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Megumi Yokoyama (actress)
is a Japanese actress represented by Oscar Promotion. Biography Yokoyama graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Takehaya Senior High School and Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Letters Second Section of the Department of Education. While part of the land division of high school, she was part of Queen Bee, a copy band to the Barbee Boys and Men's Meg (from the brands Men's Viki and Megumi no Megu), a copy to Ann Lewis. Yokoyama made her debut as Rei, the girlfriend of Jun (played by Hidetaka Yoshioka) in ''Kita no Kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi'', and has been active in a wide range of dramas, advertisements and variety shows afterwards. She is mostly known for playing the heroine Ruriko in ''Shinju Fujin'' in 2002. In 1995, Yokoyama married advert narrator Yasuki Okawa, but due to her popularity in ''Shinju Fujin'' she became busy and they divorced in December 2002 due to married couplings. In May 2006, she later married American Express Vice President Mamoru Ninobu. In September 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshima
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku, and Bunkyo in the south. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947, and reached a peak resident population of 370,000 in 1965. The population has continued to decline and as of May 1, 2015, the ward had an estimated population of 298,250, with a population density of 22,920 persons per km2. During the day the population swells with commuters, resulting in a daytime population of around 378,475. The total land area of Toshima is 13.01 km2, sitting on a moderate plateau with a difference of 28 m between the ward's highest and lowest points. Approximately 47% of Toshima's land is residential, and 20% is commercial and public areas. Although Toshima is a ward, it is referred to as a city. The ward offices are located in Ikebukuro, which is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacArthur's Children
is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Takaya Yamauchi as Ryuta * Yoshiyuki Omori as Saburo * Shiori Sakura as Takeme "Mume" Hatano * Masako Natsume as Komako * Hideji Ōtaki as Ashigara * Haruko Kato as Haru * Ken Watanabe as Tetsuo * Shima Iwashita as Tome * Hiromi Go as Masao Nakai Production * Yoshinobu Nishioka -Art direction Location Filmed on Manabeshima, a small island fishing community in the Kasaoka Islands, of Okayama Prefecture on the Seto Inland Sea. See also * List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Japanese submiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichi Morimura
is a Japanese novelist and author, born in Kumagaya. He is best known for the controversial ' (悪魔の飽食) (1981), which revealed the atrocities committed by Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). ''The Devil's Gluttony'' was serialized in the '' Akahata'' (Japanese Communist Party's newspaper) in 1980, and subsequently published by Kobunsha (光文社), in two volumes in 1981 and 1982. In the ensuing controversy, half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication, and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book. A second edition was then published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed. He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize The , named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan since 1955.Fukue, Nastuko,Literary awards run spectrum, ''Japan Times'', 14 February 2012, p. 3. Though its name is si ... in 1969 for ''Death in the High-Ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with taking over the radio broadcasting business, and took over television broadcasting. History * March 15, 1951 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka. ABC started AM radio broadcasting on November 11 (1010 kHz). * May 25, 1955 - ABC and New Japan Broadcasting Company (NJB, the predecessor of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.) founded in Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka. Currently, ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka is located at the place the head office of OTV used to be. * December 1, 1956 - OTV started television broadcasting on channel 6, under the callsign JOBX-TV ''(not to be confused with Oita Asahi Broadcasting which currently uses the JOBX callsign)''. The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid Deka
is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Hayami and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. The first novel was released on April 15, 2006, and as of July 15, 2009, nine volumes have been published by SoftBank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Michiko Usami was serialized on Flex Comix's free web comic ''FlexComix Blood'' and ''FlexComix Next''. A TV drama adaptation aired in July 2009 on TV Asahi. TV series ''Maid Deka'' was broadcast on TV Asahi in 11 episodes from June 26 to September 11, 2009. The series starred Saki Fukuda as maid Aoi Wakatsuki who is actually an undercover detective sent to investigate crimes at wealthy estates. The official English title is Housemaid Cop. Cast * Saki Fukuda as Aoi Wakatsuki * Ryuuji Harada as Inspector Toshiaki Kaido * Koji Matoba as Masaharu Kaji * Yoko Oshima as Sakura Tsubouchi * Toru Shinagawa as Asakusa * Megumi Nakayama as Reiko Momose * Reon Kadena , also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kachō Kōsaku Shima
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. It depicts the growth and career of a fictional salaryman named Kōsaku Shima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Morning'', starting with the first series ''Kachō Shima Kōsaku'' in 1983 and has currently been divided into eight parts. The current part, ''Shagai Torishimariyaku Shima Kōsaku'', began in 2022. The manga has also been published as 7 bilingual volumes (Japanese-English) called ''Division Chief Kosaku Shima'' and ''President Kosaku Shima'', and in French and German. In addition to various manga there has also been one comedic ONA, and two comedic anime adaptations lasting 11 episodes each, a live action film, and a single episode TV drama. The character also acts as the "host" or framing device for a business documentary series on NHK World, ''Shima Kosaku's Asian Entrepreneurs''. As of February 2022, the series had over 47 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network.." TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime. History TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the '' Nikkei'' and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In 1969 the ''Nikkei'' and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs with N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibō
is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' AIBOU: The Movie III'' (2014) and ''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017). The drama features , a police inspector assigned to the fictional of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as from 2000 to 2009; from 2022, from 2009 to 2012, from 2012 to 2015, and from 2015 to 2022. In Season 15 Episode 3, Roland appears as a host. ''AIBOU'' is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name ''Partners'', and in Los Angeles by the station Japan Hollywood Network (before UTB 18.1) under the official English name ''AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo''. Seasons Films * " AIBOU: The Movie" (2008) directed by Seiji Izumi * " AIBOU: The Movie II" (2010) directed by Seiji Izumi * "AIBOU: The Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suppli
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. It was published by Shodensha's Josei manga, ''josei'' manga magazine ''Feel Young'' from October 8, 2003, to November 7, 2009; a sidestory also ran in the magazine in 2010. It has been collected in seven volumes so far, and was published in English by Tokyopop who released five volumes in English. ''Suppli'' was adapted into a Japanese television drama, Japanese drama series which aired in Japan on Fuji TV in summer 2006. It stars Misaki Itō, Kazuya Kamenashi, Eita, and Miho Shiraishi. Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof Of The Man
is a Japanese film from 1977 directed by Junya Satō, starring George Kennedy and Yūsaku Matsuda. It was produced by Haruki Kadokawa. Plot A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) receives a sum of money. He buys new clothes and takes a flight to Japan. After he arrives, he is found fatally stabbed in a lift in a Tokyo hotel at the same time as a fashion show by designer Kyōko Yasugi (Mariko Okada) is being held. The police department, including Munesue (Yūsaku Matsuda) and his partner (Hajime Hana), come to investigate. The only clue is the dying man's last words "straw hat". At the same time, a woman having an extramarital affair, Naomi (Bunjaku Han), is accidentally run over by Yasugi's son (Kōichi Iwaki). He and his girlfriend dump her body in the sea, but drops his watch at the scene. He is haunted by his actions and confesses to his mother, Kyōko, who suggests he flee to New York with his girlfriend. Munesue starts to suspect that Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōkai Television Broadcasting
Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (THK, 東海テレビ放送株式会社, often called Tokai TV (東海テレビ)) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), serving in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Tokai Hoso Kaikan. Offices *Headquarters - 14-27, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan *Tokyo Branch Office - Hibiya Chunichi Building, 1-4, Uchisaiwaicho Nichome, Chiyoda, Tokyo *Osaka Branch Office - Breeze Tower, 4-9, Umeda Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Broadcasting Analog Analog TV was discontinued on July 24, 2011. JOFX-TV *Nagoya TV Tower - Channel 1 *Toyohashi - Channel 56 *Nakatsugawa and Gujo-Hachiman - Channel 10 *Gero - Channel 6 *Owase and Takayama - Channel 8 *Tajimi - Channel 55 *Gifu-Nagara and Ise - Channel 57 *Nabari - Channel 62, etc. Digital Digital TV began on December 1, 2003 JOFX-DTV *Remort controller ID 1 *Nagoya ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Jack (manga)
is an episodic Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. ''Black Jack'' consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. Black Jack has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Satoshi Kuwahara and Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two films. ''Black Jack'' is Tezuka's second most famous manga, after ''Astro Boy''. In 1977, it won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. About.com's Deb Aoki lists ''Black Jack'' as the best "re-issue of previously released material" of 2008. Osamu Dezaki's anime film adaptation, ''Black Jack: The Movie'', won Best Animation Film at the 1996 Mainichi Film Awards. It has since then became Tezuka's second best selling manga with 45.64 million copies in circulation only in Japan. Plot Most of the stories involve Black Jack doing some good deed, for whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
