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Gakkō No Kaidan (film)
, also known as ''Haunted School'', is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It follows a group of schoolchildren who encounter spirits and other supernatural happenings in an abandoned wing of their elementary school. The film is the first installment in the ''School Ghost Stories'' film series, and was followed by ''School Ghost Stories 2'' in 1996. Plot At Ichogaoka Elementary School, on the day before summer vacation, a group of children accidentally break a small statue. When the school day ends, Mika Shinoda, a second-grader, encounters a bouncing Ball (association football), football while retrieving her paint set. She follows the ball into an abandoned wing of the school, where, in the upstairs bathrooms, she is lifted into the air by an unseen force. Elsewhere, Mika's mother asks Mika's older sister, Aki, to bring her home. Fifth-graders Kensuke Nakamura and Shota Segawa sneak into the abandoned wing of the school. Aki arrives, looking for Mika. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Hirayama
is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film '' Maria's Stomach'' in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for '' The Games Teachers Play'' in 1992. In 1995, '' School Ghost Stories'' was a big hit and made into popular series. '' Begging for Love'' in 1998 got many awards as International press award (FIPRESCI) in Montreal World Film Festival, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director etc. In 2001, Hirayama won Best Director Choice for ''Turn'' at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He also got several Japanese film awards for director, including the Best Director award for '' The Laughing Frog'' and ''Out'' at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * '' Maria's Stomach'' (1990) * '' The Games Teachers Play'' (1992) * '' Human Scramble -RAIN-'' (1993) * '' Playing with Good Children'' (1994) * '' School Ghost Stories'' (1995) * '' School Ghost Stories 2'' (1996) * '' Begging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnid
Arachnids are arthropods in the Class (biology), class Arachnida () of the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, opiliones, harvestmen, Solifugae, camel spiders, Amblypygi, whip spiders and Uropygi, vinegaroons. Adult arachnids have eight Arthropod leg, legs attached to the cephalothorax. In some species the frontmost pair of legs has converted to a sensory function, while in others, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. Almost all Extant taxon, extant arachnids are terrestrial animal, terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 110,000 named species, of which 51,000 are species of spiders. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gakkō No Kaidan 4
, also known as ''School Ghost Stories 4'', is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. Cast * Mai Toyoda as Yae Anzai * Toshiteru Hirose as Kou Anzai * Matsunosuke Shofukutei as Koichi Sekigawa * Mieko Harada is a Japanese actress. She has played various roles in many films and Japanese television drama series since 1974. Career Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film '' Ran'', and further collaborated with him in h ... as Harumi Kunimi References External links * 1999 films Films directed by Hideyuki Hirayama Films with screenplays by Satoko Okudera Gakkō no Kaidan 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ja:学校の怪談 (映画)#『学校の怪談4』（1999年） zh:學校怪談 (電影)#1999年電影版 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Ghost Stories 3
, also known as ''Haunted School 3'', is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. The film is about elementary school children who are taken to an alternate universe through a school mirror. The film was one of the higher grossing Japanese films in 1997, grossing as much as '' Rebirth of Mothra'' and '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth''. The film won Naomi Nishida the award for Best Newcomer at the 21st Japan Academy Prize. Cast * Naomi Nishida as Kaoru Yahashi * Hitomi Kuroki as Machiko Kubota * Hideki Noda as a school teacher * Takuma Yoshizawa as Ryo Kubota * Aki Maeda as Mayuko Fujii * Takeru Higa as Taichi * Kazuki Yamada as Makoto Ota * Hironobu Nomura as Teacher Tameyama * Masahiko Tsugawa as the school master * Machiko Watanabe as Makoto's mother * Kei Satō as Takuya Release ''School Ghost Stories 3'' was released in Japan on July 19, 1997 where it was distributed by Toho. The film grossed a total of 1.150 billion yen on its theatrical release in Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gakkō No Kaidan 2
, also known as ''School Ghost Stories 2'', is a 1996 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It is the second installment in the ''Gakkō no Kaidan'' film series, following the 1995 film ''School Ghost Stories''. Cast * Hironobu Nomura as Kazunari Asano * Naomi Nishida as Rika Odagiri * Kyōko Kishida as Shizuko Tokiwa * Masakane Yonekura as Jushoku Reception The film was chosen as one of the Top 10 Japanese films at the 39th Blue Ribbon Awards and Kyōko Kishida was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Biography Kishida was born in Tokyo in 1930 as the second daughter of playwright Kunio Kishida. Her older sister was the children's author and poet Eriko Kishida and she was cousins with actor Shin Ki ... won the Award for Best Supporting Actress. References External links * Review at Sarudama 1996 horror films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Hideyuki Hirayama G Japanese horror films 1996 films 1990s Japanese films Toho films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start, its first loan was to France in 1947. In its early years, it primarily focused on rebuilding Europe. Over time, it focused on providing loans to developing world countries. In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its mission of facilitating development as being oriented around poverty reduction. For the last 30 years, it has included NGOs and environmental groups in its loan portfolio. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
JODX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), owned-and-operated by the . Its studios and headquarters are located in Osaka and the broadcaster is an affiliate company of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group, part of the wider Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. History Establishing the plans for first channels In 1952, when the Ministry of Posts announced the first channel plan for Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, "TV Osaka" (テレビ大阪, unrelated to the current Television Osaka) initiated by the Sankei Shimbun, as well as Kyoto Broadcasting System and Kobe Broadcasting, applied for a TV license in the Osaka area. However, the TV license in the Osaka area was later obtained by Osaka TV Broadcasting, a joint operation of Asahi Broadcasting and New Japan Broadcasting (now Mainichi Broadcasting System). Afterwards, when the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications released a new channel frequency plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuho Yoshida
(born September 12, 1965 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing Legion Queen in 1996 Gamera film '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'', Desghidorah in 1996 Mothra film '' Rebirth of Mothra'', Dagahra in 1997 Mothra sequel film '' Rebirth of Mothra II'', Godzilla in the 2001 Millennium-era Godzilla film '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' and Zedus in 2006 Gamera film '' Gamera the Brave''. He also provided motion capture for several video games. Films * 1991 - '' Zeiram'' as Zeiram * 1994 - ''Zeiram 2'' as Zeiram * 1995 - '' Gakko no Kaidan'' * 1996 - ''Gakkō no Kaidan 2'' * 1997 - ''Gakkō no Kaidan 3'' * 1996 - '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' as Legion Queen * 1996 - '' Rebirth of Mothra'' as Desghidorah * 1997 - '' Rebirth of Mothra II'' as Dagahra * 1997 - ''Homo erectus pekinensis Who are you?'' as Mammoth * 2001 - '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' as Godzilla * 2005 - ''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incorporeal
Incorporeality is "the state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism." Incorporeal () means "Not composed of matter; having no material existence." Incorporeality is a quality of souls, spirits, and God in many religions, including the currently major denominations and schools of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. In ancient philosophy, any attenuated "thin" matter such as air, aether, fire or light was considered incorporeal. The ancient Greeks believed air, as opposed to solid earth, to be incorporeal, insofar as it is less resistant to movement; and the ancient Persians believed fire to be incorporeal in that every soul was said to be produced from it. In modern philosophy, a distinction between the incorporeal and immaterial is not necessarily maintained: a body is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter. In the problem of universals, universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one sense, while in another, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
