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Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya Takeda (), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama '' Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei'' (Mr. Kinpachi of the Third-Year B Class). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011. Takeda wrote and performed several well-known songs, including the theme song for the 1985 animated movie ''Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars'' (のび太の宇宙小戦争). Takeda's 1980 song ''Okuru Kotoba'' (The Word I Give to You) is often sung or performed at junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies in Japan. Previous to his appearance on ''Sannen B'', Takeda studied to be a teacher at Fukuoka University of Education. He later formed a folk music group called ''Kaientai''. The song ''Okuru Kotoba'', which Takeda wrote and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Many of Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City's principal government, commercial, retail and entertainment establishments are located in the district. Hakata-ku is also the location of Fukuoka's main train station, Hakata Station, Fukuoka Airport and the Hakata Port international passenger ship terminal. Geography Hakata-ku is a ward of Fukuoka City located on its eastern edge. It is 31.47 km2 with a population of 206,629 (current January 1, 2009). Much of the ward consists of low-lying plains beside the . The northwestern end of the ward faces Hakata Bay, which includes both ferry and international cruise ship terminals . The northeast end of the ward is slightly elevated, and is named , with nearby Fukuoka Airport. Around Hakata Station is downtown; is the main dining and entertainment district of the ward along the . Hakata-ku also houses the Fukuoka Prefectural office. Economy Many Japanese companies have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adachi Morinaga
Adachi Morinaga (安達 盛長) (1135–1200) was a Japanese warrior from the Adachi clan who fought for Minamoto no Yoritomo against the Taira. Morinaga had already supported Yoritomo while he lived in exile in Izu province. After the wars, he became a monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ... and took the name Rensai (蓮西). Japanese warrior monks 1135 births 1200 deaths Adachi clan {{japan-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Partner (film)
''The Partner'' (Vietnamese: ''Người cộng sự''; Japanese: ''Za Pātonā ~ itoshiki hyakunen no tomo e ~'') is a 2013 Japanese-Vietnamese historical telefilm based on the true story of the Vietnamese independence fighter Phan Bội Châu and his Japanese friend Asaba Sakitaro. The film aired on September 29, 2013 on Vietnam Television in Vietnam and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television in Japan. Cast Meiji era *Noriyuki Higashiyama as Asaba Sakitaro *Huỳnh Đông as Phan Bội Châu *Bình Minh as Cường Để *Emi Takei as Oiwa Akane *Kazue Fukiishi as Asaba Masa *Hồng Đăng as Trần Đông Phong *Tetsuya Takeda as Inukai Tsuyoshi *Akira Emoto as Ōkuma Shigenobu 21st century *Noriyuki Higashiyama as Tetsuya Suzuki *Huỳnh Đông as Nguyễn Thành Nam *Mana Ashida as Sakura Suzuki *Lan Phương as Lê Hồng Liên *Yuichi Nakamaru as Noriaki Hatakeyama *Yukiyo Toake as Machi Kinoshita Production The film was produced in 2013 to mark 40 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun To Ai
is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on October 1, 2012, and was broadcast until March 30, 2013. It is about a girl named Jun Kanō, raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa, who moves to Osaka to work in a hotel. There she meets a man named Itoshi Machida, with whom she falls in love. It is the 87th NHK Asadora. Synopsis Jun Kanō was raised in Miyakojima, where her grandfather ran a small hotel that inspired her life's ambition to create a hotel that would serve as a "magical land" for people. Often fighting with her father Zenkō, Jun went to Osaka for college and eventually finds work at the Osaki Plaza Hotel, where she often gets in trouble for her unorthodox ways. In Osaka she meets an odd young man, Itoshi, who can't look straight at people because he says he can read people's inner feelings. First finding him weird, Jun eventually becomes attracted to Itoshi, who himself falls in love with Jun, even though her name reminds him of his dead twin brother Jun. The two ultim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsu Kaishū
Count , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku ) by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was . He was often called from his title during the late Tokugawa shogunate and later changed his name to Yasuyoshi after the Meiji Restoration. Katsu Kaishū eventually rose to occupy the position of commissioner ''(Gunkan-bugyō)'' in the Tokugawa navy. He is particularly known for his role in the surrender of Edo. Early life Born Katsu Yoshikuni on March 12, 1823, in Edo to a low-ranking retainer of the Tokugawa ''shōgun''. His father, Katsu Kokichi, the subject of the autobiography, '' Musui's Story'', was the ill-behaved head of a minor ''samurai'' family. As a youth whose given childhood name as Katsu Rintarō (Kaishu was a pseudonym), he studied Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōmaden
is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Production Production Credits *Original – Yasushi Fukuda *Music – Naoki Satō *Titling – Shishū *Narrator – Teruyuki Kagawa *Historical research – Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura *Architectural research – Sei Hirai *Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi *Beauty and costume direction – Isao Tsuge *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi *Production coordinator – Kei Suzuki, Kanako Iwatani *Casting – Keishi Ōtomo Cast *Masaharu Fukuyama as **Tatsuomi Hamada as young Ryōma Sakamoto family *Shinobu Terajima as – older sister of Ryōma - later **Tao Tsuchiya as young Otome *Kiyoshi Kodama as – father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogata Kōan
was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy which later developed into Osaka University. Many of his students subsequently played important roles in the Meiji Restoration and the westernization of Japan in the Meiji period. His true name was or ; the name of Kōan was his courtesy name. Biography Ogata was born in 1810 to a family of low-ranking samurai of Ashimori Domain in Bitchū Province in what is now part of the city of Okayama. He moved to Osaka in 1825 with his father, and began studies in rangaku and medicine at a private academy run by Naka Tenyū from 1826. In 1831, he relocated to Edo to continue his studies in western medicine, returning to Nagasaki in 1836 to study under the Dutch doctor Erdewin Johannes Niemann, despite the Tokugawa shogunate's strict national isolation policy. In 1838, Ogata returned to Osaka to establish his medical practice, and in the same year established the Tekijuku, an academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series, first broadcast on TBS in 2009 and a second season in 2011. It is based on the Japanese manga series, '' Jin'', written by Motoka Murakami. It was one of the most popular dramas of the year and won many major awards. Plot Season 1 The story follows a brain surgeon named Jin Minakata who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee, Miki, herself a doctor, lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he is knocked unconscious by a panicking patient at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyōtarō Tachibana. Kyōtarō suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyōtarō's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is deter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karei-naru Ichizoku
is a 1973 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1974 and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021. Plot Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the show explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family. The cornerstone of their empire is , controlled by the father of the clan, . Eldest son is the managing director of . The ambitious Teppei seeks to expand operations of his company, and goes to his father to see if he can secure a loan. But the Minister of Finance seeks the merger of smaller Japanese banks to fend off foreign competition. Daisuke must decide whether to protect his son's interest in manufacturing or to ensure the survival of the bank that he controls. The series mostly revolves on the hidden secrets within the Manpyo family. A running theme throughout the show is Teppei's constant hunger for his father's approval. However, instead of being seen as a son, he is often seen as a threat b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Under The Midnight Sun
(also published in English as ''Under the Midnight Sun'')English edition: ''Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (London: Little, Brown, October 2015), ISBN (print) 978-1-4087-0411-0, (e-book) 978-1-4055-1680-8; American edition: ''Under the Midnight Sun'' (New York: Minotaur Books, November 2016), ISBN (print) 978-1-250-10579-0, (e-book) 978-1-250-10580-6. is a mystery novel written by Keigo Higashino, first serialized in the monthly novel magazine ''Subaru'' from Shueisha from January 1997 to January 1999. The entire volume was published in August 1999 and became a bestseller. During the serialization, the novel was at first written as a series of short stories representing chronological snapshots of the overall plot line. Higashino modified its structure to make it a single coherent story before publishing it as a single volume. As of November 2005 the book had sold 550,000 copies. However, its sales quickly picked up after the first episode of the adapted TV series was aired. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōmyō Ga Tsuji
''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (功名が辻) is a 2006 Japanese historical television series and the 45th NHK ''taiga'' drama. It is written by Shizuka Ōishi, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Ryōtarō Shiba. The series chronicles the lives of Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a couple who lived during the Sengoku period of Japan. Cast Chiyo and Kazutoyo *Yukie Nakama as Chiyo, wife of Kazutoyo **Anzu Nagai as young Chiyo *Takaya Kamikawa as Yamauchi Kazutoyo, samurai and later Lord of Tosa **Shingo Michinaka as young Kazutoyo Their family *Yoshiko Sakuma as Hōshūin *Hiroshi Tamaki as Yamauchi Yasutoyo *Masahiko Tsugawa as Fuwa Ichinojō *Yumi Takigawa as Kinu *Shin Takuma as Wakamiya Kisuke *Tae Kimura as Tomo *Ei Morisako as Yone *Haruma Miura as Shōnan Goto and Sofue clan *Tetsuya Takeda as Goto Kichibei *Gin Maeda as Sofue Shinemon *Mami Kumagai as Fune *Manabu Hamada as Sofue Shin'ichirō *Shinnosuke Furumoto as Sofue Tokushinsai Horio clan *Katsuhisa Namase as Horio Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusunoki Masashige
was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court. Kusunoki was a leading figure of the Kenmu Restoration in 1333 and remained loyal to the unpopular Emperor Go-Daigo after Ashikaga Takauji began to reverse the restoration in the Nanboku-chō wars three years later. Kusunoki attacked Takauji in Settsu at the command of the Emperor, an act of obedience surely to result in defeat, and died at the Battle of Minatogawa in 1336. Kusunoki became a popular legend in Japan representing loyalty and virtue, and associated with the phrase "Would that I had seven lives to give for my country!" (七生報國; "''Shichishō Hōkoku!''"). Kusunoki was posthumously awarded the highest court rank in Japan, Senior First Rank (''shō ichi-i)'', by the Meiji government in 1880, over 500 years after his death. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
