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Shodō Girls
is a 2010 Japanese film. This film is based on the story behind the ''Shodō Performance Kōshien'', a performance calligraphy competition in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Directed by Ryuichi Inomata, this film stars actress Riko Narumi as the head of the school's calligraphy club. Set in Shikokuchuo, a town famous for its calligraphy paper, ''Shodo Girls'' tells the story of three high school girls who revived the depression-battered town by organizing a performance calligraphy competition. ''Shodo Girls'' was featured at the 2010 Cannes market, an event that runs concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival. It was subsequently released in the Japanese box office on 15 May 2010. In total, ''Shodo Girls'' grossed a total of US$1,394,221 in Japan and Taiwan. Plot Shikokuchūō is a town that specializes in making calligraphy paper. However, the town had been devastated by the Japanese Recession, and many shops in the town's shopping arcade were forced to close. Over at Tsumishima High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro Iwashiro
is a Japanese composer. Career Iwashiro has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both '' Red Cliff'' films, '' Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', ''Azumi'', ''The Prince of Tennis'', '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'', and the Korean film ''Memories of Murder''. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game '' Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny''. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama ''Yoshitsune'' and 2008 film ''Red Cliff''. He also composed the opening song for a video game, ''Breath of Fire IV'' (2000). Filmography * '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'' (1997) * ''The Dog of Flanders'' (1997) * '' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000) * ''Memories of Murder'' (2003) * '' Spring Snow'' (2005) * ''Sinking of Japan'' (2006) * '' Red Cliff'' (2008) * ''Shodo Girls'' (2010) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' (2011) * '' Rengō Kantai S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuaki Kaneko
is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is nicknamed and N.K. He is a member of the rock band Rize. He is represented with Itoh Company and his label is Illchill. He graduated from Horikoshi High School. Kaneko's father was Johnny Yoshinaga who was also a drummer, and his mother is singer Mari Kaneko. His younger brother is Kensuke Kaneko (known as KenKen) who is the bassist of Rize, and the brothers formed a rhythm section. In November 2013, Kaneko married a non-celebrity woman who is a former model. Discography Bands *Gonna Be Fun: a band formed in ''Ponkickies'' with Rie Tomosaka (vocals) and Takumi Samejima (guitar). On 1 November 1997, the band released a single CD "Birthday Party" with Toshiba EMI. *Rize: three-piece band with Jesse (vocals) and his brother KenKen (bass). *Dadas: Indie band with Daisuke Ide (vocal and guitar), Hidenaki Tanaka (bass), Kenji Akimine (guitar) and Kaneko (drums). They belong to Disillusion Recordings. *Torcerse: a unit formed by Kaneko and KenKe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday's Dreamers
is a Japanese manga series written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Comic Dragon'' magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes. In 2006, Tokyopop released the manga in the United States under the name ''Someday's Dreamers''. ''Someday's Dreamers'' was also adapted into an anime television series that was animated by J.C.Staff under the direction of Masami Shimoda. It is loosely based on the storyline of the first manga series with new characters added to the story. It ran for a total of 12 episodes on TV Asahi and was later licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA. After the closure of Geneon USA, the series was relicensed by Sentai Filmworks. Another story set in the same universe, , written and drawn by the same author and illustrator, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comic Dragon Age''. It ran from December 2003 to February 2006 and was later released in five boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Wars
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō. The film tells the story of Kenji Koiso, a timid eleventh-grade math genius who is taken to Ueda by twelfth-grade student, Natsuki Shinohara to celebrate her great-grandmother's 90th birthday. However, he is falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world by a self-aware, sadistic artificial intelligence named Love Machine. Kenji must repair the damage done, and find a way to stop the rogue computer program from causing any further chaos. After producing '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'', Madhouse was asked to produce something new. Hosoda and writer Satoko Okudera created a story about a social network and a stranger's connection with strange family. The real-life city of Ueda was chosen as the setting for ''Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushido Sixteen
is a 2007 novel by Tetsuya Honda ( 誉田 哲也 ''Honda Tetsuya''). It was adapted into a film directed by Tomoyuki Furumaya. Jiro Ando created a manga adaptation. Archive . News. Retrieved on 23 January 2015. Characters * Kaori Isoyama - * Sanae Nishogi - |
A Tale Of Mari And Three Puppies
is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Ryuichi Inomata. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 8 December 2007. It is based on a true story in the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake. This story has frequently been reported in the media and has also made into a book. Plot On the way back home, Ryota and his sister Aya met an abandoned Shiba Inu. At first reluctant to adopt it because their father hates dogs, they eventually brought it home secretly because the dog kept on following them home. In order to officially keep the dog at home, Aya told her grandfather that she wanted that dog for her birthday present. Since he promised to give her anything she wants for her birthday, he reluctantly agreed. This initially led to a quarrel between him and his son. Meanwhile, his son, is considering moving to Nagaoka city from Yamakoshi, their village, reduce the time needed for his father to reach the hospital and for the children to live near their school, despite opposition from his father. Aya subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajime Okayama
is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname. Possible writings Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *始め, "beginning" or "start" *初め, "beginning" or "first" ;as a given name *一, "first" *元, "beginning" or "origin" *始, "beginning" or "start" *肇, "beginning" *基, "fundamental" *創, "genesis" *孟, "beginning" or "chief" *朔, "first day of month" *甫, "beginning" or "great" The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ People Given name *, Japanese politician *, Japanese musician, actor and comedian *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese football player *, first doctor to discover the Minamata disease *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese manga artist; creator of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include: * 良子; good, child * 佳子; agreeable, child * 美子; beautiful, child * 義子; moral and just, child * 吉子; fortunate, child * 悦子; joyful, child * 祥子; auspicious, child * 芳子; fragrant, child * 慶子; jubilant, child * 好子; fond and pleasing, child Japanese royalty * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga (786–842) * Fujiwara no Yoshiko (died 807), consort of Emperor Kanmu * Yoshiko (1122–1133), daughter of Emperor Toba * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen (1654–1732) * Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku) (1779–1846), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku * Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya) (1804–1893), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu * Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–1948), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Asaka
(born September 6, 1955) is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki ''Abarenbo Shogun.'' As of 2005, she is still active in television commercials. On August 31, 2006, she played a guest-star role in the prime-time series ''Shin Kasōken no Onna File 8'' on TV Asahi. She also guest-starred in the episode of Mito Komon for broadcast on August 20, 2007 (season 37, episode 20). A year later, Mayumi appeared in a TV Tokyo Wednesday night mystery show, ''Ryokō Sakka Chaya Jirō'' #8. Filmography Films *'' The Complex'' (2013), Hitomi's mother *''Love and the Grand Tug-of-war'' (2021) *''Fragments of the Last Will'' (2022) *'' Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022'' (2022), Masayo Hoshino Television *''Ultraman Taro'' (1973) *''The Emperor's Cook'' (1980), Mitsu *'' Dr. Coto's Clinic'' (2003–06), Masayo Hoshino *''Last Friends'' (2008), Yoko Kishimoto *''Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junkichi Orimoto
was a Japanese actor. Orimoto often worked with Kinji Fukasaku and Sadao Nakajima. He started his acting career at the Shinkyō theatre company in 1949. His first film appearance was in the 1952 film ''Yamabiko Gakkō'' directed by Tadashi Imai. In 2019, he died of old age at the age of 92. His final film appearance was in the 2018 film ''blank13''. Filmography Films * ''Yamabiko Gakkō'' (1952) * '' Gakusei Shinjū'' (1954) * ''The Eternal Breasts'' (1955) as Shigeru Anzai * ''Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) as Sugita * ''Jun'ai Monogatari'' (1956) as Detective * ''The Rice People'' (1957) as Fisherman * ''Planet Prince'' (1958) as Colonel Matsuda * ''Three Outlaw Samurai'' (1958) as Kurahashi * '' The Human condition Part1'' (1959) as Sai * ''Gang vs. G-Men'' (1962) as Yuichi Noguchi * ''Assassination'' (1964) as Kamo Serizawa * ''Revenge'' (1964) * ''Kwaidan'' (1965) * ''Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' (1970) as Owner of rice store * '' Tora-san's Forget Me Not'' (1973) as Kurihara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
