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Chōshōjo Reiko
() is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Takao Okawara. Production Prior to working on ''Chōshōjo Reiko'', director Takao Okawara worked as an assistant director at Toho often pitching ideas for a script that were ignored. Okawara decided to develop a story and enter it into a competition and if he would win, it would get better attention from upper staff at Toho. Okawara developed a story that he stated had a "sellable script" aimed at teenage audiences which persuaded him to include a fantasy element of Extrasensory perception. He submitted his story to the Kido Awards which it won second place. This influenced Toho to allow Okawara to direct it. The film's cast included Arisa Mizuki who was an unknown actress at the time and would be known as a super model by 2000. Okawara described the shooting of the film as difficult, stating that the film's low budget did not allow him to have a special effects director for the film, making him do both. Release ''Chōshōjo Reiko'' was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takao Okawara
is a Japanese film director, writer, and producer. Biography Most famous for his entries in the Heisei ''Godzilla'' series, Takao Okawara joined Tōhō in 1973, but would not get his first shot in the director's chair until 1980, when he joined Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda on the film ''Kagemusha is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying ''daimyō'' Takeda Shingen to dissuade oppos ...'' (1980). Four years later, he worked as an assistant director for the first ''Godzilla'' film of the Heisei series: '' The Return of Godzilla'' (1984). Okawara debuted as primary director seven years later on the film ''Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected'' (1991), which he also wrote. His most notable credit is perhaps the crafting the most profitable ''Godzilla'' film, '' Godzilla vs. Mothra'', in 1992. The director stated that his work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogo Tomiyama
Shogo, Shōgo, Shohgo or Shougo (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese basketball player and coach *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese basketball player and coach *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player and cricketer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese rugby union player and coach *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese artistic gymnast *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and narrator *, Japanese actor *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film producer and screenwriter *, Japanese actor *, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisa Mizuki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a child model and gained attention for starring in commercials for Fujicolor, among other brands, in the early 1990s. She released her debut single " Densetsu no Shōjo" in 1991, for which she won the Newcomer Award at the 33rd Japan Record Awards. Mizuki has recorded material penned by Yumi Matsutoya, Anri and Tetsuya Komuro, the latter of whom produced her signature song, " Too Shy Shy Boy!". Mizuki made her film debut in '' Reiko, Psyche Resurrected'' (1991), which garnered her the Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year. As an actress, she is best known for her portrayal of Izumi Asakura in the comedy series ''Nurse no Oshigoto'' (1996–2002), which spawned a feature film. She was further nominated for a Japan Academy Film Prize for her lead role in '' My House'' (2003). In 2010, Mizuki set the Guinness World Record for being the leading actress in a television drama series for nineteen consecutive years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōichi Satō (actor)
is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor Rentarō Mikuni. He is known for his acting skills and has won three individual Blue Ribbon Awards in the categories of Best Newcomer (1982), Best Actor (2003), and Best Supporting Actor (2024). He is the first actor to win three individual awards since his father, Rentarō Mikuni. Early years Sato was born in 1960 in Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo. His mother was a geisha working there. His father was actor Rentarō Mikuni, and it was Mikuni ‘s third marriage. Sato’s given name was taken from one Kanji character each from the film directors name and , with whom Mikuni was close at the time. Sato was often taken to the filming location by Mikuni since he was a child. However, Mikuni left home when Sato was in the fifth grade, and his parents officially divorced at the following year, when he was eleven years old. A scene where Mikuni took Sato to Jukkoku Pass in Izu, Shizuoka and said, "This is my last farewell to you. You go b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho
is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Toho is best known for producing and distributing many of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's ''kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films as well as the films of Akira Kurosawa and the anime of Studio Ghibli, Shin-Ei Animation, TMS Entertainment, CoMix Wave Films, and OLM, Inc. The company has released the majority of the highest-grossing Japanese films, and through its subsidiaries, is the largest film importer in Japan. The Doraemon film series, distributed by Toho since 1980, is the highest-grossing film series and anime film series in Japan. It is also one of the highest-grossing non-English language film series. Toho Company Limited logo with full name in native language Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, featured in 33 of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extrasensory Perception
Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke University botanist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as intuition, telepathy, psychometry, clairvoyance, empathy and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. Second sight is an alleged form of extrasensory perception, whereby a person perceives information, in the form of a vision, about future events before they happen ( precognition), or about things or events at remote locations ( remote viewing). There is no evidence that second sight exists. Reports of second sight are known only from anecdotes. Second sight and ESP are classified as pseudosciences. History In the 1930s, at Duke University in North Carolina, J. B. Rhine and his wife Louisa E. Rhine conducted an invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kido Awards
Kido or KIDO may refer to: * Kido (surname) * KIDO, an American radio station * Kidō, a form of magic used by characters in the manga and anime ''Bleach'' * Conficker Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. It uses flaws in Windows OS software (MS08-067 / CVE-2008-4250) and dictionary atta ... or Kido, computer worm * Gao Hanyu or Kido, Chinese actor and singer {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangoria
''Fangoria'' is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by Phil Nobile Jr. The magazine was originally released in an age when horror fandom was still a burgeoning subculture; in the late 1970s, most horror publications were concerned with classic cinema, while those that focused on contemporary horror were largely fanzines. ''Fangoria'' rose to prominence by running exclusive interviews with horror filmmakers and offering behind-the-scenes photos and stories that were otherwise unavailable to fans in the era before the Internet. The magazine would eventually rise to become a force itself in the horror world, hosting its own awards show, sponsoring and hosting numerous horror conventions, producing films, and printing its own line of comics. ''Fangoria'' began struggling in the 2010s due to issues arising from the internet, including difficulty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godzilla (film Series)
is a Japanese Monster movie, monster, or ''kaiju'', franchise centering on the Godzilla, titular character, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. The films series are recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as the "longest continuously running film series", having been in ongoing production since 1954, with several hiatuses of varying lengths. There are 38 ''Godzilla'' films: 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd., and five American films; one by TriStar Pictures and four films (part of the Monsterverse franchise) by Legendary Entertainment, Legendary Pictures. The original film, ''Godzilla (1954 film), Godzilla'', was directed by and co-written by Ishirō Honda and released by Toho in 1954. It became an influential classic of the genre. It featured political and social undertones relevant to Japan at the time. The 1954 film and its special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya are largely credited for establishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Academy Awards
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai'') for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards. Venue Since 1998, the venue is regularly held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa of Prince Hotels in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Admission tickets for this award ceremony are also sold to regular customers. As of 2015, there is a charge of 40,000 Yen which includes a French cuisine course dinner named after the award ceremony. Spectators are expected to attend in semi-formal attire. Elementary school students and younger are not permitted. Award The winners are selected from the recipients of the Award for Excellence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Japanese Films Of 1991
A list of films released in Japan in 1991 (see 1991 in film). See also * 1991 in Japan * 1991 in Japanese television Footnotes References * * * * External links Japanese films of 1991at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese Films Of 1991 1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ... Lists of 1991 films by country Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when the University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
