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Yukijirō Hotaru
is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the role of Gonza Kurahashi in the ''Garo (TV series), Garo'' television franchise. He has played Tsutomu Osako, a recurring role in the Heisei Gamera trilogy, along with the 2003 independent film ''GAMERA 4-TRUTH'' (:ja:ガメラ4 真実, jp), which was permitted by Tokuma Shoten under the condition to be free of charge. His decision to play the character for the ''Gamera'' films was prompted by Yukitarō Hotaru's involvement in the 1967 film ''Gamera vs. Gyaos''.ASCII Media Works, 2014, ''Heisei Gamera Perfection'', p.274, Kadokawa Shoten Filmography Film *''Sexy Battle Girls'' (1986) *''Time Adventure: Zeccho 5-byo Mae'' (1986) *''Itoshino Half Moon'' (1987) *''Ogenki kurinikku: Tatte moraimasu aka Welcome to the Ogenki Clinic'' (1988) *''Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting'' (1988) *''Zeiram'' (1991) *''Aiyoku Shūdōin: Jukujo, Chijo, Seijo'' (1995) *''Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) *''Mechanical Violator Hakaider'' (1995) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 (1,466 Square mile, sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the west, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southwest, Tokyo to the south, Chiba Prefecture to the southeast, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast. Saitama, Saitama, Saitama is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kawaguchi, Saitama, Kawaguchi, Kawagoe, Saitama, Kawagoe, and Tokorozawa, Saitama, Tokorozawa. History of Kujiki According to ''Sendai Kuji Hongi'' (), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin. Chichibu Province was in western Saitama. The area that would become Saitama Prefecture in the 19th century is part of Musashi Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechanical Violator Hakaider
is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Keita Amemiya. Based on the television series ''Android Kikaider'', the film features Hakaider in the role of an anti-hero as opposed to his typical portrayal as a villain. Production ''Mechanical Violator Hakaider'' was released in Japan on April 15, 1995. It was produced by Toei Company alongside Tohokushinsha Film and Sega. The film was directed by Keita Amemiya. The title character was an antagonist from the original Kikaider series. Plot A gang of criminals break into an abandoned prison in search of treasure and find what appears to be a man in chains. They accidentally awaken the man, who reveals himself to be the android Hakaider. He kills them all, and ponders his own identity among the wreckage. Hakaider escapes on a motorcycle. Elsewhere, a man cornered by security officers attempts suicide, but is stopped and captured by an angelic android named Michael. Hakaider arrives at Jesus Town, a pseudo-utopia built on what w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The IDol (film)
''The iDol'' is a 2006 film made and produced by independent filmmaker, Norman England. A science fiction satire, filmed entirely in Japan, ''The iDol'' tells the story of a Japanese collector who comes into possession of a figure with origins not of this world. It is a satirical look at the world of "otaku" and the mass marketing of media culture, so prevalent in Japan, that creates these legion of obsessed fans. The iDol was a small production which did not receive worldwide attention due to its limited budget of $25,000. ''The iDol'' premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on July 16, 2006 and has subsequently played at various festivals around the world. It was shown on television for the first time on Japan's SKY Perfect satellite channel on March 3, 2008. Plot Ken is a mild-mannered man in his mid-twenties who, like many men his age, has interests that stopped developing during adolescence. On a visit to a local toy collectors' shop, he acquires a ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byakuya No Maju
Byakuya (written: 白夜 lit. "white night", "short night", or "night under the midnight sun") may refer to: * Byakuya (True Light), a song by Shunichi Miyamoto *'' Four Nights of a Dreamer'', a 1971 French film directed by Robert Bresson, released in Japan as ''Byakuya'' *''Byakuya (Under Night In Birth)'' Fictional characters * Byakuya (''InuYasha''), a character in the anime and manga series '' InuYasha'' * Byakuya Kuchiki, a character in the anime and manga series ''Bleach'' * Byakuya Togami, a character in the visual novel and anime series ''Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each oth ...'' *Byakuya, a character in the light novel and anime series '' Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi'' *Byakuya Matō, a character in the light visual and anime '' Fate/Zero'' *Byakuya Jougas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inugamis (2006 Film)
is a 2006 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is a remake of his own 1976 film '' The Inugami Family'', and would prove to be Ichikawa's final film. A few minutes' footage of Ichikawa at work directing can be seen in the 2006 documentary '' The Kon Ichikawa Story''. The film was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Kōji Ishizaka as Kosuke Kindaichi * Nanako Matsushima as Tamayo Nonomiya * Onoe Kikunosuke V as Sukekiyo Inugami / Shizuma Aonuma * Sumiko Fuji as Matsuko Inugami * Keiko Matsuzaka as Takeko Inugami * Hisako Manda as Umeko Inugami * Shingo Katsurayama as Suketake Inugami * as Suketomo Inugami * Yukijiro Hotaru as Kōkichi Inugami * as Saruzō * Saburo Ishikura as Fujisaki Kanshiki-ka-in * as Senba Keiji * Kyoko Fukada as Haru *Tamao Nakamura * Mitsuko Kusabue * Hideji Ōtaki as Ōyama *Kōki Mitanias Nasu Hotel owner * Takeshi Katō as Detective Todoroki *Atsuo Nakamura is a Japanese actor and poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Sea Monster Reigo
also known as ''Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato'' is a 2008 independently-made Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film by Shinpei Hayashiya. Veteran artist Keita Amemiya designed the titular monster. The film's original working title was ''Reigo vs. Yamato'' (レイゴー対大和 - ''Reigô tai Yamatô).'' The film, set in World War II, depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the ''Yamato'', which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo. The film was released on home video in the United States in 2019 under the title ''Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters''. Plot In September 1942, Captain Yamagami (Susumu Kurobe) is ordered to rendezvous the Yamato with the Combined Fleet that is gathering at the Truk Islands (aka Chuuk Islands) in Micronesia, a key strategic point in the South Pacific. With beautiful clear blue skies above and surrounded by coral reefs below, this South Seas paradise became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashurajō No Hitomi
is a 2005 Japanese horror film, starring Ichikawa Somegorō VII, Rie Miyazawa and Kanako Higuchi. Directed by Yōjirō Takita, it is a film adaptation of a 1987 Kazuki Nakashima play set in the 16th century. It has been released on DVD-Video as in the United Kingdom by Yume Pictures in 2006 and in the United States by AnimEigo in 2007. Story A beautiful ''oni'' named Bizan (Kanako Higuchi) appears on Earth. She wants to bring demon queen Ashura back to life, so the demons can take over the world beginning in Edo (modern day Tokyo). Opposing her is the Oni Makado, an army of demon slayers that was created by the Japanese government. Izumo (Somegorō Ichikawa) once fought with the Makado, but resigned to become a kabuki actor after he thought he accidentally killed a young girl. After 5 years, Izumo encounters Tsubaki (Rie Miyazawa), who is a member of an all-female acrobatic troupe who rob the citizens of Edo during the night. Falling deeply in love, Izumo notices a red, u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai
(2003) was introduced as a pink film, with the title but it developed into a cult hit and the producers allowed director Mitsuru Meike to expand it into its present form. In 2007 the film was featured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Plot Sachiko Hanai ( Emi Kuroda) works as a call girl or soap girl specializing in sexual roleplay, or cosplay. In her work, Sachiko portrays a home-tutor, hence the film's original title, ''Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice''. While at a café after one job, she witnesses an altercation between two men, one a North Korean and the other from the Middle East, who turn out to be spies in the middle of a transaction. When the argument escalates to gun-play, Sachiko foolishly starts to take a cell-phone picture of the incident and is shot in the forehead. Rather than killing her, the bullet lodges in her brain and gives her extraordinary mental powers, including the ability to understand languages of which she previously had no kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. It is derived from the ''Gigantes'' () of Greek mythology. Fairy tales such as ''Jack the Giant Killer'' have formed the modern perception of giants as dimwitted and violent ogres, sometimes said to eat humans, while other giants tend to eat livestock. In more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Literary and cultural analysis Giants appear many times in folklore and myths. Representing the human body enlarged to the point of being monstrous, giants evoke terror and remind humans of their body's frailty and mortality. They are often portrayed as monsters and antagonists, but there are exceptions. Some giants intermingle with human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy (film)
is a Japanese horror film, horror comedy film, released in 2001. It is based on a Stacy (Kenji Ohtsuki novel), novel of the same name by Kenji Ohtsuki directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu, in which teenage girls aged 14-16 turn into zombies. Plot In the near future, the entire world is struck with a bizarre malady which affects every girl between the ages of 14 and 16 years old. Victims first experience a period of giddiness called "Near Death Happiness" ("NDH" or 臨死遊戯状態) before expiring. Within minutes of death the victim rises again as a flesh-eating zombie—a "Stacy". These Stacies run amok until they are cut into pieces in an act called a "Repeat-Kill" (再殺). The government has organized the poorly trained "Romero Repeat-Kill Troops," who ride around on garbage trucks, ordered to act out the disposal of the Stacies. By law, a Stacy may only be Repeat-Killed by her loved ones or the Romero Repeat Kill Troops. Through research, it is discovered that a key to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mourning Wife
, a.k.a. ''An Affair with a Woman in Mourning'', is a 2001 Japanese Pink film refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be a ... directed by Daisuke Gotō. It is a suspense-''pink'' film in homage to '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' (1946). It won the Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Personnel awards also went to Mayuko Sasaki for Best Actress, 2nd place and Masahide Iioka for Cinematography. Synopsis Tomoko, the wife of an impotent and bitter man, hires a younger man to help her run her printing press business. She becomes involved in an affair with him. Cast * Mayuko Sasaki: Tomiko Tachibana * Koharu Yamasaki: Kyōko Yano * Yukijirō Hotaru: Yutaka * Kenichi Kanbe: Patient on crutches * Shiori Kawamura: Nurse / Kaori * Hiroyuki Kawasaki: Hiroyuki * Keisaku Kimu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrokinesis (film)
, also known as ''Crossfire'', is a 2000 Japanese crime thriller/ horror/ romance/science fiction film co-written and directed by Shusuke Kaneko. The film is about a woman with pyrokinetic powers seeking to avenge the murder of her friend's sister. Plot Junko Aoki ( Akiko Yada) is a quiet, caring girl who was born with pyrokinesis, the ability to create and control fire with one's mind. From a young age, her mother told her, "You're not an ordinary girl. You mustn't get angry, you mustn't get close to your friends, and you mustn't use your powers." Because of this upbringing, Junko is unable to interact with others. She leads a gloomy existence and, upon entering the workforce, she is shunned by her fellow office workers. Despite this, she meets colleague Kazuki Tada ( Hideaki Itō). The two become close friends, and Junko secretly falls in love with him. However, her newfound happiness comes to an end when Kazuki’s younger sister Yukie is murdered by a gang of delinquent b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
