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Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 ''Shimizu Takashi'', born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the ''Ju-On'' franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it." Filmography # '' Blue Tiger'' (Movie, 1994, Script) # '' Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~'' (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) (1997) (Video) # ''Katasumi and 4444444444'', stories from Gakkou no kaidan G (学校の怪談G) (lit, "School Ghost Story G") (1998) (TV) # '' Ju-on: The Curse'' (呪怨) (2000) (Video) # '' Ju-on: The Curse 2'' (呪怨2) (2000) (Video) # 首吊り気球 伊藤潤二恐怖Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ (Video) # 心霊ビデオＶ 本当にあった怖い話 恐怖心霊写真館 (Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maebashi
is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It was the most populous city within Gunma Prefecture until Takasaki merged with nearby towns between 2006 and 2009. Maebashi is known to be the "City of Water, Greenery and Poets" because of its pure waters, its rich nature and because it gave birth to several Japanese contemporary poets, such as Sakutarō Hagiwara. Etymology The Maebashi area was called ''Umayabashi'' () during the Nara period. This name finds its origins in the fact that there was a bridge (, ) crossing the Tone River and not far from the bridge there was a small refreshment house with a stable (, ), often used by people travelling on the Tōzan-dō (the road connecting the capital to the eastern regions of Japan). The spelling was officially changed into ''Maebashi'' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reincarnation (film)
is a 2005 Japanese horror film, directed by Takashi Shimizu. It centers on a hopeful actress who won a role in a film that takes her, the cast, and the crew to a hotel where the present soon collides with the past. It was released as a part of the six-volume J-Horror Theater. Plot A number of people see visions of apparently dead people: a businessman finds one behind him in an elevator and a truck driver runs over one on the road. Professor Norihasa Omori visits a local hotel and films himself killing eleven of the hotel guests, employees, and his own children before committing suicide, all as part of his wish to understand reincarnation. The footage of the murders disappears. Thirty-five years later, horror movie director Ikuo Matsumura decides to make a film about the massacre. As the date of the shoot draws near, Nagisa Sugiura, the actress set to star as Omori's daughter Chisato, is haunted by the ghosts of the victims. She begins hallucinating and is plagued by nightmares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st New York Asian Film Festival
The 21st New York Asian Film Festival began in New York from 15 July with the opening film of the festival '' Fast and Feel Love'', a Thai film by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. The 21st edition was celebrated as 20th anniversary of the festival and seventy titles were screened in person. The lineup included six world premieres, eight international premieres, 19 North American premieres, four U.S. premieres, and 17 East Coast premieres. The festival closed with Korean sci-fi 2022 film ''Alienoid'' by Choi Dong-hoon on 31 July. Mongolian film ''The Sales Girl'' by Janchivdorj Sengedorj won the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film. This year the festival hosted a fundraising event 'Fight Cancer Night' on July 17, with the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Kwon Soo-kyung presented his film ''Stellar: A Magical Ride'', which had its international premiere at the festival. Screening venues * Film at Lincoln Center * Walter Reade Theater * Asia Society * 725 Park Avenue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homunculus (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideo Yamamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from March 2003 to February 2011, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A live-action film adaptation, directed by Takashi Shimizu and starring Gō Ayano premiered in April 2021. Plot Trepanation is the procedure of drilling holes in a person's head, supposedly increasing the circulation of blood and helping to improve the pressure inside one's skull, bringing out a person's sixth sense and causing them to gain superhuman powers such as ESP, being able to see ghosts, and controlling objects remotely with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation. Susumu Nakoshi is a 34-year-old homeless man living out of his car. For two weeks, he has declined his fellow homeless men's invitations to set up a tent with them, preferring to sleep in his car. However, one day, he is acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendetta
Vendetta may refer to: * Feud or vendetta, a long-running argument or fight Film * ''Vendetta'' (1919 film), a film featuring Harry Liedtke * ''Vendetta'' (1950 film), an American drama produced by Howard Hughes * ''Vendetta'' (1986 film), an American action film * ''Vendetta'' (1995 film), a Swedish film * ''Vendetta'' (1996 film), a film featuring Richard Lynch * ''Vendetta'' (1999 film), an HBO crime drama * ''Vendetta'' (2013 film), a British film * ''Vendetta'' (2015 film), an American film * ''Vendetta'' (2017 film), an American pornographic film * ''Vendetta'' (upcoming film), an upcoming film starring Bruce Willis Literature * ''La Vendetta'' (novel), a novel by Honoré de Balzac * ''Vendetta'' (Dibdin novel), by Michael Dibdin * ''Vendetta'' (''Star Trek''), a novel by Peter David *'' Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge'', a novel by Jackie Collins *''Vendetta'', a novel by Derek Lambert *''Vendetta!'', an 1886 novel by Marie Corelli *" A Vendetta", an 1883 short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NightCry
is a graphic adventure survival horror video game developed by Nude Maker and published by Playism Games. ''NightCry'' is directed and written by ''Clock Tower'' series creator Hifumi Kono, and is considered a spiritual successor to the series. It was first released for Windows in March 2016, and later for the PlayStation Vita in January 2019. Ports for Android and iOS were also planned, but never released. Development The game was directed by Hifumi Kono as a spiritual successor to the ''Clock Tower'' series. Kono notes that the female protagonist of ''NightCry'' is louder and more confident than the female protagonist from ''Clock Tower''. Kono collaborated with film director Takashi Shimizu on the project, who directed a 12 minute short film to promote the game. Originally intended to be released for Android and iOS, the game took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise funds for a PC version in January 2015. The campaign was successful, raising 314,771 in February. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki's Delivery Service (novel)
is a children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi. It was first published by Fukuinkan Shoten on January 25, 1985. It is the basis of the 1989 Studio Ghibli anime film of the same title and of the 2014 live action film also of the same name. The book won numerous awards in Japan. Encouraged by this and by the success of the Ghibli film, Kadono has written eight more novels over a period of more than thirty-five years. The most recent was published in January 2022. Synopsis The book follows Kiki, a young witch from a long line of witches on her mother's side. Kiki is now thirteen and must spend a year on her own in a town without other witches, proving that she can make a living. Accompanied by her talking black cat Jiji, Kiki starts a delivery service by flying on her broom. Over the year notable misadventures include: • Losing a stuffed toy cat and using Jiji as a substitute until she can recover the lost toy. • Saving a child from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live-action
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki's Delivery Service (2014 Film)
is a Japanese fantasy film released in 2014. It was directed by Takashi Shimizu and based on the children's fantasy novel of the same name. Plot The young witch, Kiki still lives with her parents, her witch mother, Kokiri and her ordinary human father, Okino. But with her 13th birthday everything has to change. An old witchcraft law dictates that at this age she must leave her loving home in order to live as a witch in a strange place for a whole year. She sets off on her broomstick. Her black cat Jiji is allowed to accompany her. After hours of flight, over land and sea, she discovers a strange city by the sea. Rather involuntarily, she makes a stopover at the local zoo, where she has to realize that not every resident likes witches. But soon after, Kiki meets the baker Osono, who offers Kiki a place to live under the roof of her windmill. Next, Kiki has to find a living. Kiki can only fly with her magic powers, which she loves to do. Encouraged by Osono, she decides to open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight 7500
''Flight 7500'' is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu and starring Leslie Bibb, Jerry Ferrara, Ryan Kwanten, and Amy Smart. It revolves around a supernatural force on a plane. The film is loosely based on the Helios Airways Flight 522 incident that took place in 2005. The film was released in the United States on April 12, 2016, by CBS Films and Lionsgate, after being released theatrically in Asia. Plot Vista Pacific Airlines flight 7500, a Boeing 747-300, departs from Los Angeles to Tokyo Haneda. Passengers onboard include a group of two vacationing couples, Lyn (Aja Evans) and Jack ( Ben Sharples) and Brad ( Ryan Kwanten) and Pia (Amy Smart), who have secretly broken up; a thief named Jake (Alex Frost); a suspicious businessman traveling with a strange wooden box, Lance Morrell (Rick Kelly); a young woman named Raquel (Christian Serratos); newlyweds Rick (Jerry Ferrara) and the snobby Liz ( Nicky Whelan); and the goth Jacinta (Scout Taylor-Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
