|
Water Flower
is a Japanese film which was released on 5 August 2005. Synopsis Minako is a quiet junior high school student being raised by her overworked single father. This movie is a portrait of the relationship between Minako and Yu, Minako's younger half-sister who loves to ballet dance. Minako and her father have a very strained relationship, and she feels as if he is a stranger to her. The situation is exacerbated when he comes home drunk one night and tries to climb on top of her. Minako's mother deserted them for another man when Minako was a child. Now working as a hostess, Minako’s mother has little time for her own six-year-old daughter, Yu, Minako's half sister. Both girls are yearning for their mother's love. Minako runs into Yu at a game center in the mall and proposes they take a trip. She changes out of her school uniform and into adult clothes and the pair hops on an overnight bus out of the city. It gets dark and both parents start to panic. On a whim, Minako takes Yu to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azusa Hibino
is a Japanese model. Photographed by Garo Aida, she commonly poses in magazines with Mao Kobayashi, as well as other models. Works *《Sunshine Girl age 12》 *《美少女予报 age 13》写真集系列（7部） *《制服日和 age 13》写真集系列（7部） *《清纯いもうと倶楽部 age 13》写真集系列（4部） *《清纯いもうと倶楽部 age 14》写真集系列（9部） *《age 15 写真集》 See also *Mao Kobayashi (Japanese idol) *Saaya Irie *Haruka Suenaga is a Japanese actress. At a young age, she began making TV appearances on ''Oha Suta'' and was part of the Oha-Girls. She has done some commercials for Glico. One of her most notable roles was Sakura Nishihori/Bouken Pink in the Super Sentai ser ... References * https://web.archive.org/web/20070331224405/http://suxipo.com/view/idol-photobooks/Azusa-Hibino/? * https://web.archive.org/web/20070306052805/http://shibuya.cool.ne.jp/tighthole2/ Citations Japanese gravure idols 21st-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Kurosawa
is a Japanese actress and gravure model. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 1988. Selected filmography Film Television Awards She won the best actress award at the Tokyo Sports Film Awards for ''A Snake of June ''A Snake of June'' ( ja, 六月の蛇, ''Rokugatsu no hebi'') is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. His seventh film, it is notable for its monochrome blue cinematography tinted in post production. It won the Kinematrix Film Awa ...''. References External links * 1971 births Living people People from Fujisawa, Kanagawa Japanese actresses Japanese female adult models {{Japan-actress-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomi Nakaho
Tomi may refer to: * Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ..., a city in Romania, also known as Tomis or Tomi * Tomi, Okayama, a village in Japan * Tōmi, Nagano, a city in Japan * Tomi (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Tomi Village, a fictional Okinawan village that was the primary setting of the 1986 American motion picture '' The Karate Kid Part II'' See also * Tomie {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himawari Ono
is the Japanese word for sunflower. It may refer to: Companies *Himawari Theatre Group, located in Ebisunishi, Shibuya, Tokyo People with the given name *, Japanese women's basketball player Fiction *Himawari Kunogi (九軒ひまわり), a character in the manga and anime ''xxxHOLiC'' *'' Himawari!'' (ひまわりっ!), an anime title *Himawari (nicknamed Hima), a character in the manga and anime ''Crayon Shin-chan'' *'' Himawari: Kenichi Legend'', a Japanese manga series *''Himawari'', an NHK Asadora from 1996 *Himawari Uzumaki (うずまきヒマワリ), a character in the manga and anime series ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' * Himawari Funetani (古谷 向日葵), a character in the manga and anime series ''YuruYuri'' Music Albums * ''Himawari'' (album), a 2000 album by Swayzak Songs *Himawari (Miho Fukuhara song) *"Himawari" (ひまわり), a 2004 song by Mai Hoshimura *"Himawari" (向日葵), a 2003 song by Ai Otsuka *"Himawari" (ひまわり), a 2005 song by Sug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami Orimoto
Minami ( kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "south". Places Japan There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: * Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefecture *Minami-ku, Sapporo * Minami-ku, Niigata *Minami-ku, Saitama * Minami-ku, Yokohama * Minami-ku, Sagamihara * Minami-ku, Hamamatsu * Minami-ku, Nagoya * Minami-ku, Kyoto * Minami-ku, Sakai * Minami-ku, Okayama * Minami-ku, Hiroshima * Minami-ku, Fukuoka * Minami ward of Osaka merged with Higashi ward and is now part of Chūō ward. Other uses * Minami (name) See also Other directions: * Nishi (West) *Higashi (other) Higashi is the Japanese word for ''east''. In kanji it is represented as 東. Higashi may also refer to: Places *Higashi, Shibuya, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo *Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture *Higashi, Okinawa, a village in ... (East) * Kita (other) (North) {{disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsushi Tanaka
is a Japanese actor. Personal life Tanaka married actress Yukie Nakama on September 18, 2014, after a six-year relationship. Selected filmography Film *'' Get Up!'' (2003) *''One Missed Call'' (2004) *''Umizaru'' (2004) *'' 69'' (2004) *''Veronika Decides to Die'' (2005) *''Into a Dream'' (2005) *'' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2005) *''Water Flower'' (2006) *''I Just Didn't Do It'' (2007) *''Exte'' (2007) *''Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (2008) *''Happy Flight'' (2008) *''Rebirth'' (2011), Takehiro Akiyama *''Outrage Beyond'' (2012), Funaki *''Midsummer's Equation'' (2013), Keiichi Esaki *'' Like Father, like Son'' (2013) *'' Flying Colors'' (2015), Sayaka's Father *'' The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' (2017), Iwashita *''Love At Least'' (2018) *''Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp'' (2018) *''Ten Years Japan'' (2018) *''The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps'' (2018), Dr. Shindō *''Day and Night'' (2019), Ryohei Miyake *'' The Journalist'' (2019), Tada *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Terashima
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse. Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes), he wrote a full-length play, ''The Watched Pot'', in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, ''The Rise of the Russian Empire'' (the only book published under his own name); a short novel, ''The Unbearable Bassington''; the episodic ''The Westminster Alice'' (a parliamentary parody of ''Alice in Wonderland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehito Terui
Takehito (written: 武人, 威仁, 健人, 健仁, 岳人 or たけひと in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... Notable people with the name include: * (1862–1913), Japanese prince and Imperial Japanese Navy admiral * (born 1979), Japanese baseball player * (born 1967), Japanese voice actor * (born 1981), Japanese footballer * (born 1971), Japanese footballer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji Tsuda
is a Japanese actor. Career Tsuda appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's ''Tokyo Sonata''. He co-starred in Sion Sono's ''Guilty of Romance'' with Megumi Kagurazaka. Filmography Film * '' Sonatine'' (1993) * ''119'' (1994) * ''Kids Return'' (1996) * ''Hana-bi'' (1997) * '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998) * ''April Story'' (1998) – Fukatsu * ''Audition'' (1999) – Bartender * ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'' (1999) – Fukazume * ''Himawari'' (2000) * ''Party 7'' (2000) – Desk Clerk * ''Monday'' (2000) * ''Love Song'' (2001) * '' Go'' (2001) – Henchman of Kato's father * ''Distance'' (2001) * ''Desert Moon'' (2001) – Masaru's elder brother * ''Drive'' (2002) * ''August Illusion'' (2002) * ''Mohou-han'' (2002) * '' Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final'' (2002) – Daisuke Okubo * ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2003) * '' Ju-on: The Grudge'' (2003) – Katsuya Tokunaga * '' Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost'' (2003) – Mina's Father * ''Dolls'' (2002) – Young Hiro * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nozomi Yasuda '', a manga series by Toshio Nobe
{{disambiguation ...
Nozomi may refer to: *Nozomi (given name) *Nozomi (book), a photobook by Nozomi Sasaki *Nozomi Entertainment, the anime license and distribution division of retailer The Right Stuf International * Nozomi (spacecraft), a failed Mars space probe * Nozomi (train), a high-speed train service in Japan *Sony Xperia S, a Sony smartphone codenamed ''Nozomi'' See also *''Nozomi Witches , sometimes also called ''Bewitching Nozomi'', is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992. Plot Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinokuniya
is a Japanese bookstore chain operated by , founded in 1927, with its first store located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its name translates to "Bookstore of Kii Province". The company has its headquarters in Meguro, Tokyo. One of the company's goals has been to cater to the interests of not only local Japanese clients, but to a wider, more diverse clientele. This is why its international bookstores have focused on supplying a wide range of both Japanese and English books. History Kinokuniya was originally a lumber and charcoal dealer in Yotsuya; and after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the business was moved westward to a new location in Shinjuku, where it was refashioned into a book store by former president Moichi Tanabe, opening with a staff of five in January 1927. He named it after Kii Province, given that his ancestor was a servant of the Kii-Tokugawa family; they are not related to the Edo Period merchant Kinokuniya Bunzaemon. On the second floor was an art gallery. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
