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Ryūhei Matsuda
is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in '' Taboo'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in '' Nana''. Early life Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry, and Miyuki Matsuda (née Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two younger siblings, a younger brother, Shota Matsuda, and a younger sister by his parents' marriage and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died from bladder cancer in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old. He attended Horikoshi High School, a Japanese high school that caters to celebrity students, but did not graduate. Career At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film '' Taboo''. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The city is known for its association with the rich and famous, its luxury hotels and restaurants, and for several conferences. History By the 2nd century BC, the Ligurian Oxybii established a settlement here known as ''Aegitna'' ( grc, Αἴγιτνα). Historians are unsure what the name means. The area was a fishing village used as a port of call between the Lérins Islands. In 154 Before Christ, BC, it became the scene of violent but quick conflict between the troops of Quintus Opimius and the Oxybii. In the 10th century, the town was known as Canua. The name may derive from "canna", a Reed (plant), reed. Canua was probably the site of a small Ligurian port, and later a Roman outpost on Le Suquet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
, art name , was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He committed suicide at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital. Early life Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was born in Irifune, Kyōbashi, Tokyo City (present-day Akashi, Chūō, Tokyo), the eldest son of businessman Toshizō Niihara and his wife Fuku. His family owned a milk production business. His mother experienced a mental illness shortly after his birth, so he was adopted and raised by his maternal uncle, Dōshō Akutagawa, from whom he received the Akutagawa family name. He was interested in classical Chinese literature from an early age, as well as in the works of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki. He entered the First High School in 1910, developing relationships with classmates such as Kan Kikuchi, Kume Masao, Yūzō Yamamoto, and , all of whom would later become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective In The Bar
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Hajime Hashimoto and based on a novel by Naomi Azuma. Cast * Yo Oizumi as the detective * Ryuhei Matsuda as Takada * Koyuki as Saori * Toshiyuki Nishida as Toshio Kirishima * Tomorowo Taguchi as Matsuo * Yutaka Matsushige * Masanobu Takashima * Renji Ishibashi * Mayumi Shintani * Keiko Takeshita Keiko Takeshita (竹下景子 ''Takeshita Keiko''; born on September 15, 1953 in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' as Hana Matsuzaki. Filmography Film *'' Blue Ch ... Sequels *''Detective in the Bar 2'' (2013) *''The Last Shot in the Bar'' (2017) References External links * * 2011 films 2011 drama films Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Hajime Hashimoto Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike Films shot in Sapporo Films set in Sapporo Toei Company films 2010s Japanese films {{2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugiko-san To
is a Japanese comedy, drama film directed by Keisuke Yoshida and starring Horikita Maki. It was released on December 21, 2013. The story is about parent-child love, in which an otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in ''Manga Burikko''. may be used as a pejorativ ... girl who works at an anime shop aims to become a voice actor, but her mother died who once abandoned her and her brother. She follows in the footsteps of her youth and visits her mother's hometown. Director Yoshida spent seven years on the concept of this original work. Cast * Horikita Maki as Mugiko * Matsuda Ryuhei as Norio * Yo Kimiko as Saiko Plot Mugiko is a young woman who lives with her older brother in Tokyo. She works part-time in a manga and anime store, and wants to study to be a voice actress. The siblings' mother, Saiko, left thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Passage
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura. The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and also received several nominations. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Mitsuya Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) is an unsuccessful salesman. But his love of reading and dedication, as well as a post-graduate degree in linguistics, catches the eyes of Masashi Nishioka (Joe Odagiri) and Kouhei Araki ( Kaoru Kobayashi), dictionary editors who are seeking a replacement for Araki himself, as his wife is sick and he would like to spend more time by her bedside. With Majime on the editing team, the group plans to produce a new dictionary called "Daitokai" (The Great Passage/大渡海) which would bridge the gap between people and the sea of words and would ... [...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] |
Phone Call To The Bar
is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Hajime Hashimoto and based on a novel by Naomi Azuma. Cast * Yo Oizumi as the detective * Ryuhei Matsuda as Takada * Koyuki as Saori * Toshiyuki Nishida as Toshio Kirishima * Tomorowo Taguchi as Matsuo * Yutaka Matsushige * Masanobu Takashima * Renji Ishibashi * Mayumi Shintani * Keiko Takeshita Keiko Takeshita (竹下景子 ''Takeshita Keiko''; born on September 15, 1953 in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' as Hana Matsuzaki. Filmography Film *'' Blue Ch ... Sequels *''Detective in the Bar 2'' (2013) *''The Last Shot in the Bar'' (2017) References External links * * 2011 films 2011 drama films Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Hajime Hashimoto Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike Films shot in Sapporo Films set in Sapporo Toei Company films 2010s Japanese films {{2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Detective 2
is a 2008 Japanese horror film and sequel, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, to the 2007 film Nightmare Detective, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as Kyoichi Kaganuma. Plot Still haunted by his unwanted abilities, which allows him to enter other people's dreams, and memories of his mother dying when he was a child, Kyoichi Kagenuma (Ryuhei Matsuda is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in ''Taboo'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in ''Nana''. Early life Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yūsa ...) contemplates suicide while slowly drowns in his world of misery. Yukie Mashiro ( Yui Miura), having heard rumours about Kagenuma's extraordinary abilities, visits his home to beg for his help. She tells him she suffers from nightly nightmares that are getting scarier. The murderous ghost in the dreams has already killed two of her friends and she's afraid she's the next to die. She believes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Densen Uta
is a 2007 Japanese satiric Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by Masato Harada. Many of the cast are members of the AKB48 idol girl group. Synopsis Anzu Natsuno (Yuko Oshima), a student at an all-girl high school, is walking in the hallway when she hears a mysterious melody coming from the auditorium. There, she finds her classmate Kana (Atsuko Maeda) singing and Anzu's soon shocked when she sees Kana committing suicide after the song ends. A few days later, Anzu is approached by magazine columnist Riku Nagase (Ryuhei Matsuda), who explains that he's investigating an urban legend of ''Densen Uta'', or the ''infectious song'', that turns whomever sings the song suicidal. Riku convinces Anzu and her friends to sing the song to see if there's any truth to the urban legend. They reluctantly agree and sing the song. Over next few days the girls, one by one, kill themselves, leaving Anzu to fight for her life. Coming closer to the source of the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Detective
is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Andō and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo. '' Nightmare Detective 2'' was released in 2008. Matsuda returns in the lead role of Kagenuma. Hitomi declined to reprise her role. Plot The film opens with a middle-aged man drinking beer, when a young man Kyoichi Kagenuma (Ryuhei Matsuda) appears from ''under'' the floor, and it is revealed that the older man, Mitake, is a former teacher of Kagenuma's father. Kagenuma is being haunted by the soul of a daughter whom his wife had aborted without his knowledge. Mitake refuses to help him. Kagenuma wakes up in hospital next to the body of Mitake, and surrounded by Mitake's children. Kagenuma had been in Mitake's dream, to find out who should inherit his property, but cannot answer. As he leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
is a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike. The film premiered at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006. Plot In an unknown future, Jun confesses to the murder of another boy, Shiro, at an all-boy juvenile detention facility. The story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case through interviews and intersperses testimonies by the inmates and the prison employees with events in the lives of Jun and Shiro. Jun, who is incarcerated for the murder of his rapist, forms an intensely close bond with Shiro, who is in prison for a murder and the rape of a woman. Shiro protects Jun with fanatical intensity and violence from the other boys, though his intentions toward Jun are not clear. The highly symbolic visuals and dialogue contrast with the routine nature of the police investigation, creating a somewhat surreal commentary on the nature of violence and salvation throughout the film. Cast * Ryuhei Matsuda as Jun * Masanobu Andō as Shiro *Shunsuke Kubo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampo Noir
is a 2005 Japanese anthology film An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of several shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme ... consisting of four segments based on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Synopsis Mars Canal A story told without speaking. It tells the story of a naked man who wanders through a depressing and desolate landscape recalling memories of his former lover. Mirror Hell The story revolves around Ranpo's fictional detective Kogoro Akechi (played Tadanobu Asano), as he tries to find out why several women are being found dead with burnt faces and charred skulls. During his investigation he finds an odd hand mirror at the scene that starts unraveling the mystery. Caterpillar A war hero returns home with severe injuries. He is deaf with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
