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Satoshi Suzuki
is a Japanese screenwriter. Selected works Television * series head writer denoted in bold *'' Ultraman: Towards the Future'' (1992) * ''Kenkaya Ukon'' (1993) * ''Meibugyo Toyama no Kin-san'' (1993) * ''Ultraman Cosmos'' (2002) * ''Kinyu Fushoku Retto Saisei'' (2005) * '' Neuro: Supernatural Detective'' (2007) * '' Top Secret ~The Revelation~'' (2008) * ''Aoi Bungaku'' (2009) * ''Jidankoshonin Gota Keshi'' (2011) * ''Himitsu Chouhouin Erika'' (2011) *''Chihayafuru'' (2011-2012) * ''Akagawa Jiro Gensaku Doku Poison'' (2012) * ''Tokusou'' (2014) * ''Shi no Zouki'' (2015) * ''Hitoya no Toge ~Goku no Toge~'' (2017) *''Ultraman Z'' (2020) Films *'' Spellbound'' (1999) — Nominated: Japan Academy Prize for best screenplay *'' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * ''Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company'' (2006) * ''Berna no Shippo'' (2006) * ''Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai'' (2009) *''The Incite Mill is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chihayafuru
is a Japanese ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''josei'' manga magazine ''Be Love'' from December 2007 to August 2022, with its chapters collected in 50 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is about a school girl, Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up ''Hyakunin Isshu karuta'' competitively. An anime television series adaptation aired from October 2011 to March 2012. The second season aired from January to June 2013 and the third from October 2019 to March 2020. Three live action film adaptations were released from 2016 to 2018. The manga has won the Manga Taishō and the Kodansha Manga Award. Since its fourth volume was released in March 2009, it has regularly appeared on the Japanese Comic Ranking chart, and as of December 2022, the manga had 28 million copies in circulation. Its popularity has boosted the profile of competitive karuta in Japan. Plot Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Screenwriters
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The Incite Mill
is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movie is based on Honobu Yonezawa's novel ''The Incite Mill''. Plot Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 yen ($1,236 US dollars) per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary. They are then taken to a remote underground complex where they are locked up and forced to participate in a murderous game that will last for seven days. Cast * Tatsuya Fujiwara as Rikuhiko Yuki * Haruka Ayase as Shoko Suwana * Satomi Ishihara as Miya Sekimizu * Aya Hirayama as Wakana Tachibana * Shinji Takeda as Sousuke Iwai * Tsuyoshi Abe as Yudai Osako * Kin'ya Kitaōji as Yoshi Ando * Nagisa Katahira as Sawako Fuchi * Takurō Ōno as Yukito Maki * Masanori Ishii as Munehiro Nishino * Yuki Furukawa as Indian Doll (voice) * Daisuke Kikuta Theme music *Song title: "Shinjitemiru" ( シンジテミル), translates to "See the Truth" *Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35101) *Release date: October 13, 2010 *This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witch Of The Pacific Ocean
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize (film)
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai'') for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards. Venue Since 1998 the venue is regularly the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa of Prince Hotels in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Admission tickets for this award ceremony are also sold to regular customers. As of 2015, there is a charge of 40,000 Yen which includes a French cuisine course dinner named after the award ceremony. Spectators are expected to attend in semi-formal attire. Elementary school students and younger are not permitted. Award The winners are selected from the recipients of the Award for Excellence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbound (1999 Film)
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. Cast * Kōji Yakusho as Hiroshi Kitano * Tatsuya Nakadai as Hideaki Sasaki * Kippei Shiina as Akio Katayama * Jun Fubuki as Kyoko Kitano * Jinpachi Nezu as Kohei Nakayama * Mayumi Wakamura as Miho Wada * Kei Satō as Takashi Hisayama * Kenichi Endō as Ōnogi * Hitomi Kuroki as Hiroko Sato * Tetsurō Tamba (special appearance) as Tajiro Kawakami * Renji Ishibashi * Taketoshi Naitō * Nobuyuki Katsube * Haruma Miura * Joe Odagiri * Yumi Takigawa * Kenichi Yajima * Ikuji Nakamura Awards and nominations 24th Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Film * Won: Best Actress - Jun Fubuki * Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kippei Shiina 23rd Japan Academy Prize * Won: Best Film Editing * Nominated: Best Film * Nominated: Best Director * Nominated: Best Actor - Kōji Yakusho * Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Kippei Shiina * Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Mayumi Wakamura * Nominated: Best Screenplay * Nominated: Best Cinematography * Nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultraman Z
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' drama produced by Tsuburaya Productions. It is the 32nd entry to the Ultra Series and the eighth entry to the lineup, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ultraman Zero. It premiered in TV Tokyo on June 20, 2020. Synopsis Remnants of Ultraman Belial, known as the Devil Splinters, were scattered across the universe and turned infected monsters into berserkers. To combat the resulting chaos, the Land of Light created the Ultra Medals and Z Risers, but several of these devices were stolen by Celebro, forcing Ultraman Zero and his self-proclaimed disciple Z to chase it to the Earth. Z carried out his incapacitated master's mission and the Z Riser to recover the stolen Ultra Medals on Earth, where he bonded with STORAGE officer Haruki Natsukawa to combat the space monster Genegarg. Ever since then, Haruki assisted Z in reclaiming lost Ultra Medals and at the same time defending mankind from monsters and extraterrestrial threats. Haruki's mission as a S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoi Bungaku
is a twelve episode Japanese anime series featuring adaptations inspired by six short stories from Japanese literature. The six stories are adapted from classic Japanese tales. Happinet, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, McRAY, MTI, Threelight Holdings, Movic, and Visionare were involved in the production of the series. Character designs were provided by manga artists Takeshi Obata (#1–4, 7–8), Tite Kubo (#5–6, 11, 12) and Takeshi Konomi (#9–10). Stories adapted * ''No Longer Human'', by Osamu Dazai (episode 1–4): The path of a man with intense feelings of alienation towards society and the feeling of "humanity". * ''Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita'', by Ango Sakaguchi (episode 5–6): A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be. * ''Kokoro'', by Natsume Sōseki (episode 7–8): A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend to come live wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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