Youki Kudoh
is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for '' The Crazy Family''. She also won the awards for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award and at the 1992 Blue Ribbon Award for ''War and Youth''. Additionally, Kudoh has been nominated three times for Best Actress, in the 5th independent Spirit Award for ''Mystery Train'', in the 15th Japanese Academy Prize for ''War and Youth'', and in the 4th Golden Satellite Award for ''Snow Falling on Cedars''. Filmography Films Television Stage productions * ''Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...'' (as Kiki, 1993) References External links Youki Kudoh's homepage * 1971 births 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japa ...
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The Wind Carpet
''The Wind Carpet'' or Kaze no jûtan ( fa, فرش باد) is a 2003 Iranian drama film directed by Kamal Tabrizi. Plot A Japanese female designer a Carpet she wants to show at the Nakayama Carnival, Orders weavers in Isfahan to weave, but her death leaves the action unfinished. her husband and daughter go to Iran to finish the half-finished work and become the guests of a family in Isfahan... Cast * Reza Kianian * Rentarō Mikuni * Youki Kudoh * Hushang Harirchiyan * Shirin Bina * Miyu Yagyu * Maryam Boubani * Fereydoon Heydari * Mohammadreza Khorshidi * Reza Nabavi * Takaaki Enoki is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima. He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the ''Asami Mitsuhiko Series''. He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki The ... * Yuri Masuda * Farboud Ahmadjoo * Fariba Kamran * Hossein Ghgiabi * Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh * Mehdi Tarokh References The Wind Carpeton Cp ...
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Karakara (film)
''Karakara'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Claude Gagnon and released in 2012. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Pierre, a professor from Quebec who is on sabbatical in Okinawa to reevaluate his life after the death of his friend, and is drawn into a love affair with Junko (Youki Kudoh), a local woman fleeing an abusive husband who offers to be his tour guide.Brendan Kelly, "An unusual love story, by an unusual director". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 31, 2012. The film's screenplay was partially inspired by Gagnon's own trip to Japan following the death of one of his closest friends. The film was shot in 2011, and premiered at the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival. Critical response Writing for ''Variety'', Ronnie Scheib noted that the film reversed "the usual Westerner-in-the-Orient stereotype, where the ambitious hero learns to slow down and smell the roses. Here he’s dragged, kicking and screaming, out of the rose garden and into the world at large." For the ''Montre ...
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The Last
The Last may refer to: *The Last (band), Los Angeles power pop band active since 1976 * ''The Last'' (audio drama), a ''Doctor Who'' audio drama released in 2004 * ''The Last'' (album), 2009 album by Aventura *"The Last", a song by The Replacements from the 1990 album All Shook Down *'' The Last: Naruto the Movie'', 2014 Japanese animated film from the ''Naruto'' franchise * ''The Last'' (film), 2019 movie See also *Last (other) *The Last One (other) *The Last Man (other) . The Last Man or Last Man may refer to: * ''The Last Man'' (Mary Shelley novel), an 1826 science fiction novel by Mary Shelley * Last man, a term used by Nietzsche to describe the antithesis of the ''Übermensch'' * ''The Last Man'' (1932 film) ...

The Limits Of Control
''The Limits of Control'' is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and as of May 17, 2020, had a 42% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, having been criticized for its slow pace and inaccessible dialogue while praising its beautiful cinematography and ambitious scope. Plot In an airport, Lone Man (Isaach de Bankolé) is being instructed on his mission by Creole (Alex Descas). The mission itself is left unstated and the instructions are cryptic, including such phrases as "Everything is subjective," "The universe has no center and no edges; reality is arbitrary," and "Use your imagination and your skills." After the meeting in the airport he travels to Madrid and then on to Seville, meeting several peo ...
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Change The World
"Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick and recorded by country music artist Wynonna Judd. A cover version was recorded by English singer Eric Clapton for the soundtrack of the 1996 film ''Phenomenon''. The track was produced by R&B record producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and was first released on Judd's album ''Revelations''. The Clapton release, recorded for Reprise and Warner Bros. Records, reached the top 40 in twenty countries and topped the charts in Canada, as well as ''Billboard'' magazine's Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts in the United States. The single won eight awards, including three Grammy Awards at the 39th annual ceremony in 1997. Background and recording In an interview with ''American Songwriter'', Gordon Kennedy retold the recording history of the song: Although some of the recordings took place in London, most of the song's recording was conducted in Record Plant studios in Los Angeles whe ...
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