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Chizuru Ikewaki
is a Japanese actress. Career Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in ''Osaka Story''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of contrition for sins committed, as well as an alternative name for the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. The word ''penance'' derive ...''. She has also appeared in films such as ''Sword of Desperation'' and '' Looking for a True Fiancee''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * * Actresses from Osaka People from Higashiōsaka Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 1981 births Living people Asadora lead actors Best Supporting Actress Asian Film Award winners 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usagi Drop (film)
, also known as ''Usagi Drop'', is a 2011 Japanese drama film based on the manga of the same name by Yumi Unita. The film is directed by Sabu, and the screenplay was done by both Sabu and scriptwriter Tamio Hayashi. ''Bunny Drop'' stars actor Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays Daikichi, an office worker and a single man. Child actress Mana Ashida also plays Rin, a six-year-old illegitimate child of Daikichi's grandfather, in the film. ''Bunny Drop'' made its international debut at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it was warmly received. It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 20 August 2011. Plot While attending the funeral of his late grandfather, Soichi Kaga, office worker Daikichi Kawachi learns about the existence of Souchi's illegitimate six-year-old daughter, Rin. Due to her illegitimacy, other family members treat her as an outcast, refuse to adopt her, and are planning to put her into a foster home/orphanage. Daikichi decides to take matters in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Snow (TV Series)
''Summer Snow'' is a Japanese television drama that was broadcast from July 7 to September 15, 2000, on TBS. It is a love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an activity-restricting ailment. The title refers to marine snow, which the two promise to see together one day. The series comprises eleven episodes. Summary Natsuo (Domoto Tsuyoshi) has been looking after his younger brother Jun and sister Chika since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki ( Hirosue Ryōko) becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon. Cast *Tsuyoshi Domoto - Shinoda Natsuo * Ryōko Hirosue - Katase Yuki * Tsubasa Imai - Suetsugu Hiroto *Ikewaki Chizuru - Shinoda Chika * Shunsuke Nakamura - Tachibana Seiji * Kadono Takuzo - Katase Shogo * Hideko Hara - Sakurai Miyako *Shun Oguri - Shinoda Jun Songs and theme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiga Drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regularly hires different writers, directors, and other creative staff for each taiga drama. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General TV network every Sunday at 8:00pm, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 1:05pm. NHK BS, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available. Taiga dramas are very costly to produce. The usual procedure of a taiga drama production would have one-third of the total number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written. Many times, the dramas are adapted from a novel (e.g. ''Fūrin Kazan (TV series), Fūrin Kazan'' is based on ''The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan''). Though taiga dramas have been regarded by Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Small Land
is a 2022 Japanese drama film directed by Ema Kawawada. Synopsis Sarya is a Kurdish refugee, living in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, with her younger brother, sister, and father. Her mother died in her unnamed home country (in Kurdistan), and her father moved them to Japan to escape political detention. They live in an apartment. Their father works on a construction site with other Kurds. Sarya secretly gets a job at a convenience store. There, she meets Sota, the owner's nephew. They strike up a friendship. Sarya is caught between two cultures, feeling loyalty to her new home in Japan, while her father looks towards his Kurdish roots. This includes his wish for Sarya to marry a Kurdish boy who lives in Japan. Sarya has no interest in the boy, and leaves the room when it is discussed. Sarya's father's plea for refugee status is rejected. He is told they can't work, and must stay in Saitama. Sarya brings Sota home. Her father is initially receptive, however later tells her she can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
is a 2019 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It is the fiftieth entry in the popular and long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. Shooting began on October 20, 2018 and the film was released on December 27, 2019. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san). Atsumi died in 1996 and he appears throughout the film as flashbacks, using footage from his dozens of performances as Tora-san in the previous films. It also stars Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kumiko Goto, Mari Natsuki, and Ruriko Asaoka, all recreating their roles from the long running film series. Cast * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma, otherwise known as Tora-san * Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa * Ruriko Asaoka as Lily * Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa * Kumiko Goto as Izumi Bruna * Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa * Mari Natsuki as Ayako Hara * Chizuru Ikewaki as Setsuko Takano * Hiyori Sakurada as Yuri Suwa, Mitsuo's daughter * Isao Hashizume as Kazuo Oikawa * Nenji Kobayash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoplifters (film)
''Shoplifters'' () is a 2018 Japanese drama (film and television), drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando, it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty. Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating what makes a family, inspired by reports on poverty and shoplifting in Japan. Principal photography began in mid-December 2017. ''Shoplifters'' premiered on 13 May 2018 at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or. The film was released in Japan on 8 June 2018 and was a critical and commercial success. ''Shoplifters'' won three Mainichi Film Awards, including Mainichi Film Award for Best Film, Best Film, and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscars and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes. Plot In Tokyo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage (2016 Film)
is a Japanese suspense mystery drama film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's mystery novel of the same name. It was released in Japan on September 17, 2016. Plot The movie has three separate stories that are connected through a murder that takes place at the beginning in a suburban neighborhood in Tokyo. A mysterious man, whose face we never see, brutally murders a married couple in their home and paints the word “rage” on the door with their blood. Detectives Kunihisa Nanjō ( Pierre Taki) and Sōsuke Kitami ( Takahiro Miura) investigate the double homicide and discover that the perpetrator has gone through plastic surgery to escape the authorities. Then, we are shown the lives of three young men living in different parts of modern-Japan who might be the murderer. In Chiba, a reclusive newcomer Tashiro Tetsuya ( Matsuyama Kenichi) arrives in town and befriends Aiko ( Miyazaki Aoi), a problematic young woman who was working in a brothel for a few months. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Jellyfish
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from October 2008 to August 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An 11-episode anime television adaptation directed by Takahiro Omori was produced by Brain's Base and aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October and December 2010. The anime has been licensed by Funimation. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 27, 2014. A ten-episode live-action drama series aired from January to March 2018. Plot ''Princess Jellyfish'' centers on Amamizukan, an apartment building in Tokyo, where the only tenants are '' otaku'' women, and where no men are allowed. While each character has her own particular fixation, the protagonist is Tsukimi Kurashita, whose love of jellyfish stems from memories of her deceased mother taking her to an aquarium and linking the lace-like tendrils of je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamisama No Karute 2
is a 2014 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa and a sequel of '' Kamisama no Karute''. It was released on 21 March 2014. Plot Some months after the events in the previous movie, Dr. Kurihara has continued working at Honjo Hospital, a hospital in the Nagano countryside that is on alert 24/7 for all 365 days of the year. He and his wife have now a daughter. One day, Kurihara learns that his collegemate, Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, is transferring to Honjo. He is happy to meet with his long time friend. Shindo was considered as "the most conscientious of the medical school", but now, his priorities in life have changed, and is dedicated to his wife and child, and will not continue working after hours. This has caused some problems at the beginning of his stay at Honjo. And, especially, with Kurihara. At the same time, Kurihara has suffered the loss of his mentor, Dr. Nukita, who was director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Honjo, and someone who has spent his whole life at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light Shines Only There
is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Mipo O. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Plot In a Japanese port town, Tatsuo Sato ( Gō Ayano), a traumatized man, spends his days drifting aimlessly and his nights drinking himself to oblivion. Whiling his hours away at a pachinko parlor, he meets Takuji Ohshiro ( Masaki Suda), a young man on parole who impulsively invites him to a shabby house on the outskirts of town. There, Tatsuo glimpses Takuji’s bedridden father and callous mother, and meets his world-weary older sister Chinatsu Ohshiro (Chizuru Ikewaki). While immediately drawn to each other, romance is an unaffordable luxury for the emotionally closed-off Tatsuo and the disillusioned Chinatsu, who sells herself to provide for her family and keep her brother out of jail. As Tatsuo and Chinatsu take tentative steps towards a relationship, the happy-go-lucky Takuji latches onto Tatsuo, bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoku Yawaku
, also known as ''Beyond the Memories'', is a Japanese manga series by Ryo Ikuemi. It won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōjo''. Kanna and Roku's story arcs (acts 2, 6, and 10) were adapted into a live action film in 2013. Plot The series is told in ten vignettes from different characters. * Act 1: Yuma * Act 2: Kanna * Act 3: Hiroki * Act 4: Ai * Act 5: Ichie * Act 6: Roku * Act 7: Momoka * Act 8: Nene * Act 9: Asami * Act 10: Kanna Characters ; :Kanna works in the movie advertising company, Melon Works. While cheerful and friendly, Kanna uses her optimism to hide her true feelings. When she was 15 years old, her childhood friend and crush was killed in a car accident, which she feels guilty about. She appears in acts 2, 4, 5, 7, and 10. ; :Roku is an editor at the publishing company, Pleasure, and is very kind and easygoing. During a school trip from when he was in 4th grade, he accidentally pushed his classmate, Nozomi Kakanouchi, onto the road, where she got run o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
