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Blood And Bones
is a Japanese film, directed by Yōichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel ''Chi to Hone'' by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru (Yang Seok-il). The film opened in Japan on November 6, 2004. It was released on DVD in Japan on April 6, 2005 and South Korea on May 16, 2005. Madman Entertainment distributed it in Australia, while Tartan Video was originally slated to release it in North America. These plans, however, were cancelled due to the company's closure and Kino Entertainment instead took the rights. It was released on DVD in North America on November 11, 2008. The soundtrack was composed by veteran composer Taro Iwashiro and was later released on iTunes. The film was nominated for 12 Japanese Academy Awards and won four, including Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay. It was Japan's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōichi Sai
was a Korean film director who worked in Japan. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan. Life and career Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean. Sai won the Best Screenplay award at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for ''A Sign Days''. In 1999, he shot ''The Pig's Retribution'', a film set in the lavish natural scenery of Okinawa, inspired by the 1996 Akutagawa Prize-winning eponymous novel by Eiki Matayoshi. The film won the Don Quixote prize at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1999. Sai directed ''Blood and Bones'', a film starring Takeshi Kitano. He has also directed films such as ''Marks'', '' Doing Time'', ''Quill'', '' Soo'' and '' Kamui Gaiden''. As an actor, Sai appeared in Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film ''Taboo'' and Masahiko Nagasawa's 2003 film ''The Thirteen Steps''. Sai's 2004 film ''Blood and Bones'' won four Japanese Academy Awards, including two for Sai himself, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
78th Academy Awards
The 78th Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid a clash with the 2006 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring 2005 in film, films released in 2005. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by Gilbert Cates, Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California held on February 18, the Academy Award for Technical Achievement, Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Rachel McAdams. ''Crash (2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Nakamura
is a Japanese actress, born on 7 January 1975 in Fukui, Japan. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film ''Firefly (Hotaru)'' and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ... for '' Strawberry Shortcakes''. Filmography Film Television References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Yuko 1975 births Living people Japanese actresses Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Hamada (actress)
is a Japanese singer and actress who starred in numerous Japanese films and Japanese television dramas. and released two solo albums and solo singles in the 1990s, after being part of the Japanese band " Modern Choki Chokies". She was also part of the Japanese "unit" (temporary band) " Unknown Soup & Spice" in 2003. Discography Solo albums * Futsu no hito (フツーの人) (1995) * Amu Onna (編む女) (1997) which includes a title with Autechre Solo singles * パジャマトリッパー * フツーで行こう * ひとひと * 人の息子 * It's My Love/氣愛/Sens Band albums With " Modern Choki Chokies": * Rolling dodoitsu (ローリング・ドドイツ) (1992) * Bongengan Bangara Bingen no Densetsu (ボンゲンガンバンガラビンゲンの伝説 (1993) * Moda-Choki (別冊モダチョキ臨時増刊号) (1994) * Kumachan (くまちゃん) (1994) * Readymade no Modern Choki Chokies (レディメイドのモダンチョキチョキズ) (1997) With " Unknown Soup & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Matsushige
is a Japanese actor. Career Matsushige has appeared in the films such as '' EM Embalming'', ''Adrenaline Drive'', ''Last Life in the Universe'', and '' Outrage Beyond''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for ''Dear Doctor "Dear Doctor" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Enterprise'', and originally aired on January 23, 2002, on UPN. The episode was written by Maria and Andre Jacquemet ...'' in 2009. Selected filmography Film Television Japanese dub References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsushige, Yutaka 1963 births Living people Japanese male actors Male actors from Fukuoka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Tabata
is a Japanese actress. She won the best supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for ''The Hidden Blade'' and ''Blood and Bones'', and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for ''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' in 2012. Career Tabata has appeared in films such as '' Happy Flight''Schilling, Mark.Airplane flick tells only half the story" ''The Japan Times''. Friday November 14, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. and ''Sankaku'' She has also appeared in television such as '' Watashi no Aozora'' and ''Shinsengumi!''. Filmography Films * '' Moving'' (1993) * '' Sabu'' (2002) * ''The Hidden Blade'' (2004) * ''Blood and Bones'' (2004) * '' Hana'' (2006) * '' Demon Pond'' (2005) * ''Yellow Tears'' (2007) * ''After School'' (2008) * '' School Days with a Pig'' (2008) * '' Happy Flight'' (2008) – Natsumi Kimura * ''Sankaku'' (2010) * ''A Liar and a Broken Girl'' (2011) * ''Gokudō Meshi'' (2011) – Aya Kurihara * '' Robo-G'' (2012) * ''The Cowards Who Look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirofumi Arai
Park Kyung-bae (born January 18, 1979), professionally known by his Japanese alias is a Zainichi South Korean former actor. Career Arai made his screen debut in Isao Yukisada's '' Go'' in 2001 when he was 22 years old. His next film role was the emotionally disturbed senior high school student Aoki in Toshiaki Toyoda's '' Blue Spring'', which won him the Best New Actor award at the 17th Takasaki Film Festival. In 2011, Arai co-starred as Detective Kazuhiko Soga in a one-off TV crime thriller ''Douki'' with co-stars Ryuhei Matsuda as Detective Ryota Udagawa and Chiaki Kuriyama as Michiru Soga. The June 2012 issue of ''Switch'', a Japanese arts and media magazine, features a special segment on top ten manga that teaches love and passion, chosen by Japanese actors, artists and musicians including Arai, who chose ''Bakuman'' while explaining: "You should up your girl power by learning how to behave like a heroine." Arai was represented by Anore Inc., a talent agency founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen River, Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of North Korea, adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. The Korean Peninsula was first inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the late 7th century, Korea was ruled by the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loan Shark
A loan shark is a person who offers loans at Usury, extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of debt collection, collection, and generally operates criminal, outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and Extortion, extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt. As a consistent or repeated illegal business operation or "racketeering, racket", loansharking is generally associated with organized crime and certain criminal organizations. Description Because loan sharks operate mostly illegally, they cannot use the legal system to collect such debts, thus they often resort to enforcing repayment by terms of blackmail and threats of violence. Historically, many moneylenders skirted between legal and Crime, criminal activity. In the recent western world, loan sharks have been a prominent feature of the organized crime, criminal underworld. Loan sharking is not to be confused with predatory lending wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamaboko
is a type of Curing (chemistry), cured , a processed seafood product common in Japanese cuisine. It was initially made in the year 1115. Production and uses is made by forming various Purée, pureed deboned whitefish (fisheries term), white fish with either natural or man-made additives and flavorings into distinctive loaves, which are then steamed until fully cooked and firm. These are sliced and either served unheated (or chilled) with various dipping sauces, or added to various hot soups, rice, or noodle dishes. is often sold in semicylindrical loaves, some featuring artistic patterns, such as the pink spiral on each slice of , named after Naruto whirlpools, the well-known tidal whirlpool near the Japanese city of Naruto, Tokushima, Naruto. There is no precise English translation for . Rough equivalents are ''fish paste'', ''fish loaf'', ''fish cake'', and ''fish sausage''. , chef and author, recommends using the Japanese name in English, similar to English usage of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' () is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper '' JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. Overview ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b .... See also * List of newspapers in South Korea References SlayypookieExtern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuno Korea Town
is a Koreatown in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is one of the largest Koreatowns in the country and a significant tourist attraction, with around two million visitors in 2021. The area has previously gone by a number of names, although its current name is the name the town's organization prefers. Other names include , Osaka Korea Town, Ikaino Korea Town (after the area), and . It is a ten-minute walk from either of the Tsuruhashi Station, Tsuruhashi and Momodani Stations. Between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the main shopping street is a pedestrian-only zone. Nearby is the Osaka Korea Town Museum, which discusses the history of the area and showcases Korean culture. Description According to a 2020 census, 27,600 or 21.8% of Ikuno-ku's population are foreign nationals. This makes Ikuno the ward with the highest number of foreigners in Japan. The area contains around 150 Korean stores and restaurants. Businesses also sell Korean clothing, souvenirs, cosmetics, and goods rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
