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Three For The Road (2007 Film)
is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. Plot A courtesan (Okino) is tired of her life in Edo, and is starting to be outshone by younger women, so she tricks a man (Yaji) into helping her escape the brothel where she is bound by contract to stay. Okino claims that her father is dying of "hearth trouble" and she needs to visit him right away. The two pair up with an actor (Kita) who made a mess of a scene in a popular kabuki play and so cannot show his face in Edo, and the three set out to find her father. They meet with various adventures along the way to Okino's hometown. The rakugo story of Teresuko is intertwined with their tale, possibly referring to various kinds of trickery played by the characters on each other in trying to better their lives. Cast * Kanzaburo Nakamura as Yajirobee * Akira Emoto as Kitahachi * Kyōko Koizumi as Okino * LaSalle Ishii as Umehachi * Naomi Fujiyama as Osen * Koji Kikkawa as Seijuro * Matsunosuke Shofukutei as Yohei * Keiko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Hirayama
is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film ''Maria's Stomach'' in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''The Games Teachers Play'' in 1992. In 1995, ''School Ghost Stories'' was a big hit and made into popular series. ''Begging for Love'' in 1998 got many awards as International press award (FIPRESCI) in Montreal World Film Festival, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director etc. In 2001, Hirayama won Best Director Choice for ''Turn (film), Turn'' at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He also got several Japanese film awards for director, including the Best Director award for ''The Laughing Frog'' and ''Out (2002 film), Out'' at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * ''Maria's Stomach'' (1990) * ''The Games Teachers Play'' (1992) * ''Human Scramble -RAIN- (1993) * ''Playing with Good Children'' (1994) * ''School Ghost Stories'' (1995) * ''School Ghost Stories 2'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Emoto
is a Japanese actor. Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for ''Dotonbori River'' and '' Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san''. Personal life His wife is the actress Kazue Tsunogae, and he is the father of the actors Tasuku Emoto and Tokio Emoto. Selected filmography Film Television Honours *Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ... (2011) * Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2019) References External links * * 1948 births People from Chūō, Tokyo Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Tokyo Recipients of the Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōko Koizumi
(born February 4, 1966) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment. Career In 1981, Kyoko Koizumi participated and won the Star Tanjo! programme and released her 1st single in March 1982. She gained her first number one hit in 1984 and thereafter established herself as one of Japan's most popular pop idols, alongside rivals Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori. Her biggest hit (あなたに会えてよかった) came in 1991, which sold more than a million copies in Japan alone. Koizumi went on to release another single (優しい雨) which is also over a million copies in total sale in 1993. Koizumi had singles reach the Top Ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro. In the 1990s, she released a few dance remixes on vinyl only under the Koizumix Production moniker. She has worked with Yoko Kanno who composed the music for Koizumi's 1996 album, '' Otoko no Ko Onna no Ko''. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōzō Shibasaki
is a Japanese cinematographer. A member of the , he is the recipient of four Japanese Academy Awards, three of which were for films directed by acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki. Life and career Shibasaki was born on January 30, 1958, in Tochigi, Japan. In 1981, Shibasaki graduated from Nihon University's Department of Cinema and began working as a freelance photographer. He made his debut working on '' The Games Teachers Play'' (1992). He then moved on to serve as the cinematographer for ''It's a Summer Vacation Everyday'' (1994), ''School Ghost Stories'' (1995), '' Haunted School 2'' (1996), ''Parasite Eve'' (1997), ''School Ghost Stories 3'' (1997), ''Juvenile'' (2000), '' Returner'' (2002), ''Out'' (2002), ''Lady Joker'' (2004), '' Always: Sunset on Third Street'' (2005), '' Always: Sunset on Third Street 2'' (2007), ''Three for the Road'' (2007), '' K-20: Legend of the Mask'' (2008), ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010), '' Always: Sunset on Third Street '64'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakugo
is a form of ''yose'', which is itself a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on a raised platform, a . Using only a and a as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters. The difference between the characters is depicted only through change in pitch, tone, and a slight turn of the head. Lexical background Rakugo was originally known as . The oldest appearance of the kanji which refers specifically to this type of performance dates back to 1787, but at the time the characters themselves (落とし噺) were normally read as ''otoshibanashi'' (falling discourse). In the middle of the Meiji period (1868–1912) the expression ''rakugo'' first started being used, and it came into common usage only in the Shōwa period (1926–1989). Description The speaker is in the middle of the audience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresuko
is a Japanese folktale and is recounted in ''rakugo'', a form of Japanese spoken entertainment. In the story, "teresuko" is the name given to a fish, and "suterenkyou" is the name of this fish when it is dried. Plot At a particular fishing place, a strange fish was caught. None of the fishermen knew the name of this fish, so they brought it to the magistrate's office to find out. The officials at the magistrate's office also did not know the name of the fish so, after a discussion, they decided to put up a gyotaku and offer a cash reward to the person who could tell them the name of the fish. A man then came forward and said that the fish was called "teresuko". The officials were suspicious of this strange name, but since they had no way to confirm or deny it, they reluctantly paid the reward to the man. The magistrate heard this story, so he dried the fish out and made another gyotaku of it and offered a reward to the person who could name this fish. The same man came forw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaSalle Ishii
, born on October 19, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, voice actor, and theater director. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in ''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes. Filmography TV programs *''Ore-tachi Hyokin Zoku'' (1981-1989, Fuji Television) *''Quiz!! Hirameki Password'' (1986-1990, Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS) *''JanJan Saturday'' (1987-1990, Shizuoka Daiichi Television) *''Takeshi Itsumi no Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai'' (1991-1997, Fuji Television) *''Mokugeki! Dokyun'' (1994-2002, TV Asahi) *''Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi'' (1994, Nippon Television) *''Watch!'' (2004-2005, TBS) *'' Evening 5'' (2005-2006, TBS) TV drama *''Yoni mo Kimyo na Monogatari'' (1991, Fuji Television) *''Teru Teru Kazoku'' (2003, NHK) *''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (2009, TBS), Ginji Ryotsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Fujiyama
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 25th Hochi Film Award and at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival for Face. Filmography Film * ''Zatoichi and the Chess Expert'' (1965) * ''Face'' (2000) * ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' (2002) * '' Get Up!'' (2003) * ''Three for the Road'' (2007) * ''Danchi'' (2016) Television * '' Hissatsu Watashinin'' (1983) * ''Imo Tako Nankin'' (2006–07) Honours *Medal with Purple Ribbon (2020) *Osaka Culture Prize The is an annual award presented by the Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wa ... Cultural Transmission Prize (2007) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujiyama, Naomi 1958 births Japanese actresses Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Asadora lead actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Kikkawa
Koji, Kōji, Kohji or Kouji may refer to: *Kōji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name *Kōji (Heian period) (康治), Japanese era, 1142–1144 *Kōji (Muromachi period) (弘治), Japanese era, 1555–1558 *Koji orange, a Japanese citrus cultivar *Andrew Koji Shiraki (born 1987), singer/songwriter known as ''Koji'' *Koji, the software that builds RPM packages for the Fedora project *''Koji'', the common name of the fungus '' Aspergillus oryzae'' *Koji, an interactive content creation tool from GoMeta See also *Kojii, music project by Kojii Helnwein *''Coji-Coji is a Japanese manga series by Momoko Sakura which was serialized in the magazine ''Kimi to Boku'' from December 1994 to May 1997. The manga was adapted into an anime television series titled which aired from October 4, 1997 until September ...'' (コジコジ), an anime series sometimes romanized ''Koji Koji'' *Kōji mold Aspergillus oryzae, a fungus used in East Asian fermentation {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Awaji
was a Japanese film actress. Notable highlights of her career were an appearance in Akira Kurosawa's '' Stray Dog'', and a role as Kimiko in ''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'', in which she appeared alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney. Her first husband was Filipino musician and actor Rodrigo "Bimbo" Danao; they had two children together. Their eldest is actor Etsuo Shima. Her second husband was Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke, but they divorced in 1987. Their eldest son, Akihiro, died in a car crash in 1990. In 2004, their youngest son, Kichinosuke Yorozuya (Satoshi Ida), was arrested for breaking into her home, for which he served six months in prison. On 16 June 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ... by jumping off her apartme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
