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Mayu Matsuoka
is a Japanese actress. She has been awarded the Tama best Emerging Actress Award and Fumiko Yamaji Freshman Actress Award in 2016. She gained international attention as an ambassador of the Tokyo International Film Festival for 2017 and her role in the Palme d’Or winning film ''Shoplifters''. Filmography Film Television Video on demand Dubbing roles ;Live-action *'' Jurassic World'' – Gray Mitchell (Ty Simpkins) ;Animation *''Cars 3'' – Cruz Ramirez *''DC League of Super-Pets ''DC League of Super-Pets'' is a 2022 American 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film based on the DC Comics superhero team Legion of Super-Pets. Produced by Warner Animation Group and DC Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. ...'' – PB Awards References External links Official website * 1995 births Living people Japanese child actresses Japanese television personalities Actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses Japanese film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Hara
is a Japanese director of animated films. Biography What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was visiting an animation film company as part of his job hunting activities after graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). He recklessly left the tour, an act normally forbidden for visitors, and then begged an artistic director to give him a job. A few days later he returned with some continuity drawings he created, as requested. As a result, he was introduced to a commercial film studio. After working at the studio for eighteen months, he joined Shin-Ei Animation on the recommendation of the president Keijiro Kurokawa. At Shin-Ei he began working on a TV series '' Kaibutsu-kun'' as a production manager, then was moved to ''Doraemon''. There for the first time he took on the role of animation director. In working on ''Doraemon'', he was influenced by the chief director Tsutomu Shibayama. Since Hara admired Fujiko Fujio, ''Doraemons original author, he wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirokazu Kore-eda
is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including ''Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for '' Like Father, Like Son'' and won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for '' Shoplifters''. Personal life Kore-eda's father was a '' wansei''. His paternal grandparents could not marry under Japanese law at the time as they had the same last name, so they eloped to Taiwan where they could, which was then under Japanese colonial rule. He has cited this as a reason for his affinity toward Taiwan. Kore-eda was born in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. He is the youngest of three children with two older sisters. From a young age, Kore-eda would spend time watching movies with his mother. He said through an interpreter, "My mother loved films! She adored Ingrid Bergman, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chihayafuru Part 3
is a Japanese 2018 youth sports drama film written and directed by Norihiro Koizumi and starring Suzu Hirose, Shūhei Nomura and Mackenyu Arata. It is the third and final installment of the live action film adaptations of the manga series '' Chihayafuru'', written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was first announced at Sanuki Film Festival 2017. Plot Cast * Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase * Shūhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima * Mackenyu Arata as Arata Wataya *Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ōe *Yūma Yamoto as Yūsei Nishida *Yūki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano *Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudō * Mio Yūki as Sumire Hanano * Kaya Kiyohara as Iori Wagatsuma *Ichika Osaki as Sae *Hayato Sano as Akihiro Tsukuba *Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya * Kento Kaku as Hisashi Suo * Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi *Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Ōku
, also romanised as ''Akiko Ohku'', is a Japanese film director. Ōku was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. In high school, she joined a rakugo group. While studying Politics and Economics at Meiji University, she was part of a student theatre troupe. After graduating, Ōku briefly had an office job at a subsidiary of the Ministry of Labour. She then entered a comedy acting school for one year and performed as stand-up comedian, and afterwards, at age 27, she entered Eigabi School, a film school where director Kiyoshi Kurosawa taught, among others. ''Igaito shinanai'' While still at film school, Ōku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, (''Igaito shinanai'', literally "don't die unexpectedly"). The film was released in 1999. It is about an elementary school teacher troubled by pupils, parents, colleagues and a stalker. ''Lost After School'' ''Lost After School'' (original title ''Hōkago rosuto'') is an anthol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremble All You Want
is 2017 Japanese romantic comedy film written and directed by Akiko Ohku. The screenplay is based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Risa Wataya. The film premiered at 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival and won the Audience Award. Mayu Matsuoka, who plays the lead role, was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize. Plot Yoshika Etō (Mayu Matsuoka) is a 24-year-old accountant who has never had a boyfriend before. She still dreams of being with her middle school crush, whom she calls Ichi (meaning "number one"), although they have not talked in years. At work, a man she calls Ni (meaning "number two") starts showing a romantic interest in her. She begins spending time with him outside of work, even as she still daydreams of being with Ichi. When she is alone at her apartment, she spends her free time researching extinct animals on Wikipedia, especially ammonite fossils, going so far as to order a fossil th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takumi Saito
is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same. Early life and work Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. Saitoh's father worked in the film industry and he would often visit him at work as a child, which he later cited as his inspiration to become an actor. While still attending high school, Saitoh signed a modeling contract with Indigo at age 15. Filmography Films ;As director *''Zokki'' (2020) *''Sweet My Home'' (2023) ;As actor * ''Toki no Kaori: Remember Me'' (2001) as Yuuji * '' Umizaru'' (2004) as Shinji Tadokoro * ''Kabuto-Oh Beetle'' (2005) as Hametsu Oh Disaster * ''Karasu wa naite iruka?'' (2006) * ''The Prince of Tennis'' (2006) as bystander * ''Dance Master'' (2006) as Momochi Shintaro * ''Ulysses'' (2006) as Sarai * ''Zura-Deka – The Rag Cop'' (2006) detective Yatsuda * ''Boys Love'' (2006) as Noel Kisaragi * ''Sukitomo'' (2007) as Tomokazu Aoi * ''A! Osara N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Yamada
is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the anime series ''K-On!'' (2009-2010) and ''Tamako Market'' (2013), and the anime films '' A Silent Voice'' (2016) and ''Liz and the Blue Bird'' (2018). In 2021, she directed the original net animation ''The Heike Story'' under Science SARU. The series premiered on Japanese television in January 2022. She has won multiple awards for her work, as well as become world renowned for her stylistic choices in anime. She was also one of the youngest people to be made a director with Kyoto Animation, getting her first directing opportunity around 4 years after finishing college and starting work for the studio. Early life and education Yamada was born in Kyoto Prefecture. She enjoyed drawing as a child and would copy images from the ''Patlabor'' and ''Dragon Ball'' series. Always showing an interest in film, Yamada would stay up late as a child just to catch what ever film might be playing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Silent Voice (film)
is a 2016 Japanese animated drama film produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, featuring character designs by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kensuke Ushio. It is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. Plans for an animated film adaptation were announced back in November 2014, Kyoto Animation was confirmed to produce the film in November 2015. Miyu Irino and Saori Hayami signed on as voice casting in May 2016 and the theatrical release poster and official trailer were released in July 2016. The film covers elements of coming of age and psychological drama, dealing with themes of bullying, disability, forgiveness, mental health, suicide, and friendship of opposite sexes. It follows the story of a former bully turned social outcast, who decides to reconnect and befriend the deaf girl he had bullied years prior. The film premiered at Tokyo on August 24, 2016. It was released in Japan on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunihiko Yuyama
is a Japanese director best known for his work on the ''Pokémon'' anime franchise. He also directed ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'', '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', ''The Three Musketeers Anime'', ''Ushio and Tora'', '' Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning'', ''Plawres Sanshiro'', '' Slayers Return'', '' Slayers Great'', and ''Wedding Peach''. Career Developing an interest in animation while still at high school, Yuyama worked as an animator's assistant on episodes of ''Star Blazers'' and ''Brave Raideen''. He was a sketch artist and storyboard artist on the foreign co-production '' Barbapapa'' (1973) and joined Aoi Productions in 1978. The same year, he had his directorial debut while working for Aoi on '' Galaxy Express 999'', and soon struck up a successful working partnership with the screenwriter Takeshi Shudo on ''GoShogun''. In 1982, he promoted to "chief director", an overseeing role on ''Magical Princess Minky Momo''. While remaining in TV during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
