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Eri Watanabe
, who was previously known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Hochi Film Awards for '' Shall We Dance?''. Filmography Films *''Comic Magazine'' (1986) *''Crest of Betrayal'' (1994) *'' Shall We Dance?'' (1996) *''Swing Girls'' (2004) - Sanae Suzuki *'' Memories of Tomorrow'' (2006) *''Ichi'' (2008) *'' Lady Maiko'' (2014) *'' My Dad and Mr. Ito'' (2016) *'' Survival Family'' (2017) *'' Mary and the Witch's Flower'' (2017) - Banks (voice) *''Talking the Pictures'' (2019) *''Tezuka's Barbara'' (2019) *''Romance Doll'' (2019) *'' Labyrinth of Cinema'' (2020) Television *''Oshin'' (1983) *''Amachan is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast ...'' (2013) References External links *JMDb Profile (in Japanese) 1955 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamagata, Yamagata
is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,772 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 650 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Yamagata is in the southern portion of the Yamagata Basin in southeast Yamagata Prefecture. The northern and northwestern parts of the city are flatland, and the eastern part of the city is occupied by the Ōu Mountains. The city includes Mount Zaō within its borders. The Mamigasaki River passes through the city, and the Tachiyagawa River forms the border between Yamagata and Tendō. Neighboring municipalities *Yamagata Prefecture ** Tendō ** Kaminoyama ** Higashine ** Nanyō ** Yamanobe ** Nakayama *Miyagi Prefecture **Sendai ** Kawasaki Climate Yamagata has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Dad And Mr
My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Marketing year, variable period * Model year, product identifier Transport * Motoryacht * Motor Yacht, a name prefix for merchant vessels * Midwest Airlines (Egypt), IATA airline designation * MAXjet Airways, United States, defunct IATA airline designation Other uses * ''My'', the genitive form of the English pronoun ''I'' * Malaysia, ISO 3166-1 country code ** .my, the country-code top level domain (ccTLD) * Burmese language (ISO 639 alpha-2) * Megalithic Yard, a hypothesised, prehistoric unit of length * Million years See also * MyTV (other) MyTV (or My TV) may refer to these television brands: Africa * MYtv, a South African TV channel Asia *Television Broadcasts Limited's online service in Hong Kong * My TV (Bangladeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amachan
is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake. It is the 88th NHK Asadora. ''Amachan'' was not only a ratings success, but brought economic benefits to the Tohoku region and was considered a social phenomenon. It also won the Galaxy Award for best television program of 2013. Synopsis Hometown chapter (Episode 1 - Episode 72) Haruko Amano left the small northern seaside town of Sodegahama 24 years ago and has not returned since. When her childhood friend Daikichi emails her with news that her mother has collapsed, she rushes back with her 16-year-old daughter Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshin
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama (''asadora''), which originally aired on NHK from 4 April 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st ''asadora'' overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called ''Oshin'', an archaic Japanese cognomen. It was one of the country's most watched serials of all time and has aired in 68 other countries, with subtitles ranging from English to Arabic. In 1984, the earlier episodes of the drama (focused on young Oshin) were made into an animated movie by Sanrio. The movie reused Sugako Hashida's scripts, and Ayako Kobayashi, who played young Oshin, did Oshin's voiceover. Background ''Oshin'' is based on the fictional biography of a Japanese woman, modeled after Katsu Wada (和田加津), who co-founded the supermarket chain Yaohan with her husband Ryohei Wada. The structure of the story was developed through a collection of anonymous letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth Of Cinema
is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The cast also includes Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki and Takako Tokiwa. ''Labyrinth of Cinema'' premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival. It is Obayashi's final film before his death in 2020, as well as Yukihiro Takahashi's last film role before his death in 2023. Cast ;Main * Takuro Atsuki as Mario * Yoshihiko Hosoda as Shigeru * Takahito Hosoyamada as Hosuke * Rei Yoshida as Noriko * Riko Narumi as Kazumi Saitō * Hirona Yamazaki as Kazuko Yoshiyama * Takako Tokiwa as Yuriko Tachibana ;Others Production In 2016, Nobuhiko Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four terminal cancer. Despite this, he wrote and directed ''Hanagatami'' (2017), and decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary And The Witch's Flower
is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ponoc founder Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 1971 book ''The Little Broomstick'' by Mary Stewart, it was Studio Ponoc's first feature film. It stars the voices of Hana Sugisaki, Yūki Amami and Fumiyo Kohinata. It tells a story of a girl named Mary Smith (Sugisaki) who finds "fly-by-night", a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch for only one night. The film was released in Japan on 8 July 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and visuals. The English-language version (concurrently released with a subtitled version in the United States on 19 January 2018) features the voices of Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent. Plot Mary Smith moves into the northern English country estate of her Great Aunt Charlotte. The bored, friendl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survival Family
is a 2016 Japanese drama/comedy directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. The film was produced by Takashi Ishihara, Minami Ichikawa, and Kiyoshi Nagai. The film was selected for the International Film Festival & Awards in Macao, for 2016. Plotline This film centers on the main character Yoshiyuki Suzuki (played by Fumiyo Kohinata) and his family. When the electricity in Tokyo stops due to a solar flare, the city is on the verge of panic. Yoshiyuki has to lead his family to strive for survival. The family is used to being spoilt by modern urban life. However, they learn to deal with the harsh realities of a dystopic Japan where the lack of electricity has led everyone to rediscover the olden ways that do not rely on technology. Cast * Fumiyo Kohinata * Eri Fukatsu * Yuki Izumisawa * Wakana Aoi is a Japanese actress and former singer. In March 2017, she landed the lead role in NHK's 97th Asadora, ''Warotenka'', which aired from October 2017 to March 2018. Career 2009–2012: Early ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Maiko
is a 2014 Japanese musical comedy film written and directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, and Sumiko Fuji. It screened in competition at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 16, 2014. It was released in Japan on September 13, 2014. Cast *Mone Kamishiraishi as Haruko Saigo *Hiroki Hasegawa as Noritsugu Kyono * Sumiko Fuji as Chiharu Kojima *Tomoko Tabata as Momoharu *Tamiyo Kusakari as Satoharu *Eri Watanabe as Mameharu *Naoto Takenaka as Tomio Aoki * Masahiro Takashima as Yoshio Takai *Gaku Hamada as Shuhei Nishino *Ittoku Kishibe as Orikichi Kitano *Fumiyo Kohinata as Kanpachiro Ichikawa * Satoshi Tsumabuki as Yuichiro Akagi * Jurina Matsui as Fukuna *Tomu Muto as Fukuha Reception Elizabeth Kerr of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' commented that " asayuki Suobrings the same light, optimistic touch to bear as he did with his best known films, ''Sumo Do, Sumo Don't'' and '' Shall We Dance?'', which similarly revolved around gently non-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichi (2008 Film)
''Ichi'' is a 2008 chanbara チャンバラ film directed by Fumihiko Sori, starring Haruka Ayase, Takao Osawa, Shido Nakamura, and Yosuke Kubozuka. It was released by Warner Bros. Japan on October 25, 2008. The film was loosely based on the manga published Oct 23, 2008 to Aug 23, 2011 by Hana Shinohara. Plot is a goze (blind woman) who is travelling Japan in search of her mentor, who was the actual Zatoichi. She is befriended by a travelling samurai Toma Fujihira, who tells her that he rescued her from bandits (in fact, it was Ichi who saved them both by killing the bandits). They travel to a town run by the Shirakawa, a Yakuza family who are plagued by the Banki-to, a group of mercenaries. This group is led by Banki, an evil man who is excellent in sword fighting but has a disfigured face. Ichi is befriended by Kotaro, a boy who lives with his drunkard father. After Ichi helps Toma win money from Chō-han, they are followed by five Bankito who demand Toma's money. After To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
