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Rokubanme No Sayoko
also known as ''The 6th Sayoko'' is a Japanese television series which was produced in the year 2000. Story Nishihama Junior High School is haunted by the legend of Sayoko. Every three years a student is chosen to play the role of Sayoko by his or her predecessor. Sayoko has three missions to accomplish. If they are completed it is to the advantage of the school. If not, the school is doomed... Shu has been chosen to be Sayoko. Disbelieving the legend, Shu lets his pal Rei assume the role. But, when the new term begins, one of the tasks has already been completed. By whom? This is just the prelude to a string of spooky happenings. "Sayoko is Back" is no ordinary horror story. The youngsters explore the unknown while caught up in the drama of adolescence. It is an occasionally frightening but ultimately heart-warming journey that they undertake. Cast *Anne Suzuki as Rei Shioda * Chiaki Kuriyama as Sayoko Tsumura *Takayuki Yamada as Shū Sekine * Ryō Katsuji as Yukio Karasawa *Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress. Career Suzuki co-starred in Shunji Iwai's ''Hana and Alice'' with Yū Aoi. She voiced the title character Ray Steam in Katsuhiro Otomo's animated film ''Steamboy''. Suzuki played a supporting role in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's ''Initial D'', a film based on the Japanese comic series. She co-starred in Ryuichi Hiroki's yakuza film ''The Egoists'' with Kengo Kora. Suzuki has also appeared in films such as Takashi Yamazaki's ''Returner'' (2002), Takahisa Zeze's ''Moon Child'' (2003), and Yoshimitsu Morita's ''Tsubaki Sanjuro'' (2007). Filmography Film * ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1999) - Young Hatsue Imada * '' Juvenile'' (2000) * ''Pokémon 4Ever'' (2001) Miku (Diana in the English dub) * ''Returner'' (2002) – Milly * ''Moon Child'' (2003) * '' The Blue Light'' (2003) * ''9 Souls'' (2003) * ''Steamboy'' (2004) – Ray Steam (voice) * ''Hana and Alice'' (2004) – Hana Arai * ''Initial D'' (2005) – Natsuki Mogi * ''Hanging Garden'' (2005) * ''Tsubaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehiro Murata
Takehiro (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *Takehiro Honda (born 1945), Japanese jazz pianist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese speed skater * Takehiro Koyama, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese chef * Takehiro Mamiya (born 1989), Japanese music producer, better known as Yuyoyuppe , known professionally as , is a Japanese DJ, songwriter, producer, and singer, known for his Vocaloid music. Early life Takehiro Mamiya was born on September 25, 1989, when his parents were expecting a baby girl. He first learned to play the gu ... *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese motorcycle racer See also * 8737 Takehiro, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Japanese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Overview 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series ''X-Men'', ''Final Destination'', ''Scary Movie'', and '' Meet the Parents''. Among the films based on TV shows are '' Mission: Impossible 2'', ''Traffic'', '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'', '' Charlie's Angels'' and '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. The most acclaimed films of the year are '' Gladiator''; ''Traffic''; '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''; '' American Psycho''; ''Almost Famous, Requiem for a Dream,'' and ''Erin Brockovich''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Ikeda
is a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname. Possible writings Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *歩み, "course" "walking" "progress" ;as a given name *歩, "progress", "walking", "a step" *歩美, "walking, beauty" *歩実, "walking, truth" *鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself" *亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty" *安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea" *明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination" *充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth" *歩未, "walking", "not yet" The given name can also be written in hiragana and katakana. *あゆみ, in hiragana *アユミ, in katakana *あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji ;as a surname *漢人 *阿弓 People with the name *Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress, tarento, and model *, Japanese artist *Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress *Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer *Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinako Sano
''Weekly Playboy'' (Shueisha) (August 20, 2013) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who is affiliated with Horipro. Biography Before becoming an actress, Sano was a magazine model. She appeared in the photo collection ''Hare Nochi Tsuintēru'', and served as a model i''After School Tails'' She was nominated in the Horipro Scout Caravan 2012 contest. Although Sano missed the Grand Prix, she was associated with Horipro. In March 2013, she graduated from Tama University Meguro High School. In April, Sano went on to attend a university. On July 13, 2013, she appeared in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' (Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...) which marked her debut in gravure. In August 2014, Sano became an exclusive Beauty Muse of '' Vivi''. 2014年8月25日 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manami Fuji
is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Manami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *愛美, "love, beauty" *愛海, "love, sea" *愛未, "love, sheep" *愛実, "love, fruit" *真名美, "truth, name, beauty" *真奈美, "truth, Nara, beauty" *麻奈美, "hemp, Nara, beauty" *真奈海, "truth, Nara, sea" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *, Japanese women's basketball player *Manami Higa (愛未, born 1986), Japanese actress *Manami Hino (真奈美, born 1980), Japanese bobsledder *Manami Honjo (本上まなみ), a Japanese actress *Manami Katsu (愛実, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese model *Manami Komori (まなみ), a Japanese radio personality, singer, voice actress, and essayist *Manami Konishi (真奈美, born 1978), Japanese actress *Manami Kurose (真奈美, born 1991), Japanese actress and singer *Manami Matsumae (真奈美), Japanese game music composer *Manami Num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Takigawa
is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1974. Selected filmography Film Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takigawa, Yumi 1951 births Living people Singers from Tokyo Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Miho , a Ja ...
Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surname) * A spelling of uncommon Korean family and given name Joon (Korean name) * Jun., Jr. or Jnr., abbreviations for Junior (other) * Jun, stage name of Chinese singer Wen Junhui Places * Jun, Granada, Spain Science * c-jun, a protein encoded by gene JUN Time * Abbreviation of June * A ten-day period in the Japanese calendar History * Commandery (China) (''jùn'' in pinyin), a division of imperial China Other * Jun (drink), a Tibetan fermented tea drink * JUN Auto JUN, or JUN Auto, is a Japanese tuning shop. JUN began as the research facility of Tanaka Industrial Co. Ltd. Originally focused on disassembling and improving engines. It now manufactures high performance car parts. Products JUN manufactures af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiaki Kuriyama
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film '' Battle Royale'' and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film '' Kill Bill: Volume 1''. Life and career She was born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. Kuriyama was a popular model during Japan's child model boom in the mid-1990s. In 1997, she appeared in the photobooks ''Shinwa-Shōjo'' (''Girl of Myth'') and ''Shōjokan'' (''Girl's Residence''), photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. ''Shinwa-Shōjo'' became a best-seller but, as it contained some nudity, was discontinued by the publisher in 1999 after the institution of new anti–child pornography laws. She also posed as a model for the child fashion magazines '' Nicola'' (1997–2001) and ''Pichi Lemon'' (1996–2001). She first achieved widespread recognition as an actress in Japan for her starring roles in the horror films ''Shikoku'' (1999) and '' Ju-on'' (2000). Chiaki also appeared in the 2000 act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sae Isshiki
(born April 29, 1977) is a Japanese actress. She starred in a film '' Kura'' (storage) for which she garnered the Newcomer of the Year award of the Japanese Academy and a TV program, ''Futari'' (two). External links * 1977 births Living people Japanese film actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese television actresses {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
