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Sing My Life
is a 2016 Japanese comedy film directed by Nobuo Mizuta. A remake of the 2014 South Korean film ''Miss Granny'', it stars Mikako Tabe and Mitsuko Baisho. Plot Cast * Mikako Tabe as Setsuko Otori * Mitsuko Baisho as Katsu Setayama * Satomi Kobayashi as Yukie Seyama * Jun Kaname as Takuto Kobayashi * Takumi Kitamura as Tsubasa Seyama * Yoichi Nukumizu Please don't delete this article because this actor or actress is new and will play/is playing a lead, supporting or breakthrough role in the tokusatsu series "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" and will continue their career an ... as photo studio owner * Kotaro Shiga as Jiro Nakata References External links * 2016 films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese remakes of South Korean films Japanese comedy films 2016 comedy films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikako Tabe
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Starting acting in her teens with a role in the Sailor Moon musicals, she has developed into a lead actress in film and television, playing the heroine in the Asadora ''Tsubasa'', starring in TV comedy series such ''Yasuko to Kenji'' and ''Deka Wanko'', and playing the lead in films such as ''Kimi ni Todoke'' and '' Piece of Cake''. Career Tabe was born in Tokyo and began working in entertainment in 2002 at the age of 13. Her debut as an actress was in the Wowow drama ''Riyū'' in 2004. Her acting in the films ''Hinokio'' and ''Aozora no yukue'' earned her the Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer in 2006. In 2008, she was selected from the 1593 actresses who auditioned to play the heroine of the NHK Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuko Baisho
, is a Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2010. Baisho has also appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa. She won awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for ''Love Letter'' and '' Ikiteru Uchi ga Hana nano yo Shindara Sore made yo to Sengen''. She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for ''The Geisha'' and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for ''Tokyo Lullaby''. Private life Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho. She was married to professional wrestler Antonio Inoki from 1971 to 1987, and together they had a daughter, Hiroko. Partial filmography Films * '' Hitokiri'' (1969) * ''Duel at Fort Ezo'' (1970) * ''Sword of Fury'' (1973) * ''The Life of Chikuzan'' (1977) * ''Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron'' (1978) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1979) * ''Kagemusha'' (1980) * '' Eijanaika'' (1981) * ''Flames of Blood'' (1981) * ''Shomben Rider'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Granny
''Miss Granny'' (; lit. "Suspicious Girl") is a 2014 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. Na Moon-hee stars as a woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self (Shim Eun-kyung) after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio. After opening in theaters on January 22, 2014, it became a huge box office hit, with 8.65 million tickets sold. Plot Oh Mal-soon, a 74-year-old widow, lives with her son and his family. Foul-mouthed, stubborn, controlling and shameless, she has a difficult relationship with her depressed daughter-in-law Ae-ja, but is very proud of her son Hyun-chul, who became a university professor of gerontology, and whom she raised by herself against all odds. One day, Ae-ja gets hospitalized after suddenly collapsing. Her doctors strongly advise her to live apart from Mal-soon. On the day she is told by her son that she is being sent to a nursing home, the dismayed Mal-soon wanders the streets and come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Foundation
The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent Administrative Institution Japan Foundation Law". The Japan Foundation aims towards comprehensive and effective development of its international cultural exchange programs in the following categories: # Promotion of (Japanese) arts and cultural exchange # Promotion of (overseas) Japanese-language education (the JLPT exam) # Promotion of (overseas) Japanese studies and intellectual exchange – Japan Foundation Information Centers collect and provide information about international exchange and international cultural exchange standard bearers. Prince Takamado served as administrator of the Japan Foundation from 1981 to 2002. Japan Foundations worldwide The Japan Foundation is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letterboxd
Letterboxd is an online social networking service co-founded by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow in 2011. It was launched as a social app focused on sharing opinions about, and love of film, and is maintained by a small team in Auckland, New Zealand. The site allows users to share their taste in films. Members can write reviews or share their opinions about films, keep track of what they have seen in the past, record viewing dates, make lists of films and showcase their favorite films, as well as meet and interact with other cinephiles. Films can be rated, reviewed, added to a specific date's diary entry, included in a list, and tagged with relevant keywords. History The site was launched at Brooklyn Beta. It transitioned from private to public beta on 24 April 2012, and all pages became publicly visible. It originally started with 23 films. Membership remained invitation-only until 8 February 2013, when it was opened for public use. The site also introduced a tiered stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satomi Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Exchange Students''. She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani. Filmography * '' I Are You, You Am Me'' (転校生; 1982) * ''The Deserted City'' (廃市; 1983) * '' Lonely Heart'' (さびしんぼう; 1985) * ''Young Girls in Love'' (恋する女たち; 1986) * ''Eien no 1/2'' (1987) * グリーン・レクイエム (''Gurīn rekuiemu''; 1988) * ''Beijing Watermelon'' (北京的西瓜; 1989) * やっぱり猫が好き 恩田三姉妹の京都大騒動編 (Video) (1990) * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (ゴジラＶＳモスラ; 1992) * てなもんや商社 萬福貿易商社 (1998) * やっぱり猫が好き 新作’98 (Video; 1998) * キリコの風景 (1998) * ''Sweet Sweet Ghost'' (スイート・スイート・ゴースト; 2000) * やっぱり猫が好き 新作’2001 (Video; 2001) * ''Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover'' (竜馬の妻とそ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Kaname
is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV programs, plays, and music videos. Kaname married a non-celebrity woman April 28, 2013. Filmography TV *''Kamen Rider Agito'' (TV Asahi 2001) - as Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Riders G3 & G3-X *'' Kamen Rider Agito: A New Transformation'' (TV Asahi 2001) - as Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3-X *''Kono Fuyu no Koi'' (2002) *''Shin Ai no Arashi'' (2002) *''Tensai Yanagisawa kyoju não Seikatsu'' (2002) *'' Mantenhan'' (NHK 2002) - as Takashi Nakashima *'' Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi'' (Fuji TV 2003) - as Kishimoto Hajime *''Good Luck!!'' (TBS 2003) - as Takayuki Abe *'' Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro'' (2003) *'' Dōbutsu no Oisha-san'' (TV Asahi 2003) - as Nikaidou Akio *'' Kokoro no Teryōri'' (2003) *'' Koibumi carta de amor'' (TBS 2003) - as Wakabayas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takumi Kitamura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3. He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish. As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi, stylized as TAKUMI. Biography Kitamura was scouted by Stardust Promotion when he was in third grade of elementary school. His first singing debut was "Risu ni Koi Shita Shōnen" in the NHK series ''Minna no Uta'' in February and March 2008. Later in June Kitamura's first film appearance was ''Dive!!''. He won the 2009 Reader Model Award of the magazine ''Shōgaku Rokunensei'' in 2009. In the summer of 2010, Kitamura joined the actor unit Ebidan. He later joined Ebidan's dance rock band Dish in December 2011. Kitamura is the leader of the band as its lead vocalist and guitarist. In August 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19. Takumi recently starred in the live-action film ''Tokyo Revengers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoichi Nukumizu
Please don't delete this article because this actor or actress is new and will play/is playing a lead, supporting or breakthrough role in the tokusatsu series "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" and will continue their career and make more roles, either lead or supporting, after the end of the programme. is a Japanese actor and television personality. He is nicknamed . He was born from Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Prefecture. Personal life, biography After graduating from the Miyazaki Prefecture Shoto Municipal High School, after two nights, he went to Nihon Fukushi University School of Social Welfare. He graduated from the university in March 1989. From 1988 to 1994 he enrolled in the Theatre Company "Otona Keikaku". While he was enrolled, he had a pair of "nose and small box" together with Suzuki Matsuo. Since his regular appearances in Naoto Takenaka's controle programme ''Naoto Takenaka no Koi no Vacance'' in 1994, his unique character is also known to the tea r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Films
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made '' Creed'', or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic ''Shutter Island'', or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." Highest-gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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