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The Floating Castle
is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the struggle of Oshi's villagers in defending their fortress against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against the Hojo clan. Against insurmountable odds, Narita Nagachika, the fortress's castellan, leads a group of 500 men against 20,000 men led by Ishida Mitsunari, part of Toyotomi clan's greater army of 20,000 samurai. Cast * Mansai Nomura as Nagachika Narita * Nana Eikura as Kaihime * Hiroki Narimiya as Sakamaki * Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Izumi * Kōichi Satō as Tanba * Masachika Ichimura as Hideyoshi Toyotomi * Takehiro Hira as Masaie Natsuka * Takayuki Yamada as Yoshitsugu Otani * Yusuke Kamiji as Mitsunari Ishida * Masahiko Nishimura as Ujinaga Narita * Sei Hiraizumi as Yasusue Narita * Isao Natsuyagi as Monk * Takeo Nakahara as Hoj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinji Higuchi
is a Japanese filmmaker and storyboard artist. He is one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers and the top ''tokusatsu'' film director. Higuchi became known for his work on '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'', for which he won the Special Technology Award at the 19th Japan Academy Film Prize. In 2005, he made his feature directorial debut on '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean''. His second feature film, ''Sinking of Japan'' (2006), was second place at the Bunshun Kiichigo Awards. His 2015 live-action two-part film adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga series, ''Attack on Titan'', won the Excellence in Theatrical Live Action Film award at the 2016 VFX-JAPAN Awards. In 2017, Higuchi and Hideaki Anno won the Director of the Year award at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize, for their work on the 2016 ''kaiju'' film, ''Shin Godzilla.'' His 2022 film, ''Shin Ultraman'', was a major success in Japan, and has received generally positive reviews from critics international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellan
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant of the medieval idea of the castellan as head of the local prison. The word stems from the Latin ''Castellanus'', derived from ''castellum'' "castle". Sometimes also known as a ''constable'' of the castle district, the Constable of the Tower of London is, in fact, a form of castellan, with representative powers in the local or national assembly. A castellan was almost always male, but could occasionally be female, as when, in 1194, Beatrice of Bourbourg inherited her father's castellany of Bourbourg upon the death of her brother, Roger. Similarly, Agnes became the castellan of Harlech Castle upon the death of her husband John de Bonvillars in 1287. Initial functions After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, foreign tribes migrated into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mana Ashida
is a Japanese actress, '' talent'' and singer. Ashida's first appearance was in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ''ABC Short Movie 2'', though she rose to prominence after acting in the television drama ''Mother''. She became the youngest lead star in Japanese drama history when she starred in ''Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien''. She was the youngest lead actress in a television serial drama by appearing in the serial drama ''Marumo no Okite'' in the spring of 2011. She also appeared in Japanese films such as '' Confessions'' and '' Bunny Drop''. Ashida and her co-actor Fuku Suzuki sang the 2011 hit song "Maru Maru Mori Mori", the theme song for the television drama ''Marumo no Okite''. Career Early career Ashida made her debut appearance in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ''ABC Short Movie 2. Bokenmama'' in 2009. Her first film was the live-action film adaptation of the manga ''Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora'' in 2010. In the same year, she starred in the film '' Confessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machiko Ono
is a Japanese actress. Career Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's '' Suzaku'', which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, ''The Mourning Forest'', which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled ''Carnation ''Dianthus caryophyllus'' (), commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, is a species of ''Dianthus''. It is likely native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gin Maeda
(born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese actor. He had a regular role in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' films, beginning with the first in the series (1969), as Sakura's husband. Filmography Film *''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series (1969–2019), Hiroshi Suwa *'' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970), Asao *'' Where Spring Comes Late'' (1970), Kazami-ryoku *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973), Koichi Shimada *'' Mount Hakkoda'' (1977), Saitō *'' Hometown'' (1983), Teacher Tani *'' Final Take'' (1986), Yuki's husband *'' No Worries on the Recruit Front'' (1991), Interviewer *''Pride'' (1998), Sadao Akamatsu *'' Break Through!'' (2005), Motoki's father *'' The Floating Castle'' (2012), Tahee *'' Little Maestra'' (2012), Tatsuji Minatogawa *''Midsummer's Equation'' (2013), Shigeharu Kawabata *''R100'' (2013), Kiichirō Sugiura *'' March Comes in Like a Lion'' (2017), Someji Kawamoto Television *''Three Outlaw Samurai'' (1968) *''Mito Kōmon'' (1971–2011) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honami Suzuki
is a Japanese actress. Career Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama ''Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa'' (TBS, 1986). Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television adaptation of Fumi Saimon's manga ''Tokyo Love Story''. The scholar Alisa Freedman has said that "''Tokyo Love Story'' grabbed media and viewer attention because of the main character Rika", and the show made Suzuki famous at home and in Asia. She married the comedian Takaaki Ishibashi in 1998, and dropped out of show business in 1999 after giving birth to a daughter. She resumed her acting career with the NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ... Taiga drama '' Gō'' (2011). Selected filmography Television Films Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hojo Ujimasa
Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile and a popular airframe for hobby modelers *Hojo, a supporting character in comic strip ''Mandrake the Magician'' *Professor Hojo, a non-playable character in the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' Hōjō or Houjou: *Hōjō clan, a family of regents of the Kamakura Shogunate *Late Hōjō clan, daimyō in the Sengoku Period *Hōjō, Ehime, a city in Japan * Hōjō, one of the five kata of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū *Hōjō, Tottori, a town in Japan (part of Hokuei) *Hōjō Tokiyuki (Scouting) (1858–1929), early Japanese Scouting notable *Hōjō (Inuyasha), a character in the manga and anime series ''Inuyasha'' * Hōjō Tsukasa (popularly but incorrectly romanized "Hojo", born 1959), manga artist and creator of ''City Hunter'' * Sato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeo Nakahara
is a Japanese actor. Filmography Film *'' Okoge'' (1992) – Tochihiko Terazaki *'' Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō'' (1993) - Hachibei *''Godzilla 2000'' (1999) – Takada *''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' (2002) – JXSDF Chief Ichiyanagi *''Bayside Shakedown 2'' (2003) – Sakakibara *''Blue Swallow'' (2005) – The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan *''Death Note'' (2006) – Matsubara *''Map of the Sounds of Tokyo'' (2009) – Nagara *'' Isoroku'' (2011) – Chūichi Nagumo *''The Floating Castle'' (2012) – Hōjō Ujimasa *''Cape Nostalgia'' (2014) – Narumi *''Assassination Classroom'' (2015) – Gōki Onaga *'' Assassination Classroom: Graduation'' (2016) – Gōki Onaga *''Musashi'' (2019) – Itakura Katsushige *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Final'' (2021) – Maekawa Miyauchi *''Família'' (2023) Television * Taiga drama **''Homura Tatsu'' (1993–94) – Fujiwara no Motoaki **''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998) – Umezawa Magotaro **''Sanada Maru'' (2016) – Takanashi Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Natsuyagi
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University. He eventually left Keio before graduating and entered the Haiyuza actors school. After graduating in 1966, he joined the Toei studio and made his film debut with ''Hone made shaburu''. His first starring role was in Hideo Gosha's ''Kiba Ōkaminosuke'' (1966). Filmography Film Television Anime Dubbing *''The Bridges of Madison County'' – Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) *''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1974 TBS edition) – Joe (Clint Eastwood) *'' Nighthawks'' (1984 Fuji TV edition) – Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...) Awards and prizes Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sei Hiraizumi
is a Japanese actor. In 1964, Hiraizumi joined Daiei Film company and started his acting career. In the 1970s to early 1980s, he appeared in a lot of jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest villain actor. Hiraizumi starred as Koichi Matsudo in '' L: Change the WorLd'' and he also starred in '' Osaka Tough Guys''. Filmography Film * ''Daimajin Okoru'' (1966) * ''Nemuri Kyōshirō Burai Hikae'' (1967) * ''The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch'' (1968) * ''Yakuza Zessyō'' (1970) * ''Ryoma Ansatsu'' (1974) * ''Tokyo Blackout'' (1987) * '' Violent Cop'' (1989) * ''Edo Jō Tairan'' (1991) *''Like a Rolling Stone'' (1994) * '' Osaka Tough Guys'' (1995) * '' Haru'' (1996) * ''Hana and Alice'' (2004) * '' Nobody Knows'' (2004) * ''Chameleon'' (2008) * '' L: Change the WorLd'' (2008) * ''Gold Medal Man'' (2016) * ''Shin Godzilla'' (2016) * ''Weathering with You'' (2019), Detective Yasui (voice) * ''189'' (2021) * ''Soul at Twenty'' (2022) * ''My Small Land'' (2022) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Nishimura
is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals. Biography Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography he met Kōki Mitani, a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre. In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and Kazuyuki Aijima formed the Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play ''12 Gentle Japanese'', a parody of Reginald Rose's ''12 Angry Men''. When ''12 Gentle Japanese'' was adapted to film, Nishimura did not form part of the cast. In the 1990s the success of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys brought Nishimura parts in television dramas, notably a part in ''Furikaereba Yatsuga Iru'' and as the flamboyant Shintaro Imaizumi in Kōki Mitani's '' Furuhata Ninzaburo''. With the release of the Kōki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari (, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He is also known by his court title, Jibu-no-shō (治部少輔). Early life He was born in 1559 at the north of Ōmi Province (which is now Nagahama city, Shiga Prefecture), and was the second son of Ishida Masatsugu, who was a retainer for the Azai clan. His childhood name was Sakichi (). The Ishida withdrew from service after the Azai's defeat in 1573 at the Siege of Odani Castle. According to legend, he was a monk in a Buddhist temple before he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the accuracy of this legend is doubted since it only came about during the Edo period. Service under Hideyoshi Mitsunari met Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1577, when the former was still young and the latter was the ''daimy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
