls' Style (stylized as TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE) is a Japanese girl group formed in 2009, and was the first idol group created under Avex Trax after SweetS. The idol group originally consisted of five members: Miyu Yamabe, Hitomi Arai, Yuri Nakae, Konishi Aya .... See also *'' School Ghost Stories'' References External links * * Gakkō no Kaidan 2010s Japanese films 2014 horror films Films directed by Masayuki Ochiai Japanese high school films Japanese horror films 2010s high school films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansen
is a 2004 Japanese horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai. The film is about a run-down hospital where a doctor's mistake unwittingly creates horrific consequences for the staff at the hospital. The film was adapted from Ochiai's earlier screenplay from ''Tales of the Unusual''. On its release, the film was part of the six-volume '' J-Horror Theater'' series. On the film's release in Japan, it was the second highest gross film at the weekend box office, only being beaten by the film '' I Robot''. Plot At a run-down, understaffed hospital, Dr. Akiba refuses to admit a patient with a strange black rash and is alerted to a serious crisis in Room 3 where a burnt victim dies, having apparently been given the wrong drug. Akiba, Dr. Uozumi, and four nurses decide to cover up the cause of death and move the body to an unused room. The head nurse then discovers that the patient that Akiba previously refused to admit has been left in the hallway and informs him. However, when Akiba goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Unusual
is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and "The Marriage Simulator" (romance-drama). It is the special film version of the long-running TV drama series of the same name (). Writing credits * Tomoko Aizawa, segment ''The Marriage Simulator'' * Ryoichi Kimizuka, segment ''Samurai Cellular'' * Motoki Nakamura, segment ''Chess'' * Masayuki Ochiai and Katsuhide Suzuki, segment ''One Snowy Night'' Cast ;''The Storyteller'' * Tamori as the storyteller * Kōji Yamamoto as a young man * Ryuta Sato * Kazuyuki Aijima * Isao Yatsu as an old man * Bokuzō Masana ;''One Snowy Night'' * Akiko Yada as Misa Kihara * Kazuma Suzuki as Takuro Yuki * Akira Takarada as Haruomi Manabe * Ren Osugi as Yoshiaki Yamauchi * Mami Nakamura as Mari Kondō ;''The Marriage Simulator'' * Izumi In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutter (2008 Film)
''Shutter'' is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was written by Luke Dawson and is a remake on the 2004 Thai film of the same name. Its story follows newlywed couple Ben and Jane who have just moved to Japan for a promising job opportunity. After a tragic car accident that leads to the death of a young girl, Ben begins noticing strange blurs in many of his fashion shoot photographs, which Jane suspects is the spirit of the dead girl that they killed. The film stars Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, and Megumi Okina. It was produced by Regency Enterprises and was released on March 21, 2008. It grossed $10.4 million in its opening weekend and $48.6 million worldwide, against an $8 million budget, making the film a box office success despite having only a 9% approval rating based on 65 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Plot Ben Shaw and his new wife Jane leave New York for Tokyo, Japan, where Ben has a job as a pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
