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Yae's Sakura
is a 2013 Japanese historical drama television series and the 52nd NHK taiga drama. Written by Mutsumi Yamamoto, the drama focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase. Yae is a strong believer in women's rights and the story follows her journey in Japan, during the time it is opened up to Western ideas. Yae, who came from the Aizu Domain (now within Fukushima Prefecture), was chosen for the taiga drama as her story of loss and hope was felt to be timely in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The drama was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, losing to ''Utopia (British TV series), Utopia''. Production * Kunishirō Hayashi - Sword fight arranger Cast *Haruka Ayase as Niijima Yae **Rio Suzuki as childhood Yae ;Her family *Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor), Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yamamoto Kakuma, Yae's brother *Hiroki Hasegawa as Kawasaki Shonosuke, Yae's first husband *Joe Odagiri as Joseph Hardy Neesima, Yae's second husb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumiko Akiyoshi
(born July 29, 1954), better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for ''Banka'', ''Saraba natsuno hikariyo'' and ''Brother and Sister''. Filmography Films * '' Tabi no omosa'' (1972) - Kayo * ''Juroku-sai no senso'' (''War of the 16 Year Olds'') (1973) - Azusa/Mizue (Plays two parts) * ''Aka chōchin'' (1974) - Yukie Shimokawa * ''Imouto'' (1974) - Neri Kojima * ''Aoba shigereru'' (1974) - Hiroko Wakayama * ''Virgin Blues'' (1974) - Shoplifter * ''Honō no shōzō'' (1974) * ''Shōwa karesusuki'' (1975) - Noriko, the sister * ''Banka'' (1976) - Reiko Ando * ''Saraba natsuno hikariyo'' (''Farewell, O Summer's Light'') (1976) - Kyoko Toda * ''Fumō chitai'' (1976) * ''Permanent Blue: Manatsu no koi'' (1976) - Woman * ''Brother and Sister'' (1976) - Mon * ''Totsuzen arashi no youni'' (1977) - Yuki Kobayashi * '' Mount Hakkoda'' (1977) - Sawa Takiguchi (Guide) * ''Sugata Sanshiro'' (1977) - Otomi Murai * ''Wani to oum to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyuki Nakajima
– is Japanese musician, composer, arranger, pianist, who studied composition in Tokyo and Paris. Noted not only for his masterful piano, but also for his talent of composing and arranger of elegant and thrilling ensembles, based on the impressive depth and variety of his musical literacy. He has composed original soundtracks for Japanese TV series such as the NHK Taiga drama ''Yae no Sakura'' (nominated for the 42nd International Emmy Awards, Drama Series). In recent years, he participated in Jane Birkin's world tours (''Jane Birkin sings Serge Gainsbourg "Via Japan"'') as musical director, orchestrator and pianist (over 70 concerts in 27 countries) 2011-2013. Since 2016, he also joined her world tour "Gainsbourg Symphonique" as the orchestral arranger and pianist. Discography Studio albums * ''ETE,Palma ~ a vague impression of the summer ~'' (2006) * ''PASSACAILLE'' (2007) * ''MELANCOLIA'' (2010) * ''Cancellare'' (2012) * ''clair-obscur'' (2014) * ''Broken Blossoms'' (2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres. Sakamoto began his career while at university in the 1970s as a session musician, producer, and arranger. His first major success came in 1978 as co-founder of YMO. He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album '' Thousand Knives'' in 1978. Two years later, he released the album ''B-2 Unit''. It included the track "Riot in Lagos", which was significant in the development of electro and hip hop music. He went on to produce more solo records, and collaborate with many international artists, David Sylvian, Carsten Nicolai, Youssou N'Dour, and Fennesz among them. Sakamoto composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child".http://www.20knames.com/female_japanese_names.htm However Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are: *光子, "light, child" *充子, "provide, child" *満子, "satisfy/full, child" *睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child" *三子, "third child" *密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child" *蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child" People with the name *Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 ''Baishō Mitsuko''), a Japanese actress * Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 ''Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko''), the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi *, Japanese concubine *Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 ''Horie Mitsuko'', born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Nishida
is a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for ''The Silk Road'' (1988) and ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 6'' (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for '' Get Up!'' and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 14'' (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in ''Monkey''. Nishida serves as the current President of Japan Actors Union and Vice President of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018. Early life and family Nishida was born Toshiyuki Imai on November 4, 1947, in Kōriyama, Fukushima, to Izumi and Kie Imai. His biological father Izumi worked at the Kōriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a ''karō'', a top-ranking samurai official. Izumi died when Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician. After Kie remarried, Nishida, five years old at the time, was adopted by Kie's younger sister and her husband, Miyo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Matsukata
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. He was the son of ''jidaigeki'' actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother, Yūki Meguro, who is also an actor. With ex-wife actress Akiko Nishina he had two children; son Masaki Nishina and daughter Hitomi Nishina are both in the entertainment industry. Career As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut while still in high school. His first film was 1960's for Tōei, where his father worked. He specialized in romantic leads in ''jidaigeki'' and yakuza films. But he soon switched to modern yakuza for films such as ''Bakuto'' (1964) and ''Showa Zankyoden'' (1965), and starred in Kinji Fukasaku's '' Blackmail Is My Life'' (1968). In 1969 he switched to Daiei as a replacement for the recently deceased Raizo Ichikawa, starring in nine films including two in the ''Nemuri Kyōshirō'' series and ''Mission: Iron Castle'', the final entry in the ''Shinobi no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Murakami
is a Japanese actor. He specializes in ''jidaigeki'' roles, and has also taken parts in ''tokusatsu'' and modern productions. Career Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in ''Kamen Rider.'' He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in '' Skyrider''. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK ''jidaigeki'' ''On'yado Kawasemi'' in 1980–81, and in a new series ''Shin On'yado Kawasemi'' in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series ''Hissatsu Shigotonin V'' as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five '' Taiga drama'' roles are among his credits. They are in ''Haru no Hatō'' (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in ''Takeda Shingen'' (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in '' Homura Tatsu'' (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in ''Hideyoshi'' (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in ''Genroku Ryōran'' (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Okuda
is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in '' Sen no Rikyu''. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for ''Like a Rolling Stone''. He made his directing debut in 2001, and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of 2006. He appeared in the Brazilian soap opera '' Morde & Assopra'', of 2011, as a scientist in the first chapter. He also appeared in the film ''Dirty Hearts'', also released in 2011, this time as the character Colonel Watanabe, officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, leader of Shindo Renmei and the great villain of the film Selected filmography Actor Films *1986 ''The Sea and Poison'', Suguro *1989 ''Death of a Tea Master'' *1991 '' The Pianist'' *1992 '' Luminous Moss'' *1994 ''Like a Rolling Stone'' *1998 ''Pride'', Ichirō Kiyose *1999 ''Minazuki'' *2001 ''An Adolescent'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Sorimachi
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film ''Fulltime Killer''. While he mainly works as an actor, he has released serval singles and albums over the years. On February 21, 2001, he married actress Nanako Matsushima who he co-starred with in ''Great Teacher Onizuka''. On May 31, 2004, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The couple had a second daughter on November 30, 2007. In 2005 he starred in the movie ''Otoko-tachi no Yamato''. Filmography TV Dramas * Aibō (2015 TV Asahi) as Wataru Kaburagi * Yae no Sakura (2013 NHK) as Iwao Oyama * Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner (2012 TBS) * Good Life~Arigato,Papa. Sayonara~ (2011 Fuji TV) * Lotto 6 de San-oku Ni-senman En Ateta Otoko (2008 TV Asahi) * Dream Again (2007 NTV) * 14 Sai no Haha ''episodes 10–11'' (2006 NTV) * Sengoku Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izumi Inamori
is a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production. Biography Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. After a year and a half of school life in the United States, her family was poor so she returned to Japan, and soon started her career as a model locally at the age of 20 in 1992. In 1994, she made her film debut in the TV drama series "''Ue o muite arukō!''". She is also a first dan kendoka. Filmography Movies TV dramas Commercials * Shiseido - Elixir (1993) *Shiseido - Prime Rich (1993) * Suntory - Dynamic (1993) * Lotte - Choco-Torte (1994) *Lotte - Toppo (1994) *Toyota - Corolla Celles (1994) *Nissan Motors - "RV de kawaranakya!" (1995) *Kirin Brewery Company - Kirin Lemon Select (1995) *Coca-Cola - Shpla (1996) * Meiji Life Insurance - Fresh Life, Bright Life, Master Life (1996) *Lotte - Aroma Stick Chocolate (1996) *Lotte - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsumoto Koshirō X
Matsumoto (松本 or 松元, "base of the pine tree") may refer to: Places * Matsumoto, Nagano (松本市), a city ** Matsumoto Airport, an airport southwest of Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto, Kagoshima (松元町), a former town now part of the city of Kagoshima * Matsumoto Domain, a feudal domain in Shinano Province, modern-day Nagano Prefecture * Matsumoto Pond, a pond in Victoria Land, Antarctica Other uses * Matsumoto (surname), a surname and list of people with the name * Matsumoto Castle, a castle in Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto Baseball Stadium, a baseball stadium in Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto Bus Terminal, a bus terminal in Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto Station, a railway station in Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto University, a university in Matsumoto, Nagano * The Peninsula Hong Kong or Matsumoto Hotel See also * Matsumoto sarin attack The Matsumoto sarin attack was an attempted assassination perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult in Matsumot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
