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Suna No Utsuwa (2004 TV Series)
is a 2004 Japanese television drama series. It is based on a Japanese novel ''Suna no Utsuwa''. Cast * Masahiro Nakai * Ken Watanabe * Yasuko Matsuyuki * Shinji Takeda * Masaru Nagai * Kotomi Kyono * Yoko Moriguchi * Hidekazu Akai * Masachika Ichimura * Isao Natsuyagi * Yoshio Harada Awards 7th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix *Won: Best Drama *Won: Best Actor - Masahiro Nakai is a Japanese television host, actor, news presenter, radio personality. He was the leader of the now defunct boy band SMAP, which had been the best-selling boy band in Asia. While working as a member of a boy band, he worked extensively as a te ... References 2004 Japanese television series debuts 2004 Japanese television series endings Nichiyō Gekijō Japanese drama television series Television shows based on Japanese novels {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Nakai
is a Japanese television host, actor, news presenter, radio personality. He was the leader of the now defunct boy band SMAP, which had been the best-selling boy band in Asia. While working as a member of a boy band, he worked extensively as a television presenter, hosting many of his own talk shows, variety shows, music shows, news programs, and several Olympic games as a sportscaster. His conversational method and technique has been critically praised, establishing himself as one of the most well-respected, iconic hosts in the Japanese entertainment industry. He is the host of six weekly television programs and one radio program. Since his first major role in the drama television series, ''Aji Ichimonme'' (1995), he has had a successful acting career, both in television and film. He has starred in many high-rated television series such as, ''Densetsu no Kyoushi'' (2000), ''Shiroi Kage'' (2001), ''Suna no Utsuwa'' (2004), and ''Ataru'' (2012), and a blockbuster film, ''Watas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama and studied at the Theater Art College in Tokyo after graduating high school. He is best known to anime fans as the voice of Mewtwo. Ichimura is also the ex-husband of actress and singer Ryoko Shinohara. Career In 1973, he made his debut as an actor with ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and became one of top actors of Shiki Theatre Company since then. He appeared in various musical plays as ''West Side Story'', '' Equus'', ''Cats'', '' Evita'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Besides he played the role of Shylock of ''The Merchant of Venice''. In 1990, he left the company and now signs up for Horipro. In 2013, he played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Anjin: The Shogun and The English Samurai" in London. In 2014, he cancelled the performance in ''Miss Saigon'' because of initial stomach cancer but in November of the year, he finished the treatment and returned to the theatre industry. Personal life He married Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Japanese Television Series Endings
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Japanese Television Series Debuts
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikkan Sports
is the first-launched Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1946. It has a circulation of 1,661,000, and is an affiliate newspaper of the ''Asahi Shimbun''. Companies and regions ;Nikkan Sports News (Tokyo) :Tokyo HQ: 5-10, Tsukiji Sanchome, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan ;Hokkaido Nikkan Sports News (Hokkaido) :Hokkaido HQ: KN Building, 1-30, Kita-Sanjo-Higashi Sanchome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan ;Nikkan Sports News West Japan (Osaka, Nagoya, Kyushu) :Osaka HQ: Hanshin Diamond Building, 14-24, Fukushima Sanchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan :Nagoya HQ: Asahi Kaikan, 3-3, Sakae Itchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan :Seibu HQ: Fukuoka Asahi Building, 1-1, Hakata Ekimae Nichome, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan See also * Nikkan Sports Film Award * Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix The Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix is an award given by the Nikkan Sports newspaper to Japanese television dramas. The 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix was canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
The Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix is an award given by the Nikkan Sports newspaper to Japanese television dramas. The 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix was canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peni .... Categories *Best Drama *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Newcomer Winners See also * List of Asian television awards References External linksList of Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix{{in lang, ja Awards established in 1997 Japanese television awards 1997 establishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshio Harada
was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades. Career Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in 1968 with ''Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru''. He came to fame appearing in New Action films at Nikkatsu playing youthful rebels. Among his features for Nikkatsu was the 1971 exploitation film, ''Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'' (aka ''Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'') for director Toshiya Fujita where he played the son of a yakuza boss. Leaving the Haiyūza in 1971, he appeared in films made by many directors, including Seijun Suzuki, Shūji Terayama, Azuma Morisaki, Kihachi Okamoto, Rokurō Mochizuki, Jun Ichikawa, Hirokazu Koreeda and Kōji Wakamatsu, but he was particularly favored by Kazuo Kuroki and Junji Sakamoto. He starred in many independent films, including those of the Art Theatre Guild. According to the critic Mark Schilling, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Natsuyagi
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University. He eventually left Keio before graduating and entered the Haiyuza actors school. After graduating in 1966, he joined the Toei studio and made his film debut with ''Hone made shaburu''. His first starring role was in Hideo Gosha's ''Kiba Ōkaminosuke'' (1966). Filmography Film Television Anime Dubbing *''The Bridges of Madison County'' – Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) *''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1974 TBS edition) – Joe (Clint Eastwood) *'' Nighthawks'' (1984 Fuji TV edition) – Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...) Awards and prizes Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidekazu Akai
Hidekazu (written: 秀和, 英和, 秀一 or 英一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese rower *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese composer and arranger *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese music critic and literary critic {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Watanabe
is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for '' Memories of Tomorrow'' and in 2010 for '' Shizumanu Taiyō''. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films ''Batman Begins'' and ''Inception'', as well as '' Memoirs of a Geisha'', and ''Pokémon Detective Pikachu''. In 2014, he starred in the reboot ''Godzilla'' as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, a role he reprised in the sequel, '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters''. He lent his voice to the fourth and fifth installments of the ''Transformers'' franchise respectively, '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'' and '' Transformers: The Last Knight'', as Decepticon-turned-Autobot Drift. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Moriguchi
is a Japanese actress. She made her film debut with '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' in 1983. Filmography Film * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) * ''Final Take'' (1986) * ''Chichi'' (1988) * ''Kacho Shima Kosaku'' (1992) * ''Unloved'' (2001) * '' Casshern'' (2004) * '' The Taste of Fish'' (2008) * ''Rebirth'' (2011) * '' Key of Life'' (2012) * '' Orange'' (2015) * '' Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment'' (2015) * ''Sun'' (2016) * '' To Each His Own'' (2017) * '' Shoplifters'' (2018) * ''He Won't Kill, She Won't Die'' (2019) * ''Come On, Kiss Me Again!'' (2020) * ''Hiroshima Piano'' (2020) * ''Love Mooning'' (2021) * ''I'll Be Your Ears'' (2021) * ''The Lone Ume Tree'' (2021) * '' Whisper of the Heart'' (2022), Shizuku's mother * ''Shylock's Children'' (2023) Television * ''Hissatsu Shigotonin V'' (1985) * ''A.D. Boogie'' (1991) * ''Imoto Yo'' (1994) * '' Toki o Kakeru Shojo'' (1994) * ''Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune'' (1995), Takehime * ''Minikui Ahiru no Ko'' (1996) * ''Sono Ki ni Nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
