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Reona Hirota
is a Japanese actress. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Ōte'' and ''Yumeji''. In 1994, she married the actor Mitsuru Fukikoshi. They divorced in 2005 after having one child. Filmography * ''A Sign Days'' (1989) * '' Ōte'' (1991) * ''Yumeji'' (1991) * ''Calmi Cuori Appassionati ''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' ( aka ''Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida''; lit. "Between Calmness and Passion") is a 2001 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. It is a love story about two students who met at ...'' (2001) References Living people Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses People from Sapporo Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ...
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Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city in Japan. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. Sapporo lies in the southwest of Hokkaido, within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, which is a tributary stream of the Ishikari. It is considered the cultural, economic, and political center of Hokkaido. As with most of Hokkaido, the Sapporo area was settled by the indigenous Ainu people, beginning over 15,000 years ago. Starting in the late 19th century, Sapporo saw increasing settlement by Yamato migrants. Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan after the 1964 Summer Olympics. Sapporo is currently bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The Sapporo Dome host ...
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Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaidō is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometers (26 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are administered by Russia, though the four most southerly are claimed by Japan. Hokkaidō was formerly known as ''Ezo'', ''Yezo'', ''Yeso'', or ''Yesso''. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaidō" in Although there were Japanese settlers who ruled the southern tip of the island since the 16th century, Hokkaido was considered foreign territory that was inhabited by the indigenous people of the island, known as the Ainu people. While geographers such as Mogami Tokunai and Mamiya Rinzō explored the isla ...
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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 ...
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Japanese People
The are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago."人類学上は,旧石器時代あるいは縄文時代以来,現在の北海道〜沖縄諸島(南西諸島)に住んだ集団を祖先にもつ人々。" () Japanese people constitute 97.9% of the population of the country of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 122.5 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as , the Japanese diaspora. Depending on the context, the term may be limited or not to mainland Japanese people, specifically the Yamato (as opposed to Ryukyuan and Ainu people). Japanese people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world. In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number of multiracial people with both Japanese and non-Japanese roots, including half Japanese people. History Theories of origins Archaeological evidence indi ...
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Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a 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 hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic 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 medieval world, and in England at the time of ...
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Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center. Ceremonies Categories *Best Film *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Director *Best New Director *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Newcomer *Special Jury Prize *Best New Actor *Best New Actress References External links * Yokohama Film Festival - Overviewon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Authority control Awards established in 1980 Film festivals in ...
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Ōte
is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. Cast * Hidekazu Akai * Masaya Kato * Reona Hirota * Yūko Nitō * Nobuo Kaneko * Tomisaburo Wakayama Reception ''Ōte'' was chosen as the 3rd Best Film at the 13th Yokohama Film Festival. Reona Hirota is a Japanese actress. She won the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Ōte'' and ''Yumeji''. In 1994, she married the actor Mitsuru Fukikoshi. They divorced in 2005 after having one child. Filmography * ... also won the Award for Best Supporting Actress. References External links * Japanese films Films directed by Junji Sakamoto Works about shogi Films about board games {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ...
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Yumeji
is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō ''Roman Trilogy'', preceded by ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) and ''Kagero-za'' (1981), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912-1926) setting. All three were produced by Genjiro Arato. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Kenji Sawada as Takehisa Yumeji * Tomoko Mariya as Tomoyo * Yoshio Harada as Sokichi Wakiya * Masumi Miyazaki as Hikono * Tamasaburo Bando as Gyoshu Inamura * Reona Hirota as O-Yo * Chikako Miyagi as Wet-nurse * Kazuhiko Hasegawa as Onimatsu * Michiyo Okusu as Landlady Other "Yumeji's Theme", written by Shigeru Umebayashi, features prominently in Wong Kar-Wai's 2000 film, In the Mood for Love. References External links * * * Yumeji' at the Japanese Movie Data ...
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi
is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Aomori Prefecture, Fukikoshi moved to Tokyo at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on stage. He works in both serious drama and comedy, and has often played police detectives. He starred in Sion Sono's ''Cold Fish''. He co-starred with Hideaki Itō in Takashi Miike's ''Lesson of the Evil''. Personal life In 1994, Fukikoshi married the actress Reona Hirota. They divorced in 2005 after having one child, but then remarried in 2012. The couple separated for the second time in December 2016. Filmography Film * '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996) * ''Love & Pop'' (1998) * ''Samurai Fiction'' (1998) * '' Whiteout'' (2000) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * ''The Twilight Samurai'' (2002) * ''Spy Sorge'' (2003) * ''Lady Joker'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * '' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006) * '' Kabei: Our Mother'' (20 ...
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A Sign Days
is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Sai. Awards 11th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actor - Ryō Ishibashi *Won: Best Actress - Anna Nakagawa *Won: Best Screenplay - Hiroshi Saitō, Yōichi Sai was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan. Life and career Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean. Sai won the Best Screenp ... *3rd Best Film References External links * Films directed by Yōichi Sai Films set in Okinawa Prefecture 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ...
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Calmi Cuori Appassionati
''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' ( aka ''Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida''; lit. "Between Calmness and Passion") is a 2001 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. It is a love story about two students who met at an art college in Japan. The film is based on a 1999 in literature, 1999 novel which was a best seller in Japan. ''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' was a hit, becoming the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan of 2001. The title tune is "Wild Child (Enya song), Wild Child" from the album ''A Day Without Rain'' by Enya. An album of Enya's songs used in the film was released in 2001 as ''Themes from Calmi Cuori Appassionati''. Plot Living in Florence, Italy,in 1997, Junsei Agata is studying to be a restoration expert who specializes in fine art studying under his italian teacher Giovanna.Despite him dating Memi, a language school student in Italy, He feels life is empty. This is because he clings to the memory of Aoi, a girl from school he meets ...
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