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Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura (藤村 志保 ''Fujimura Shiho'', born 3 January 1939 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography Films *''Shinobi no Mono'' (1962) *''Kujira Gami'' (1962) *'' Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance'' (1963) *''Zatoichi on the Road'' (1963) *'' Akumyō Muteki'' (1965) *''Return Of Daimajin'' (1966) *''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1966) *''Zatoichi's Cane Sword'' (1967) *''The Snow Woman'' (1968) *''Fumō Chitai'' (1976) *'' Tora-san Plays Cupid'' (1977) *'' Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni'' (1993) *''Bloom in the Moonlight'' (1993), Tatsu Taki *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *''Gemini'' (1999) *''Merdeka 17805'' (2001) *''Inugami'' (2001) *'' Yunagi City, Sakura Country'' (2007) *'' Inju: The Beast in the Shadow'' (2008) Television *''Taikōki'' (1965), Nene *''Ōgon no Hibi'' (1978), Yodo-dono *''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986), Tokiwa Gozen *''Taiheiki'' (1991), Uesugi Kiyok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west. Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Kawasaki, Sagamihara, and Fujisawa. Kanagawa Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast on Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay, separated by the Miura Peninsula, across from Chiba Prefecture on the Bōsō Peninsula. Kanagawa Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with Yokohama and many of its cities being major commercial hubs and southern suburbs of Tokyo. Kanagawa Prefecture was the political and economic center of Japan du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wait And See (1998 Film)
''Wait and See'' ( ja, あ、春, Ah, haru, italic=yes) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000. Career and style His film '' Moving'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. His 1998 film, '' Wait and See'', won the FIPRESCI .... References External links * 1998 films Japanese drama films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Actresses
The following is a list of Japanese actresses in surname alphabetical order. Names are displayed given name first, per Wikipedia manual of style. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing that they are Japanese actresses or must have references showing that they are Japanese actresses and are notable. A * Haruka Abe *Nagisa Abe *Natsumi Abe *Rika Adachi *Yumi Adachi *Saki Aibu *Shoko Aida *Yuzuki Aikawa *Rina Aizawa *Kyoko Aizome *Sayaka Akimoto *Tsubasa Akimoto *Yoko Akino * Rio Akisada *Kumiko Akiyoshi *Yūki Amami *Chisato Amate *Eiko Ando * Sakura Andō *Yū Aoi *Wakana Aoi *Mayuko Aoki *Tsuru Aoki *Yuko Araki *Yui Aragaki *Michiyo Aratama *Narimi Arimori *Kasumi Arimura *Momoka Ariyasu *Nao Asahi *Mayumi Asaka * Nana Asakawa *Aiko Asano *Atsuko Asano *Yūko Asano *Ruriko Asaoka *Kumiko Asō *Yumi Asō *Chikage Awashima *Haruka Ayase B *Fumika Baba *Chieko Baisho *Mitsuko Baisho C *Catalina Yue * Chara *Chiaki (Fujimoto Chiaki) *Reiko Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukei-ni
Jukei-ni (寿桂尼, d. April 11, 1568) was a Japanese noble lady who acted as the power behind the throne or ''de facto'' daimyo of the Imagawa clan during the Sengoku period. She was born in the aristocrat Nakamikado Family of Kyoto. Jukei-ni was the wife of Imagawa Ujichika and mother of Imagawa Ujiteru, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Zukei-ni. She acted as guardian and advisor for Ujichika, Ujiteru, Yoshimoto and her grandson Imagawa Ujizane. Jukei-ni is also known ''as ''Onna Daimyo'''' and ''"Amamidai",'' once proclaimed that she would "protect Imagawa to her grave". Life She was the daughter of the Dainagon Nakamikado Nobutane, and was from the Nakamikado clan, a aristocrat family close to the Emperor in Kyoto. There are no details about her early life and her real name, she is best known by her Dharma name, Imagawa Jukei-ni (寿 桂 尼). She politically married Imagawa Ujichika, the lord of two provinces - Suruga and Tōtōmi, between 1505-1508. The Imagawa family was known for it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fūrin Kazan (TV Series)
is the 46th NHK Taiga drama television series that began on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007, with the last episode aired December 16, 2007. Its official English title is ''The Trusted Confidant''. The story, to a large extent, was an adaptation of Yasushi Inoue's 1959 historical novel of the same title (published in English under the title ''The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan''). The four characters of the title, from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's ''The Art of War''. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain." Plot Set in the Sengoku period, it depicts the life of Yamamoto Kansuke who is known as one of Takeda Shingen's renowned strategists. Production Production Credits *Director – Kazuhiko Shimizu *Screenwriter – Sumio Ōmori *Based on the novel by – Yasushi Inoue *Narrator – ... [...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] |
Tokiwa Gozen
Tokiwa Gozen (常盤御前) (1138 – c. 1180), or Lady Tokiwa, was a Japanese noblewoman of the late Heian period and mother of the great samurai general Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Sources disagree as to whether she was a concubine or wife to Minamoto no Yoshitomo, of which she bore Minamoto no Yoshitsune. She was later captured by Taira no Kiyomori, but escaped. After leaving Kiyomori, Tokiwa married Fujiwara no Naganari. She had children with him. Lady Tokiwa is primarily associated, in literature and art, with an incident in which she fled through the snow, protecting her young son with her robes, during the Heiji Rebellion in 1160. She is also known as Hotoke The Japanese noun is a word of Buddhist origin and uncertain etymology. It has several meanings, all but a few directly linked to Buddhism. It can refer to: *A person who has achieved ''satori'' (state of enlightenment) and has therefore become a ... Gozen, or Lady Buddha. See also References *Frederic, Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yodo-dono
or (1569 – June 4, 1615) was a prominently placed figure in the late-Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Oichi and sister of Ohatsu and Oeyo. She was a concubine and second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was then the most powerful man in Japan. She also became the mother of his son and successor, Hideyori. Her time period being that of large turmoil and overhaul, Yodo-dono had an interest toward both politics and administration. She actively acted in the restoration of the Toyotomi clan after the fall of the Council of Five Elders, as Hideyori's guardian. Alongside her son, Yodo-dono led the last anti-Tokugawa shogunate resistance in the siege of Osaka. When her two younger sisters became prominent members linked to the Tokugawa clan, Oichi's three daughters were vital to maintaining a diplomatic relationship between the two most powerful clans of the time, Toyotomi and Tokugawa. Her sister, Oeyo, was the wife of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, and matriarch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōgon No Hibi
is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK taiga drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title. The series is the first ''taiga'' drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first ''taiga'' drama to be filmed outside Japan. Plot It depicts the lives of merchants and people of Sakai city in the Sengoku period. Cast The People of Sakai * Ichikawa Somegorō VI as Luzon Sukezaemon *Komaki Kurihara as Mio *Jinpachi Nezu as Ishikawa Goemon *Kōji Tsuruta as Sen no Rikyū *Tetsurō Tamba as Imai Sōkyū *Ryūzō Hayashi as Imai Sōkun *Masahiko Tsugawa as Tsuda Sōgyū Peole of Toyotomi clan *Ken Ogata as Toyotomi Hideyoshi *Yukiyo Toake as Nene *Shiho Fujimura as Yodo-dono *Masaomi Kondō as Ishida Mitsunari *Akira Onodera as Konishi Yukinaga *Nobuyuki Katsube as Kuroda Kanbei People of Oda clan *Kōji Takahashi as Oda Nobunaga *Taketoshi Naito as Akechi Mitsuhide People of Hosokawa clan *Yoko Shimada as Hosokawa Gracia People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōdai-in
(died October 17, 1624), formerly known as , , , was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan. She was formerly the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi under the name of . Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Matsudaira Ietada"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 702. When she rose in higher political status, she took the title of "''Kita no mandokoro''". As the matriarch figure of the Toyotomi clan, she led all diplomatic affairs that had to do with the imperial court, and monitored the daimyos' families who were being held hostage at Osaka Castle. Early life Kōdai-in was born Sugihara Yasuko in Owari Province between 1541 and 1549. She was the second daughter of , a descendant of Taira no Sadamori, and the Emperor Kammu (735-806). She was adopted by her maternal uncle Asano Nagakatsu, a descendant of the Toki clan, of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (944-1021), and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881). According to the "Hankanpu" (Genealogy of the Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taikōki (TV Series)
is a 1965 Japanese television series. It is the 3rd NHK taiga drama. Story Taikōki deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novels "Shinsho Taikōki". Now only episode 42 exists. The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Production *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Toyotomi clan *Ken Ogata as Toyotomi Hideyoshi *Shiho Fujimura as Nene *Yoshiko Mita as Lady Chacha *Masakazu Tamura as Toyotomi Hidetsugu *Chieko Naniwa as Naka *Kōtarō Tomita as Toyotomi Hidenaga Hideyoshi's vassals *Kōji Ishizaka as Ishida Mitsunari *Takahiro Tamura as Kuroda Kanbei *Yoshiki Takahashi as Shōjumaru *Yoshio Inaba as Katō Kiyotada *Katsutoshi Atarashi as Katō Kiyomasa *Kyū Sazanka as Hachisuka Koroku *Yoshiyuki Fukuda as Takenaka Hanbei *Gorō Wakamiya as Fukushima Masanori Oda clan *Kōji Takahashi as Oda Nobunaga *Keiko Kishi as Oichi *Kazuko Inano aa Nōhime *Keiji Takamiya as Oda Nobutaka *Masao Kageyama as Oda Nobukatsu Nobunaga's vassels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beast In The Shadow
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be 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 nouns 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 the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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