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Chizuko's Younger Sister
is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It was filmed in Mukaishima Island, Hiroshima. Synopsis The film centers on Mika Kitao (北尾 実加 ''Kitao Mika''; Hikari Ishida), the clumsy and slow younger sister of Chizuko Kitao (北尾 千津子 ''Kitao Chizuko''; Tomoko Nakajima), shortly after Chizuko dies in a freak accident. Although the sisters were very close, it is apparent that Mika lived in the shadow of her older sister's accomplishments. One night, Mika is almost raped by a stranger while walking alone outside. However, during the attack, a person resembling Chizuko silently gestures towards a rock on the ground, which Mika uses to hit her assailant and get away safely. A few days later, the ghost of Chizuko appears again, admitting that she had been watching over Mika since her death; had Mika not been attacked, she probably would have stayed invisible. Chizuko implores Mika to go to a symphonic concert with Mika's best friend, Mako. At the concert, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuhiko Obayashi
was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting filmography as a director spanned almost 60 years. He is best known as the director of the 1977 horror film ''House'', which has garnered a cult following. He was notable for his distinct surreal filmmaking style, as well as the anti-war themes commonly embedded in his films. Early life Obayashi was born on 9 January 1938 in the city of Onomichi, Japan. After his father, a doctor, was called to the battlefront during World War II, he was raised in his early infancy by his maternal grandparents. Through his childhood and adolescence, Obayashi followed many artistic pursuits, including drawing, writing, playing the piano, and possessed a growing interest in animation and film. He made his first 8 mm film in 1944 at the age of 6, the hand-draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jirō Akagawa
is a Japanese novelist born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Biography Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, and , were later made into anime, while was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of 2013, he had written more than 560 novels in the course of his thirty-year career, over 300 million individual published volumes. Works in English translation ;Mystery novel * ''Three Sisters Investigate'' (original title: ''San Shimai Tanteidan''), trans. Gavin Frew ( Kodansha International, Kodansha English Library, 1985) ;Short story collection * ''Midnight Suite'' (original title: ''Mayonaka no tame no Kumikyoku''), trans. Gavin Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikari Ishida
(born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series ''Hana no Asuka-gumi!''. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several photobooks and videos. Ishida has had at least one song appear on the NHK program ''Minna no Uta''. She is the younger sister of Yuriko Ishida, who is also an actress. Filmography Film * '' Futari'' (1991) * ''Kamitsukitai / Dorakiyura Yori Ai-0'' (1991) * ''Aitsu'' (1991) * ''AD Boogie'' (1991) * ''Haruka, Nosutarujii'' (1993) * ''Beru Epokku'' (1998) * ''Fascination Amour'' (1999) * ''Adrenaline Drive'' (1999) * ''Ano Natsu no Hi'' (1999) * ''Kankoku no Obaachan wa Erai'' (2002) * ''Tenkôsei: Sayonara Anata'' (2007) * ''Rin'' (2018) * ''Skeleton Flowers'' (2021) * ''Homestay'' (2022) * ''Grown-ups'' (2022) Television * ''Hana no Asuka-gumi!'' (1988) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Nakajima
is a Japanese actress best known for playing Hotaru Kuroita in the long-running television drama '' Kita no Kuni kara'' ("From a Northern Country"). She won the award for best supporting actress at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Tugumi''. Filmography Films * '' Tokei – Adieu l'hiver'' (1986) * '' Tugumi'' (1990) * ''Chizuko's Younger Sister'' (1991) * '' Dance till Tomorrow'' (1991) * ''Parasite Eve'' (1997) * '' Give It All'' (1998) * ''The Taste of Tea'' (2004) * ''Tokyo Family is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yōji Yamada. It is a remake of the Japanese film '' Tokyo Story''. Plot The film is set in Tokyo and Ōsakikamijima, Hiroshima. Cast * Isao Hashizume as Shukichi Hirayama * Kazuko Yoshiyuki as To ...'' (2013) * '' What a Wonderful Family!'' (2016) * '' What a Wonderful Family! 2'' (2017) * '' A Beautiful Star'' (2017) * '' What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life'' (2018) * ''One Day, You Will Reach the Sea'' (2022) * ''I Wish I Could Mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumiko Fuji
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress. She began acting in the 1960s under the name , becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films opposite such stars as Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura. She even starred in her own series as the sword-wielding gambler Red Peony in the ''Hibotan Bakuto'' series. Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 under her real name. She later returned to films in 1989 using the name Sumiko Fuji, and expanded her acting repertoire. She won the Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006. She is married to the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII and is the mother of the actress Shinobu Terajima and the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V. Early life and career Fuji was born in Wakayama as the third child and younger daughter of future film producer Koji Shundo. Her family eventually moved to Osaka, where, as a big fan of Takarazuka Revue, Fuji started to attend a dancing, singing and ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ittoku Kishibe
, born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award for '' The Sting of Death'' in 1991, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award in 1994. He appeared in Toshiyuki Morioka's ''Jokyo Monogatari'' in 2013. Selected filmography Films Television * '' Ashura no Gotoku Part2'' (1980) * ''Kenpō wa Madaka'' (1996), Toshio Irie * '' AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo'' (2000-2011) * '' Boushi'' (2008) * '' Fumō Chitai'' (2009) * '' Doctor X'' (2012 - 2021) * ''Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a ...'' (2019) References External links * 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukaishima Island, Hiroshima
is the northernmost island in Geiyo Islands chain accommodating Nishiseto Expressway connecting Honshu and Shikoku islands. Its coasts are washed by Seto Inland Sea. The island's highest peak is high. Geography The Mukaishima is pear-shaped and separated from the Honshu mainland by 200-meters wide strait. History *1889 - municipalities of and covering entire island are established. *1968 - bridges connecting island to Onomichi and are complete. *1983 - Innoshima bridge is complete *1991 - island has become a filming ground for Chizuko's Younger Sister film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi in 1991. *2005 - towns of the island are incorporated into Onomichi city. *2013 - cycling and hiking course of Mukaishima is complete Transportation The Mukaishima is connected to the mainland of Honshu and Innoshima islands by bridges of Nishiseto Expressway (Shimanami Kaidō). Also, bridge connection do exist to , and ferry is available to Fukuyama with the stop-over at . The island is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Films
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$2.338 billion. Films have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived. '' Tokyo Story'' (1953) ranked number three in ''Sight & Sound'' critics' list of the 100 greatest films of all time. ''Tokyo Story'' also topped the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' directors' poll of The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, dethroning ''Citizen Kane'', while Akira Kurosawa's ''Seven Samurai'' (1954) was voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 poll of 209 critics in 43 countries. Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film four times, more than any other Asian country. Japan's Big Four film studios are Toho, Toei, Shochiku and Kadokaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Japanese Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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