|
Hiroyuki Watanabe
was a Japanese actor. He primarily acted in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his latest roles was as Taiga Saejima in the tokusatsu series ''GARO''. He also played Kamen Rider Gaoh in the ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' movie, '' Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!''. Life Watanabe was born on December 9, 1955, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He graduated from Takushoku University, Faculty of Commerce. During his studies at the university, he learned German while working for the German airline company Lufthansa. Watanabe also spoke English. Watanabe began his career in entertainment by appearing in a Coca-Cola television commercial in 1980. He married actress in 1994. Watanabe was found dead at his private gym in the basement of his home on May 3, 2022, and his death was announced by his management agency on May 5. The cause of death was reportedly suicide by hanging. In a statement released through her agency, Hara said that during the self-isolation period forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefecture to the northwest, Saitama Prefecture to the southwest, Chiba Prefecture to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Mito, Ibaraki, Mito, the capital, is the largest city in Ibaraki Prefecture. Other major cities include Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Hitachi, and Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Hitachinaka. Ibaraki Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast to the northeast of Tokyo, and is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Ibaraki Prefecture features Lake Kasumigaura, the second-largest lake in Japan; the Tone River, Japan's second-longest river and largest drainage basin; and Mount Tsukuba, one of the most famous mountains in Japan. Ibaraki Prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Of Legion
Attack may refer to: Warfare and combat * Attack (fencing) * Charge (warfare) * Offensive (military) * Strike (attack) Books and publishing * ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * '' Attack No. 1'', comic and animation * Attack! Books, a publisher * ''Attack!'' (publication), a tabloid publication of the National Alliance from 1969 to 1978 * ''Der Angriff'', a.k.a. ''The Attack'', a newspaper franchise * In newspaper headlines, to save space, sometimes " criticise" Films and television * '' Attack! The Battle of New Britain'', a 1944 American armed forces documentary film * ''Attack'' (1956 film), also known as ''Attack!'', a 1956 American war film * ''Attack'' (2016 film), a 2016 Telugu film * ''Attack'' (2022 film), a 2022 Hindi film * ''The Attack'' (1966 film), an Australian television play * ''The Attack'' (2012 film), a 2012 film directed by Ziad Doueiri * "The Attack" (''Australian Playhouse'') * "The Attack", a season 7 episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōyama No Kin-san
is a popular character based on the historical Tōyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. In kabuki and kōdan, he was celebrated under his childhood name, Kinshirō, shortened to Kin-san. He was said to have left home as a young man, and lived among the commoners, even having a tattoo of flowering sakura trees on his shoulder. This story developed into a legend of helping the common people. The novelist Tatsurō Jinde (陣出達郎) wrote a series of books about Kin-san. Noted actor Chiezō Kataoka starred in a series of eighteen Toei ''jidaigeki'' films about him. Several Japanese television networks have aired series based on the character. These variously portrayed him pretending to be a petty hood or a yojinbō while solving crimes as the chief of police. People famous for having portrayed Kin-san on television include kabuki stars Nakamura Umenosuke IV and Ichikawa Danshirō, singers Yukio Hashi and Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuthering Heights
''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff. The novel, influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction, is considered a classic of English literature. ''Wuthering Heights'' was accepted by publisher Thomas Newby along with Anne Brontë's '' Agnes Grey'' before the success of their sister Charlotte Brontë's novel ''Jane Eyre'', but they were published later. The first American edition was published in April 1848 by Harper & Brothers of New York. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited a second edition of ''Wuthering Heights'', which was published in 1850. ''Wuthering Heights'' is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels ever written in English, but contemporaneous reviews were polarise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Arashi
AI most frequently refers to artificial intelligence, which is intelligence demonstrated by machines. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, a northern Amazonian mammal species Arts, entertainment and media Works * ''Ai'' (album), a 2004 release by Seraphim * "A.I." (song), by OneRepublic, 2016 * ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'', a 2001 American film * '' A.I. Rising'', a 2018 Serbian film * '' AI: The Somnium Files'', a 2019 video game * ''American Idol'', a televised singing contest * ''The American Interest'', a bimonthly magazine (2005–2020) * ''I'' (2015 film), an Indian Tamil film (initial title: ''Ai'') Other uses in arts and media * A.i. (band), a Californian rock–electroclash group * All in (poker), wagering one's entire stake * Appreciation Index, a British measure of broadcast programme approval * Non-player character, in gaming (colloquially, ''an AI'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadako DX
''Sadako DX'' () is a 2022 Japanese supernatural comedy horror film directed by Hisashi Kimura. The film is an installment in the ''Ring'' franchise, and a distant sequel to 1998's '' Ring'' ignoring the events of the '' Spiral'' and '' Ring 2'' timelines respectively. ''Sadako DX'' stars Fuka Koshiba as a quick-witted college student who has to unravel the cursed videotape after finding out her sister has seen it, discovering that the curse now claims the victim's life only 24 hours after viewing it. ''Sadako DX'' also stars Kazuma Kawamura and Mario Kuroba. ''Sadako DX'' premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival. It was released in Japan on 28 October the same year. Plot Ayaka Ichijo ( Fuka Koshiba), a graduate student and prodigy with an alleged IQ of 200, is introduced to the cursed videotape by psychic and fortune teller Master Kenshin ( Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) on a televised variety show. He claims that while the tape has previously killed their victims i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven". Nobunaga was an influential figure in Japanese history and is regarded as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, along with his Affinity (medieval), retainers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Nobunaga paved the way for the successful reigns of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu by consolidating power, as head of the very powerful Oda clan, through a series of wars against other ''daimyō'' beginning in the 1560s. The period when Nobunaga and Hideyoshi were in power is called the Azuchi–Momoyama period. The name "Azuchi–Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga; while Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi lived after his retirement, was located in Momoyama. Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog Named Palma
''A Dog Named Palma'' () is a 2021 Russian children's drama film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr., based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport. It was released theatrically on March 18, 2021 by Central Partnership. Plot In 1977 Soviet Union, the owner of a German Shepherd named Palma flies abroad. But Palma hides at the airport and waits for her owner. She befriends nine-year old boy named Kolya Lazarev whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely knows - a pilot who finds the dog at the airport. It's a story of amazing adventures, true friendship and unconditional love. Cast * Viktor Dobronravov as Vyacheslav Lazarev, an aircraft commander * Liliya (German Shepherd) as Palma * Leonid Basov as Kolya Lazarev, a boy * Vladimir Ilyin as Sergey Tikhonov, an airport technician, Nina Tikhonova's father * Valeriya Fedorovich as Nina Tikhonova, a stewardess, Sergey Tikhonov's daughter * Evgeniya Dmitrieva as Lyubov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth Of Cinema
is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars , and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The cast also includes Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki and Takako Tokiwa. ''Labyrinth of Cinema'' premiered at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival. It is Obayashi's final film before his death in 2020, as well as Yukihiro Takahashi and Hiroshi Inuzuka's last film roles before their deaths in 2023. Plot On the eve of closing down for the last time, a local cinema is hosting an all-night movie marathon, showing classic Japanese war films. Three men, Mario Baba (a film buff), Shigeru (a Buddhist monk turned Yakuza street-thug) and Hosuke (an intellectual film historian) have all come to the cinema, albeit for different reasons, to watch the film. A fourth individual, a young schoolgirl named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Full Bloom (film)
''In Full Bloom'' is a 2021 American neo-noir sports drama film written and directed by Adam VillaSeñor and Reza Ghassemi. It stars Tyler Wood, Yusuke Ogasawara, Sean McCracken, Timothy V. Murphy, Hiroyuki Watanabe. The film had its world premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival on September 15, 2019, where it won the top prize, the German Independence Award, and it was released on December 15, 2020. In Full Bloom won the Grand Jury Award (Feature) at the 2020 Mammoth Film Festival Plot In post-WWII Tokyo, Japan's undefeated boxing champion, Masahiro trains in the winter wilderness for his upcoming battle against the American challenger, Clint Sullivan. Sullivan, who's haunted by memories of the war, must overcome the Yakuza's influence to preserve his honor. Pitted against political tensions, the fighters' parallel journeys will test the very limits of the human spirit. Cast * Tyler Wood as Clint Sullivan * Yusuke Ogasawara as Masahiro * S. Scott McCracken as Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everly (film)
''Everly'' is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Joe Lynch and written by Yale Hannon based on a story by Lynch and Hannon. The film stars Salma Hayek as the title character with Akie Kotabe, Jennifer Blanc, Masashi Fujimoto, Togo Igawa, Gabriella Wright, Caroline Chikezie, Laura Cepeda, and Hiroyuki Watanabe in supporting roles. The film was released via iTunes on January 23, 2015, and received a limited theatrical release on February 27, 2015, by Dimension Films. Plot Everly, trapped into sexual slavery and abused and assaulted while being forced to work for the brutal Japanese criminal overlord Taiko, is attacked in her apartment by Taiko's enforcers after he discovers that she has been working with a police officer to damage his organization. Although Taiko expected his men to kill her easily after torturing her, Everly retrieves a gun she had hidden in the toilet and manages to kill all of her attackers. Taiko then begins a sadistic game of toying with Ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baton (film)
is a 2009 Japanese cinema, Japanese animated science fiction film written by Shunji Iwai and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura comprising three 20-minute episodes released exclusively for the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port of Yokohama to trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion. Plot Episode 1: Stowaway Apollo, an android running the Falcon operating system, discovers the disembodied head of the android Saturn and downloads its Cipher operating system, rendering Apollo unable to talk. Episode 2: Apollo and Mikaru Apollo's human companion Mikaru takes him to the doctor, where soldier robot Tomboy agrees to help. Tomboy explains that Cipher was running a legendary operating system that Hades was running when he led the robot uprising fifty years earlier. Episode 3: Cipher Apollo remembers his memories from his earlier incarnations as Cipher, Artemis, and Hades. He tells Tomboy to guard Mikaru, then flies into the sky. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
