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Tao Tsuchiya
is a Japanese actress, model, dancer, lyricist and singer. She is best known for her memorable role of Makimachi Misao in the movie series ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Mai Nakahara in '' The 8-Year Engagement'', Koharu in '' The Cinderella Addiction'' and most recently as Yuzuha Usagi in Netflix's ''Alice in Borderland''. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba Tsuchiya, is also an actor. Career & Stage Play Chosen from among 2,020 women auditioning for the part, Tsuchiya was cast in the starring role of ''Mare'', a morning drama serial aired on Japan's public television starting March 30, 2015. In 2018, Tsuchiya performed in a theatre production in five cities within four countries around the world. The production was an adaptation from the manga *Pluto*. She played two main characters: a little cyborg girl named Uran and a cyborg woman named Helena. She planned to participate in another Stage Play challenge in Tokyo during the summer of 2020, j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Japan)
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (''Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup'' until 2012) is an International Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November. History The race was first run in 1976 over a distance of 2,400 metres (1 mile 4 furlongs). It was originally for three-year-old fillies only and was the third leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown. In 1996, it was opened to older female horses and was reduced to its present distance. In the same year the Shuka Sho was established and became the third leg of the Fillies' Triple Crown. Since 1999 it turned into International Grade 1 race. In 2010 Snow Fairy from England, being the first winner outside Japan. The following year she made Japanese flat racing history of being the first ever non-Japanese trained horse to win the same Grade 1 flat race back-to-back (second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival it won the Jury Prize of the ''Un Certain Regard'' section. Plot ''Tokyo Sonata'' is about a middle-class family in Tokyo, the Sasakis, which consists of Ryūhei Sasaki, his wife Megumi, and their two sons Takashi and Kenji. Ryūhei has a good office job, but is suddenly fired because Chinese workers are cheaper. While attempting to find a new job, Ryūhei encounters an old classmate on the street, Kurosu, who has also recently been downsized. Kurosu uses a feature on his mobile phone that plays the ring tone periodically, so that it may fool others into believing he is still employed. This intrigues Ryūhei, who decides to hide the fact that he has been fired from his family. While the two men hopelessly try to find new work, Kuro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Mission
''The Last Mission'' () is a 1950 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Tsiforos. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Smaroula Giouli as Maria Mareli * Miranda Myrat as Anna Mareli * Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Miltiadis Marelis * Nikos Tzogias as Nikos * Dimos Starenios as the interpreter * Renos Koulmasis as Captain Friedrich * Sofi Lila as Smaragdi * Kimon Fletos as Lefteris * Giorgos Hamaratos * Spyros Kallimanis as the German commander * Vagelis Protopapas (as Evangelos Protopappas) as the interrogator * M. Takatakis * Thanasis Tzeneralis Thanasis (Θανάσης) is a Greek given name, short for Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), which can mean "eternal life" or "immortal". Notable people with the name Thanasis or Thanassis include: *Thanasis Antetokounmpo (born 1992), Greek bask ... (as Athanasios Tzeneralis) as the police captain References External links * 1950 films 1950 drama films Greek drama films 1940s Greek films 1950s Greek-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange (2015 Film)
is a 2015 Japanese teen fantasy drama film based on the manga series of the same name by Ichigo Takano. It was released on December 12, 2015. Plot In 2015, Naho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya), a 16-year-old girl about to start her second year of high school in Matsumoto, abruptly receives letters while on her way to school. The letters are from Naho herself, but ten years into the future. The Naho in the future asks her younger self to prevent her "biggest regret" from happening. Though initially skeptical, Naho eventually begins to read the letters as they predict some of the events that would happen in her time, the foremost being the enrollment of Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki), a transfer student from Tokyo, to her class. Kakeru is quickly befriended by Naho and her friends: Hiroto Suwa ( Ryo Ryusei), Takako Chino (Hirona Yamazaki), Saku Hagita (Dori Sakurada), and Azusa Murasaka (Kurumi Shimizu). Through the letters, Naho learns that something bad will happen to Kakeru. She decid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Ends
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Keishi Ōtomo
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is known for psychological thrillers and historical dramas, as well as adapting a variety of manga and novels to film, including ''The Vulture'' (2009), ''Ryōmaden'' (2010), and the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' film series. Ōtomo’s awards include the Audience Award at the 18th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal (2014), the Popularity Award at the 38th Japanese Academy Awards (2014), and Best Director at the 31st Japanese Critics Award (2022). Early life Ōtomo was born on May 6, 1966 in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Morioka First High School before moving to Tokyo in 1986 to study at the Faculty of Law at Keio University Keio_University.html" ;"title="nowiki/> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University.html" ;"title="Keio University">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University">Keio University">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University After graduation in 1990, he joined the Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makimachi Misao
, in the Media Blasters dub, is a character from the fictional ''Rurouni Kenshin'' universe created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Misao is a 16-year-old girl and the youngest member of the ninja group called Oniwabanshū. She leaves her home to find her missing leader Shinomori Aoshi but instead encounters Himura Kenshin during his journey to Kyoto alone. She soon proves herself a valuable ally and temporarily makes it to the status of leader. Although she is a bit young, she develops strong romantic feelings for Aoshi. Character Misao is a fairly skilled '' kunoichi'' (female ninja) from the Oniwabanshū clan of ''onmitsu'' ( spies/ninja) previously based in Edo. Her weapon of choice is the kunai. She is about sixteen years old when she is first introduced. In the work, Misao is often compared to a weasel. Creation and conception Misao was introduced because Watsuki felt that the Kyoto arc needed an extra heroine character to interact with Kenshin, since Kenshin and Kaoru were separ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the 54th episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It is the 14th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on January 6, 1993 on NBC. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry agrees to lose his moment at the microphone, as he is meeting his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. On his way to the movie theater, Jerry is grabbed by Buckles, who insists on sharing a taxicab. Buckles irritates Jerry by trying out a new comic routine. George has been chosen to buy the movie tickets. At the Paragon Theater, George joins the end of a queue. He taps the shoulder of the man in front of him, confirming that he does not have a ticket, which leads him to conclude he is in the line to purchase tickets. Elaine an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcana (manga)
''Arcana'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Yua Kotegawa. It was adapted into a live action film in 2013. Plot Murakami is a police detective who is assigned to investigate a serial bombing at Shuei Elementary, he and his partner Nakabayashi learn that a doctor from a mental institution called on behalf of one of his patients about the explosion minutes before the bomb went off. This leads to Murakami's meeting with the nameless and amnesic patient whom they would eventually call "Maki", who appears to communicate with deceased spirits of the dead that tell her things which no living human would know. Murakami tries to uncover the secret behind the Maki as she helps him and Nakabayashi deal with a series of supernatural crimes by a mass murderer that are occurring. But as Murakami finds himself falling in love, he learns of Maki's true nature and her connection to an identical woman named Satsuki. Characters * Maki ( Tao Tsuchiya) * Satsuki (Tao Tsuchiya) * Murakami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Segi
Segi Naoki (瀬木直貴, born 1963 in Mie Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr .... Filmography *''Saka no ue no Maria'' (坂の上のマリア, lit. "Maria on the hill") (2001) *''Izure no Mori ka Aoki Umi'' (いずれの森か青き海) （2003） *'' Sennenbi'' (2004) External linksJMDb profile * 1963 births Living people Japanese film directors People from Mie Prefecture 21st-century Japanese people Date of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. Career Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images). He worked as an assistant director to Yōichi Sai, Seiji Izumi, and Yasuo Furuhata before debuting as a director in 2002 with ''Hi wa mata noboru''. He received the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''Chirusoku no natsu'' in 2003. His ''Half a Confession'' won the best picture award at the 28th Japan Academy Prize (film), Japan Academy Prize. He also directed TV movies. Selected filmography *''Hi wa mata noboru'' (2002) *''Chirusoku no natsu'' (2003) *''Half a Confession'' (2004) *''Deguchi no nai umi'' (2006) *''Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'' (2007) *''Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite'' (2011) *''Kono Michi'' (TBA) References External linksOfficial site* 1958 births 2020 deaths Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Belial
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