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Eyecatch Junction
is a 1991 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. This was the second film directed by Takashi Miike, though it was released prior to '' Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder'', the first film he directed. Plot The Shintai Sobu fitness club is formed by the chief of police to maintain high public opinion of the police force and its first recruit is the ambitious traffic cop Makoto. She enters into a martial arts competition with athletic weightlifter Atsuko, who agrees to join if she loses while Makoto agrees to shave her head if she loses. Makoto almost loses but discovers that Atsuko is ticklish and defeats her by exploiting this weakness. Together with their fitness instructor Miyuki, these daring policewomen form the secret Eyecatch Junction team to defeat criminals using athletics and gymnastics. Megumi Okada, contractor for the Central Station's Crime Lab and the mayor's daughter, eavesdrops on their conversations using her technology and secretly sends them inform ... [...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] |
Japan Home Video
(JHV) is a Japanese media corporation which produces and distributes film and video products and is also involved in TV programming and game software. It uses the label for its adult video production. Company history and finances JHV was established in May 1984 to take advantage of the explosion of videocassette recorders (VCRs) in Japan at that time. Following the introduction of commercial VCR Beta recorders in 1975 (and the VHS format in 1976), VCR production in Japan went from one million units in 1978 to 44 million by 1985 fueled largely by the number of movies (including pornography) available on VHS. By November 1984, the company had expanded enough to move to new headquarters in the fashionable Harajuku district of Tokyo. The company originally used the ''Penguin'' () label for its videos but in April 1986, JHV founded Alice Japan (アリスJAPAN) as a label for their adult videos (AV). The company subsequently expanded into softcore movies, anime productions, com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiko Asano
is a Japanese actress and singer. History In 1987, she played a lead in the Japanese film '' Drifting Classroom'', which was based on a popular horror manga series by Kazuo Umezu is a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. He is among the most famous authors of horror manga and has been vital for its development since the 1960s. Life Umezu was born in Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, but raised in the mountainous G .... Her music album ''Silver Doll'' and her nude photo book ''The Younger Sister of Summer'' were released almost simultaneously with the release of '' Drifting Classroom''. Those media led her to considerable fame in Japan in the late 1980s. In 1994, she retired from entertainment industry and got married. In 2016, Aiko Asano did an interview to look back over her experience; she said that her manager wanted her to do the nude photobook ''The Younger Sister of Summer'' and she didn't really want to do it, but the photographer tried his very best to mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Nagakura
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *大輔, "big, assist" *大介, "big, mediate" *大祐, "big, bless" *大助, "big, help" *大典, "big, law/rule/ceremony" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Manga artists * Daisuke Higuchi (樋口 大輔), a Japanese female manga artist best known for her work on ''Whistle!'' * Daisuke Igarashi (五十嵐大介), a Japanese manga artist known for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling * Daisuke Moriyama (森山大輔), a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the ''Chrono Crusade'' series Sportspeople *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese water polo player * Daisuke Ikeshima (池島 大介), retired Japanese race walker *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔), Japanese professional baseball player who pitches for the Fukuoka SoftBa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Komatsubara
is a Japanese cinematographer. His work has mostly been in the action genre, but his first feature film was as an assistant on '' The Pornographers'' by Shohei Imamura. He worked on early Takashi Miike straight-to-video films such as '' Lady Hunter'' and '' A Human Murder Weapon'', and then resumed working with Imamura as chief cinematographer for some of his last films such as '' Unagi'' and '' Dr. Akagi''. He also did the cinematography for the 2013 TV series ''Neko Zamurai'' starring Kazuki Kitamura. Awards He received a Japan Film Technical Award (Nihon Eiga Gijutsushō) from the Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan for the cinematography for '' Unagi'' in 1997, and won the Japan Movie Critics Award for best cinematography in 2008 for ''Koi suru tomato or more specifically , are colored varieties of the Amur carp (''Cyprinus rubrofuscus'') that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. Koi is an informal name for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Comedy Film
Action comedy is a genre that combines aspects of action and comedy. The genre is most prevalent in film with action comedy films, though several TV series fit this genre. Film The action comedy film is a film genre that combines aspects of action film and comedy film. Allmovie describes action comedy films as those with "fast and furious" action yet being "mostly lighthearted", rarely having death or serious injury. The Script Lab wrote, "he genrerelies on the characters to bring out the humor, while the action scenes tend to be less intense than in the traditional action movie." Television List of action-comedy TV series: *''Burn Notice ''Burn Notice'' is an American espionage television series created by Matt Nix, which originally aired on the USA Network for a total of seven seasons from June 28, 2007, to September 12, 2013. The show stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, ...'' (2007-2013) *'' The Dukes of Hazzard'' (1979-1985) *'' Chuck'' (2007-2012) *'' Future M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prelude To Murder
''Dressed to Kill'', released in 1946, also known as ''Prelude to Murder'' (working title) and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code'' in the United Kingdom, is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The film has an original story, but combines elements of the short stories "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and " A Scandal in Bohemia." It is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain. Plot John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor prison (played by an uncredited Cyril Delevanti) embeds code revealing the hidden location of extremely valuable stolen Bank of England currency printing plates in the melody notes of three music boxes that he crafts to be sold at auction. Each box plays a subtly different version of "The Swagman". At the auction each is purchased by a different buyer. Dr. Watson's friend Julian Emery, a music box collector, pays him and Sherlock Holmes a visit and tells t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minako Fujimoto
is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, "beauty, name, child" *美梨子, "beauty, pear, child" *聖名子, "holy, name, child" *聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child" *皆子, "everybody/all, child" *水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child" *実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child" *実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child" *実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child" *実名子 "truth, name, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''Kome Kome Club'' * Minako Honda (美奈子), a Japanese singer *, Japanese singer *Minako Iwasaki (美奈子), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist *Minako Kotobuki (美菜子 born 1991), a Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Nakajima
is a common feminine Japanese given name. Name meanings Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *裕子, "kind child" *弘子, "Beautiful child" *寛子, " small child" *浩子, "large child" *博子, "wise child" *宏子, "large child" *広子, "broad child" *紘子, "large child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * Hiroko Anzai (安西 ひろこ, born 1979), Japanese model and idol * Hiroko Hatano (畑野 ひろ子, born 1975), Japanese supermodel and actress *, better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician *, Japanese singer, actress and television personality *, Japanese archer *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese slalom canoeist * Hiroko Konishi (小西 寛子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese model *, Japanese writer * Hiroko Mita (三田 寛子, born 1966), Japanese singer and actress * Hiroko Moriguchi (森口 博子, born 1968), J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Tachibana
(born October 19, 1971) is a former Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements .... She is featured in the video game '' Risa no Yōsei Densetsu''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tachibana, Risa 1971 births Japanese actresses Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers Living people People from Osaka Musicians from Osaka Prefecture Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Films
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', '' Thelma & Louise'', ''JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after '' It Happened One Night'' (1934) and ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director (Jonathan Demme); Best Actor ( Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress ( Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay ( Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * July 3 – '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. *Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |