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22nd Japan Film Professional Awards
The is the 22nd edition of the '' Japan Film Professional Awards''. It awarded the best of 2012 in film. The ceremony took place on June 15, 2013 at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo. Awards *Best Film: '' SR Saitama no Rappā Road Side no Tōbōsha'' *Best Director: Kōji Wakamatsu ('' 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate'', '' Kaien Hotel Blue'') *Best Actress: Atsuko Maeda ('' Kueki Ressha'') *Best Actor: Arata Iura ('' 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate'', '' Our Homeland'') *Best New Director: Shō Miyake (''Playback'') *Best New Producer: Saki Sugino ('' Odayakana Nichijō'') *Special: Ginza Cinepathos (Theatre closed in March 2013.) *Special: Naoko Otani (For '' Land of Hope'' and her longtime work.) 10 best films # '' SR Saitama no Rappā Road Side no Tōbōsha'' ( Yu Irie) # '' Beyond Outrage'' ( Takeshi Kitano) # '' Ai to Makoto'' ( Takashi Miike) # '' Odayakana Nichijō'' (Nobuteru Uchida) # '' Like Someone in Love'' (Abbas Kiarostami) # '' Himizu'' ( Sion Sono) # '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land Of Hope (2012 Film)
is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Sion Sono. Following a nuclear accident, nearby residents are forced to evacuate. A pregnant evacuee fears that she is still at risk from radiation even in her new location, while her in-laws refuse to leave their home. Plot An earthquake hits Japan causing a nuclear power plant to explode. In a small village fictitiously called Nagashima, a couple of farmers lead a most peaceful existence and cling to their property despite the instructions of the authorities who define a security perimeter cutting the locality in two. Son and daughter-in-law leave for another village, where Izumi, the young wife, discovers that she is going to give birth to a child. A film evoking the nuclear disaster in Fukushima on March 11, 2011. Cast *Isao Natsuyagi *Naoko Otani *Jun Murakami * Megumi Kagurazaka *Denden is a Japanese actor and former comedian.http://japancinema.net/2012/05/29/creative-spotlight-episode-126-denden He has appeared in more than 100 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kono Sora No Hana Nagaoka Hanabi Monogatari
Kono may refer to: Geography * Kono District, a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone **Kono people, an ethnic group in Sierra Leone *Kono, Nigeria, a village in Rivers State, Nigeria *Kōno, Fukui, a village in Fukui, Japan *Kono people Nigeria, an ethnic group in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state Nigeria Languages *Kono language (Sierra Leone), a Mande language of Sierra Leone *Kono language (Guinea), a Mande language of Guinea *Kono language (Nigeria), a Benue-Congo language of Nigeria People with the surname *Kōno, a Japanese family name (including a list of people with the name) * Hiromichi Kono (1905-1963), Japanese entomologist and anthropologist *, Japanese voice actress Other *Gonu, Korean traditional board games *Jonas Saeed, a Swedish musician who goes by the stage name KONO See also *KONO (other) * Konno, a surname *Kouno (other) *Kono Kalakaua (other) Kono Kalakaua may refer to: * Kono Kalakaua, a character in the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Izutsu
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. Career Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school, and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975. He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for ''Gaki Teikoku'', and his '' Boys Be Ambitious'' won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards. He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing ''Pacchigi!'' and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film. Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary. He has also directed many television commercials. Filmography * ''Iku Iku Maito Gai: Seishun no Monmon'' (1975) * ''Nikuiro no Umi'' (1978) * ''Bōkōma Shinju-zeme'' (1979) * ''Shikijō Mesu-gari'' (1981) * ''Gaki Teikoku: Akutare Sensō'' (1981) * ''Gaki Teikoku'' (1981) * ''Akai Fukushū: Bōkan'' (1982) * '' Miyuki'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sion Sono
Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Places France * Sion, Gers, France * Sion, Saxon-Sion, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France * Sion-les-Mines, Loire-Atlantique department, France * Sion-sur-l'Océan, Vendee department, France * Mont Sion, namesake of the Priory of Sion India * Sion, Mumbai, India **Sion Causeway **Sion Creek ** Sion Hillock Fort ** Sion railway station (India) Switzerland * Sion, Switzerland ** Sion District ** Sion Airport ** Sion railway station (Switzerland) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion ** Sion Cathedral Elsewhere * Sion (Asia Minor), a former ancient city and bishopric, and present Latin Catholic titular see in Asian Turkey * Sion, Alberta, Canada * Sion, Czech Republic, a castle * Sion, Netherlands Other uses * ''Sion'' (periodical) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himizu (film)
is 2011 Japanese drama film based on the manga series of the same name by Minoru Furuya and directed by Sion Sono. The word ''himizu'' is the Japanese name for a species of mole. The film competed in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September. At the festival, Shōta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidō received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor and Actress for their work in the film. Cast * Shōta Sometani as Yuichi Sumida * Fumi Nikaidō as Keiko Shazawa * Megumi Kagurazaka * Asuka Kurosawa * Denden * Mitsuru Fukikoshi * Tetsu Watanabe * Makiko Watanabe * Ken Mitsuishi * Jun Murakami * Yōsuke Kubozuka as Teruhiko * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Miki * Takahiro Nishijima as You * Anne Suzuki as Waitress Production Development The director Sion Sono had already written the film's script when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on 11 March 2011. After this disaster, he decided to rewrite the script to adapt the film to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the '' Koker'' trilogy (1987–1994), ''Close-Up'' (1990), ''The Wind Will Carry Us'' (1999), and ''Taste of Cherry'' (1997), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In later works, ''Certified Copy'' (2010) and ''Like Someone in Love'' (2012), he filmed for the first time outside Iran: in Italy and Japan, respectively. His films ''Where Is the Friend's Home?'' (1987), ''Close-Up'', and ''The Wind Will Carry Us'' were ranked among the 100 best foreign films in a 2018 critics' poll by BBC Culture. ''Close-Up'' was also ranked one of the 50 greatest movies of all time in the famous decennial ''Sight & Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Someone In Love (film)
''Like Someone in Love'' ( ja, ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ ''Raiku samuwan in rabu'') is a French- Japanese drama film written and directed by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, starring Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryō Kase. It was his final film to be released in his lifetime. The France- Japan co-production competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In Tokyo, sociology student Akiko (Rin Takanashi) moonlights as a high-end prostitute. Her jealous boyfriend, Noriaki (Ryō Kase) is suspicious, but does not know about her work. One night, she is assigned to Takashi (Tadashi Okuno), an elderly former university professor who is more interested in making her dinner than having sex. The morning after their unconsummated night, Takashi drives Akiko to school for her exams. While waiting in the car for her, he encounters Noriaki, who assumes Takashi is her grandfather and asks permission to marry her. Takashi does not correct Noriaki's assump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuteru Uchida
Nobuteru (written: 伸晃, 信輝 or 亘輝) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (born 1957), Japanese politician * (born 1965), Japanese singer-songwriter *Nobuteru Mori Nobuteru Mori was a Japanese businessman and politician who founded Showa Denko, a leading Japanese chemical engineering firm, in the 1930s. He was also a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. Mori was the father of Mutsuko Miki, an a ..., Japanese businessman and politician * (born 1971), Japanese racing driver * (born 1962), Japanese manga artist, illustrator and animator {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly movies. He is a controversial figure in the contemporary Japanese cinema industry, with several of his films being criticised for their extreme graphic violence. Some of his best known films are ''Audition'', ''Ichi the Killer'', ''Gozu'', ''One Missed Call'', the ''Dead or Alive'' trilogy, and various remakes: ''Graveyard of Honor'', '' Hara-kiri'' and ''13 Assassins''. Early life Miike was born in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, to a ''Nikkei'' family originally from the Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. During World War II, his grandfather was stationed in China and Korea, and his father was born in Seoul in today's South Korea. His father worked as a welder and his mother as a sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai To Makoto
is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Takumi Nagayasu. It was adapted into a live-action television series in 1974 and into four live-action films in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 2012. TV series Cast * Yūsuke Natsu * Kimiko Ikegami * Hisayuki Nakajima * Sei Hiraizumi 2012 film The 2012 film version, directed by Takashi Miike, was alternatively titled ''For Love's Sake'' in English. The basic plotline sees a cross-class love story between Ai (Emi Takei), the daughter of a well-respected Tokyo family, and delinquent Makoto (Satoshi Tsumabuki is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was '' Waterboys'' for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academ ...) who is seeking the leader of a female gang. References External links * * * * 1973 manga 1974 Japanese television series debuts 1975 Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
