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Teruyuki Kagawa
is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator. Biography Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is the film actress Sanae Takasugi. In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps from a very early age, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given custody. After that, he totally lost contact with his father, and his mother refused to give him any training in the Kabuki art and he grew believing that it was "something that must not be watched". However he tried several times to meet his biological father. When he was 20, he went to one of his performances and asked if he could see him, stating that he was Ennosuke's son, but when his father's assistants reported to him the situation he refused, stating that he didn't have any son. He graduated in social psychology at the University of Tokyo and decided to start a career in cinema. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuan
''Nuan'' () is a 2003 Chinese film directed by Huo Jianqi. The film won the Grand Prix at the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of author Mo Yan's short story, ''The White Dog and the Swing.'' The film is set in Maoyuan, a small and ancient village in Jiangxi. ''Nuan's'' production was delayed by the outbreak of SARS in 2002–2003, making it miss a planned debut at the Venice Film Festival that September. Plot Like Huo's ''Postmen in the Mountains'', ''Nuan'' is a rural drama. The film follows Lin Jinghe, a young man who, for the last ten years, has been living in the big city. When he returns home, he runs into his childhood love, Nuan. Years earlier, Nuan and Jinghe had been schoolmates. Nuan, the most popular girl in school, had fallen in love with an acrobat from a traveling troupe. When the acrobat eventually abandons her, Nuan finds herself drawn to Jinghe. One day, while playing with Jinghe, Nuan is permanently injured when she falls off a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beginning Of The End
The Beginning of the End may refer to: Film and television * ''Beginning of the End'' (film), a 1957 American science fiction film Television episodes * "Beginning of the End" (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''), 2014 * "Beginning of the End" (''Orange Is the New Black''), 2019 * "Beginning of the End" (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' 2003), 2006 * "The Beginning of the End" (''30 Rock''), 2012 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Amphibia''), 2022 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Grimm''), 2016 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Lost''), 2008 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Merlin''), 2008 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Ozark''), 2022 * "The Beginning of the End" (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' 1987), 1996 Literature * "The Beginning of the End", a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins * ''The Beginning of the End'', a 1998 book by Angelo Quattrochi and Tom Nairn about the May 68 events in France Music * The Beginning of the End (band), a Bahamian funk group Albums * ''The Beginning of ... [...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] |
Tokyo!
''Tokyo!'' is a 2008 anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors, all of which were filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "Shaking Tokyo". Plot "Interior Design" Directed by Michel Gondry. It is an adaptation of the short story comic "Cecil and Jordan in New York" by Gabrielle Bell. Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryō Kase) are a young couple from the provinces staying in Tokyo with limited funds and short-term lodging. They appear to have a solid and mutually supportive relationship that will seemingly carry each other through any challenge. Akira is an aspiring filmmaker who works as a gift wrapper at a local department store while he waits for his debut feature to screen in the city. The couple manage to secure short-term housing in their friend Akemi's (Ayumi Ito) cramped studio apartment. When Akemi's boyfriend grows weary of her house guests, Hiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisaragi (film)
is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Yūichi Satō. Plot One year after the suicide of C-list model Kisaragi Miki, five of her fans come together for a commemorative meeting. They slowly come to the realization that her death did not occur the way they thought it did. The more they talk, the more the case takes shape in their minds, and the closer they come to the truth. Cast * Teruyuki Kagawa as Ichigo Musume * Keisuke Koide as Snake * Shun Oguri as Iemoto * Yūsuke Santamaria as Oda Yuji * Muga Tsukaji as Yasuo * Kanako Sakai as Kisaragi Miki * Raiki Yonemoto as the childhood version of Yasuo in photos. * Joe Shishido Awards and nominations 50th Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ... * Won: Best Film References External links * 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukiyaki Western Django
is a 2007 English-language Japanese Western film directed by Takashi Miike. The title of the film refers to the Japanese dish ''sukiyaki'' as well as Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western film '' Django.'' The film was produced by Sedic International, Geneon Universal Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Shogakukan, A-Team, Nagoya Broadcasting Network and Tokyu Recreation. It also takes inspiration from the "Man with No Name" stock character variously used in the Spaghetti Western genre but most notably in the ''Dollars'' trilogy by Sergio Leone (initially inspired by Akira Kurosawa's jidaigeki film ''Yojimbo''). The film features an ensemble cast that includes Hideaki Itō, Kōichi Satō, Yūsuke Iseya, Masanobu Andō, Masato Sakai, Yoji Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Sansei Shiomi, Takaaki Ishibashi, Shun Oguri, Quentin Tarantino, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa and Kaori Momoi. Inspired by the historical rivalry between the Genji and Heik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Of Tomorrow
is a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004. Plot The film begins by showing the inevitable outcome of the events of the film: the viewer is shown a scene of a man who is disabled by Alzheimer's disease, set in the year 2010. The story proper then begins by switching back to an earlier stage in the life of the man, Masayuki Saeki in 2004. Masayuki Saeki is a brilliant and successful advertising company executive. Saeki is shown to be a prime example of an ideal Japanese white-collar worker. He is strict, well organized, hard working, devoted to his job, and sets very high standards for himself and his subordinates. However he is soon shocked to realize that he is failing to meet up to his perfect standards. He starts inexplicably forgetting things - appointments, details of his work, and his knowledge of the layout of Tokyo. Following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sway (film)
is a 2006 mystery-drama film, directed by Japanese director Miwa Nishikawa, which features sibling rivalry and a possible murder. Plot summary Tokyo fashion photographer Takeru Hayakawa (Jo Odagiri) returns to his hometown for his mother's memorial service. His late arrival at the memorial irritates his father (Masatō Ibu), who accuses him of disrespecting his late mother and shaming their family name. Takeru's older brother Minoru (Teruyuki Kagawa) quickly intervenes and soothes their father with drinks and sympathetic comments. Takeru and Minoru later have a conversation, which reveals Takeru's thinly veiled contempt towards Minoru for not having the strength to leave their dead-end hometown, but Minoru tells him he doesn't understand how things are and besides, he's fine with the way things are. Takeru later learns that his brother has taken over their family business, a run-down garage, and that his ex-girlfriend, Chieko (Yōko Maki), now works there as a gas attendant. Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What The Snow Brings
is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi. Synopsis Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, divorced and pursued by creditors, he returns to his home and the family he has ignored for so many years. He loses the last of his money on a '' ban'ei'' horse race, a local sport where huge draft horses compete while pulling sleighs. Now broke, Manabu finds a job at the stable run by his brother Takeo. There he meets two women, Haruko, who helps Takeo run the stable, and Makie, the jockey who seems to have lost her touch. He also finds Unryu at the stable, the horse that cost him his money at the ''ban'ei'', and who may be heading for the slaughterhouse. Cast * Yūsuke Iseya as Manabu Yazaki * Kōichi Satō as Takeo Yazaki * Kyōko Koizumi as Haruko Tanaka * Kazue Fukiishi as Makie Shudo * Teruyuki Kagawa as Ogasawara * Kippei Shiina () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itsuka Dokusho Suruhi
is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Akira Ogata. Awards 27th Yokohama Film Festival * Best Screenplay * Best Actress - Yūko Tanaka * Best Supporting Actor - Ittoku Kishibe , born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Ac ... * 2nd Best Film References External links * 2005 films Films directed by Akira Ogata 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashing (film)
is a 2005 film by Masahiro Kobayashi. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. ''Bashing'' went on to win special jury award at the Fajr Film Festival and won grand prize at Tokyo FILMeX. Plot Yuko Takai and a few other Japanese political activists in the Middle East were kidnapped and used as hostages. Upon returning to Japan, Yuko is mistreated for basically "making ripples in the water;" in other words, for not committing suicide and for making the Japanese look weak. This story is based on the real affairs of the kidnapping of three Japanese political activists by militia in Iraq in April 2004. Yuko Takai is a model of Nahoko Takato, a political activist, who was also harshly criticised by almost all Japanese. Cast * Fusako Urabe - Yuko Takai * Nene Otsuka - Noriko Takai, Yuko's step mother * Ryūzō Tanaka - Koji Takai, Yuko's father * Takayuki Katō - Ex-boyfriend * Kikujirō Honda - Father's boss * Teruyuki Kagawa is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
