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Kō Shibasaki
is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion. Biography Acting career Ko (also transcribed Kou and Koh) Shibasaki debuted in 2000, when she portrayed Mitsuko Souma in ''Battle Royale (film), Battle Royale.'' Shibasaki also won critical acclaim for her role as Tsubaki Sakurai in the 2001 film ''Go (2001), Go'', which earned her several awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, and the Kinema Junpō Award. In 2013, Shibasaki made her U.S. film debut in ''47 Ronin (2013 film), 47 Ronin'', a Keanu Reeves-led adaptation of the ''Chushingura'' story of samurai loyalty and revenge. The film was billed as the first ever English-language adaptation of the legend, based on historical events in the early 18th century. In 2017, she played the main character Ii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshima, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita, Tokyo, Kita in the north and Nakano, Tokyo, Nakano, Shinjuku, and Bunkyo, Tokyo, Bunkyo in the south. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947, and reached a peak resident population of 370,000 in 1965. The population has continued to decline and as of May 1, 2015, the ward had an estimated population of 298,250, with a population density of 22,920 persons per km2. During the day the population swells with commuters, resulting in a daytime population of around 378,475. The total land area of Toshima is 13.01 km2, sitting on a moderate plateau with a difference of 28 m between the ward's highest and lowest points. Approximately 47% of Toshima's land is residential, and 20% is commercial and public areas. Although Toshima is a war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Shibasaki And Shinjiro Koizumi 20191220
A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts. K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * KO (musician), Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music * ''K.O.'' (album), a 2021 album by Danna Paola * ''Ko'' (soundtrack), for the 2011 Indian film (see below) by Harris Jayaraj * K.O (rapper), South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli * Karen O (born 1978), lead singer of the rock group Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Kevin Olusola, American cellist, beatboxer and member of ''a cappella'' group Pentatonix * K.O. (song), a song by Pabllo Vittar * ''K.O.'', a 2008 album by Rize * "K.O.", a 2004 song by Smujji Other media * Ko (Go), in the board game ''Go'' * ''Ko'' (film), a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film by K. V. Anand * '' Knight Online'', a 2004 online role-playing game Language * Ko language * Ko (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ * ISO 639-1 code for the Korean language Surname * Ko (Korean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inner Chambers
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiko Haaaan!!!
is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007. Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in the film. Plot Kimihiko Onizuka (Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with Geisha, maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called yakyuken with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko (Kou Shibasaki) and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However, when the realization of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito (Shinichi Tsutsumi), he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile, Fujiko decides to become an apprentice geisha. A rivalry between Kimihiko and Naito ensues in which they try to out-do each other at baseball, K-1, cooking, acting and even politics. Cast * Sadao Abe as Kimihiko Onizuka * Shinichi Tsutsumi as Kiichiro Naito * Kou Shibasaki as Fujiko Osawa * Kotomi Kyono as Koume * Hitoshi Uek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinking Of Japan
is a 2006 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' disaster film directed by Shinji Higuchi. It is an adaptation of the novel '' Japan Sinks'' and a remake of its earlier film adaptation '' Submersion of Japan'', both released in the year 1973. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa and Mao Daichi. Plot Submersible pilot Toshio Onodera wakes up pinned inside his car in Numazu following an earthquake. As an aftershock triggers an explosion, a rescue helicopter led by Reiko Abe saves him and a young girl named Misaki while a nearby volcano erupts. Reiko's family takes in Misaki as her injured mother dies. Following the earthquake, a scientist warns the Japanese government that the nation will sink within 40 years. Geoscientist Yusuke Tadokoro doubts the prediction and analyzes rocks in Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Mangaia in the Cook Islands, where he hypothesizes that the rock came from the ancient continent of Japan after it split from Pangaea. Tadokoro realizes Japan will sink i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maison De Himiko
, also known internationally as ''La Maison de Himiko'', is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Isshin Inudo and starring Kō Shibasaki as Saori, Min Tanaka as Saori's father Himiko, and Joe Odagiri as Haruhiko, Himiko's lover. The film was shown at the Japanese film festival in Sydney in December 2006 (as ''La Maison de Himiko''). Plot Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry with her father but in need of money, Saori travels to the House of Himiko, a nursing home established by her father for gay men. Over time, a tenuous relationship begins to develop between Saori, her father, and Haruhiko. Cast * Jō Odagiri as Haruhiko * Ko Shibasaki as Saori * Min Tanaka is a Japanese dancer and actor. Biography Tanaka was trained in ballet and modern dance, but in 1974, turned his bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Missed Call 2
is a 2005 Japanese horror film directed by Renpei Tsukamoto and a sequel to the 2004 film '' One Missed Call''. Plot Kindergarten teacher Kyoko Okudera is invited by her friend Madoka Uchiyama to dinner at a Chinese restaurant, where Kyoko's boyfriend Naoto Sakurai, a photographer's assistant, works part-time. The chef, Jianfeng Wang, intercepts the cursed phone call from his daughter Meifeng's phone, redirecting the curse towards him. Meifeng later arrives with a new phone and exchanges her new phone number with Kyoko and Madoka, the latter receiving the cursed call immediately afterwards. Naoto heads to the kitchen and discovers Mr. Wang dead with half of his face burned off. At the crime scene, journalist Takako Nozoe learns from Detective Yusaku Motomiya about traces of coal found in Mr. Wang's body as well as the fact that Yumi Nakamura is still declared missing ever since she killed Hiroshi Yamashita a year before. She personally questions Naoto the next day and tells hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakashi
Kakashi may refer to: * Kakashi Hatake, fictional character from the ''Naruto'' series * ''Kakashi'' (album), 1982 album by Yasuaki Shimizu * ''Kakashi'' (film), 2001 film by Tsuruta Norio {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Raiders
''Tokyo Raiders'' is a 2000 Hong Kong action film set in Hong Kong and Tokyo, directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ekin Cheng, and Kelly Chen. The success of the film led to the making of its sequel, '' Seoul Raiders'' (2005). Notably, the film was the last film to ever be released on LaserDisc, being released in September 2001. Plot Macy, the daughter of a Hong Kong banking tycoon, plans to marry her fiancé, Takahashi Yuji, in the United States. However, on the day of their wedding, Takahashi fails to show up. Disappointed and confused, Macy travels to Tokyo in search of him. On the flight, she encounters architect Pat Tai-yung, who designed Takahashi's new home. Claiming he is chasing an unpaid debt, Pat follows Macy to Japan. To their shock, not only do they fail to find Takahashi in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otomen
is a Japanese romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Aya Kanno, which began in ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the best-selling shōjo properties in America, since being licensed by Viz Media. The series is also licensed in France by Delcourt and in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini. Plot Asuka Masamune is the coolest, manliest guy in his school. He is the captain of the kendo team where he reached the national championship tournament, and also excels in judo and karate. However, he harbors a secret: he is an ''otomen'', a guy who really loves things that are usually associated with girls: cooking, sewing, and especially reading shōjo manga love stories. He hides this part of his life from his classmates until he meets and falls in love with Ryo Miyakozuka, the daughter of a martial artist and heir to his dojo who appears to be interested in man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorama
, also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily. Format All major Television networks, TV networks in Japan produce a variety of Drama (genre), drama series including Romance film, romance, Television comedy, comedy, Detective fiction, detective stories, Japanese horror , horror, jidaigeki, Thriller (genre), thriller, Boys' love, BL, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of Surrender of Japan, the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
