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What A Wonderful Family!
is a 2016 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa, Tomoko Nakajima, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yū Aoi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on March 12, 2016. The film uses the same cast as Yamada's 2013 film ''Tokyo Family''. Plot summary A husband (Isao Hashizume) and wife (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos. Their children are thrown into a state of panic to hear this news of separation. Amid the sudden tumult of life, each member of the family begins to voice out their respective grievances. Cast *Isao Hashizume *Kazuko Yoshiyuki *Masahiko Nishimura *Yui Natsukawa *Tomoko Nakajima * Hayashiya Shōzō IX *Satoshi Tsumabuki *Yū Aoi * Nakamura Takanosuke *Jun Fubuki *Shōfuk ...
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Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job as an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, he was brought up in Dalian, China. from the age of two. Following the end of World War II, he returned to Japan and subsequently lived in Yamagata Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University in 1954, he entered Shochiku and worked under Yoshitaro Nomura as a scriptwriter or as an assistant director. He won many awards throughout his lengthy career and is well respected in Japan and by critics throughout the world. He wrote his first screenplay in 1958, and directed his first movie in 1961. Yamada continues to make movies to this day. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan, and is currently a guest professor of Ritsumeikan University. Tora-san series ...
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Jun Fubuki
is a Japanese actress. Career Jun Fubuki received a Japanese Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in '' Muno no Hito'', and won at the Hochi Film Awards. This role also won Fubuki the "Best Actress" award at the Yokohama Film Festival. She also won the award for best actress at the 24th Hochi Film Award for ''Coquille'' and '' Spellbound''. She has appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films such as '' Seance'', ''Charisma'' and ''Pulse''. Filmography Film * '' Hi no Tori'' (1978) * ''The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf'' (1979) * ''Kemono Tachi no Atsui Nemuri'' (1981) * ''Space Adventure Cobra'' (1982) * '' The Tale of Genji'' (1987) * '' Muno no Hito'' (1991) * ''The Games Teachers Play'' (1992) * '' Tora-San Makes Excuses'' (1992) * '' Samurai Kids'' (1993) * ''It's a Summer Vacation Everyday'' (1994) * ''Goodbye for Tomorrow'' (1995) * ''Koi to Hanabi to Kanransha'' (1997) * ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 9'' (1997) * ''The Stupid Teacher'' (1998) * ''Coquille'' (1 ...
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Films Directed By Yoji Yamada
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 ...
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2016 Comedy Films
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Sun Li (actress)
Sun Li (, born 26 September 1982), also known as Susan Sun, is a Chinese actress. In 2018, she became the youngest Chinese actress to win the "Grand Slam", after winning the three biggest television awards, the Flying Apsaras Awards, Golden Eagle Awards and the Magnolia Awards. Career Sun first entered show business by participating in 2001's ''Star Search'', held by Singapore's MediaCorp. She reached the finals and earned the praise of judge Andy Lau. Following the competition, Sun joined Hairun Media as their first flagship artist. In 2003, author and TV producer Hai Yan selected her for the female lead in the television series ''Goddess of Mercy''. Sun received overwhelmingly positive feedback from audiences for her portrayal of An Xin, and rose to fame in China as one of the most promising young actresses. In 2006, Sun won the Best Newcomer award at the 28th Hundred Flowers Awards for her performance in ''Huo Yuanjia'' co-starring Jet Li. She then starred alongside Huang X ...
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Huang Lei
Huang Lei (Born December 6, 1971) is a Chinese actor, director, singer and screenwriter. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and now lives in Beijing. Huang ranked 58th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2015, 29th in 2017, and 76th in 2019. 62nd in 2017, and 63rd in 2019. Experience In 1990, Huang entered into the Acting Department of Beijing Film Academy; four years later, he entered into the institute of the Department of Film Performances, specialising in movie performance. When he graduated in 1997, he stayed in the Beijing Film Academy as a teacher. At the same year, he published the first music album ''Life on a String.'' In 1999, he starred in the TV show ''April Rhapsody ''April Rhapsody'' is a 2000 TV series written by Wang Hui-ling, based on the romantic life of Xu Zhimo, one of China's most renowned poets in the 20th century. Virtually all characters in the story are historical, but the plot deviates from hist ...,'' as ''Xuzhimo.'' In 2004, he published his ...
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Shanghai Yiyantang Entertainment
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion), exceeding that of Mexico with GDP of $1.22 trillion, the 15th largest in the world. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for fin ...
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EDKO (Beijing) Distribution
EDKO (Beijing) Distribution () is a Chinese film production company and distributor A distributor is an enclosed rotating switch used in spark-ignition internal combustion engines that have mechanically timed ignition. The distributor's main function is to route high voltage current from the ignition coil to the spark plug .... Filmography References Film distributors of China Film production companies of China {{China-company-stub ...
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Nenji Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for ''Poppoya''. Kobayashi signed with Toei in 1961 and started his acting career with small roles. Filmography Film * '' Soshiki Bōryoku'' (1967) * '' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion'' (1971) * '' Street Mobster'' (1972) * ''Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothersr'' (1972) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975) : Shimura * ''The Bullet Train'' (1975) : Morimoto * ''Karate Warriors'' (1976) : Higashida * '' The Classroom of Terror'' (1976) : Fumio Odagiri * ''Yakuza Graveyard'' (1976) : Akira Kitajima * ''The Doberman Cop'' (1977) ; Katsuo Koyama * ''Hokuriku Proxy War'' (1977) * ''Message from Space'' (1978) : Fox * ''Shogun's Samurai'' (1978) * ''Nihon no Fixer'' (1979) : Shunsuke Mizumaki * ''Virus'' (1980) * '' The Gate of Youth'' (1981) * '' Eijanaika'' (1981) : Matakichi * '' Station'' (1981) : Tatsumi * ''Theater of Life'' (1983) * '' The Ballad ...
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Shōfukutei Tsurube II
, born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor. Filmography Film *'' Tokyo Heaven'' (1990) *'' Moving'' (1993) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi *'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) - Tetsuro *''Cape Nostalgia'' (2014) - Tani *''What a Wonderful Family!'' (2016) - doctor (cameo) *''Black Widow Business'' (2016) - Funayama *''Gold Medal Man'' (2016) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 2'' (2017) *''Sakura Guardian in the North'' (2018) *'' What a Wonderful Family! 3'' (2018) *'' The Great War of Archimedes'' (2019) - Kiyoshi Ōsato *''Family of Strangers'' (2019) - Hidemaru Kajiki *''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' (2021) - Ken'ichirō Kawakami *''7 Secretaries: The Movie'' (2022) Television drama *''Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen'' (1985–86) - San *''Hissatsu Masshigura!'' (1986) *''Furuhata Ninzaburō'' (Fuji TV, 1994) - Dai Banzuin *''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' (TBS, 2007) - Watanuki *''Hanzawa Naoki'' (TBS, ...
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Nakamura Takanosuke
Nakamura may refer to: Places *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan People *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname Other uses *Nakamura stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation in May 1986 by Fujizakura of the Takasago stable. The stable's first ''sekitori'' was in November 1995. It did not produce any ''ma ..., a stable of sumo wrestlers * Nakamura Station, a railway station in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan {{disambiguation, geo ...
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