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Sanshō Shinsui
was a Japanese actor. Biography Shinsui's ex-wife was Midori Hagio. His older brother was director and actor Ryusaku Shinsui. Shinsui once belonged to Tokyo Kid Brothers. After he left that, he launched the theatrical troupe Mr. Slim Company in 1975. On 1978, he debuted in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film, ''Jokōsei Tenshi no Harawata'', which was scripted his brother. Shinsui appeared in many film noir. He regularly acted in films by Shohei Imamura such as ''The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film), The Ballad of Narayama'', ''Black Rain (1989 Japanese film), Black Rain'', and ''The Eel (film), The Eel''. Filmography Dramas NHK Nippon TV Tokyo Broadcasting System Fuji Television TV Asahi TV Tokyo Films Direct-to-video Albums Variety series References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinsui, Sansho 1947 births 2017 deaths Japanese male actors People from Kumamoto Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to the northeast, Miyazaki Prefecture to the southeast, and Kagoshima Prefecture to the south. Kumamoto is the capital and largest city of Kumamoto Prefecture, with other major cities including Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Amakusa, Kumamoto, Amakusa, and Tamana, Kumamoto, Tamana. Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyūshū on the coast of the Ariake Sea, across from Nagasaki Prefecture, with the mainland separated from the East China Sea by the Amakusa Archipelago. Kumamoto Prefecture is home to Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world, with its peak above sea level. History Historically, the area was called Higo Province; and the province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Doctor Jumbo!!
is a Japanese slice of life medical comedy ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Ryō Koshino. It's published since 2011 by Kodansha in ''Shūkan Gendai'' magazine. The last chapter will be published on March 2, 2015. The chapters have so far been compiled into 13 volumes. A Japanese television drama series adaptation was broadcast in 2013. Cast * Daisuke Maki as Dr. Jumbo *Shiori Kutsuna as Hichō *Yō Yoshida *Yuko Fueki *Toshinori Omi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring ro ... Volumes *1 (October 21, 2011) *2 (January 23, 2012) *3 (April 23, 2012) *4 (July 23, 2012) *5 (October 23, 2012) *6 (February 22, 2013) *7 (May 23, 2013) *8 (September 20, 2013) *9 (December 20, 2013) *10 (March 20, 2014) *11 (June 23, 2014) *12 (September 22, 2014) *13 (December 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Samurai I Loved
is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Maki * Yoshino Kimura as Fuku * Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonosuke * Ryo Fukawa as Kowada Ippei * Mieko Harada as Tose * Ken Ogata as Maki Sukezaemon * Takuya Ishida * Aimi Satsukawa as Fuku, childhood * Masahiro Hisano * Yukihiro Iwabuchi * Ryō Tamura References External links * 2005 films 2005 drama films Japanese drama films 2000s Japanese-language films Films scored by Taro Iwashiro 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite Eve (film)
is a 1997 Japanese science fiction film that was directed by Masayuki Ochiai and is based on the 1995 novel ''Parasite Eve'' by Hideaki Sena. Kiyomi (Riona Hazuki), the wife of Toshiaki Nagashima (Hiroshi Mikami), is left brain dead after a traffic accident on the day of their first wedding anniversary. Nagashima attempts to make Kiyomi live again by making a deal with a doctor who wants to harvest Kiyomi's kidneys for transplanting into a young girl in the same hospital. Nagashima agrees on the condition that he can have his wife's liver. While Nagashima experiments with the organ, the doctor finds one night the samples have emerged as a gelatinous form in the form of Toshiaki's dead wife and reveal themselves as an organization of sentient mitochondria that are bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity. In 1997, Kadokawa Shoten decided to use the film production side of its business to develop a film version of ''Parasite Eve'', making it its first film in thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Soul Is Slashed
, also known as ''From Dracula with Love'', is a 1991 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. It stars Ken Ogata as a pharmaceutical company employee who finds himself in intensive care after a critical injury and during a Blood transfusion, transfusion is given the blood of Count Dracula. Plot After the complete destruction of Count Dracula, his vampiric blood arrives in Japan, where a young scientist who is researching vampires hides it in a hospital for later experiments. At the same time, Shutaro Ishikawa, who works for a pharmaceutical company, discovers a scandal, but is killed before he can make it public. In the hospital, he accidentally receives some of Dracula's blood. The young scientist tells the daughter of Shutaro to drop blood on his ashes to allow him to revive. One year later, Shutaro is reborn as a vampire. After some familiarization with his situation and help from his daughter and the scientist, his goal is to avenge his murder by feasting on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vengeance Is Mine (1979 Film)
is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryūzō Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi, changing the protagonist's name to Iwao Enokizu. Plot In the opening scenes, serial killer Iwao Enokizu is taken to a police station, where he is greeted by an angry mob and a huge crowd of journalists. The police interrogate him, but he refuses to answer. The film then switches to a series of Flashback (narrative), flashback sequences, starting with the initial murders. Enokizu tricks and then kills two men, steals their money and disappears. He travels to another city, where he asks a taxi driver to take him to an inn where he can get a prostitute. He tells the innkeeper, a woman called Haru, that he is a professor at Kyoto University. The police, searching for Enokizu, put out bulletins with his face on television. The prostitute thinks the professor is Enokizu, but she is told not to go to the police because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untouchable (2009 TV Series)
{{Unreferenced, date=April 2010 ''Untouchable'' is a TV series that was aired in Japan in 2009. Details *Title: アンタッチャブル *Title (English): Untouchable *Format: Renzoku *Genre: Mystery, comedy *Episodes: 9 *Viewership rating: 8.2 (Kanto) *Broadcast network: ABC TV (main), TV Asahi *Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-16 to 2009-Dec-18 *Air time: Friday 21:00 *Theme song: Orion by GIRL NEXT DOOR *Insert song: Koko ni Iru yo by 72 *Websiteuntouchable.asahi.co.jp/ Synopsis When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her persistence. While investigating her stories, she tends to notice details that imply some hidden truth beneath the surface, leading her to probe deeper into dangerous secrets. Casts *Nakama Yukie as Narumi Ryoko *Kaname Jun as Toyama Shiro * Sato Tomohito as Takafuji Shinichi *As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitantei No Okite
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Asahi from 17 April 2009 to 19 June 2009. It is based on a book by Keigo Higashino. Cast * Shota Matsuda * Yūichi Kimura * Yuu Kashii * Chisun * Jingi Irie * Ryosuke Miura * Ryoko Kobayashi is a Japanese actress. Filmography Movies *''Hinokio'' (2005), Sumire *''Kamen Rider The First'' (2005), Miyoko Harada *''Zoo'' (2005) *'' Helen the Baby Fox'' (2006), Misuzu Yajima *''Wangan Midnight'' (2009) *'' Pink and Gray'' (2016) *''21 ... References Japanese drama television series 2009 Japanese television series debuts 2009 Japanese television series endings TV Asahi television dramas Japanese comedy television series Mystery television series Television shows based on Japanese novels Television shows based on works by Keigo Higashino {{mystery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibō
is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' AIBOU: The Movie III'' (2014) and ''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017). The drama features , a police inspector assigned to the fictional of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as from 2000 to 2009; from 2022, from 2009 to 2012, from 2012 to 2015, and from 2015 to 2022. In Season 15 Episode 3, Roland appears as a host. ''AIBOU'' is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name ''Partners'', and in Los Angeles by the station Japan Hollywood Network (before UTB 18.1) under the official English name ''AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo''. Seasons Films * " AIBOU: The Movie" (2008) directed by Seiji Izumi * " AIBOU: The Movie II" (2010) directed by Seiji Izumi * "AIBOU: The Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky High (TV Series)
(also known as ''Skyhigh'') is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name (produced while the series was still in production and starring the same actress). Both are based on the Japanese manga, '' Skyhigh''. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife.Sky High Season 1 Official Site (Japanese) Sky High Season 2 Official Site (Japanese) Season 2 DVD Box set http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBP-2497 The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use her powers to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife by helping them determine the meaning or circumstance of their death. However, in Izuko's case, no matter how hard she tries, her guidance does not always result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick (TV Series)
''Trick'' comprises a comedic Japanese television drama and movie series (three seasons, four movies, and three feature-length TV specials), as well as associated comic books, novelizations and meta-fiction novels about a failed magician and an arrogant physicist who debunks fraudulent spiritualists. It stars Hiroshi Abe (actor), Hiroshi Abe and Yukie Nakama and is shown on TV Asahi (digital TV channel 5). It was created by Japanese director Yukihiko Tsutsumi and produced by Toho. Synopsis Although 23-year-old Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama) considers herself a beautiful and talented magician, she is continuously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. Before firing her, her manager shows Yamada an ad for a physics professor, Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe (actor), Hiroshi Abe), a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mito Kōmon
is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011, making it the longest-running ''jidaigeki'' in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-''shōgun'' and retired second ''daimyō'' of the Mito Domain. In the guise of Mitsuemon, a retired crepe merchant from Echigo, he roams Japan with two samurai retainers, fun-loving Sasaki Sukesaburō (Suke-san) and studious Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kaku-san). An episode typically starts with some injustice perpetrated by a corrupt official, a wealthy merchant or a gangster. The travelers arrive incognito, discover the injustice and quietly investigate it. The episode concludes with a brawl in which the unarmed, disguised protagonists defeat a crowd of samurai and gangsters, culminating in the presentation of the '' inrō'' that reveals the hero's identity. Afterwards, the hero passes judgement on the villains, sets things straight with comments and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
