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Machiko Ono
is a Japanese actress. Career Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's '' Suzaku'', which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, '' The Mourning Forest'', which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled ''Carnation ''Dianthus caryophyllus'' (), commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, is a species of ''Dianthus''. It is likely native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishiyoshino, Nara
was a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,673 and a density of 39.98 persons per km². The total area was 91.88 km². On September 25, 2005, Nishiyoshino, along with the village of Ōtō (also from Yoshino District), was merged into the expanded city of Gojō. During the Northern and Southern Courts period of Japanese history (1336 to 1392), three emperors of the Southern Court - Emperor Go-Daigo, Emperor Go-Murakami, and Emperor Go-Kameyama are believed to have stayed in the Imperial Villa in the Anō area of Nishiyoshino. Nishiyoshino is well known in Japan for its persimmon The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, '' Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-pe .... Dissolved municipalities of Nara Prefecture Populated places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crying Out Love In The Center Of The World
is a 2004 Japanese drama film directed by Isao Yukisada and based on the novel '' Socrates in Love'' by Kyoichi Katayama. The story follows a man ( Takao Osawa) who returns to his hometown and listens to audio diaries recorded by his school sweetheart (Masami Nagasawa) before her death. The film opened in Japan on 8 May 2004, which brought Nagasawa recognition as an actress. It was a financial success, and its theme song, " Hitomi o Tojite" (With My Eyes Closed) by Ken Hirai, became a successful single. It 2005, it was remade in South Korea as '' My Girl and I''. Plot In a neglected box in her Tokyo apartment, Ritsuko finds a teenage girl's audio diary on an old cassette. Ritsuko's fiancé Saku spots her in a television report at Takamatsu Airport about an approaching typhoon. He realizes she has gone to their hometown in Shikoku and goes after her. There, at his family home, he discovers a box of audio cassettes. He listens to them while retracting his steps from his school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon's Perjury
is a 2-part 2015 Japanese suspense mystery film directed by Izuru Narushima, based on the novel of the same title by Miyuki Miyabe. The first, , was released on March 7 and the second, , was released on April 11, 2015. Cast * Ryōko Fujino as Ryōko Fujino *Mizuki Itagaki *Anna Ishii *Hiroya Shimizu * Miu Tomita *Kōki Maeda (Maeda Maeda's older brother) *Haru Kuroki *Machiko Ono *Hiromi Nagasaku *Kuranosuke Sasaki *Yui Natsukawa *Fumiyo Kohinata Reception Part 1 earned on its opening weekend in Japan. Derek Elley of ''Film Business Asia'' gave both films an 8 out of 10, saying that the first "fans out in involving ways" and that the second "wraps in a challenging and satisfying way." The films won the 2015 Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ... for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali Big Brother
is a 2015 Japanese comedy drama film directed by Toshio Lee ( ja). It was released on January 17, 2015. Cast * Shinichi Tsutsumi * Machiko Ono * Naoto Inti Raymi * Nanao * Hiroshi Tamaki Reception The film has earned ¥45,070,100 at the Japanese box office. References External links * * 2015 comedy-drama films 2015 films Japanese comedy-drama films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki's Delivery Service (2014 Film)
is a Japanese fantasy film released in 2014. It was directed by Takashi Shimizu and based on the children's fantasy novel of the same name. Plot The young witch, Kiki still lives with her parents, her witch mother, Kokiri and her ordinary human father, Okino. But with her 13th birthday everything has to change. An old witchcraft law dictates that at this age she must leave her loving home in order to live as a witch in a strange place for a whole year. She sets off on her broomstick. Her black cat Jiji is allowed to accompany her. After hours of flight, over land and sea, she discovers a strange city by the sea. Rather involuntarily, she makes a stopover at the local zoo, where she has to realize that not every resident likes witches. But soon after, Kiki meets the baker Osono, who offers Kiki a place to live under the roof of her windmill. Next, Kiki has to find a living. Kiki can only fly with her magic powers, which she loves to do. Encouraged by Osono, she decides to open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishino Yukihiko No Koi To Bōken
is a 2014 Japanese romance film based on the novel by Hiromi Kawakami. It was directed by Nami Iguchi who also directed ''Hito no Sex o Warauna'' in 2008. The film was released on February 8, 2014. Cast * Yutaka Takenouchi as Yukihiko Nishino * Machiko Ono as Manami * Riko Narumi as Subaru * Fumino Kimura as Tama * Tsubasa Honda as Kanoko * Kumiko Asō as Natsumi * Sawako Agawa is a Japanese author and television personality. Early life Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is also a writer. Naoyuki is a former diplomat who, ... as Sayuri Sasaki References External links * 2014 films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese romance films 2010s romance films Films based on Japanese novels {{2010s-romance-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Father, Like Son (2013 Film)
is a 2013 Japanese psychological drama film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, starring Masaharu Fukuyama in his first role as a father. It premièred on 18 May 2013 at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. After the screening, the audience welcomed the film with a ten-minute standing ovation, and director Kore-eda and Fukuyama were moved to tears. In a 25 May 2013 ceremony, it won the Jury Prize and a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury. The award sparked a significant response in Japan, and the national theatrical release was brought forward by a week, on 28 September 2013. The film was also shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and won both the Rogers People's Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival and the Wuaki. TV Audience Award at the 2013 San Sebastián International Film Festival. Plot Ryōta Nonomiya is a successful architect who is focused so much on work that he neglects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. He was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate and a favourite of the fifth shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. His second concubine was Ogimachi Machiko, a writer and scholar from the noble court who wrote monogatari.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu''" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File. Career The Yanagisawa house traced descent to the "Kai-Genji," the branch of the Minamoto clan which had been enfeoffed with the province of Kai in the eleventh century. Yoshiyasu served Tsunayoshi from an early age, becoming his '' Wakashū'' and eventually rose to the position of ''soba yōnin''. He was the ''daimyō'' of the Kawagoe han, and later of the Kōfu han in Kai Province, a signature honour as it has been the fief held by Tsunayoshi before becoming ''shōgun'', and of Ienobu, his heir apparent, as well as having an historic f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Floating Castle
is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the struggle of Oshi's villagers in defending their fortress against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against the Late Hōjō clan, Hojo clan. Against insurmountable odds, Narita Nagachika, the fortress's castellan, leads a group of 500 men against 20,000 men led by Ishida Mitsunari, part of Toyotomi clan's greater army of 20,000 samurai. Cast * Mansai Nomura as Nagachika Narita * Nana Eikura as Kaihime * Hiroki Narimiya as Sakamaki * Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Izumi * Kōichi Satō (actor), Kōichi Satō as Tanba * Masachika Ichimura as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi Toyotomi * Takehiro Hira as Natsuka Masaie, Masaie Natsuka * Takayuki Yamada as Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Yoshitsugu Otani * Yusuke Kamiji as Ishida Mitsunari, Mitsunari Ishida * Masahiko Nishimura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaiji Keisatsu (film)
, also known in English as ''Black Dawn'', is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Kentarō Horikirizono and based on a novel by Iku Asō. Cast * Atsurō Watabe as Kenji Sumimoto (Nihongo: 澄本健二, ''Sumimoto Kenji'') * Kim Kang-woo as An Min-cheol (Hangul: 안민철, ''An Min-cheol''/Nihongo: アン・ミンチョル, ''An Minchoru'') * Yōko Maki as Kaori (Nihongo: かおり, ''Kaori'') * Machiko Ono as Hina Matsuzawa (Nihongo: 松沢ひな, ''Matsuzawa Hina'') * Min Tanaka as Masayoshi Jo (Nihongo: 城正義, ''Jō Masayoshi'') * Im Hyung-joon as Kim Jeong-soo (Hangul: 김정수, ''Gim Jeong-su''/Nihongo: キム・ジョンス, ''Kimu Jonsu'') * Kenichi Endō as Toshiki Kurata (Nihongo: 倉田俊樹, ''Kurata Toshiki'') * Kimiko Yo as Kumi Muramatsu (Nihongo: 村松久美, ''Muramatsu Kumi'') * Ryo Ishibashi as Shotaro Ariga (Nihongo: 有賀章太郎, ''Ariga Shōtarō'') * Toshiyuki Kitami as Ryoga Kanazawa (Nihongo: 金沢良賀 ''Kanazawa Ryōga'') * Kenichi Takito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogawa No Hotori
is a 2011 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Cast * Noriyuki Higashiyama as Sakunosuke Inui * Rinko Kikuchi as Tazu * Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Morie Sakuma * Ryo Katsuji as Shinzō * Machiko Ono as Ikuhisa * Tatsuya Fuji as Chūzaemon Inui * Chieko Matsubara as Ise * Takashi Sasano as Gonnojō Sukegawa * Tokuma Nishioka References External links * * Ogawa no Hotori (2011)aallcinemaOgawa no HotoriaKINENOTE Jidaigeki films Samurai films Films directed by Tetsuo Shinohara 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climber's High
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. The film is about a newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Accolades 51st Blue Ribbon Awards * Best Film * Best Supporting Actor - Masato Sakai References External links * *Narratives on the World's Worst Plane Crash: Flight JL123 in Print and on ScreenArchive by Hood, C.P. (2009), Research Seminar Paper, Ref No.7, Cardiff Crimes Narrative Network, Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ... 2008 films 2000s Japanese-language films Japanese aviation films Films directed by Masato Harada 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
