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Haruko Katō
was a Japanese actress. Biography Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in ' in the same year. She married the playwright in 1946, but he died in 1953. She married actor in 1958, but they divorced in 1973. Kato died on 2 November 2015 at her home in Tokyo, aged 92. Filmography Films * ''Higashi Shinakai'' (1968) * ''Something Like It'' (1981), Yumi's mother * ''Gray Sunset'' (1985), Kikuyo Takano * ''Capone Cries a Lot'' (1985) * ''Gonza the Spearman'' (1986) * ''Tokyo Blackout'' (1987) * ''Umi e, See You'' (1988), Eiji's mother * ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989), Madame (voice) * ''Pistol Opera'' (2001) * ''Blooming Again'' (2004) * ''Howl's Moving Castle (film), Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004), Madame Suliman (voice) * ''Chameleon (2008 Japanese film), Chameleon'' (2008) * ''Still Walking (film), Still Walking'' (2008) * ''Otōto (2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district. Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Aoyama) was a wards of Japan, ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government. Notable sites *Akasaka Sacas *American Embassy, Tokyo, Embassy of the United States, Mexico, Cambodia, Canada, Iraq, Spain and Syria as well as San Marino *Ark Hills and Suntory Hall *Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka), Hikawa Shrine *Nogi Shrine (Tokyo), Nogi Shrine *Tokyo Midtown *Takahashi Korekiyo's residence and memorial park * Riki Mansion home of Rikidōzan In neighbouring Moto-Akasaka (literally "original Akasaka") to the North: *Akasaka Palace (State Guest House) *Togu Palace Residence of the Crown Prince of Japan Companies based in Akasaka * Anycolor 9-7-2, Akasaka * DefSTAR Records 4-5 Akasaka * EMI Music Japan 5-3-1 Akasaka * Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chameleon (2008 Japanese Film)
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 200 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colours, being capable of colour-shifting camouflage. The large number of species in the family exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to change colour. For some, it is more of a shift of brightness (shades of brown); for others, a plethora of colour-combinations (reds, yellows, greens, blues) can be seen. Chameleons are also distinguished by their zygodactylous feet, their prehensile tail, their laterally compressed bodies, their head casques, their projectile tongues used for catching prey, their swaying gait, and in some species crests or horns on their brow and snout. Chameleons' eyes are independently mobile, and because of this the chameleon’s brain is constantly analyzing two separate, individual images of its environment. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Tokyo
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Minato, Tokyo
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Precious Crown
The is a Japanese order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. Since the Order of the Rising Sun at that time was an Order for men, it was established as an Order for women. Originally the order had five classes, but on April 13, 1896 the sixth, seventh and eighth classes were added. Until 2003, the Order of the Precious Crown, which had eight ranks, was equivalent to the Order of the Rising Sun and was awarded as a women-only version of the Order of the Rising Sun.栄典制度の概要. p.6 In 2003 the Order of the Rising Sun, previously reserved for males, was made available to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Wind Blows (1986 Film)
''When the Wind Blows'' is a 1986 British adult animated disaster film directed by Jimmy Murakami based on Raymond Briggs' graphic novel of the same name. The film stars the voices of John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft as the two main characters and was scored by Roger Waters. The film recounts a rural English couple's attempt to survive a nearby nuclear attack and maintain a sense of normality in the subsequent fallout and nuclear winter. Plot Jim Bloggs and his wife Hilda are an aging couple, living in an isolated cottage in rural Sussex, in southeast England. Jim frequently travels to the local town to read newspapers and keep abreast of the deteriorating international situation regarding the Soviet–Afghan War, which is threatening to escalate into an all-out nuclear conflict between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. Hearing a radio news report stating that a war may be only days away, Jim follows the instructions outlined in the government-issued '' Protect and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furuhata Ninzaburō
is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials) in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of ''Columbo''. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like Takuya Kimura of SMAP (boy-band), television hosts like Sanma Akashiya (variety) and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki (baseball) have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials. Plot patterns Furuhata opens each episode with a humorous monologue that, at first, appears to be a non-sequitur, but really contains a hint or clue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōoku (1983 TV Series)
is a 1983 Japanese Jidaigeki television series. The story is set in whole Edo period in Ōoku and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was where thousands of women work for one Tokugawa shogun and the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. Cast Tokugawa shogun and people of Ōoku * Komaki Kurihara as Oeyo (episode1-3,50,51) * Tomisaburo Wakayama as Tokugawa Ieyasu (episode1-2) *Katsuo Nakamura as Tokugawa Hidetada (episode1-3,8) * Masaya Oki as Tokugawa Iemitsu (episode3-8,10,11,13) * Naoko Otani / Misako Watanabe as Lady Kasuga * Mieko Takamine as Sosinni * Haruko Kato as Senhime (episode14-16) * Mitsuko Kusabue as Asukai (episode14-16) * Ken Tanaka as Tokugawa Ietsuna (episode14-16) *Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (episode18-20,22,23,25,26) * Yoko Tsukasa as Nobuko (episode18,19,21,-23,25,26) * Meiko Kaji as Uemonnosuke no Tsubone (episode22.23) * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Tokugawa Ienobu (episode26-29) * Ayumi Ishida / Kyoko Enami as Gekko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashura No Gotoku (TV Series)
is a Japanese drama series that first aired on NHK in 1979. It is based on Kuniko Mukōda's novel of the same title. Ken Ogata played the role of Satomi Takao in Part 1 and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the role in part 2. Cast * Kaoru Yachigusa as Satomi Makiko * Haruko Kato as Mitamura Tsunako * Ken Ogata(Part1) / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi(Part2) as Satomi Takao * Ayumi Ishida as Takezawa Takoko * Jun Fubuki as Takezawa Sakiko * Ryudo Uzaki as Katsumata Shizuo * Shin Saburi as Kotaro Takezawa * Sanshō Shinsui as Jinnai Hidemitsu * Ittoku Kishibe(Part2) as Takuma Episodes Part1 *1, Onna Shougatsu (January 13, 1979) *2, Sando Mame (January 20, 1979) *3, Soubijinsou (January 27, 1979) Part2 *1, Hana Ikusa (January 19, 1980) *2, Ura Kimon (January 26, 1980) *3, Jyaran (February 2, 1980) *4, Otafuku (February 9, 1980) Remakes Ashura no Gotoku was adapted as the 2003 Toho film Like_Asura. In 2025 , Hirokazu Kore-eda remade the series for Netflix, titled ''Asura Asuras () are a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otōto (2010 Film)
is a 2010 film by Yoji Yamada. The first screening of this film outside Japan was at the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlin Film Festival in 2010. Plot The story unfolds as the young Koharu (Yū Aoi), the daughter of a pharmacist in a modest neighborhood of Tokyo, is about to marry the son of a prestigious family. Before the event, everybody is anxious that Tetsuro ( Tsurube Shofukutei), the younger brother of Koharu's mother, Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga), might attend the wedding ceremony. Tetsuro is seen as the black sheep of the family, and though he has lived with the family for quite some time after the death of Koharu's father, Ginko and Koharu are embarrassed by his childish behavior and drunkenness. At first, everybody is relieved that Tetsuro has not come to the wedding. But he turns up at the reception in a loaned kimono and starts drinking heavily and causing a ruckus. During the event, he reveals his special relationship to Koharu: Her father asked him to name her, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Walking (film)
is a 2008 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of the eldest son. The film was widely praised by critics and won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot The Yokoyama family come together every year to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who accidentally drowned 12 years ago while saving the life of a boy. His father Kyohei, a retired doctor, and mother Toshiko are joined by their surviving son Ryota, who has recently married a widow (Yukari) with a young son (Atsushi), and their daughter Chinami, her husband and their children. Ryota resents knowing that Junpei was the favorite son, whose belongings are still left untouched by Toshiko, and that his parents attribute positive memories of him to Junpei; a bitter Kyohei, who is still mourning his son, has always been disappointed that Ryota went into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howl's Moving Castle (film)
is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel '' Howl's Moving Castle'' by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho. It stars the voices of Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura and Akihiro Miwa. The film is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and early twentieth-century technology are prevalent, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. It tells the story of Sophie, a young milliner who is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his refusal to fight for the king. Influenced by Miyazaki's opposition to the United States' invasion of Iraq in 2003, the film contains strong anti-war themes. Miyazaki stated that he "had a great deal of rage" about the Iraq War, which led him to make a film that he felt would be poorly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
