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Yumi Asō
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura. Biography She was born in Osaka Prefecture but grew up in Nagasaki Prefecture. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. She appeared in Yōjirō Takita's 1986 film '' Comic Magazine'' with Yuya Uchida and Beat Takeshi. She also appeared in Lee Sang-il's 2002 film '' Border Line'' with Tetsu Sawaki and Ken Mitsuishi. Personal life She married actor in March 2004, and they had one child. The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008. Selected filmography Film * ''Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1983) * '' Comic Magazine'' (1986) * ''Yakuza Tosei no Suteki na Menmen'' (1988) * '' Kachō Kōsaku Shima'' (1992) * '' The Abe Clan'' (1995) * ''Tetto Musashino-sen'' (1997) * ''Detective Riko'' (1998) * ''Yūjō: Friendship'' (1998) * ''Kizuna'' (1998) * ''Detective Riko: Megami no Eien'' (1998) * '' Border Line'' (2002) * ''Last Scene'' (2002) * '' Rocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th Tokyo International Film Festival
The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival took place from 28 October to 6 November. This edition, introduced a new 'Women's Empowerment' section and showcased the works of director Yu Irie, a Japanese film director and screenwriter in its 'Nippon Cinema Now' strand. Hong Kong actor and singer Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung served as jury president. The festival opened with Japanese samurai, period action film ''11 Rebels'' by Kazuya Shiraishi, and a unique mix of video, music, and dance, featuring performances by Sarah Àlainn, Leo, Kaf (singer), KAF, Oi Kazuya, and dancers Ikeda Mika and Suzuki Yohei. A video introduction followed, showcasing the lineup and upcoming awards, with KAF acting as master of ceremonies alongside Leo and Oi. Béla Tarr a Hungarian filmmaker, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award during a Special Talk event at the festival, held on November 1. The festival closed on 6 November with ''Marcello Mio'', a comedy film directed by French direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Abe Clan (1995 Film)
is a 1995 Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...ese jidaigeki, historical television film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is an adaptation of the 1913 Japanese short story "Abe ichizoku (short story), Abe ichizoku" by Mori Ōgai, which had previously been adapted into a Abe ichizoku (1938 film), 1938 theatrical film directed by Hisatora Kumagai and released by Toho. Plot The film is set during the Tokugawa period. Hosokawa Tadatoshi, feudal lord of the Higo Province., falls ill in the spring of the 18th year of the Kan'ei era. Tadatoshi and his son Mitsunao both forbid Tadatoshi's vassals from committing seppuku, yet after Tadatoshi's death his vassals one by one commit junshu loyalty suicide out of a sense of duty to their lord. The only one who obeys his lord's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Days
''Perfect Days'' is a 2023 Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Koji Yakusho, Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo. ''Perfect Days'' premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, becoming the first film directed by a non-Japanese filmmaker to be nominated as the Japanese entry. Plot Hirayama works as a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo's upscale Shibuya district, across town from his modest home in a middle-class neighbourhood east of the Sumida River. He repeats his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shippu Rondo
is a 2016 Japanese action/comedy film directed by Teruyuki Yoshida based on the novel by Keigo Higashino. The movie was produced by Kazuma Kuryu and Takako Oki. Its release date was November 26, 2016. By the first screenings, the film had earned ¥103 million (US$0.917 million). Storyline An employee of a University, of his own accord, creates a bio weapon (named "weapon K-55"). Upon being sacked for creating the weapon, he steals it from the laboratory. The university faces a challenge in that they can't contact the police, due to the weapon being created against protocol. The University laboratory then receives a message that the weapon will be deployed and used on the nation of Japan unless a huge ransom is paid. The laboratory staff agonises over what to do, but finally the manager of the lab, Akira Emoto selects one of the lab managers and senior researchers, Kazuyuki Kuribayashi (played by Hiroshi Abe) to try to retrieve the stolen bio weapon. Kazuyuki, a single fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Harassment
''Age Harassment'' (エイジハラスメント) is a 2015 Japanese TV drama series focusing on harassment in the modern Japanese workplace. It is based on the novel ''Age Harassment'' by Uchidate Makiko. It is produced by TV Asahi. Storyline Yoshii Emiri (played by Emi Takei) is an attractive, intelligent university graduate from a rural town in Hokkaido, who has come to work in Tokyo. Her family has failed in their business, and because of this, she gave up her dream of going to the US to earn an MBA and has had to work hard to put herself through university. She attempts to join a large Japanese trading company's graduate program. She succeeds, but is surprised when she is assigned a position to the general affairs department in the section that deals with cleaning and maintenance. She even has to wear a uniform, while the men do not. However, the company is going through a cultural change where harassment in its various forms in the company are no longer being tolerated. This i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mourner
is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and based on a novel of the same name by Arata Tendo. It was released on February 14, 2015. Cast * Kengo Kora as Shizuto Sakatsuki * Yuriko Ishida as Yukiyo Nagi * Arata Iura as Sakuya Kōsui * Yusuke Yamamoto * Yumi Asō * Suzuka Ohgo * Keiko Toda * Mitsuru Hirata as Takahiko Sakatsuki * Kippei Shiina as Kōtarō Makino * Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress for '' The Incident'', and Best Supporting Actress for ''Seishoku no ishibumi''. She ... as Junko Sakatsuki Production Filming started on March 22, 2014. Reception The film has grossed at the Japanese box office. References 2015 films Films directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi Films based on Japanese novels Films set in fictional countries Japanese drama films 2015 drama films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Home
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. It was released in Japan on 25 May. Cast *Shihori Kanjiya *Naoto Takenaka *Takayuki Takuma * Tomoko Tabata *Ai Hashimoto *Rei Okamoto * Kyūsaku Shimada *Yumi Asō *Mitsuru Hirata is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Fall Guy''. Filmography Film *''Fall Guy'' (1982), Yasu * '' The Gate of Youth: Part ... Reception Accolades References External links * 2013 drama films 2013 films Films directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese-language drama films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugiko-san To
is a Japanese comedy, drama film directed by Keisuke Yoshida and starring Horikita Maki. It was released on December 21, 2013. The story is about parent-child love, in which an otaku girl who works at an anime shop aims to become a voice actor, but her mother died who once abandoned her and her brother. She follows in the footsteps of her youth and visits her mother's hometown. Director Yoshida spent seven years on the concept of this original work. Cast * Horikita Maki as Mugiko * Matsuda Ryuhei as Norio * Yo Kimiko is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for '' Departures'' an ... as Saiko Akaike * Nukumizu Yoichi as Imoto * Yumi Aso as Michiru * Guadalcanal Taka as Haruo Aso (Yawatahama inn) * Eri Fuse as Natsue Aso (Haruo's wife) * Amane Okayama as Senzo Aso (Haruo's son) Plot Mugiko K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokura Ga Ita (film)
is a 2012 Japanese film based on the manga of the same name, ''We Were There (manga), We Were There written by Yūki Obata''. It is directed by the director Takahiro Miki and stars Toma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka. The film was released in two parts, with the first released in Japanese cinemas on 17 March 2012, and the second part was released on 21 April 2012. Cast * Toma Ikuta as Motoharu Yano * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Nanami Takahashi * Sosuke Takaoka as Masafumi Takeuchi * Yuika Motokariya as Yuri Yamamoto * Ayaka Komatsu as Nana Production ''Bokura ga Ita'' was first serialized in ''Betsucomi'', and it won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shōjo manga. Director Takahiro Miki directed the film, and film produced by Tomoko Yoshida. The main cast of ''Bokura ga Ita'' was revealed on 2 May 2011. Toma Ikuta, who previously starred in the films ''Hanamizuki'' and ''No Longer Human'', would be starring in this film as Motoharu Yano, a boy who is popular with most girls in the class. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyō, Koi O Hajimemasu
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series created by Kanan Minami. It started serialization in 2008 in the magazine ''Sho-Comi'', and completed in 2013, with 15 bound volumes have been released in Japan under the Flower Comics label. Plot Despite Tsubaki Hibino's talent in styling other people's hair, she isn't comfortable with doing the same for herself. On her first day of high school, she is immediately looked down upon her delinquent-like classmates for her old-fashioned taste. When she is teased by the top student, Kyouta Tsubaki, who shares the same name as her, she defiantly cuts his hair. Interested in her actions, Kyouta decides to make her his target. Kyouta, who is not only a promiscuous playboy but also has control of the class, and makes Tsubaki need his help during class activities, although Tsubaki attempts to resist his advances. Gradually, the two begin to fall in love with each other until Tsubaki discovers that Kyouta cannot commit himself into a relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koizora (film)
is a 2007 Japanese film based on a cell phone novel of Koizora, the same name. The film is directed by Natsuki Imai and stars Yui Aragaki and Haruma Miura. ''Koizora'' debuted at the Japanese box office on 3 November 2007. It grossed a total of in both Japanese and international box office markets. Plot During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara loses her cell phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to meet each other once school starts again. The caller turns out to be Hiro, a delinquent-like boy that Mika is initially afraid of, who shows proof of his identity as the caller with a photo of the sky on his cellular phone. From her friends and through her first sexual encounter with Hiro, Mika learns that he had a girlfriend named Saki. Although Hiro reassures her that he broke up with her, Saki, who still is in love with Hiro, holds a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
