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Rie Miyazawa
is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film ''Seven Day's War'', for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book '' Santa Fe'', which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V6 (band)
was a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995, with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995. Their first four singles, including "Music for the People", were all cover versions of the same-titled Eurobeat songs composed by Italian producers such as Giancarlo Pasquini, Andrea Leonardi, Alberto Contini, Sandro Oliva. Similar to their agency seniors Hikaru Genji, the group is separated into two subgroups based on age. For V6, the group is split into 20th Century and Coming Century, which consists of the three oldest members and three youngest members respectively. The band sold more than 13.5 million albums and singles. As announced on March 12, 2021, V6 disbanded on November 1, 2021, their 26th anniversary since debut. History Name In an interview on ''Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ'', the group stated that the "V" in V6 also stood for "Versus" (20th Centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peony Pavilion (film)
''Peony Pavilion'' is a 2001 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yonfan. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival where Rie Miyazawa won the award for Best Actress. Cast * Joey Wang as Rong Lan * Rie Miyazawa as Cui Hua * Daniel Wu as Xing Zhi Gang * Brigitte Lin Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She is regarded as an icon of Chinese language cinema for her extensive and varied roles in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. Biography Lin was born in Chiayi, Taiwan. ... as Narrator * Yonfan as Dance tutor References External links * 2001 films 2001 drama films Hong Kong films 2000s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Yonfan Films about Chinese opera Kunqu 2000s Hong Kong films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyote
Kyote is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 34 in 2000. It is located within the San Antonio metropolitan area. History The Kyote post office opened in 1927. Postmaster William D. Rogers named it after the area's coyote population. This alternate spelling was chosen due to a similarly named community elsewhere in Texas, although the other place was spelled Cayote. The post office closed in 1935; by this point, the community also had one business and ten residents. The population spiked to fifty in 1951 after oil was discovered nearby. A 1964 county highway map showed a few scattered houses at the northern edge of the oilfield, but in 1984, it was still listed on county maps, but there were no buildings at the site. Its population stabilized at around twenty-five from the 1960s through the 1990s and was reported as thirty-four in 2000. Geography Kyote is located at the inters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47 Ronin (1994 Film)
is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is another version of the Chūshingura, the story of the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin of Ako against Lord Kira. Plot The story of the forty-seven rōnin has been depicted in many ways, with each version focusing the emphasis on different parts of the story—the rivalry of Lords Asano and Kira, Asano's assault on Kira, Asano's sentence of seppuku immediately afterward, and the revenge attack 21 months later against Kira by the forty-seven loyal retainers. Oishi Kuranosuke, Asano's chamberlain and the head of the 47 samurai, is often the primary character, and his actions are often held up as the epitome of bushido, the honor code of the samurai. In this telling, the emphasis is on the preparation for and the attack on Kira's castle. The immediate reactions to Lord Asano's assault on Lord Kira are shown in flashback, and Lord Asano and the actual assault are barely shown at all. Unlike other versions of the story, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kon Ichikawa
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama ''An Actor's Revenge'' (1963). His film ''Odd Obsession'' (1959) won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Early life and career Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture as Giichi Ichikawa (市川儀一). His father died when he was four years old, and the family kimono shop went bankrupt, so he went to live with his sister. He was given the name "Kon" by an uncle who thought the characters in the kanji 崑 signified good luck, because the two halves of the Chinese character look the same when it is split in half vertically. As a child he loved drawing and his ambition was to become an artist. He also loved films and was a fan of " chambara" or samurai films. In his tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Attempt
A suicide attempt is an attempt to die by suicide that results in survival. It may be referred to as a "failed" or "unsuccessful" suicide attempt, though these terms are discouraged by mental health professionals for implying that a suicide resulting in death is a successful and positive outcome. Epidemiology In the United States, the National Institute of Mental Health reports there are 11 nonfatal suicide attempts for every suicide death. The American Association of Suicidology reports higher numbers, stating that there are 25 suicide attempts for every suicide completion. The ratio of suicide attempts to suicide death is about 25:1 in youths, compared to about 4:1 in elderly. A 2008 review found that nonfatal self-injury is more common in women, and a separate study from 2008/2009 found suicidal thoughts higher among females, as well as significant differences between genders for suicide planning and suicide attempts. Suicide attempts are more common among adolescents in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takanohana Kōji
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of '' yokozuna'', and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the sixth highest total ever. The son of a popular '' ōzeki'' ranked wrestler from the 1970s, Takanohana's rise through the ranks alongside his elder brother Wakanohana and his rivalry with the foreign born ''yokozuna'' Akebono saw interest in sumo and attendance at tournaments soar during the early 1990s. Takanohana was the youngest ever to reach the top division at just 17, and he set a number of other age-related records. He had a solid but aggressive style, looking to get a right hand grip on his opponents' '' mawashi'' and move them quickly out of the ring. He won over half his bouts by a straightforward ''yorikiri'', or force out. In his later career he suffered increasingly from injuries, and he retired in January 2003 at the age of 30. He became the head coach of Takanoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a '' rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring ('' dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down). Sumo originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally and where it is considered the national sport. It is considered a '' gendai budō'', which refers to modern Japanese martial arts, but the sport has a history spanning many centuries. Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt purification, from Shinto. Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules regulated by the Japan Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables, known in Japanese as '' heya'', where all aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe (nude Photo Book)
''Santa Fe'' is a Japanese nude photo book published in 1991. It was modelled by Rie Miyazawa and photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. It was published with one image showing pubic hair without any kind of mosaic. It sold 1.5 million copies. Taken early in Miyazawa's career, it stunned Japanese society because the authorities had just begun to permit the publication of such kinds of "hair-nude" photographs. The book was named after Santa Fe, New Mexico, where her photos were taken. Santa Fe, New Mexico's historic state capital, is also known as a city of arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both .... After Miyazawa and ''Santa Fe'', many Japanese women celebrities followed her in releasing "hair-nude" photo books. Further reading * Allison, Anne. ''Permitted and Prohibi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Kat
Kit Kat (stylised as KitKat in various countries) is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, United Kingdom, and is now produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), except in the United States, where it is made under licence by the H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company (an agreement Rowntree's first made with Hershey in 1970). The standard bars consist of two or four pieces composed of three layers of wafer, separated and covered by an outer layer of chocolate. Each finger can be snapped from the bar separately. There are many flavours of Kit Kat, including milk, white, and dark chocolate. The original four-finger version of the bar was developed after a worker at Rowntree's York factory put a suggestion in the recommendation box for "a chocolate bar that a man could take to work in his pack up". It was launched in September 1935 in the UK as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp, and the later two-finger ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Love Boils Bathwater
is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Ryōta Nakano. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Futaba (Rie Miyazawa) single-handedly raising her teenage daughter Azumi (Hana Sugisaki) is diagnosed with terminal cancer and learns she only has a few months to live. She decides to use her last few months to improve the life of her family. To do this, she tracks down her husband, Kazuhiro (Joe Odagiri), who had left her for another woman. The other woman had in turn abandoned him, leaving him to look after a 9-year old daughter Ayuko (Aoi Itō) whom she claimed was the result of a one-night stand years before. Together, Futaba, Kazuhiro and the two girls reopen the family bathhouse, which will provide them with a comfortable life. Other challenges facing Futaba include helping Azumi to fend for herself at school and taking the girls on a road trip to introduce Azumi to her biological mother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale Moon (film)
is a 2014 Japanese crime drama film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on a novel by Mitsuyo Kakuta. Cast * Rie Miyazawa *Sosuke Ikematsu *Satomi Kobayashi * Yuko Oshima *Seiichi Tanabe *Yoshimasa Kondo * Renji Ishibashi Reception It will be in competition at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. Rie Miyazawa was nominated for the Asian Film Award for Best Actress at the 9th Asian Film Awards The 9th Asian Film Awards are the 2015 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held at the Venetian Theatre in The Venetian Casino and Hotel in Macau. South Korean director Im Kwon-taek received the Lifetime Achievement Award, while J .... References External links * * 2014 films 2014 crime drama films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Daihachi Yoshida Japanese crime drama films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
