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While The Women Are Sleeping
is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Wayne Wang. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Takeshi Kitano * Hidetoshi Nishijima * Sayuri Oyamada * Shioli Kutsuna * Hirofumi Arai * Makiko Watanabe is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1996. Awards Watanabe was given the award for best script at the 1999 Mainichi Film Awards for '' M/Other'' with director Nobuhiro Suwa and co-star Tomokazu Miura for dialogu ... References External links * 2016 films 2016 drama films Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Films directed by Wayne Wang 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ...
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Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong Americans, Hong Kong–American Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese Americans, Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood. His films, often independent film, independently produced, deal with issues of contemporary Asian-American culture and domestic life. His best known works include ''Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart'' (1985), ''Eat a Bowl of Tea (film), Eat a Bowl of Tea'' (1989), the Amy Tan literary adaptation ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'' (1993), ''Chinese Box'' (1997), and ''A Thousand Years of Good Prayers'' (2007). Other films include the Harvey Keitel and William Hurt–starring comedy ''Smoke (film), Smoke'' (1995), the family film ''Because of Winn-Dixie (film), Because of Winn-Dixie'' (2005), the romantic comedies ''Maid in Manhattan'' (2002) and ''Last Holiday ( ...
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Javier Marias
Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known as Javier People * Javier (name) Places * Javier, Spain * Javier, Leyte, Philippines See also * Hurricane Javier (other) * San Javier (other) * Xavier (other) * Xavier (given name) * Xavier (surname) Xavier (, , , , ; es, Javier ; eu, Xabier ) is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese footballer * Anderson Conceição Xavier (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Arlene Xavier (born ...
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Shinho Lee
Shinho Lee (born 1977) is a South Korean screenwriter and arts professor in Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Lee is best known for his work on “ The Chaser (film)” (2008, Na Hong-jin). It was screened in the Official Selection Midnight Screening section at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. The remake rights to the film were bought by Warner Bros. with Leonardo DiCaprio named as a potential star. His recent work “While the Women Are Sleeping” (based on the short story by Javier Marías) was directed by Wayne Wang (“Smoke (film)”, “The Joy Luck Club (film)”, “Maid in Manhattan”) and screened in the Official Panorama Special section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. He also wrote “Sayonara Itsuka ( サヨナライツカ, Saying Good-bye, Oneday)” (based on the novel by Hitonari Tsuji) that stars Miho Nakayama from Shunji Iwai’s “Love Letter (1995 film)”. His other work ...
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Takeshi Kitano
is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is commonly known by the stage name . Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo ''Two Beat'', before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's '' Violent Cop'' and garnered international acclaim for '' Sonatine'' (1993). He was not widely accepted as an accomplished director in Japan until ''Hana-bi'' won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his ''Outrage'' crime trilogy with the release of ''Outrage Coda''. He is also known internationally for hosting the game show ''Takeshi's Castle'' (1986–1990) and starring in the film '' Battle Ro ...
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Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ...
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