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Yoshino Kimura
is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series ''Masters of Horror''. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Film Prize, Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in ''Shitsurakuen''. Career Kimura appeared as Shizuka in the recent spaghetti-western Sukiyaki Western Django. As of 25 June 2007 she was slated to star in a new Japanese soap opera to be set in Australia. Kimura also voiced Master Tigress in the Japanese dub of ''Kung Fu Panda (film), Kung Fu Panda'' and ''Kung Fu Panda 2''. She also appears in ''Blindness (2008 film), Blindness'' as the First Blind Man's Wife. On 24 October 2010 she married Noriyuki Higashiyama. In 2007, Kimura took the title role in a TV Asahi tanpatsu (単発, TV movie), entitled ''Teresa Teng Monogatari'' (テレサ・テン物語), portraying the late Taiwanese superstar, who was (and continues to be) popular throughout Asia. She played Kazusa Monzen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Layton And The Unwound Future
''Professor Layton and the Unwound Future'', known in Europe and Australia as ''Professor Layton and the Lost Future'', is the third game in the first trilogy of the ''Professor Layton'' puzzle game series by Level-5. It was first released in Japan in November 2008 and was later released in North America in September 2010 and in Europe and Australia in October 2010. In the game, Layton meets an older version of his apprentice, Luke, who brings him to a terrible future he wishes him to help fix. The game was well received by critics. An enhanced mobile port of ''Unwound Future'', subtitled "HD for Mobile", was released on July 13, 2020. Gameplay As with previous ''Professor Layton'' games, ''Unwound Future'' is an adventure game where the player solves puzzles offered by local citizens to progress the story forward, through dialogue and around 32 minutes of full motion video. The player moves about the game through still images of locations. The player can use the DS touchscreen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confessions (2010 Film)
is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on author Kanae Minato's 2008 debut mystery novel that won the 2009 Honya Taisho award (Japan Booksellers Award). The film was both a commercial and critical success. It was awarded Best Picture at the 34th Japan Academy Prize and 53rd Blue Ribbon Awards and was shortlisted at the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Junior high school teacher Yuko Moriguchi (Takako Matsu) announces to her rowdy, disrespectful class that she will resign before spring break. She explains that because the HIV-positive father of her four-year-old daughter Manami was ill, she used to bring the girl to school with her. One day, Manami was found drowned in the school swimming pool. She explains that two students in her class, whom she dubs "Student A" and "Student B", had murdered her daughter. Yuko had found a small bunny purse among Manami's belongings which did not belong there, which led her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings
is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff which aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2006. The main character is 2nd Lieutenant Uchida Kazuhiro, a helicopter pilot in a search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The anime is a part of the ''Rescue Wings'' media franchise produced by Bandai Visual which also includes a live-action film released in 2008, where the main character is a female pilot played by Yuko Takayama, as well as two manga series with different stories focusing on ''search and rescue'' squads and personnel. The real life JASDF Komatsu Air Base hosts a search and rescue wing in addition to two fighter wings with F-15J's and T-4's as portrayed in the anime. ''JDS Haruna'' (DDH-141), on which Hongou lands on to refuel in Episode 3, is a real ship of the JMSDF. Synopsis Uchida Kazuhiro joined the JASDF hoping to fly fighter jets, however midway through the pilot training program he was transferred to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibō The Movie
''AIBOU: The Movie'', also known as ''Partners: The Movie'', is a 2008 Japanese film, directed by Seiji Izumi and based on the television series '' AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo''. It was the first in the ''Aibou'' (''Partners'') film series, followed by ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' AIBOU: The Movie III'' (2014) and ''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017). Cast * Yutaka Mizutani * Yasufumi Terawaki * Sawa Suzuki * Saya Takagi * Kazuhisa Kawahara * Ryosuke Otani * Takashi Yamanaka * Atsushi Yamanishi * Seiji Rokkaku as Mamoru Yonezawa * Ryūji Katagiri * Ryō Ono * Satoshi Jinbo * Ittoku Kishibe * Yuika Motokariya * Yoshino Kimura * Akira Onodera * Masahiko Nishimura * Masahiko Tsugawa * Toshiyuki Nishida Reception Yasufumi Terawaki was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize The ceremony was held by the ''Japan Academy Film Prize, Japan Academy Prize'' Association to honor its selection of the best f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine, Totally Fine
is a 2008 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Yosuke Fujita. It is about two friends who are about to turn 30 and who fall in love with the same girl. Plot It pictures various people who are weak in terms of social adaptability comparatively in the comical by the warm look. Teruo Tooyama ( Yoshiyoshi Arakawa ), 29 years old, is working as a non-regular worker in landscape gardening, while living with his father who runs a secondhand bookstore. During his time off, he enjoys making mechanisms to scare and surprise other people with his friend Hisanobu Komori ( Yoshinori Okada ) who is an office worker. But Komori feels a little impatient, becoming 29 years old. In some case, Teruo's father ( Keizo Kanie ) comes to develop depression, and Teruo now runs the secondhand bookstore instead of his father. To recover, his father, who was asleep for a while, went out to travel and roam. Akari Kinoshita ( Yoshino Kimura ) is a mysterious woman who is interested in the homeless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuka Gozen
Shizuka GozenNote: ''Gozen'' is not a name, but rather an honorific title, usually translated as "Lady", though the title was bestowed upon men on rare occasions as well. (静御前) (1165–1211), or Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature, was a ''shirabyōshi'' (court dancer) of the 12th century, and a mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Since she, like many others, are featured largely in the ''Heike Monogatari'' (Tale of Heike), ''Gikeiki'' (Chronicle of Yoshitsune), and a number of plays of various traditions, her story is quite well known, but it is difficult to separate fact from fiction within it. Life Her birthplace is generally accepted to have been the Iso (shoreline) district of the town of Aminochō in the historic Tango Province, where she is regarded as one of the "seven princesses of Tango". She still has a shrine in the town and represents its principal deity. Her mother, Iso no Zenji, was a ''shirabyōshi'' as well. Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Densen Uta
is a 2007 Japanese satiric Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by Masato Harada. Many of the cast are members of the AKB48 idol girl group. Synopsis Anzu Natsuno (Yuko Oshima), a student at an all-girl high school, is walking in the hallway when she hears a mysterious melody coming from the auditorium. There, she finds her classmate Kana (Atsuko Maeda) singing and Anzu's soon shocked when she sees Kana committing suicide after the song ends. A few days later, Anzu is approached by magazine columnist Riku Nagase (Ryuhei Matsuda), who explains that he's investigating an urban legend of ''Densen Uta'', or the ''infectious song'', that turns whomever sings the song suicidal. Riku convinces Anzu and her friends to sing the song to see if there's any truth to the urban legend. They reluctantly agree and sing the song. Over next few days the girls, one by one, kill themselves, leaving Anzu to fight for her life. Coming closer to the source of the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory To The Filmmaker!
is a 2007 Japanese film written, directed, edited by the film's lead star Takeshi Kitano. It is the second film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, following ''Takeshis''', and concluding with ''Achilles and the Tortoise''. Style The comedy crosses a broad range of genres common to Japanese film in a fashion similar to ''Getting Any?'', Kitano's 1995 parody. Kitano described the film as "a cinematic extension of his manzai comedy routines that continues in much the same vein as his last feature, the similarly eclectic ''Takeshis." Plot Kitano plays a hapless film director in search of a commercial hit, while suffering failure after failure as he tries out different genres. Cast *Takeshi Kitano *Tōru Emori *Kayoko Kishimoto *Anne Suzuki *Keiko Matsuzaka *Yoshino Kimura *Kazuko Yoshiyuki *Yuki Uchida *Akira Takarada *Yumiko Fujita *Ren Osugi *Susumu Terajima *Naomasa Musaka Reception In 2007, the Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakuran
, is a Japanese manga series by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl who goes through different names throughout the story and becomes a , or high ranking (courtesan). North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English in July 2012. Plot A young (maid in a brothel) is sold into the red-light district of and is put under the care of the of the house, , who names her . The girl is very rebellious, leading to the heads of the household considering her potential future as a successful , as a high-ranking courtesan needs not only beauty and talent but also the tenacity to maintain their position in order to be successful. later takes the name as a (or courtesan-in-training), and later takes the name , and is considered the most beautiful girl in the household. Her popularity threatens the position of the household's other , , which creates great tension between the two. 's rivalry with is not the only challenge she faces, as the appearance of a young man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Samurai I Loved
is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Maki * Yoshino Kimura as Fuku * Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonosuke * Ryo Fukawa as Kowada Ippei * Mieko Harada as Tose * Ken Ogata as Maki Sukezaemon * Takuya Ishida * Aimi Satsukawa as Fuku, childhood * Masahiro Hisano * Yukihiro Iwabuchi * Ryō Tamura References External links * 2005 films 2005 drama films Japanese drama films 2000s Japanese-language films Films scored by Taro Iwashiro 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Asura
is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. At the 27th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received ten other nominations. The film is a remake of the TV mini series Ashura no Gotoku on NHK. Synopsis The film follows four sisters who discover that their elderly father is having an affair. When a letter is published in the newspaper detailing the affair, they try to hide it from their mother, while suspecting each other of having written it. Cast * Shinobu Otake * Eri Fukatsu * Kaoru Yachigusa * Shidou Nakamura Awards and nominations 27th Japan Academy Prize. *Won: Best Director - Yoshimitsu Morita *Won: Best Screenplay - Tomomi Tsutsui *Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Eri Fukatsu *Nominated: Best Picture *Nominated: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake *Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kaoru Yachigusa *Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Shidou Nakamura *Nominated: Best Music - Michiru Oshima *Nominated: Best Cinematograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
