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Reiko Kataoka
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 45th Blue Ribbon Awards for '' Hush!''. Filmography Film *''A Touch of Fever'' (1993) *''New Love in Tokyo'' (1994) *''Kamikaze Taxi'' (1995) *''Two Punks'' (1996) *'' Gonin 2'' (1996) *''Peking Man'' (1997) *'' Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1'' (1998) *'' Kuro no tenshi Vol. 2'' (1999) *'' Battle Royale'' (2000) Extended Cut *'' Hush!'' (2001) *''All Around Us'' (2008) *''Tada's Do-It-All House'' (2011) *''Hakodate Coffee '' (2016) *''Homecoming'' (2017) *''Enokida Trading Post'' (2018) *''Liverleaf'' (2018) *''My Friend "A"'' (2018) *''Junpei, Think Again'' (2018) *''Lost in Ramen'' (2018) *''Just Only Love'' (2019) *''The Promised Land'' (2019) *''Family of Strangers'' (2019) *''Hell Girl'' (2019) *''Life: Untitled'' (2019) *''Step'' (2020) *''Shape of Red'' (2020) *''Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō'' (2020) *''Intolerance'' (2021), Midori Nakayama *''The Woman of S.R.I. The Movie'' (2021) *'' Ring Wandering'' (2022) *''Grown-ups'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tokushima Prefecture to the east, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southeast. Matsuyama is the capital and largest city of Ehime Prefecture and the largest city on Shikoku, with other major cities including Imabari, Niihama, and Saijō. Notable past Ehime residents include three Nobel Prize winners: they are Kenzaburo Oe (1994 Nobel Prize in Literature), Shuji Nakamura (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics), and Syukuro Manabe (2021 Nobel Prize in Physics). History Until the Meiji Restoration, Ehime Prefecture was known as Iyo Province. Since before the Heian period, the area was dominated by fishermen and sailors who played an important role in defending Japan against pirates and Mongolian invasions. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Tokugaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tada's Do-It-All House
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori, based on a 2006 novel by Shion Miura. It rotates around a down-on-his-luck handyman who reunites with an old friend from his middle school days, who winds up joining his business. A sequel television series based on the sequel book, also starring Eita and Matsuda, aired in 2013 on TV Tokyo. A second film based on the third book in the series premiered in 2014. Cast * Eita as Keisuke Tada * Ryuhei Matsuda as Haruhiko Gyōten * Tasuku Emoto as Yamashita * Manami Honjō as Nagiko Sanmine * Reiko Kataoka as Lulu * Ittoku Kishibe as Hayasaka * Kengo Kora as Hoshi * Akaji Maro as Oka * Suzuki Matsuo as Shinchan * Masaki Miura * Yuko Nakamura as Mari's mother * 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 Festival. Career Omori starred in Takashi Miike's ''Ichi the Killer''. He co-starred with Shinobu Teraji ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Actresses
The following is a list of Japanese actresses in surname alphabetical order. Names are displayed given name first, per Wikipedia manual of style. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing that they are Japanese actresses or must have references showing that they are Japanese actresses and are notable. A * Haruka Abe *Nagisa Abe *Natsumi Abe *Rika Adachi *Yumi Adachi *Saki Aibu *Shoko Aida *Yuzuki Aikawa *Rina Aizawa *Kyoko Aizome *Sayaka Akimoto *Tsubasa Akimoto *Yoko Akino * Rio Akisada *Kumiko Akiyoshi *Yūki Amami *Chisato Amate *Eiko Ando * Sakura Andō *Yū Aoi *Wakana Aoi *Mayuko Aoki *Tsuru Aoki *Yuko Araki *Yui Aragaki *Michiyo Aratama *Narimi Arimori *Kasumi Arimura *Momoka Ariyasu *Nao Asahi *Mayumi Asaka * Nana Asakawa *Aiko Asano *Atsuko Asano *Yūko Asano *Ruriko Asaoka *Kumiko Asō *Yumi Asō *Chikage Awashima *Haruka Ayase B *Fumika Baba *Chieko Baisho *Mitsuko Baisho C *Catalina Yue * Chara *Chiaki (Fujimoto Chiaki) *Reiko Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Stories
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Hibiki
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series, serving as the fifteenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, Toei. ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' first aired on January 30, 2005 and aired its final episode on January 22, 2006. TV Asahi's Super Hero Time along with ''Mahō Sentai Magiranger''. This series is noted for introducing new themes and styles yet unseen in other shows. The catchphrase for the series is: . Plot The Kamen Riders, known as Oni, battle man-eating beasts called Makamou with "pure sound". One of the Oni, a man named Hibiki, ends up having a "teacher-and-apprentice"-like relationship with Asumu Adachi, a young boy unsure of himself and is at a crossroads in his life as he transitions to high school. Asumu learns to be an adult through watching Hibiki and the other Oni as they all train together to hone their skills in fighting the Makamou and the homunculi aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Wandering
is a 2021 Japanese fantasy drama film, written and directed by Masakazu Kaneko. Starring Sho Kasamatsu, Junko Abe, Reiko Kataoka and Ken Yasuda, the film revolves around a young manga artist who is planning to write a manga about Japanese wolves. It had its premiere at 37th Warsaw Film Festival on October 8, 2021, now it was theatrically released in Japan on 19 February 2022. The film won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 52nd International Film Festival of India in November 2021. Synopsis A young manga artist who is planning to write a manga about Japanese wolves traces the memories of the past sleeping souls in the downtown Tokyo, triggered by the encounter between an injured woman and her family. Director Masakazu Kaneko explained, "The title of this work represents the "journey of life" that goes back and forth between reality and fantasy, experienced by a young hero who is absorbed in drawing manga." Cast * Sho Kasamatsu as Sosuke * Junko Abe as Midori / Kozue * Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō
is a Japanese manga series written by yipiao and illustrated by Yūjirō Koyama. It has been serialized online via Shueisha's digital publication ''Shōnen Jump+'' since November 2014, and is also serialized in Shueisha's fashion magazine ''Men's Non-no''. It has been collected in eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation directed by Akitaro Daichi and animated at Studio Deen aired between April 10 and June 26, 2016. A live-action film adaptation was originally scheduled to release on June 19, 2020, but was delayed to October 30, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Characters ; : :Played by: Takumi Kitamura ; : :Played by: Brother Tom ; : :Played by: Yusuke Iseya ; : ; : ; : :Played by: Maika Yamamoto ; : See also * Tonkatsu * Disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Girl (film)
is a 2019 Japanese film adaptation of the anime series of the same name by Takahiro Omori. It is directed by Kōji Shiraishi and distributed by GAGA Pictures and Constantin Film. It was released on November 15, 2019. Plot In 1965, a teenage girl uses the Hell Correspondence to contact Ai Enma, the Hell Girl, a mysterious figure who can send someone who you have a grudge against to Hell in exchange for forfeiting your own soul to Hell once you die. She sends a girl who has bullied her to Hell, but shows regret. Ai tells her that there's no point, as it is already done. In 2019, that same girl, now aged and ill, has told her journalist son, Jin Kudo, her story right before she dies. He then publishes the story. High schooler Miho Ichikawa attends a concert by Maki, a charismatic rising musician, where she is groped by a pervert. Another girl, Haruka Nanjo, who is obsessed with Maki, saves her and the two become close friends. Miho skips school to go with Haruka to a concert by San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Only Love
is a 2018 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. Based on the novel of the same name by Mitsuyo Kakuta, the film stars Yukino Kishii, Ryo Narita, Mai Fukagawa, and Ryuya Wakaba. The film premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival, and received a theatrical release in Japan in April 2019. Cast * Yukino Kishii as Teruko Yamada * Ryo Narita as Mamoru Tanaka * Mai Fukagawa as Yoko Sakamoto * Ryuya Wakaba as Sei Nakahara * Noriko Eguchi as Sumire Reception James Hadfield of ''The Japan Times ''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...'' gave the film a score of three out of five stars, calling it "an honest depiction of the vague boundaries of 20-something romance, and takes the time to show its unequal relationships from both sides." R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Around Us
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi and starring Lily Franky and Tae Kimura. Cast *Lily Franky *Tae Kimura *Mitsuko Baisho *Susumu Terajima * Tamae Ando *Minori Terada *Akira Emoto *Norito Yashima *Seiichi Tanabe *Ryo Kase *Reiko Kataoka *Hirofumi Arai Reception Todd Brown of Twitch Film called ''All Around Us'' " once sweepingly panoramic and microscopically intimate", adding that "Hashiguchi's fourth feature parallels the pains and struggles of the married couple at its center with the changes in Japan itself, touching on such major events as the 1990s economic collapse, the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks, and others." Awards and nominations 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Won: Best Actress - Tae Kimura * Won: Best New Talent - Lily Franky 33rd Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Director - Ryōsuke Hashiguchi 32nd Japan Academy Prize: Best Actress (Tae Kimura is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Ar ... [...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] |
