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Takako Tokiwa
is a Japanese actress. Career Tokiwa was nominated for the "Best Actress" award at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her performance in ''Akai Tsuki''. She co-starred with Hidetoshi Nishijima in Amir Naderi's 2011 film ''Cut''. Filmography Film * ''Moonlight Express'' (1999) * ''A Fighter's Blues'' (2000) * ''Sennen no Koi Story of Genji'' (2001) * '' Get Up!'' (2003) * ''Akai Tsuki'' (2004) * ''Hoshi ni Natta Shonen'' (2005) * ''Mamiya kyodai'' (2006) * ''Brave Story'' (2006) * ''Metro ni Notte'' (2006) * ''Awakening'' (2007) * ''20th Century Boys'' (2008) * ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 19'' (2008) * ''After School'' (2008) * '' Listen to My Heart'' (2009) * ''Dirty Hearts'' (2011) * ''Cut'' (2011) * '' Seven Weeks'' (2014), Nobuko Shimizu * ''Dareka no Mokkin'' (2016) * ''Hanagatami'' (2017) * ''Kodomo Shokudō'' (2018) * ''Labyrinth of Cinema'' (2020), Yuriko Tachibana * ''Perfect Strangers'' (2021) * ''Ware Yowakereba: Yajima Kajiko-den'' (2022), Yajima Kajiko * ''The Lump I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Boys
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sixteen chapter continuation, titled , ran in the same magazine from 2006 to 2007 and was gathered into two ''tankōbon''. It tells the story of Kenji Endo and his friends, who notice a cult-leader known only as "Friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with their childhood memories. The series makes many references to a number of manga and anime from the 1960s–1970s, as well as to classic rock music, its title being taken from T. Rex's song " 20th Century Boy". A trilogy of live-action film adaptations, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, were released in 2008 and 2009. The manga was licensed and released in English by Viz Media from 2009 to 2012, and distributed in Australasia by Madman Entertainment. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Wife (Japanese TV Series)
''The Good Wife'' (グッドワイフ) is a Japanese television drama series starring Takako Tokiwa, Kotaro Koizumi, Kiko Mizuhara, Takumi Kitamura, and Kika Kobayashi. It is a Japanese remake of the American television series of the same title which aired on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ... from 2009 to 2016. It aired on TBS from January 13 to March 17, 2019 on Sundays 21:00 hrs. References Nichiyō Gekijō 2019 Japanese television series debuts 2019 Japanese television series endings Japanese-language television shows Japanese legal television series Japanese television series based on American television series The Good Wife {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mare (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series, the 92nd ''Asadora'' (morning drama) that was broadcast daily on NHK from March 30, 2015, until September 26, 2015, the same as 2009's ''Asadora'' series ''Tsubasa''. It is about a young woman from the Noto Peninsula who wants to become a patissier. Tao Tsuchiya, who appeared in the ''Asadora'' ''Hanako to Anne'', was cast in the lead role after an audition of 2020 women. Plot At age ten, Mare Tsumura has decided she has no need for big dreams—she will just live her life step by step, day by day. Her father Tōru has had nothing but big dreams, each of which has ended in failure, causing their family to flee their debts in Tokyo by escaping to a small seaside town in the Noto Peninsula. They are not welcome at first, especially as Tōru keeps on messing things up, but the family finally finds a place to live at the Okesaku's (Fumi and her husband Ganji, who produces salt from seawater), and Mare makes friends with the kids her age. By the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenchijin
is a 2009 Japanese super historical drama television series, and the 48th taiga drama of NHK. It aired every Sunday from January 4 to November 22, 2009, spanning 47 episodes.It is an unusual Taiga Drama as the final episode will be broadcast as early as November, due to the first phase of '' Saka no Ue no Kumo'', a series of NHK Special Drama, being broadcast from November 29 to December 27. The drama centers on the life of 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu, played by Satoshi Tsumabuki. Production began on April 27, 2007. The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted by Eriko Komatsu, with Michiru Ōshima as series composer. The fourth episode of the series, , is the highest-rated episode of any Japanese drama in 2009. Plot The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Love Letter
is a 2002 Japanese television drama series based on the manga ''The Drifting Classroom'' by Kazuo Umezu. Plot One day, Yuka Misaki, a daughter of a flower shop owner meets Akio Asami, a college student. They are both attracted to each other, but they have no way to get in touch with each other at that time. One year later, Yuka begins a job at her father's flower shop and Akio becomes a mathematics teacher at Motokura High School. One day in November, Yuka goes to the Motokura High School to collect money for the flowers and meets Akio again. However, they can't get along well. In January, Yuka gets a call from Ryuta Fujisawa and they promise to meet that afternoon. In the morning, Yuka goes to the school again to collect money that she couldn't collect before. Akio finds Yuka in the playground and calls out to her. At that moment, a large earthquake occurs. By the time it stops, their school is surrounded by dry and sandy desert. Not only Yuka and Akio, but other students i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Life (2000 TV Series)
is a drama of "Toshiba Nichiyo Gekijo (東芝日曜劇場 Tōshiba Nichiyō Gekijō)" on TBS Television. It was first shown in Japan from 16 January to 26 March 2000. Beautiful Life was a massive success, achieving a TV rating of 41.3% -- a record it held until it was eclipsed by Hanzawa Naoki in 2013 (42.2%) Cast *Takuya Kimura (木村 拓哉 ) as Shuji Okishima *Takako Tokiwa (常盤 貴子) as Kyoko Machida *Miki Mizuno (水野 美紀) as Sachie Tamura *Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Takumi Okabe *Atsuro Watabe (渡部 篤郎) as Masao Machida *Takanori Nishikawa (西川 貴教 ) (T.M.Revolution) as Satoru Kawamura *Koji Matoba as Kozo Miyama *Chiaki Hara as Mayumi Ozawa *Koyuki (加藤 小雪) as Nakajima Satsuki Characters *Shuji Okishima – A hairstylist. His father wanted him to take over the Okishima hospital but he ignored his family. He becomes a Top Stylist (one of the best hairstylists in the salon where he works) and is occasionally picked up in magazines. *Kyoko Machid ... [...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] |
Yajima Kajiko
was the founder of the Women's Reform Society and president of Japan's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. An educator, pacifist, and Christian activist, she vigorously advanced the cause for the education of women in Japan. Her name was usually seen as Kaji Yajima in the American press of her day. Yajima worked with Toyoju Sasaki, the secretary of Japan's WCTU. Together they attempted to advocate the reform of feudalistic customs which subjugated Japan to the West and women to men. Yajima in particular advocated for temperance due to her brief marriage to an alcoholic. Both worked towards the elimination of prostitution, as well as the elimination of geisha culture and concubinage. Late in life, Yajima attended international meetings on peace and temperance, and met with American suffragists. Early life Yajima was born in 1833, in Kumamoto, Japan and was the sixth child and fifth daughter of an influential farmer's family. As a girl instead of a boy her parents had little int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth Of Cinema
is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The cast also includes Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki and Takako Tokiwa. ''Labyrinth of Cinema'' premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival. It is Obayashi's final film before his death in 2020, as well as Yukihiro Takahashi's last film role before his death in 2023. Cast ;Main * Takuro Atsuki as Mario * Yoshihiko Hosoda as Shigeru * Takahito Hosoyamada as Hosuke * Rei Yoshida as Noriko * Riko Narumi as Kazumi Saitō * Hirona Yamazaki as Kazuko Yoshiyama * Takako Tokiwa as Yuriko Tachibana ;Others Production In 2016, Nobuhiko Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four terminal cancer. Despite this, he wrote and directed ''Hanagatami'' (2017), and decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanagatami
is a 2017 Japanese war film directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, based on a 1937 novel by Kazuo Dan. The film tells a story of the purity of youth beset by the chaos of war, inspired by Obayashi's own childhood. It revolves around Toshihiko, a sixteen-year-old kid who moves in with his aunt in Karatsu, and develops friendships and romances with the inhabitants of the town as World War II rages. The film was originally conceived during the 1970s, before Obayashi made his feature film directorial debut with ''House'' (1977), but was not produced for another 40 years. Before production, Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four cancer and was only given a few months to live. ''Hanagatami'' received acclaim, garnering numerous awards, including the Best Film Award at the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards. It was praised for its exuberant and vibrant visuals, its experimental and psychedelic direction and editing, its strong anti-war message and its sense of personalness. It is the third installment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
