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Mayumi (name)
Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common Japanese given name, particularly for females. Possible writings Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "spindle tree" *檀, "spindle tree" *雅弓, "elegant, bow" *真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty" *麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty" *真有美, "truth, exist, beauty" *真優美, "truth, gentle, beauty" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People Given name *Mayumi Aoki (まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer *Mayumi Asaka (真由美), a Japanese actress *Mayumi Asano (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress *Mayumi Azuma (まゆみ), a Japanese manga artist * Mayumi Gojo (born 1972), a Japanese singer *Mayumi Heene, see Balloon boy hoax *Mayumi Hachiya (真由美), Kim Hyon-hui's Japanese cover name * Mayumi Hidaka (真弓), a Japanese actress * Mayumi Horikawa (まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter *Mayumi Iizuka (雅弓), a Japanese voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi (film)
''Mayumi'' () also known as ''Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist'' is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok based on the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee. Plot Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to blow up a Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes, killing all on board, the two plan to commit suicide. The man succeeds, but the woman is saved through medical intervention. When she witnesses the suffering of the surviving families of the bombing victims, she begs to be executed, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions. The film is based on the life of Kim Hyon Hui, a North Korean agent whose Japanese teacher was Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese abductee; she was paroled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |