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Tomokazu Miura
is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting. In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film ''Izu no Odoriko'', they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s. In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzan, Yamanashi
was a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 5, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 25,856 and the density of 139.96 persons per km². The total area was 184.74 km². History On November 1, 2005, Enzan, along with the town of Katsunuma, and the village of Yamato (both from Higashiyamanashi District), was merged to create the city of Kōshū. Education There are 3 Junior High Schools in Enzan: *Enzan Junior High *Matsusato Junior High *Enzan Kita Junior High Notable people * Actor Tomokazu Miura is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed by ... was born in Enzan in 1952. Dissolved municipalities of Yamanashi Prefecture {{Yamanashi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawabata Yasunari
was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read. Early life Born into a well-established family in Osaka, Japan, Kawabata was orphaned by the time he was four, after which he lived with his grandparents. He had an older sister who was taken in by an aunt, and whom he met only once thereafter, in July 1909, when he was ten. She died when Kawabata was 11. Kawabata's grandmother died in September 1906, when he was seven, and his grandfather in May 1914, when he was fifteen. Having lost all close paternal relatives, Kawabata moved in with his mother's family, the Kurodas. However, in January 1916, he moved into a boarding house near the junior high school (comparable to a modern high school) to which he had formerly commuted by train. After graduating in March 1917 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wait And See (1998 Film)
''Wait and See'' ( ja, あ、春, Ah, haru, italic=yes) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000. Career and style His film '' Moving'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. His 1998 film, '' Wait and See'', won the FIPRESCI .... References External links * 1998 films Japanese drama films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampo (film)
is a 1994 Japanese movie. It is based on the stories of Edogawa Rampo. It was released in the United States by The Samuel Goldwyn Company as ''The Mystery of Rampo''. Originally shot by Rintaro Mayuzumi, the director had a falling out with producer Okuyama who then reshot much of the film and added many of the surreal elements. Plot summary In an animated introduction a man hides in a nagamochi while playing hide and seek with neighboring children, but he is locked in and can hardly breathe. When his wife comes home he manages to make a noise and she opens the lid to the trunk, and instead shuts it again. We now then enter a live action world where Poe-inspired mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (Naoto Takenaka) has written a book about a woman who has killed her husband by locking him in a nagamochi. The book is banned by the government who claim the work to be too disturbing. He is asked to burn his manuscript. However, after burning his paper drafts, his publisher shows him a news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Friend
is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yukihiro Sawada. It was released in Japan on April 20, 1991 where it was distributed by Toho. The film won Tomokazu Miura the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Mainichi Film Concours. Miura also won for his roles in '' Nowhere Man'' and '' The Great Shogunate Battle''. At the Japanese Academy Awards, Joe Hisaishi , known professionally as , is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. He is also known for his piano scores. Hisaishi's music has been known to explor ... won the award for best score, along with three other films he scored in 1991. See also * D.W.'s Deer Friend, a 1998 TV episode * List of Japanese films of 1991 Footnotes References * External links * Nikkatsu films Toho films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruten No Umi
is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Buichi Saitō. The lead star is Hisaya Morishige. It is based on Teru Miyamoto`s novel of the same title. Plot Cast *Hisaya Morishige as Kumago Matsuzaka *Yumiko Nogawa as Fusae Matsuzaka * Kōichi Satō as Tadashi Tsujidou *Teruhiko Saigō as Taichi Ebihara * Yuko Asano as Ayako Iwai *Jun Inoue as Tony Okada * Rino Katase as Someno * Gannosuke Ashiya as Chiyoma Maruo * Takuya Fujioka as Chigusa * Yumi Takigawa as Chiyotsuru *Shinsuke Ashida as Kawachi *Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Takeshi Tsutsui *Tomoko Naraoka as Iwai *Tomokazu Miura is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed b ... as Mokichi Kitazawa References External links * 1990 films 1990s Japanese-language films Films about geisha 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Motorbike, Her Island
is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It is based on a 1977 romance novel by Yoshio Kataoka. Awards 8th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ... *Won: Best Supporting Actress - Noriko Watanabe *Won: Best Newcomer - Kiwako Harada *3rd Best Film References External links * * 1986 films Films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayonara Jupiter (film)
is a 1984 Japanese science fiction film directed by Sakyo Komatsu and Koji Hashimoto and co-produced and written by Komatsu. An early draft of the film's story was novelized by Komatsu two years prior to its release as ''Sayonara Jupiter,'' which won the 1983 Seiun Award. Akihiko Hirata made his final film appearance in the film. Plot The year is 2125. Earth's population has swelled to 18 billion, while colonies throughout the solar system are home to an additional 5 billion people. While attempting to drive mankind's legacy beyond the solar system, these outer space colonists are engaged in a search for resources and energy, in an effort to tame the harsh environment of space. A project to melt the polar regions of Mars uncovers massive ground designs similar to those at Nazca. Space Linguist Millicent “Millie” Willem, a member of the Mars project, visits Chief Engineer Eiji Honda aboard the Jupiter-orbiting Minerva Base. Honda is head of the Jupiter Solarization (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Capital
is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata first published in 1962. It was one of three novels cited by the Nobel Committee in their decision to award Kawabata the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. ''The Old Capital'' was first translated into English in 1987 by J. Martin Holman. A revised edition of Holman's translation was published in February 2006. Plot Chieko Sada is the daughter of Takichiro and Shige, who operate a wholesale dry goods shop in the Nakagyo Ward of Kyoto. Now twenty, Chieko has known since she was in middle school that she was a foundling adopted by Takichiro and Shige. However, as told by Shige, they snatched Chieko when she was a baby "Under the cherry blossoms at night at Gion Shrine". The discrepancy on whether Chieko was a foundling or stolen is part of the plot and is revealed later in the story. Soon after a chance encounter at Yasaka Shrine, Chieko learns of a twin sister Naeko, who had remained in her home village in Kitayama working in the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koto (film)
is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novel ''The Old Capital''. Momoe Yamaguchi and Masaya Oki made their last appearances in the film. It is a remake of the 1963 film ''Twin Sisters of Kyoto''. Cast * Momoe Yamaguchi as Chieko Sada/Myoko * Tomokazu Miura * Masaya Oki as Ryusuke Mizuki * Jun Hamamura * Akiji Kobayashi as Endō * Takeshi Katō (actor), Takeshi Katō as Yahei Mizuki * Keiko Kishi as Shige Sada Release ''Koto'' received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on December 6, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho. It received a regular theatrical release in Japan on December 20, 1980. Reception Donald Richie writes in ''The Japanese Movie'' that "Ichikawa dramatizes alienation in his remake of Kawabata's ''Koto'', where twin sisters long-separated meet again and must face a dramatized estrangement." References Footnotes Sources * External links * * * 1980 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Love
is a 1979 romance film from Japan starring Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, and Bunjaku Han. It was directed by Tsugunobu Kotani and filmed in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... It was the second of the Yamaguchi-Miura "golden combi"'s films shot outside Japan and also the second based on an original script rather than a literary work. References External links * JMDB 1979 films Films shot in Spain 1970s romance films Japanese romance films Films directed by Tsugunobu Kotani 1970s Japanese films {{1970s-romance-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furimukeba Ai
, also titled "Take Me Away!"The title "Take me away!" appears in the beginning credits of the film itself, before the title "ふりむけば愛" in Japanese script. is a 1978 Japanese film starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It is one of a series of idol films starring the ''golden combi'' (golden combination) of seventies idol film stars, Miura and Yamaguchi. It features the first foreign location and the first sex scene of the couple. Plot A piano tuner on holiday in San Francisco, Kyoko (Yamaguchi), meets Tetsuo (Miura), a Japanese layabout on the run from his debts in Japan. Kyoko tells Tetsuo she is a pianist who has come to San Francisco to kill herself. After enjoying a night in a bar full of exciting people, they become romantically involved, and she admits she was lying. Kyoko starts living in Tetsuo's apartment but then has to leave. She persuades Tetsuo to come back to Japan in September. Kyoko comes back to Japan and returns t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
