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Takayuki Yamada
is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Sakutaro Matsumoto in TV drama ''Socrates in Love'' and as Densha Otoko in the Densha Otoko (film), 2005 film of the same name. Yamada gained international popularity through his portrayal as Tamao Serizawa in ''Crows Zero'' film series. Japanese media often dubs him as chameleon actor for his wide acting spectrum throughout his career. He began venturing as producer with live-action web series ''Saint Young Men#Live-action, Saint Young Men''. In 2018, he became the lead singer of band ''The XXXXXX''. Personal life Yamada was born in Naha, Okinawa, but raised in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima until the age of 15. He is the youngest of three siblings. His two older sisters, Kaori and Sayuki, worked as models for teen magazines in late 1990s. His parents own a coffee shop. In 2004, Yamada had been dating actress and model Chiho Oyama. From their relationship, a child was born. This was discovered and reported b ... [...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] |
Rokubanme No Sayoko
also known as ''The 6th Sayoko'' is a Japanese television series which was produced in the year 2000. It is the adaptation of a novel by Riku Onda. Story Nishihama Junior High School is haunted by the legend of Sayoko. Every three years a student is chosen to play the role of Sayoko by his or her predecessor. Sayoko has three missions to accomplish. If they are completed it is to the advantage of the school. If not, the school is doomed... Shu has been chosen to be Sayoko. Disbelieving the legend, Shu lets his pal Rei assume the role. But, when the new term begins, one of the tasks has already been completed. By whom? This is just the prelude to a string of spooky happenings. "Sayoko is Back" is no ordinary horror story. The youngsters explore the unknown while caught up in the drama of adolescence. It is an occasionally frightening but ultimately heart-warming journey that they undertake. Cast *Anne Suzuki as Rei Shioda *Chiaki Kuriyama as Sayoko Tsumura *Takayuki Yamada as Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagaya No Rekishi
is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, that aired on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast. Synopsis Masako ( Kou Shibasaki) is the eldest daughter of the Yame family, living in Fukuoka, Kyushu. She leaves school to help support her good, but naive parents and four siblings. The drama centers on the family members and people they meet in the post-war Japan. The story takes place between 1945 and 1964, chronicling the lives of the seven members of the fictional Yame family. Cast * Kou Shibasaki as Masako Yame * Kōichi Satō as Taizo Onizuka * Seishiro Kato as Minoru Yame *Jun Matsumoto as Yoshio Yame * Ryuta Sato as Muneo Yame * Maki Horikita as Namiko Yame *Mio Miyatake as young Namiko * Nana Eikura as Fusako Yame * Masami Nagasawa as Yukari Ichinose * Yo Oizumi as Tsuru * Tetsuji Tamayama as Ryugo Oura * Koji Yamamoto as Mitsunari Ano * Sawa Suzuki as Maria * Junji Takada as Miyoji K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushijima The Loan Shark
is a Japanese manga series by Shohei Manabe. The series was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' magazine from May 2004 to May 2019. It was adapted into a live action television drama series in 2010 and into a live action film in 2012. A second live action film, ''Ushijima the Loan Shark 2'', was released on May 16, 2014. Two other live action films, ''Ushijima the Loan Shark 3, and Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final'' have also been released. In 2011, the series won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Plot The story depicts the daily lives of Kaoru Ushijima, the manager of the ultra-violent, 10-day, 50% interest black-market finance company "Cow Cow Finance," and his employees, as well as the various human situations of the customers who visit Cow Finance and their relations, and the dark side of society. The story is told from the viewpoint of the main characters in each episode, and Ushijima is a kind of a rhapsodist who comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss (TV Series)
''Boss'' is an American political drama television series created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a degenerative neurological disorder. The series was broadcast in the United States on the premium television service Starz and was produced by Category 5 Entertainment, Grammnet Productions and Lionsgate Television. On September 27, 2011, before the series premiered, Starz announced that ''Boss'' had been renewed for a second season of ten episodes. The first season premiered on October 21, 2011 and the second season premiered on August 17, 2012. On November 20, 2012, it was announced that Starz had cancelled the show. A film was discussed to finish the show's storylines, but those plans were cancelled after series creator Farhad Safinia declined to move forward with the project. Overview As the series commences we follow Tom Kane, the Mayor of Chicago, who has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Under The Midnight Sun
(also published in English as ''Under the Midnight Sun'') is a mystery novel written by Keigo Higashino, first serialized in the monthly novel magazine ''Subaru'' from Shueisha from January 1997 to January 1999. The entire volume was published in August 1999 and became a bestseller. During the serialization, the novel was at first written as a series of short stories representing chronological snapshots of the overall plot line. Higashino modified its structure to make it a single coherent story before publishing it as a single volume. As of November 2005 the book had sold 550,000 copies. However, its sales quickly picked up after the first episode of the adapted TV series was aired. By January 2006 its sales had broken a million. Its sales exceeded 2 million in December 2010. The novel attracted adaptations, including a stage drama in 2005, a Japanese TV series in 2006, a Korean motion picture in 2009, and a Japanese motion picture in 2010. Synopsis In order to protect hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Densha Otoko (drama)
is a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television. It is based on the ''Densha Otoko'' story, which has also been portrayed in other media. The drama's 11 episodes were aired on Fuji TV from July 7 to September 22, 2005 (with a special episode on October 6, 2005). A two-hour-long TV special, ''Train Man Deluxe: The Last Crusade'', aired on September 23, 2006, featured a visit to Tahiti. Pony Canyon released the series on a DVD box set on December 22, 2005. It also aired in Taiwan's Videoland Japan from January 24, 2006 (with a special episode on December 28, 2006), and in Hong Kong's TVB Jade from April 15, 2006 (with a special episode on January 27, 2007). Plot The plot follows the life of Yamada after a chance encounter with Saori, when he rescues her from a drunken man on the train. Saori sends him a set of Hermès tea cups as a thank you gift. Relying on advice from users on a website, he is able to find the courage to change and eventually confess his feelings to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H2 (manga)
is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from July 1992 to November 1999, with its chapters collected in thirty-four ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into an anime television series and a television drama series, ''H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi'', directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. In August 2018, the manga series had over 55 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. Synopsis During middle school, Hiro Kunimi (pitcher), Hideo Tachibana (third baseman and 4th batter), and Atsushi Noda (catcher) were friends and teammates on the same baseball team. Thanks to their skills, their school achieved an unbeaten record on their way to consecutive national championships. In the seventh grade Hiro also played matchmaker to Hideo and Hikari Amamiya, a neighborhood childhood friend who grew up with him as close as a sibling. At this time Hiro, victim of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunch No Joō
is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yūko Takeuchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Shinichi Tsutsumi. Synopsis Season 1 (2002) Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man named Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fiancée. Natsumi is left with quite a predicament. Cast Season 1 (2002) Main Minor Episodes Season One (2002) The ratings are sourced from Video Research Ltd. Rating in is the and in is the lowest. Awards and nominations References External links Lunch no Joou (ランチの女王)at JDorama {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunch No Joo 2002 Japanese te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Love Letter
is a 2002 Japanese television drama series based on the manga ''The Drifting Classroom'' by Kazuo Umezu. Plot One day, Yuka Misaki, a daughter of a flower shop owner meets Akio Asami, a college student. They are both attracted to each other, and they actually exchange phone numbers, which are stored in their cellphones. After they part, Asami's bag (along with his cellphone) is stolen, and he can't recall the phone number, so he effectively has no way to contact Misaki. One year later, Yuka begins a job at her father's flower shop and Akio becomes a mathematics teacher at Motokura High School. One day in November, Yuka goes to the Motokura High School to collect money for the flowers and meets Akio again. However, they can't get along well. In January, Yuka gets a call from Ryuta Fujisawa and they promise to meet that afternoon. In the morning, Yuka goes to the school again to collect money that she couldn't collect before. Akio finds Yuka in the playground and calls out to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no survivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churasan
, is a Japanese television drama series and the 64th Asadora series. It was broadcast on NHK from April 2 to September 29, 2001. The screenplay was written by Yoshikazu Okada. It was the first Asadora to be set in Okinawa Prefecture (Kohama Island). It was also the first Asadora of the 21st century. Plot Kohagura Eri is born on the day of Okinawa's reversion to the Japanese on Kohama Island, Okinawa Prefecture. When she is 11 years old, the Uemura family visits the Kohagura family-run guesthouse ( Minshuku) "Kohagura-So" from Tokyo. Eri becomes friends with brothers Kazuya and Fumiya, however Kazuya ends up dying from a terminal illness. A few days later, when the Uemura family leaves the island, Eri gives Fumiya a , Fumiya gives Eri a Bouncy ball, and they promise to get married in the future. Seven years later, her older brother Keisho appears at the Kohagura household and tries to convince the family to manufacture a "Goya-man" action figure he designed. The family tries d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
