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Mikako Ichikawa
is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa. Biography Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine ''Olive'' during her teens. She then became a model in 1994 under exclusive contract with the magazine. In 1998, she started modeling for other magazines such as ''CUTiE'', ''spoon.'' and ''Zipper''. She made her acting debut in the 1998 short film ''How To Jujutsu'', directed by Takashi Homma. Among the most notable movies she has appeared in are ''Blue'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Memories of Matsuko'' and ''Shin Godzilla''. For her role in ''Blue'' she won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival. Ichikawa's hobbies are photography and handicrafts. Filmography Film * ''Timeless Melody'' (2000) – Chikako * ''Blue'' (2001) – Kayako Kirishima * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be With You (2004 Film)
, is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on a Japanese novel of the same name written by Takuji Ichikawa. The film was adapted from the novel by Yoshikazu Okada, and it was directed by Nobuhiro Doi. It stars actress Yūko Takeuchi as Mio Aio and actor Shido Nakamura as Takumi Aio. ''Be with You'' was first released at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival. It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 30 October 2004. The film grossed a total of $46,616,207 from its screenings in Japan and overseas countries. Plot Mio Aio's death leaves her husband Takumi and six-year-old son Yuji to eke a living for themselves. Takumi is disorganized in household chores, suffers occasional fainting spells, and fears that his health could not fulfill his dead wife's happiness. Yuji overhears relatives gossiped that his own difficult delivery compromised Mio's health, and blames himself for his mother's death. Mio had left Yuji a picture book; in the book, Mio departs for a celestial body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With The Light
is a ''josei'' drama manga by Keiko Tobe. It began serialization in 2000 in '' For Mrs.'', and serial chapters were collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akita Shoten. The series depicts the struggles of a young mother, Sachiko Azuma, raising her autistic son Hikaru in modern Japan. The series is licensed in English in North America by Yen Press, with eight volumes (each collecting two ''tankōbon'' volumes with the exception of the final volume) published as of September 2011. In January 2009, the series went on hiatus due to Tobe's illness and remained uncompleted when she died in January 2010. Her works during her illness were collected and published with some of her earlier works as volume 15 in June 2010. The series received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival. It was adapted as a television drama, airing on NTV from April 14, 2004, to June 23, 2004, which won several awards at Japan's 41st Television Drama Academy Awards, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suika (TV Series)
''Suika'' (, in Japanese), which means ''watermelon'', is a Japanese television drama about four roommates, played by Satomi Kobayashi, Rie Tomosaka, Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa. Biography Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine ''Olive'' ..., and Ruriko Asaoka. External links * Japanese drama television series 2003 Japanese television series debuts {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl Missing
is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Kōji Fukada. It was entered into numerous international film festivals, including Locarno Festival, Locarno, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, New York Film Festival, New York and International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam. Plot Home nurse Ichiko works for the Oishi family, where she is treated as a full member. In addition to nursing bedridden grandmother Tōko, she also helps daughters Motoko and Saki with their exams in her free time. One day, Saki, the younger sister, is abducted. When Saki is finally found by the police and the abductor turns out to be Ichiko's nephew, a media frenzy follows which slowly drives Ichiko into social isolation. Motoko, who over time has become a friend and confidante, first supports, but later denounces Ichiko, publicly giving away a secret from Ichiko's past which the trusting Ichiko had told her in private. Ichiko, forced to quit her job and left by her fiancé, develops a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitsuji No Ki
is a Japanese manga series written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. Published by Kodansha, it was serialized in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from June 2011 to April 2014, with its chapters compiled into five ''tankōbon'' volumes. A live-action film adaptation directed by Daihachi Yoshida was released in Japan in February 2018. Media Manga ''Hitsuji no Ki'' is written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Evening'' from June 14, 2011 to April 8, 2014. Kodansha collected its chapters in five ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from November 22, 2011 to May 23, 2014. Volumes Live-action film A live-action film adaptation of the manga titled ''The Scythian Lamb'' was released on February 3, 2018. The film is directed by Daihachi Yoshida and had its premiere at the 2017 Busan Film Festival. Reception The manga was one of the Jury Selections in the Manga Division of the 16th Japan Media Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Murder
is a 2017 Japanese legal thriller film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Tomoaki Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending a client (Misumi), who faces the death penalty if found guilty, in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened. Cast Production Hirokazu Kore-eda was inspired to write a courtroom thriller after conversing with his friend, a lawyer, about the latter's experiences in court. Kore-eda learned that there's a gap between the Japanese people's perception of the court as a space where people aim for the truth, and what it actually is: a space for lawyers "to make adjustments to the conflict finterest." Kore-eda based the background of his script on the speculation of "what would happen if a lawyer really started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always The Densest Shade Of Blue
is a 2017 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. It is based on a book of poetry of the same name written by Tahi Saihate and published in 2016. The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. Plot ''The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' follows the relationship between two young adults, half-blind construction worker Shinji and nurse-cum-bartender Mika. Cast *Shizuka Ishibashi as Mika *Sosuke Ikematsu as Shinji *Tetsushi Tanaka *Ryuhei Matsuda *Paul Magsalin *Mikako Ichikawa *Ryo Sato *Takahiro Miura Music The soundtrack features the song "New World" by . Reception Reviewing the film after its showing at the Berlin Film Festival, ''The Hollywood Reporter''s Deborah Young called ''The Tokyo Night Sky...'' "an earnest, at times poetic, drama about teen alienation". Writing for the ''South China Morning Post'', James Marsh said the film "sets itself apart from more commercial romantic fare", but observed that "the narrative seems rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum (2016 Film)
is a 2016 Japanese crime horror thriller film directed by Keishi Ōtomo. It is based on the 2013 manga of the same name by Ryosuke Tomoe. It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 12, 2016. Plot Recently divorced and miserable Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) and his naive rookie partner Nishino (Shuhei Nomura) search for a Tokyo serial killer named Sanae Kirishima (Satoshi Tsumabuki), who wears a cartoonish giant frog costume. Cast *Shun Oguri as Detective Hisashi Sawamura *Satoshi Tsumabuki as Sanae Kirishima, the serial killer who wears a cartoonish frog costume *Machiko Ono as Haruka Sawamura *Shūhei Nomura as Junichi Nishino *Tomomi Maruyama as Tsuyoshi Sugawara *Tomoko Tabata as Kayo Akiyama *Mikako Ichikawa as Mikie Tachibana *Masatō Ibu as Toshio Okabe *Yutaka Matsushige as Kozo Sekihata *Nao Ōmori , sometimes credited as Nao Ohmori or Nao Omori, is a Japanese actor. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Yokohama Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinsei No Yakusoku
is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by and written by . It was released in Japan on January 9, 2016. Plot Cast *Yutaka Takenouchi *Yōsuke Eguchi *Tori Matsuzaka * Yūka *Eiko Koike * Hikaru Takahashi *Jun Miho *Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa. Biography Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine ''Olive'' ... Reception The film grossed on its opening weekend in Japan and was sixth placed in admissions, with 81,867. On its second weekend, it was in tenth place by admissions and ninth place by gross, with . As of January 24, 2016, the film had grossed in Japan. References External links * * Japanese drama films Nippon TV films 2016 drama films 2016 films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Family
is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki - Kosuke Wakana * Sosuke Ikematsu - Kousuke Wakana * Mieko Harada - Reiko Wakana * Kyōzō Nagatsuka is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for '' The Laughing Frog''. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1945 births Living people Japanese male actors People fr ... - Katsuaki Wakana References External links * 2014 drama films Films directed by Yuya Ishii Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent-a-Cat
is a Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. It premiered at 2012 Stockholm International Film Festival and was also featured in 17th Busan International Film Festival. Cast * Mikako Ichikawa as Sayoko * Reiko Kusamura as Toshiko Yoshioka * Ken Mitsuishi as Goro Yoshida * Maho Yamada as Megumi Yoshikawa * Kei Tanaka is a Japanese actor. Filmography Film Television series Japanese dub * '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler) * '' Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021) - Dr. Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler) * '' The Lost City'' (2 ... as Shigaru Yoshizawa References External links * * 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese comedy-drama films Films about cats Films directed by Naoko Ogigami 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
