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Sakichi Sato
is a Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter. He has written several screenplay adaptations of manga series including '' Tokyo Zombie'', '' Ichi The Killer'', and '' Gozu''. He also directed ''Miss Boys'' about cross-dressing schoolboys. In the West, he played Charlie Brown in Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. Quentin Tarantino filmography, His films are characterized by graphic violence, extended dialogue often featuring much profanity, and references to ...'s 2003 film '' Kill Bill: Volume 1''.Jim Smith, ''Tarantino'', Virgin, 2005, p 205 Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Sakichi 1964 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Zombie
is a Japanese horror manga written in 1999 by Yusaku Hanakuma. It was subsequently made into a 2005 Japanese film written and directed by Sakichi Sato. The films stars Tadanobu Asano, Show Aikawa, and Erika Okuda. The film was released in North America, UK and later Australia and New Zealand in 2009. Plot Fujio and Mitsuo are two full-time slackers who work in a fire extinguisher factory. The two spend their lunch hours training to fulfill their dreams of being jujitsu champions. One day, they murder their boss and dump his body on a Tokyo toxic waste dump known as "Black Fuji". Things suddenly become worse when an army of the undead rises from the waste dump and begin to attack the living. In order to survive, they will have to employ their limited jujitsu skills, to either help or escape Tokyo. Film cast *Tadanobu Asano – Fujio *Show Aikawa – Mitsuo * Erika Okuda – Yoko *Arata Furuta – Ishihara *Kazuo Umezu – Akiyama / Prince * Hina Matsuoka – Fumiyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichi The Killer (film)
''Ichi the Killer'' () is a 2001 Japanese horror yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Sakichi Sato, and starring Tadanobu Asano and Nao Omori. Based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name, its plot follows a psychologically damaged man who is manipulated into assaulting or killing rival faction members of feuding yakuza gangs while being pursued by a sadomasochistic enforcer. The film has garnered controversy due to its graphic depictions of violence and cruelty and was subject to censorship in several countries. Plot A man named Ichi stands on a balcony, masturbating while spying on a pimp raping and assaulting a prostitute. When the pimp discovers him, he flees. Sadistic yakuza boss Anjo is murdered. A cleaning crew run by Jijii removes all traces of Anjo's death and credits Ichi for the murder. Later, Kakihara, Anjo's sadomasochistic high-ranking enforcer, visits the spotless apartment and concludes that Anjo fled town with a prostitute and thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gozu
is a 2003 Japanese comedy horror film by Takashi Miike. Plot Ozaki (Aikawa), a mentally unstable yakuza, kills a chihuahua outside a restaurant after becoming convinced that it is actually an attack dog trained to kill gangsters. Seeing Ozaki as a security risk, the head of the Azamawari yakuza clan (Ishibashi) orders fellow underling Minami (Sone) to kill him and dispose of his body in a company depot. Minami, reluctant to murder Ozaki, unwittingly kills him when he pushes him to the ground in an attempt to stop him from killing an innocent woman who he mistook for an assassin. After finding the road he was driving along mysteriously replaced with a large lake, he enters a coffee shop to find a phone. Minami is given a complimentary Chawanmushi that makes him violently throw up in the bathroom and returns to discover that Ozaki's body is missing. When he asks the people in the town, he finds most of them apprehensive and uncooperative. He then sets out to explore the nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. Quentin Tarantino filmography, His films are characterized by graphic violence, extended dialogue often featuring much profanity, and references to popular culture. His work has earned a cult following alongside critical and commercial success; he has been named by some as the most influential director of his generation and has received List of awards and nominations received by Quentin Tarantino, numerous awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed more than $1.9 billion worldwide. Tarantino began his career with the independent film, independent crime film ''Reservoir Dogs'' (1992). His second film, the crime comedy-drama ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), was a major success and won numerous awards, including the Cannes Film Festival's and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He next wrote and starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 1
Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to: Albums * ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966 * ''Volume One'' (Sleep album) * ''Volume One'' (Fluff album) * ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008 * ''Volume One'' (Two Steps from Hell album), 2006 *'' The Honeydrippers: Volume One'', 1984 * ''Vol. I'' (Dead Combo album) * ''Vol. 1'' (Birds of Maya album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (EP), by Breed 77 * ''Vol. 1'' (Hurt album), 2006 * ''Vol. 1'' (Nekropolis album), 2003 * ''Vol. 1'' (The Tempers album), 2010 * ''Vol. 1'' (We Are The Becoming album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (BROS_album), 2016 * ''Vol. 1'' (Goatsnake album), 1999 * ''Volume 1'' (Reagan Youth album) * ''Volume 1'' (CKY album) * ''Volume I'' (Queensberry album), 2008 * ''Volume 1'' (Fabrizio De André album), 1967 * ''Volume 1'' (Billy Bragg album), 2006 * ''Volume 1'' (The Besnard Lakes album), 2003 * ''Volume 1'' (BNQT album), 2017 * ''Volume 1'' (Future Boy album) *''Volume 1'', a video albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Future (film)
is a 2003 Japanese drama film written, directed, and edited by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano, Joe Odagiri and Tatsuya Fuji. It was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Yuji Nimura ( Joe Odagiri) and Mamoru Arita (Tadanobu Asano) are two factory workers, who are constantly irritated by their boss, Fujiwara ( Takashi Sasano). Mamoru entrusts his poisonous jellyfish, which he has been acclimating to fresh water, to Nimura. Nimura goes to Fujiwara's house one night with the intent of hurting Fujiwara, only to find that Mamoru has already murdered him and his wife. Mamoru is convicted of the murder but commits suicide on death row, leaving Nimura a private message to "go ahead." Meanwhile, Mamoru's jellyfish escapes its tank and reproduces in the waterways of the city. Mamoru's divorced father, Shinichiro (Tatsuya Fuji), takes Nimura in. Nimura helps with Shinichiro's electronics salvage business, but leaves after the two argue about Nimura's future. Nimu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Life In The Universe
''Last Life in the Universe'' () is a 2003 Thai romantic crime film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being trilingual; the two main characters flit from Thai to Japanese to English as their vocabulary requires. The film stars Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano and Sinitta Boonyasak. Plot Kenji is a lonely librarian in the Japan Foundation in Bangkok. Living in an apartment full of precise stacks of books, his half-hearted attempts to kill himself are continually interrupted by the people around him. Kenji's most notable obstacle is his self-absorbed brother, Yukio, a ''yakuza'', or Japanese gangster. Yukio fled from Japan to escape the wrath of his employer, with whose daughter he had had sex. Yukio's friend Takashi suggests that if it were his daughter, he would have the despoiler killed, but Kenji's brother laughs this warning off. Yukio frequents a club where he can enjoy the attention of a bunny-eared hostess, a local girl named Nid. Nid's sister, Noi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 2
Volume Two, Volume 2, Volume II or Vol. II may refer to: * '' Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life'', a 1998 album by rapper Jay-Z * ''Volume 2'' (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album), 1963 * '' Vol. 2 (Breaking Through)'', by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band * ''Volume Two'' (The Soft Machine album), 1969 * ''Volume Two'' (She & Him album), 2010 * ''Volume Two'' (EP), a 1991 EP by Sleep * ''Volume 2'' (CKY album), 1999 * ''Volume 2'' (Chuck Berry album) * ''Volume 2'' (Billy Bragg album), 2006 * ''Volume 2'' (Reagan Youth album) * ''Volume 2'' (The Gordons album), 1984 * ''Volume 2'' (video), a 1999 video by Incubus * '' Volume 2: Release'', a 1999 album by Afro Celt Sound System * ''Vol. II'' (Hurt album), 2007 * ''Vol. II'' (Cartel de Santa album) * ''Vol.2'' (Goo Goo Dolls album), 2008 * ''Volume II'' (Kamchatka album) * '' West Meets East, Volume 2'', 1968 studio album by Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar * '' Joan Baez, Vol. 2'' * ''Miles Davis Volume 2'' * ''Guardians of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heibon Ponch
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Asakura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Monthly Ikki'' from 2003 to 2005, with its chapters collected in four volumes. It was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Sakichi Sato, that premiered in Japan in November 2008 Media Manga Written and illustrated by George Asakura, ''Heibon Punch'' was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Ikki'' March 25, 2003, to September 24, 2005. Shogakukan collected its chapters in four volumes, released from April 30, 2004, to June 30, 2006. Volumes Live-action film A live-action film Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a Live-action animation, live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define ... adaptation, directed by Sakichi Sato, premiered in Japan on November 22, 2008. The film was released on DVD on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Playboy Club
is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Yosuke Okuda. Synopsis A stoic drifter (Nao Omori) hiding out at his friend's nightclub in Tokyo after blunt manslaughter. Cast * Nao Ōmori as Katsutoshi * Ken Mitsuishi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Chaos (2000 film), Chaos'' and ''Tokyo Playboy Club''. Filmography Film ;1980s *''Tora's Tropical Fever'' (1980) *''Foster Daddy, Tora!'' (1980) *''Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (film), Sai ... as Seikichi * Asami Usuda as Eriko * Masaaki Akahori as Takeo * Takahiro Miura as Umezo * Yasushi Fuchikami as Takahiro References External links * * 2012 films Films set in Tokyo 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Slaves
is a 2014 Japanese suspense thriller film directed by Sakichi Satō and starring Sayaka Akimoto and Kanata Hongō, based on the manga '' Doreiku'' by Shinichi Okada. It was released on 28 June 2014. Cast *Sayaka Akimoto *Kanata Hongō *Hikaru Ōsawa *Yūki Yamada *Sayuri Anzu *Ayumi Orii *Takahiro Kuroishi *Yuki Kubota *Kanta Ogata *Miyuki Torii * Reception The film has grossed NT$940,000 in Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea .... References External links * * 2014 thriller films Japanese thriller films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese-language thriller films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
