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Tokyo Pop
is a 1988 musical romantic comedy film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lynn Grossman. The film follows a young American singer (Carrie Hamilton) who travels to Tokyo and meets a local rock musician ( Yutaka Tadokoro), with whom she develops a romantic and musical connection. It contrasts American customs with Tokyo lifestyles, while presenting an evolving love story between the two main characters. In real life, Tadokoro fronted the 1980s rock group Red Warriors, who also star in the film as themselves. Other notable actors include Michael Cerveris, Gina Belafonte, and Tetsurō Tamba, with an uncredited cameo by Japanese rock band X Japan. Plot Wendy Reed is a young aspiring singer in New York City who sings backup in her boyfriend Mike's band. After a gig, Wendy is furious to learn that Mike is planning to replace her with another female singer. The next day, she receives a postcard from a friend who lives in Tokyo. Disillusioned with the loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Fran Rubel Kuzui is an American film director and producer. She directed the films '' Tokyo Pop'' (1988) and '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992). She also produced the films ''Orgazmo'' (1997) and '' Telling Lies in America'' (1997). Biography Kuzui received her master's degree from New York University and was a script supervisor for a decade, prior to her first film, 1988's '' Tokyo Pop'', which she co-wrote and directed. The movie was shown at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and received critical acclaim for its depiction of an American woman trying to make sense of the Japanese youth culture. She is best known as the director of the 1992 film '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (which was the basis for the television series). She discovered the screenplay of writer Joss Whedon, expanded the Buffy character with him, and together with producer Kaz Kuzui put together the financing to produce the picture. Kuzui served as an executive producer on the TV series and its spin-off '' Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostess Club
A hostess club is a type of night club found primarily in Japan which employs mostly female staff and caters to men seeking drinks and attentive conversation. Host clubs are a similar type of establishment where mostly male staff attend to women. Host and hostess clubs are considered part of ''mizu shōbai'' (), the night-time entertainment business in Japan. Hostess clubs Japan There are a few types of hostess club-type establishments in Japan with the majority falling into one of two categories: , a portmanteau of , or the more exclusive . ''Kyabakura'' hostesses are known as (''cabaret girl''), and many use professional names, called . They light cigarettes, provide beverages, offer flirtatious conversation, and sing karaoke. The clubs also often employ a female bartender usually well-trained in cocktail, mixology, and who may also be the manager or ''mamasan''. Hostesses often drink with customers each night, and alcohol-related behavior problems are fairly common. Most ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinematheque
The American Cinematheque is an independent, non-profit cultural organization in Los Angeles, California, United States that represents the public presentation of the moving image in all its forms. It presents festivals and retrospectives that screen the best of worldwide cinema, video, and television from the past and present, ranging from the classics to the outer frontiers of the art form. Cinematheque also provides a forum where film lovers and students can learn from established filmmakers, actors, writers, editors, cinematographers, and others about their craft. History In 1981, Filmex, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition organized by Gary Essert and Gary Abrahams, awarded Elizabeth Taylor the Filmex Trustees Award and raised $90,000 for the creation of a cinematheque with the declared aim that it would eventually build on the work of Filmex and provide year-round film programming of classic and new films from around the world at a proposed Los Angeles Film Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAM Rose Cinemas
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City. It hosts progressive and avant-garde performances, with theater, dance, music, opera, film programming across multiple nearby venues. BAM was chartered in 1859, presented its first show in 1861, and began operations in its present location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501(c)(3) status. Gina Duncan has served as president since April 2022. David Binder became artistic director in 2019. History Original facility On October 21, 1858, a meeting was held at the Polytechnic Institute to measure support for establishing ''"a hall adapted to Musical, Literary, Scientific and other occasional purposes, of sufficient size to meet the requirements of our large population and worth in style and appearance of our city."'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art film, art house films, such as documentary films, classic and rarely seen films from earlier periods in the history of cinema, and world cinema. In addition to theatrical distribution, Kino Lorber releases films in the home entertainment market and has its own streaming services for its digital library. History 1976–2008; Founding as Kino International Kino Lorber was founded as Kino International in 1976 by Bill Pence, then vice president of Janus Films, and based in Colorado. It began by importing and releasing international films that may have not otherwise reached the market in the United States. The first films distributed by Kino were in association with Janus Films. In 1977, Kino International was purchased by Donald Krim who at the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4K Resolution
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 38402160 (4K UHD) with a 16:9 aspect ratio is the dominant standard, whereas the digital cinema, movie projection industry uses 40962160 (Digital Cinema Initiatives, DCI 4K). The 4K television market share increased as prices fell dramatically throughout 2013 and 2014. 4K standards and terminology The term "4K" is generic and refers to any resolution with a horizontal pixel count of approximately 4,000. Several different 4K resolutions have been standardized by various organizations. The terms "4K" and "Ultra HD" are used more widely in marketing than "2160p" (''cf.'' "1080p"). While typically referring to motion pictures, some digital camera vendors have used the term "4K photo" for still photographs, making it appear like an especially high resolution even though 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikiya Yasuoka
was a Japanese actor and singer of mixed Italian and Japanese descent. Biography Born in Tokyo, he appeared in his first film, ''Jitensha dorobo'', in 1964. He was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset Paralysis, muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. Typically, both sides of the body are involved, and the initial symptoms are changes in sensation ... in late June 2006 and died of heart failure on 8 April 2012. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yasuoka, Rikiya 1947 births 2012 deaths Japanese people of Italian descent People from Minato, Tokyo Male actors from Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Mikami
is a Japanese actor. Early life and career Mikami grew up in the 1960s with a family that was closely related to the entertainment industry with his mother being an actress and his uncle being a film producer. Mikami was in high school where he went for his first audition and earned the lead role in '' Grass Labyrinth'' directed by Shuji Terayama. The film won critical praise in France where it became part of the trilogy ''Collections privées''. Mikami went on to star in various projects, including the television comedy ''Kimi no Hitomi wo Taiho Suru'' and the film '' Desert Moon'', which screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. He also has worked in stage, as in 2004, when he played the titular Hedwig in the Japanese version of ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch''. Filmography Film *'' Grass Labyrinth'' (1979) *''Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'' (1983) *''Take Me Out to the Snowland'' (1987) *'' Peacock King'' (1988) *''Tōki Rakujitsu'' (1992) *'' Swallowtail'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Harukawa
, born , is a Japanese actress. Filmography * 1961: '' Girls of the Night'' * 1963: '' The Insect Woman'' * 1964: '' Unholy Desire'' * 1964: '' Kunoichi Keshō'' * 1965: '' House of Terrors'' * 1966: '' The Threat'' * 1967: '' Zatoichi's Cane Sword'' * 1968: '' The Human Bullet'' * 1968: '' Curse of the Blood'' * 1974: '' Pastoral: To Die in the Country'' * 1974: '' Tora-san's Lullaby'' * 1975: '' The Gate of Youth'' * 1975–1979: '' Torakku Yarō'' * 1975–1994: '' Edo o Kiru'' * 1978: ''Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin'' * 1978–1987: ''Abarenbō Shōgun'' * 1980: '' Shogun's Ninja'' * 1986: ''Michi'' * 1987: '' Hachiko Monogatari'' * 1992: ''Tōki Rakujitsu is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Seijirō Kōyama. It is about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi. It is based on two biographical novels, ''Tōki Rakujitsu'' written by Junichi Watanabe and ''Noguchi no haha: Noguchi Hideo Monogatari'' w ...'' References External links * * Japanese actresses Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiji Tonoyama
was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. He served in the Japanese military in China in the Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ... and considered himself to have narrowly escaped from death. He was married but also had a mistress and maintained relationships with both women until the end of his life. He was a keen reader of detective stories and a fan of jazz music. He wrote a series of semi-autobiographical essays under the title , meaning "third rate actor". Kaneto Shindo wrote a biog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Believe In Magic (song)
"Do You Believe in Magic" is a song by the Canadian-American folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. Written by John Sebastian, it was issued as the band's debut single in July1965. The single peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It later served as the title track of the band's debut album, issued that November. In 1978, Shaun Cassidy reached the Top 40 with his cover version. The Lovin' Spoonful version John Sebastian composed "Do You Believe in Magic" in May1965. Sebastian drew inspiration from a teenage girl who attended one of the Lovin' Spoonful's performances at the Night Owl Cafe, a club in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City at which the band were then holding a residency. The younger girl stood in contrast to the older beatnik crowd who typically attended folk performances, and Sebastian recalled that " he wasdancing like danced – and not like the last generation danced". He also remembered: " Zal anovskyand I just elbowed each other the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
