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Pray (film)
is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Yuichi Sato, starring Tetsuji Tamayama and Asami Mizukawa is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka. She made her debut in 1996 at age 13 in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the ''Grand Prix'' at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner .... Plot Two young adults, Mitsuru and his girlfriend, Maki, kidnap a little girl and hold her for ransom to pay off a drug-related debt. As they hide out at an abandoned school, they attempt to call the girl's parents only to find out from her parents she has been dead for a year. Mitsuru's friends also arrive, with ulterior motives of their own. Soon, members of the group are brutally killed by an unseen force. Is the mysterious little girl responsible, or is something far more sinister at work? External links Bloody-disgusting.com's reviewDread Central's review* 2005 horror films 2005 films Japanese supernatural horror films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Sato
Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇一, "courage, 1" *祐一, "to help, 1" *祐市, "to help, city" *佑一, "to help, 1" *佑市, "to help, city" *裕一, "abundant, 1" *裕市, "abundant, city" *雄一, "male, 1" *友一, "friend, 1" *悠一, "long time, 1" *悠市, "long time, city" *優一, "superiority, 1" *有一, "to have, 1" *邑一, "village, 1" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆういち or katakana ユウイチ. Yuichi is a separate given name. *諭一, "to persuade, 1" *愉一, "pleased, 1" *愈一, "more and more, 1" And can also be written in hiragana ゆいち or katakana ユイチ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese short track speed skater *Yuichi Fukunaga (福永 祐一, born 1976), Japanese jockey *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese video director *, Japanese tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Fukushima
Satoshi Fukushima (born 1962) is a Japanese researcher and advocate for people with disabilities. Blind since age nine and deaf from the age of eighteen, Fukushima was the first deafblind student to earn a degree from a Japanese university when he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1987. Fukushima leads the Barrier-Free Laboratory, part of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo; the research done by members of the lab's staff focuses on accessibility. Early life and education Satoshi Fukushima was born in Kobe on December 25, 1962. Fukushima developed an eye infection when he was five months old, and lost vision in his right eye when he was three years old. He lost the sight in his left eye at age nine due to sympathetic ophthalmia. After becoming fully blind, he transferred from a regular school to a school for the blind affiliated with the University of Tsukuba. His hearing decreased until he was deaf at age eighteen. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Ogawa
is a Japanese boulderer. In 2012, she sent ''Catharsis'', a boulder route in Shiobara established by Dai Koyamada, and confirmed by Daniel Woods, to become the first-ever woman to climb a route. Since then, only three other women -- Ashima Shiraishi, Shauna Coxsey, and Alex Puccio Alex Puccio (born Alexandrea Elizabeth Cocca on June 15, 1989 in McKinney, Texas) is a professional climber specializing in bouldering. She competes in climbing competitions and split her time between climbing outdoor and indoor. She finished t ...—have sent problems of that level. Ogawa began climbing in 2000, at age 22. Her other notable ascents of boulders include ''Caramba'' , ''Mutante'' , ''Akugeki'' , ''Atomic Playboy'' , ''Hatchling'' , and ''No Late Tenders'' . References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogawa, Tomoko 1978 births Japanese rock climbers Living people Female climbers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuji Tamayama
is a Japanese TV and film actor. He joined modeling competitions and was active in ''Checkmate'' and other fashion magazines. In 2001, Tamayama debuted in ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'' as GaoSilver. He continued to star in more movies and TV dramas such as ''Casshern'', ''Tokyo Love Cinema'', and '' Rockers''. Filmography Movies * '' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger Hi no Yama Hoeru'' (2001) * '' Koi ni Utaeba (To Sing of Love)'' (2002) * '' Samurai Girl 21'' (2002) * '' Rockers'' (2003) * '' Koibumi Hiyori~Ikarusu no Koibito Tachi'' (2004) * '' Tengoku no Honya: Koibi (Heaven's Bookstore)'' (2004) * ''Casshern'' (2004) * ''Eiko'' (2004) * ''Pray'' (2005) * ''Nana'' (2005) * '' Gyakkyou nine (All Out Nine-Field Of Nightmares)'' (2005) * '' Presents: Aikagi (Presents: The Key of Love)'' (2006) * ''Nana 2'' (2006) * ''Tegami (The Letters)'' (2006) * '' Check It Out, Yo!'' (2006) * '' Kamyu Nante Shiranai (Who’s Camus Anyway?)'' (2006) ''cameo'' * '' Giniro no Season (Silver Season)'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asami Mizukawa
is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka. She made her debut in 1996 at age 13 in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the ''Grand Prix'' at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner was Chiaki Kuriyama) and gained the supporting role in the 2002 J-horror film ''Dark Water''. She has since appeared in many films, television dramas, and commercials. Filmography Film Television drama Other television Web Series Other work Stage *2005 Music video *2004 EXILE - "Heart of Gold" Commercials *Asahi Kasei - Hebel Haus (1996) *123 Commercial TV stations - Atlanta Olympic (1996) *Nissan - Ichiro's Nissan (1999) * NTT West - Area Plus (1999) *Yotsuya Gakuin - Boat Version (2000) * Fujiya - Look Chocolate (2000) *Sega - ''Phantasy Star Online'' (2000) *Eisai - Chocola BB Pure (2000–2002) *Kadokawa Shoten - ''Weekly "The Television"'' (2001) *Coca-Cola - Sōken Bicha (2002) *Mos Burger - Vegetable Tsukune Burger (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartan Films
Palisades Tartan is a British/American film distribution company, founded by US-based Palisades Media Group to take over the film library of film distributor Tartan Films after it folded in the summer of 2008. History Tartan Films, established in 1984, was a UK-based film distributor. Founder Hamish McAlpine (not to be confused with the Hamish McAlpine that played football for Dundee United) is credited with creating the term "Asia Extreme" and making such films accessible to the masses. It also owned the US-based Tartan USA and Tartan Video. It has distributed East Asian films under the brand ''Tartan Asia Extreme''. Between 1992-2003 Tartan Films operated under the name Metro-Tartan Distribution before reverting to Tartan Films. More recently, it has released similar films of other origins, under its Tartan Terror brand. Such films include '' Battle Royale'', the ''Whispering Corridors'' series ''A Tale of Two Sisters'', '' The Last Horror Movie'' and '' Oldboy''. Tartan Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Film
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Horror Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five Digit (anatomy), digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, (3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first Repunit#Decimal repunit primes, prime repunit, 11 (number), 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Supernatural Horror Films
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] |
