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Nobuhiko Morino
is a Japanese film score composer. Morino frequently collaborates with composer Daisuke Yano and film director Ryuhei Kitamura (born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Biography Early life Kitamura was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He dropped out of high school at age 17 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, where he attended a sch .... Nobuhiko and Kitamura attended the same high school. Film scores References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers Living people {{Japan-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question. Scores are written by one or more composers under the guidance of or in collaboration with the film's director or producer and are then most often performed by an ensemble of musicians – usually including an orchestra (most likely a symphony orchestra) or band, instrumental soloists, and choir or vocalists – known as playback singers – and recorded by a sound engineer. The term is less frequently applied to music written for other media such as live theatre, television and radio programs, and video game, and said music is typically referred to as either the soundtrack or incidental music. Film scores encompass an enormous variety of styles ... [...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] |
Japanese Film Score Composers
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keita Amemiya
is a prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba. Amemiya is known for his distinctive fantasy designs and directorial style. Biography After graduation from the Asagaya College of Art and Design, he joined the Den Film Effect in 1981. As a film director, he made his debut in 1988's '' Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden''. Major works include science fiction film ''Zeiram'' released in 1991 and tokusatsu franchise '' Garo'' created in 2006. Filmography TV and film * '' Choujin Sentai Jetman'' (TV): director, character designer (Demon Machine Veronica) * ''G-9'' (OVA): screenplay, original creator and director * ''GARO'' (TV): creator, character designer and director * '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'' (OVA): original concept, visual setting * ''Jikuu Senshi Spielban'': monster designs, director * ''Kamen Rider BLACK'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider BLACK RX'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider Decade'' (TV): character designer (Kai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Anarchy
Screen Anarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is a Canadian English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films. The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowd funding and viral marketing site, and with Indiegogo in 2013. Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and ''Variety'' credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films. Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "...quickly established itself as the online world’s leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion." He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XxxHolic (miniseries)
''xxxHolic'' (also known as ) is a 2013 Japanese supernatural dark fantasy drama miniseries based on a manga series with a same name written and illustrated by manga artist group CLAMP. The miniseries stars Anne Watanabe and Shōta Sometani as Yuko Ichihara and Kimihiro Watanuki respectively. The miniseries was broadcast on Wowow from February 24, 2013, and ended on April 16, 2013. Premise ''xxxHolic'' follows the story of Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student that is plagued by ayakashi spirits, where he stumbles upon a shop that grants wishes. He meets the owner, Yuko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric known. For a price, she offers to grants his wish to rid of spirits, but for a price, to become Yuko's part-time cook and housekeeper. Cast and characters *Anne Watanabe as Yuko Ichihara, a shop owner that grants people's wishes. *Shōta Sometani as Kimihiro Watanuki, a teenage boy that can see and plagued by ayakashi. *Masahiro Higashide as Shizuka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Beautiful Day (film)
''It's a Beautiful Day'' (クソすばらしいこの世界) is a 2013 Japanese horror film directed by Kayoko Asakura. It stars Kim Kkot-bi. It is the debut film by Kayoko Asakura and had its premiere at the Yubari Film Festival in 2013. The film is set in California, where A-jung (Kim Kkot-bi) is picked up by her Japanese friend Takako ( Amagi Chika). They visit Takako's friends who treat A-jung poorly. That night around a campfire, mysterious supernatural events begin to happen involving Takako's friends. Release ''It's a Beautiful Day'' premiered at the Yubari Film Festival on February 22, 2013. It received theatrical release in Japan on June 8, 2013. Reception Derek Elley of Film Business Asia ''Film Business Asia'' was a film trade magazine based in Hong Kong. The magazine was created in 2010 by Patrick Frater, former journalist for ''Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and '' Screen International'' and Stephen Cremin, co-founder o ... gave the film a seven out of ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The ABCs Of Death
''The ABCs of Death'' is a 2012 American comedy horror anthology film produced by international producers and directed by filmmakers from around the world. The film contains 26 shorts, each by different directors spanning fifteen countries, including Nacho Vigalondo, Kaare Andrews, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Ben Wheatley, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Ti West, and Angela Bettis. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. In 2013, it was released on VOD January 31 and in theaters March 8. The end credits of the film feature Australian band Skyhooks' 1974 song "Horror Movie". A sequel, ''ABCs of Death 2'', was released in late 2014 and a second sequel, '' ABCs of Death 2.5'' in 2016. Background The film is divided into 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The varieties of death ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūdai Yamaguchi
is a Japanese film director who has worked mainly in the comedy and horror genres. He has "made a name for himself by mixing goofy gore with manga-esque escapades and plain utter weirdness". Life and career Yamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the . After graduation he won a number of awards at independent film festivals. In 2000 he co-wrote (with director Ryuhei Kitamura) the action-horror film '' Versus'' (VERSUS ヴァーサス) starring Tak Sakaguchi. Yamaguchi was also a second-unit director on the movie. He made his debut as a feature film director with '' Battlefield Baseball'' released theatrically in July 2003. This horror-sports-comedy again starred Tak Sakaguchi and the film won the Grand Prize at the 14th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 2003. Yamaguchi was a guest at the festival. He followed this in 2004 with ''Babaa Zone'', a compilation of five short skits in collaboration with manga artist Gatarō Man. In late 2004, Yamaguchi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadball
is a 2011 Japanese splatter comedy film directed by Yudai Yamaguchi. The film stars Tak Sakaguchi as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old who accidentally kills his father with his extra powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is a juvenile delinquent and is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people within a week. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he had sworn off the sport since his father's death. The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival in 2011. Reception to the film has been more positive than the joint-directoral effort between Yamaguchi and Sakaguchi on their film ''Yakuza Weapon''. Plot In modern-day Japan, the young Jubeh Yakyu practices his pitching and catching with his father only to discover that he has super powers by accidentally killing his father with the ball. This is seen by his younger adopted brother, Musashi Nakagawa. Some time later, Jubeh (Tak Sakaguchi), now 17, has become a juvenile delinquent responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Penney
John Penney is an American film producer, screenwriter and director who has been working in the horror genre for over thirty years. He has created material for, and been involved in, a range of subgenres, including zombie movies (''Return of the Living Dead III''), classic Creature Features (''Amphibious''), and supernatural thrillers ('' Hellgate''). Biography John Penney is the son of science fiction writer Raylyn Moore (née Crabbe) and stepson of writer Ward Moore. Ray Bradbury was an old roommate of Ward Moore, and one of the first people to give Penney writing advice when he was a young man. Penney attended UCLA where he studied film and received a degree in English. Penney's first literary agent was H.N. Swanson, the man who represented F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner and many other giants of 20th century literature. Career Penney started his career as a film editor, with his first job being an assistant editor on ''The Dorm That Dripped Blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
