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Sansei Shiomi
is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiomi went to Doshisha University. He joined the theater troupe En in 1978 and soon also began appearing in film and television, mostly as a character actor. He won a Japan Movie Critics Award for best supporting actor for the film ''Ki no Umi'' (2004). Selected filmography Film * '' The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark'' (1993) * ''Love Letter'' (1995) * '' Swallowtail'' (1996) * ''Eureka'' (2000) * ''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) * '' Go'' (2001) * ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2003), Kondō Isami * ''Blood and Bones'' (2004) * ''Ki no Umi'' (2004) * '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) * ''The Battery'' (2007) * '' Like a Dragon'' (2007) * '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007) * ''Crows Zero'' (2007) * ''Tokyo Rendezvous'' (2008) * '' Children of the Dark'' (2008) * '' Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky'' (2009) * ''Villain'' (2010) * ''A Song I Remember'' (2011) * '' Hoshi Mamoru Inu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayabe City
is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,082 in 13660 households and a population density of 90 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Ayabe is situated in the mountains of Northern Kyoto Prefecture, with the Yura River flowing through the center of the city. Climate Ayabe has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ayabe is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1639 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C. Neighbouring municipalities * Kyoto Prefecture ** Maizuru ** Fukuchiyama ** Nantan ** Kyōtanba * Fukui Prefecture ** Ōi ** Takahama History Ayabe is part of ancient Tanba Province. Per the '' Nihon Shoki'' and other historical sources, the area was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukiyaki Western Django
is a 2007 English-language Japanese Western film directed by Takashi Miike. The title of the film refers to the Japanese dish ''sukiyaki'' as well as Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western film '' Django.'' The film was produced by Sedic International, Geneon Universal Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Shogakukan, A-Team, Nagoya Broadcasting Network and Tokyu Recreation. It also takes inspiration from the "Man with No Name" stock character variously used in the Spaghetti Western genre but most notably in the ''Dollars'' trilogy by Sergio Leone (initially inspired by Akira Kurosawa's jidaigeki film ''Yojimbo''). The film features an ensemble cast that includes Hideaki Itō, Kōichi Satō, Yūsuke Iseya, Masanobu Andō, Masato Sakai, Yoji Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Sansei Shiomi, Takaaki Ishibashi, Shun Oguri, Quentin Tarantino, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa and Kaori Momoi. Inspired by the historical rivalry between the Genji and Heik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruri No Shima
is a Japanese television series which was broadcast on Nippon Television from 16 April to 18 June 2005. Synopsis On Hatomi (a fictional name derived from Hatoma, the actual island where the drama was filmed), a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing of the school is a virtual given. Mr. Nakama (Ken Ogata), decides to do something about it - and heads for Tokyo to recruit his grandson. Rebuffed by his daughter, however, he decides to adopt another child. He finds Ruri (Riko Narumi), a mature girl of 11 who distrusts people because her mother (Naomi Nishida) doesn't care much about her, but after seeing Mr. Nakama's true intentions, allows him to take her to the island. Unfortunately, the local teacher, Ms. Sanae (Manami Konishi), who was banking on the school's closing to be able to go somewhere else, is resentful of Ruri and makes light o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kō No Moroyasu
Iwanami Nihonshi Jiten was one of the leading generals of Shōgun Ashikaga Takauji during the Nanboku-chō period, along with his brother Moronao and his cousin Morofuyu. Life In 1335 he was sent west from Kamakura, the capital, at the head of a large army. The goal was to secure the shōgun's control over the region, and prepare for an attack to the west, expanding the Shōgun's power. However, the Imperial Court sent its army, bolstered by warriors from across the country, against the shogunate and against Moroyasu and Moronao in particular. This army, led by Nitta Yoshisada, met Moroyasu's force on 10 December, and they fought again ten days later. After a number of skirmishes, Moroyasu's army, despite being reinforced by men under Ashikaga Tadayoshi, was defeated, and withdrew into the Hakone Mountains. Here, at Sanoyama and Mishima, another set of skirmishes took place, eventually resulting in the destruction of Nitta's Imperial force when the shōgun arrived with furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiheiki (TV Series)
''Taiheiki'' (太平記) is a 1991 Japanese historical television series and the 29th NHK taiga drama. It is based on the 1958 novel ''Shihon Taiheiki'' by Eiji Yoshikawa. Plot Ashikaga Takauji cooperated with Emperor Go-Daigo and overthrew the Kamakura shogunate. The emperor began the Kenmu Restoration, but the samurai are more dissatisfied than before. As the leader of samurai, Takauji is worried about whether to establish a new shogunate. Cast Ashikaga clan *Hiroyuki Sanada as Ashikaga Takauji *Yasuko Sawaguchi as Akahashi Tōko (Tōshi), Takauji's wife *Ken Ogata as Ashikaga Sadauji, Takauji's father *Shiho Fujimura as Uesugi Kiyoko, Takauji's mother *Masanobu Takashima as Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Takauji's younger brother *Kataoka Takatarō as Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Takauji's heir **Yūsuke Morita as Senjuō (young Yoshiakira) *Michitaka Tsutsui as Ashikaga Tadafuyu, Takauji's illegitimate son **Yūichirō Yamazaki as Izayamaru (young Tadafuyu) *Yasuo Daichi as Isshiki Umanosuke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oretachi Wa Tenshi Da!
is an action and comedy Japanese TV series starring Masaya Oki which was originally broadcast on Nippon TV in 1979. The show won great popularity in its time. It is noted for the ad-libbing and jokes by the cast and staff. Plot Masato Asō was a detective of Nizuma police station but he was forced to resign. He sets up office in a building in Aoyama as a private detective. Asō solves various incidents taking advantage of his former profession. He is always trying to get a lot of money even with nearly illegal ways through works from clients. But eventually, it always ends up not working. Each of Asō private detective office's members has their own profession, but helps Aso's investigation as a part-time job.沖雅也in太陽にほえろ! p.96-99 They have unique nicknames. Cast Asō's private detective office members * Masaya Oki as Masato Asō (Cap) * Yumi Takigawa as Youko Fujinami (You), a secretary of Asō * Kyōhei Shibata as Shōzō Irie (Darts) * Masaki Kanda a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (2019 Film)
is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the story of a boxer and a call girl who become unwittingly involved in a drug-smuggling scheme. The film premiered on 17 May 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, before being released in theaters in the United Kingdom and Japan in February 2020. Plot Leo, an up-and-coming boxer, works at a Chinese restaurant in Kabukichō, Tokyo as his day job. After taking a surprise punch and collapsing during a match, he is told by a doctor that he has an inoperable brain tumor and does not have long to live. Meanwhile, drug-addicted call girl Yuri is trying to pay off her father's debts. She is trapped by yakuza member Yasu and his girlfriend Julie in an apartment, which is used as one of the yakuza's drug-dealing hubs. In the same district of Tokyo, yakuza member Kase and corrupt cop Ōtomo plan a drug-smuggling scheme: they plan to steal drugs from Yasu and Julie, then blame it on Yuri, hoping her drug habit will be enough to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outrage Coda
is a 2017 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), and was released in Japan on 7 October 2017. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2012 film, ''Beyond Outrage'', and completes Kitano's ''Outrage'' trilogy started in 2010. It received its premiere when it was screened out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Plot summary The movie opens up with a scene of two ordinary-looking men, Otomo and his right-hand man Ichikawa fishing off the resort island of Jeju in South Korea. Later on that night Otomo is chauffeured to a nightclub full of prostitutes. He is treated with the utmost respect by all thus identifying him as the chief. He soon receives a call from a customer at a hotel with a service complaint. Otomo and a team of men go to meet the customer and encounter a henchman beating up on two of his prostitutes in a hotel living room. Otomo is told that the two prostitutes were non-compliant with their boss, Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl In The Sunny Place
is a 2013 Japanese fantasy romance film directed by Takahiro Miki. The film, about an ordinary young couple named Kosuke and Mao, is based on a novel by Osamu Koshigaya of the same name that ranked first among novels which Japanese girls wanted boys to read in the year 2011, and has sold more than one million copies in Japan. Plot Kosuke and Mao were classmates in the Junior High School and they were also each other's "first love". However, their relationship was ended when Kosuke transferred to another school. Since then they never contacted each other again. 10 Years Later, Kosuke started working as a Salesman at a Railway Advertising Company. That's when the miracle reunion happened, when he met Mao at the presentation for the company that Mao's working for. Both of them fell in love again and decided to marry soon after that. Kosuke and Mao started a very happy married life. Everything seems to go well for them. Until the "Incident" happened. The next day after that "Incid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outrage Beyond
is a 2012 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), Toshiyuki Nishida, and Tomokazu Miura. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2010 film ''Outrage'' and is followed by the 2017 film ''Outrage Coda''. Plot summary Five years have passed since the events of ''Outrage''. Otomo, former Yakuza of the Sanno-kai crime syndicate, is presumed dead after being stabbed in prison by Kimura, whose clan Otomo helped destroy. Sekiuchi, chairman of the Sanno-Kai, was assassinated and succeeded by his underboss Kato, who has completely overhauled the syndicate to involve more legitimate businesses and build influence among high-ranking government officials, overseen by Ishihara, Otomo's treasurer and betrayer. However, Kato's emphasis on a system of modernization and profit-based promotion offends and concerns the more senior bosses, who are continually passed over in favor of younger, more profitable members and fear becoming obsolete. The murder of an an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoshi Mamoru Inu
(English title: ''Star Watching Dog'') is a 2011 Japanese film loosely based on the manga of the same name and directed by Tokiyuki Takimoto. It was released on 11 June 2011. Cast * Toshiyuki Nishida as "Daddy", the name Happie gives to the man of the family. His real name is never revealed. * "Happie" as himself. A white Akita dog. * Tetsuji Tamayama as Kyosuke Okutsu * Umika Kawashima as Yuki Kawamura * Kimiko Yo as the innkeeper * Yoichi Nukumizu as Tomita * Mari Hamada as Tomita's wife * Sansei Shiomi as Nishitani, a manager * Shido Nakamura as a Convenient Store Manager * Kayoko Kishimoto as the mom * Tatsuya Fuji as Kyosuke's grandfather * Tomokazu Miura as the seaside restaurant owner Synopsis In the middle of a camping field, an unidentified male corpse is discovered inside an abandoned van, with a dead dog body resting at its feet. Kyosuke Okutsu, a social worker is assigned to locate the man's family and inform them about his death. As he investigates, Okutsu notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villain (2010 Film)
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for ''Hula Girls''), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi. Plot Abandoned by his mother at an early age, Yuichi Shimizu (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a young man who lives with and takes care of his grandparents in a decaying fishing village near Nagasaki. He works as a blue-collar day-labourer and leads a lonely life: his only real interest is his car. Looking for companionship through online dating sites, Yuichi meets Yoshino Ishibashi (Hikari Mitsushima) a young insurance saleswoman from Fukuoka. But it is clear that Yoshino has no respect for Yuichi. She looks down on him, and even demands money for their encounters, which—as she candidly tells her fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
