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Tizuka Yamazaki
Tizuka Yamasaki (born May 12, 1949) is a Brazilian film director. Early life and work Born in Porto Alegre, at the age of 2, Tizuka moved back with her Japanese immigrants parents to the city of Atibaia, in the state of São Paulo. In her teenage years, Yamasaki moved to São Paulo city for an undergraduate course in architecture, though she changed her mind before her admission and moved to Brasília to study cinema instead. Yamasaki finished college in Rio de Janeiro, where she started her professional career. Yamasaki was one of the first women filmmakers in Brazil who achieved a successful and longstanding career. She and her peers learned filmmaking by working on the sets of well-established Cinema Novo directors. Yamasaki worked as director assistant with Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Glauber Rocha. Yamasaki challenged the norms of Cinema Novo by increasing both the representation of women and the awareness of issues affecting women in Brazilian society. Her film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, fifth largest metropolitan area, with 4,405,760 inhabitants (2010). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state. Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; but the official date is 1772 with the act signed by Immigration to Brazil, immigrants from the Azores, Portugal. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Guaíba Lake, where five rivers converge to form the Lagoa dos Patos, a giant freshwater lagoon navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port as well as a chief industrial and commercial center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Madona De Cedro
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou
''Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am'' ( pt, Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki. It is the sequel of '' Gaijin: Roads to Freedom'' (1980), also directed by Yamasaki. The film is set in 1908 and tells the story of Japanese immigrants who come to work on a coffee plantation in Brazil. There, they will need to adapt to the conditions and exploitations of the farm owners. The film was shot in a scenographic city in Londrina, and in locations of Curitiba, Maringá, Foz do Iguaçu, Paranaguá, and Cambará. Plot In 1908 Titoe (Kyoko Tsukamoto) arrives in Brazil, a Japanese coming to the country in attempt to get money from work and then return to Japan to be able to follow her life in the home country. In 1935, now with her daughter Shinobu (Nobu McCarthy, who died in 2002 during filming) born and without enough money to return to Japan, Titoe decides to buy her first plot of land in Londrina. The Second World War, and its consequences for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa Popstar
Xuxa Popstar is a 2000 Brazilian musical romantic comedy film directed by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida and Tizuka Yamasaki with screenplay by Vivian Perl and Wagner de Assis. The cast includes Xuxa Meneghel, Luigi Baricelli, Marcos Frota and Sílvia Pfeifer, as well as musical numbers with Os Travessos, KLB and Deborah Blando. Popstar was co-produced by Warner Bros. and was released theatrically on 15 December 2000. The feature was watched by approximately 2,394,326 viewers. Plot After a brilliant career abroad, an international top model named Nick (Xuxa Meneghel) returns to Brazil to find her Prince Charming, whom she met through an Internet chat. In the country, she becomes a successful businesswoman of fashion, but her competitor does everything to disrupt the girl. Cast *Xuxa Meneghel as Nicole Vegas (Nick) *Luigi Baricelli as Ricardo / Ray of Light *Marcos Frota as João Pedro (JP) *Cláudia Rodrigues as Mari * Sílvia Pfeifer as Vani *Cláudio Corrêa e Castro as Olímp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa Requebra
''Xuxa Requebra'' ( en, Xuxa - Shake it Up!, italic=yes) is a 1999 Brazilian musical romantic comedy film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki, with final script by Evandro Mesquita. His cast includes brazilian singer, TV host and actress Xuxa Meneghel, singer Daniel and Elke Maravilha as protagonists of the story, as well as the participation of countless Brazilian artists such as Carla Perez, Luciano Huck and Fat Family. Requebra was 20th Century Fox's first Brazilian co-production and debuted in theaters on December 17, 1999. The show was watched by approximately 2,074,461 viewers and earned more than 8 million reais for its producers, according to Ancine. Plot The Dance Academy Two Hearts, where Nena (Xuxa Meneghel) studied, is in danger. The terrible Macedonian (Elke Maravilha), an inveterate smoker, bandit and businessman with the facade of a businesswoman, intends to take advantage of the Academy's bad financial situation to take over its facilities. But there is hope: the Req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Noviço Rebelde
''O Noviço Rebelde'' is a 1997 Brazilian comedy film written, produced and starring by Renato Aragão. Directed by Tizuka Yamasaki, the film is a parody of the 1965 American film ''The Sound of Music''. It was the highest-grossing locally produced film during 1998. It was shot in Beberibe, Ceará. Cast *Renato Aragão as Didi *Dedé Santana as Dedé *Tony Ramos as Felipe *Patrícia Pillar as Maria of Heaven *Luma de Oliveira as Teresa *Cláudio Corrêa e Castro as Father Manuel *Sandy Leah as Marcia * Junior Lima as Junior *Alessandra Aguiar as Vicky *Wallan Renato as Dudu *Pedro Kling as Julinho *Gugu Liberato as Announcer *Chitãozinho & Xororó Chitãozinho & Xororó () are a Brazilian sertanejo duo. Chitãozinho is the stage name of José Lima Sobrinho and Xororó of Durval de Lima. Their music, which combines traditional Brazilian ''caipira'' with pop, was instrumental in establishing ... as Themselves * Roberto Guilherme as Colonel Pereira *Terezinha Elisa as Dalila *The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fica Comigo
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA ) is a United States federal payroll (or employment) contribution directed towards both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare—federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, people with disabilities, and children of deceased workers. Calculation Overview The Federal Insurance Contributions Act is a tax mechanism codified in Title 26, Subtitle C, Chapter 21 of the United States Code. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI); Medicare provides hospital insurance benefits for the elderly. The amount that one pays in payroll taxes throughout one's working career is associated indirectly with the social security benefits annuity that one receives as a retiree. Consequently, Kevin Hassett wrote that FICA is not a tax because its collection is directly tied to benefits that one is entitled to collect later in life. However, the United States Supreme Court ruled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lua De Cristal
''Lua de Cristal'' ( en, Xuxa in Crystal Moon, italic=yes) is a 1990 Brazilian romantic comedy film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki, and starring Xuxa Meneghel. With just under 5 million spectators, ''Lua de Cristal'' was the biggest film of the 1990s, and it guaranteed Xuxa a second box-office hit at a time when the Brazilian film industry had all but ground to a halt. Cast *Xuxa Meneghel as Maria da Graça *Sérgio Mallandro as Bob *Duda Little as Maria Eduarda (Duda) *Avelar Love as Junior (Mauricinho) *Júlia Lemmertz as Maria Lídia (Lidinha) *Marilu Bueno as Zuleika *Cláudio Mamberti as Bartô *Rubens Correia as Prof. Uirapuru Reception Criticism In her critique for the ''Jornal do Brasil'', Rogério Durst said that "in her new film, Xuxa does not convince in the role of Cinderella". Renato Cabral, in his critique of the website ''Papo de Cinema'', wrote: "The productions starred and produced by Xuxa Meneghel may not be the most considered of the national cinema when we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kananga Do Japao
Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,524,000 in 2021. The city lies near the Lulua River, a tributary of the Kasai River and the Ilebo-Lubumbashi railway. An important commercial and administrative centre, it is home to a museum and to Kananga Airport. History German explorer Hermann Wissmann established a station in the area around present-day Kananga, on the left bank of the Lulua. Wissmann named the station Malandji, a name suggested by his 400 carriers, who were from the city of Malanje in Angola. Later on, with the construction of the railway on the other bank of the river, the station was moved, and the Lulua train station gave its name to the new town, namely Luluabourg. The old location is named Malandji-Makulu ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaijin - Os Caminhos Da Liberdade
''Gaijin: Roads to Freedom'' (Portuguese: ''Gaijin – Caminhos da Liberdade''), also known as ''Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey'', is a 1980 Brazilian drama film, the debut film of director Tizuka Yamasaki. The film is based on real events in the history of Japanese immigrants who came to Brazil in search of better opportunities. Its sequel, '' Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am'', was released on September 2, 2005. Plot Japan, 1908. Motivated by poverty in the country and few job prospects, many Japanese have emigrated in search of opportunities. As the emigration company only accepted family groups who had at least a couple, Yamada (Jiro Kawarazaki) and Kobayashi (Keniti Kaneko) who were brothers, see as solution that Yamada would marry Titoe (Kyoko Tsukamoto), who was only 16 years old. Yamada and Titoe had just met and, along with a cousin, they depart to Brazil. After 52 days of travel they finally arrive in Brazil where they will work in Santa Rosa farm, in São Paulo, where the coffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
