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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] |
Kichitaro Negishi
is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong performances from his actors. He won the award for Best Director at the 3rd Yokohama Film Festival for ''Enrai'' and '' Crazy Fruit''. Life and career Early career - Nikkatsu Negishi graduated from Waseda University in the Faculty of Theatre and Film Arts, and as with several other filmmakers of his generation, began his career directing ''Roman porno'' films for the Nikkatsu studio. He worked as Assistant Director on Toshiya Fujita's March 1978 , based on the French novel ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'', but his debut as a director for Nikkatsu was with the June 1978 erotic thriller ''From Orion's Testimony: Formula For Murder''. The young Negishi's success with this film was a factor in Nikkatsu's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
is an American-born Japanese actor. Biography His father is conductor Seiji Ozawa. His mother is former model and actress Miki Irie. His sister is essayist Seira Ozawa. His cousin is musician Kenji Ozawa. He graduated from Seijo Gakuen Primary School through Seijo Gakuen Junior High School and High School and Seijo University. His given name is read as Yukiyoshi but as the kanji for it 征悦 is difficult to read, it is often incorrectly read as ''Seietsu''. On 1 September 2021, he married with a NHK female announcer Maho Kuwako. Filmography TV dramas Films Stage Internet drama Cultural programmes Narration Advertisements Dubbing *''The King's Man'', Duke of Oxford (Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...) References Notes External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Kichitaro Negishi
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. Reports 19 September 1939: SS Scharnhorst The Hochi Shimbu ...''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist *Special Award *Best Director Winner External links Hochi Film Awards official site List of awards on IMDB {{Cinema of Japan 1976 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1976 Japanese film awards Recurring events established in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center. Ceremonies Categories *Best Film *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Director *Best New Director *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Newcomer *Special Jury Prize *Best New Actor *Best New Actress References External links * Yokohama Film Festival - Overviewon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Authority control Awards established in 1980 Film festivals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking, and it showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. In 2013, the festival was listed by ''Variety'' as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals". Timeline *1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered. *1993 – The Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'' *1994 – ''Pulp Fiction'' makes its UK debut at Raindance. *1998 – Raindance creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrate the achievements of independent British filmmaking. *2000 – Christopher Nolan's '' Memento'' has its UK premiere at Raindance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director. Career Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at the age of 16 in the Kō Nakahira film ''Crazed Fruit'' in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting alone. He gradually grew in popularity by playing villain roles such television jidaigeki drama series as Hissatsu series and appeared in films like '' Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san'' and '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. He was eventually adopted as one of director Juzo Itami's favourite actors, and went on to appear in nearly every one of his movies since ''Tampopo''. In television Tsugawa portrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu five times. He played Ieyasu in the 2000 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kippei Shiina
is a Japanese actor. Career Shiina portrayed John Rain and co-starred in Max Mannix's '' Rain Fall'' (2009) with Gary Oldman. He starred in Takeshi Kitano's ''Outrage'' (2010). Filmography Film *''Wangan Bad Boy Blue'' (1992) *''A Night in Nude'' (1993) *''Sadistic City'' (1993) *''Alone in the Night'' (1994) *''Shinjuku Triad Society'' (1995) *''Gonin'' (1995) *''Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari'' (1996) *''Tokyo Dragon'' (1997) *''The Black Angel'' (1997) *''Andoromedia'' (1998) *''Fuyajo'' (1998) *''June Bride'' (1998) *'' Sada'' (1998) *'' Spellbound'' (1999) *'' Kaizokuban Bootleg Film'' (1999) *''Kewaishi'' (2001) *''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) *'' Red Shadow'' (2001) *''Oboreru Sakana'' (2001) *''Kaza-Hana'' (2001) *'' Doing Time'' (2002) *''The Choice of Hercules'' (2002) *''Hana'' (2003) *''The Boat to Heaven'' (2003) *''Spy Sorge'' (2003) *''Thirty Lies or So'' (2004) *''Quill'' (2004) *''Warau Iemon'' (2004) *''What the Snow Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsuke Iseya
is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman. Career Iseya co-starred with Arata Iura, Yui Natsukawa, and Susumu Terajima in Hirokazu Koreeda's ''Distance''. He appeared in Takashi Miike's '' 13 Assassins''. He has also appeared in films such as Gakuryu Ishii's '' Dead End Run'', Miike's '' Sukiyaki Western: Django'', and Fernando Meirelles' ''Blindness''. He was arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police on September 8, 2020, on suspicion of violating the cannabis possession law. Filmography Film * '' After Life'' (1998) – Yusuke Iseya * ''Kinpatsu no Sogen'' (2000) * ''Harmful Insect'' (2001) – Coffeeshop Guy * ''Distance'' (2001) – Enoki Masaru * ''Yomigaeri'' (2002) – Shunsuke * ''Tsuki ni Shizumu'' (2002) * '' Dead End Run'' (2003) * ''Kakuto'' (2003) * ''Casshern'' (2004) – Tetsuya Azuma/Casshern * ''What the Snow Brings'' (2005) – Manabu Yazaki * '' The Passenger'' (2005) – Kohji * ''Memories of Matsuko'' (2006) – Youichi Ryu * ''Sea Without Exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ban'ei
is a form of Japanese horse racing in which draft horses pull heavy sleds up sand ramps, urged-on by jockeys balancing on the sleds. The horses used in the races are often either purebred or crosses of Percheron, Breton, and Belgian breeds.JEAA Stallion Registration Regulations Secretary bylaws JEAA lists eight breeds that can be used to breed horses for ban-ei: Ardennes, Clydesdale, Shire, Brabançon, Breton, Boulonnais, Belgian and Percheron. ("アルデンネ、クライズデール、シャイヤー、ブラバンソン、ブルトン、ブーロンネ、ベルジアン、ペルシュロン") As the popularity of the races has waned in recent years, regular ''ban'ei'' races are only held at the |
