Kōkō Kyōshi (2003)
is a Japanese TV series that aired from January 8 through March 19, 1993. It was written by Jinji Nojima, with Hiroyuki Sanada and Sachiko Sakurai playing the lead roles. It aired on TBS Television on Friday nights at 22:00. Background The TV series dealt with various social taboos such as teacher-student love, homosexuality, rape, incest, and suicide. The high school scenes were shot at Japan Christian Junior College. The final scene was shot at Ōmigawa Station on the JR Shin'etsu Main Line, which became a popular pop-culture tourism spot following this series. In May 1993, a 6-disc laser disc was released. On September 19, 2001, a DVD box set including all episodes and extras was released. On March 20, 2019, a Blu-ray box was released. Theme song Dōji Morita's 1976 song Bokutachi no Shippai was used for the main theme. Typically a popular contemporary song would have been used. Morita was no longer well known anymore, but writer Nojima and producer Itō were fans ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pop-culture Tourism
Pop-culture tourism is the act of traveling to locations featured in popular literature, film, music, or any other form of media. Also referred to as a "Location Vacation". Pop-culture tourism is in some respects akin to pilgrimage, with its modern equivalents of places of pilgrimage, such as Elvis Presley's Graceland and the grave of Jim Morrison in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Locations Popular destinations have included: * Petra, Jordan, where visits went from the thousands to the millions after the climactic scene of the 1989 film ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' was filmed in Al Khazneh. * Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare (1564–1616), receives about 4.9 million visitors a year from all over the world. * Wimpstone, Warwickshire, England, where the original series of the BBC children's program ''Teletubbies'' was shot (1997–2001) * Enoshima ( Shōnan) and Kamakura district, originally a local tourist spot near ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1993 In Japanese Television
Events in 1993 in Japanese television. Debuts Ongoing shows *''Music Fair'', music (1964–present) *''Mito Kōmon'', jidaigeki (1969-2011) *''Sazae-san'', anime (1969–present) *''Ōoka Echizen'', jidaigeki (1970-1999) *''FNS Music Festival'', music (1974-present) *''Panel Quiz Attack 25'', game show (1975–present) *''Doraemon'', anime (1979-2005) *''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'', anime (1988-1996) *''Soreike! Anpanman'', anime (1988-present) *''Dragon Ball Z'', anime (1989–1996) *''Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'', game show (1989–present) *''Soreike! Anpanman'', anime (1988-present) *''Cooking Papa'', anime (1992-1995) *''YuYu Hakusho'', anime (1992-1995) *'' Crayon Shin-chan'', anime (1992-present) *''Sailor Moon'', anime (1992-1997) Endings See also *1993 in anime *List of Japanese television dramas *1993 in Japan Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents * Emperor: Akihito * Prime Minister: ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Drama Television Series
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tōru Minegishi (actor)
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2008. Selected filmography References External links * 1943 births 2008 deaths Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emiko Nakamura
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Emiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Some possible variations include: *栄美子; "prosperous, beauty, child" *恵美子; "blessing, favor, beauty, child" *絵美子; "picture, beauty, child" *英美子; "superior, beauty, child" *映海子; "shine, sea, child" *笑子; "laugh/smile, child" *愛実子; "love, fruit, child" The name may also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Emiko Davies, Australian-born cookbook author, food journalist and illustrator, of Australian–Japanese decent. * Emiko Kado (門 恵美子, 1976-1999), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese long jumper * Emiko Miyamoto (宮本 恵美子, born 1937), Japanese volleyball player *Emiko Nakano (1925–1990), American abstract expressionist artist, of American–Japanese decent. * Emiko Odaka (小高 笑子, born 1962), former Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maki Mochida
Maki may refer to: People * Mäki, a Finnish surname (includes a list of people with the name) * Maki (name), a Japanese given name and surname (includes a list of people with the name) Places * Maki, Ravar, Kerman Province, Iran * Maki, Rigan, Kerman Province, Iran * Maki, Razavi Khorasan, Iran * Maki, Niigata (Nishikanbara), a former town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan * Maki, Niigata (Higashikubiki), a former village in Niigata Prefecture, Japan * Mąki, Poland Political parties * Maki (political party), the Communist Party of Israel *Maki (historical political party), the original Communist Party of Israel Food *Maki roll or makizushi, a style of sushi wrapped in dried seaweed * Norimaki, a class of Japanese foods wrapped in dried seaweed *Maki mi (or maki soup), a Chinese-Filipino pork tenderloin soup Other uses *Maki Engineering, a Grand Prix racing constructor * , the name of several ships *Ring-tailed lemur, or maky/maki, a primate See also * *Makki (other) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Masaki Kyōmoto
is a Japanese actor, singer song writer, and guitarist. He is famous for playing the role of Ryu on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu series. He has appeared in films and television series including '' Legend of the Eight Samurai'', ''Sukeban Deka'', '' Kamen Rider Black'', '' Ultraman: Towards the Future'' (aka ''Ultraman Great''), '' Cutie Honey'', '' Chage and Aska'', ''Ōedo Sōsamō'', '' Mito Kōmon'', '' Anmitsu Hime'', ''Food Fight'', '' Ultraman Tiga'', '' Ultraman Dyna'', ''Ii Hito'', '' GARO'', ''Tenchu:Yamino Shiokinin'' and most recently '' 81diver''. He has performed on the soundtracks to ''GARO'' and '' Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju'', performing the first two ending themes for the former, and producing GARO Project's performances of the final two ending themes for the series and the ending theme for the special. Masaki got a role in a buster film '' Legend of the Eight Samurai'' as Inuzuka Shino and it became a sensation that lead to Masaki's break out role "R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hidekazu Akai
Hidekazu (written: 秀和, 英和, 秀一 or 英一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese rower *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese composer and arranger *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese music critic and literary critic {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dōji Morita
was a Japanese singer-songwriter from Tokyo. Her first album, 1975's ''Good Bye'', was inspired by a friend's death. All of her subsequent albums, such as ''Mother Sky'' and ''The Last Waltz'', also explored tragic or morbid themes. Throughout her performing career, Morita was a secretive and reclusive performer who always wore round sunglasses and grew her curly hair long to hide her identity. She retired from music in 1983. In 1993, her song "Bokutachi no Shippai" was used as the theme song for the TV drama ''Kōkō Kyōshi is a Japanese TV series that aired from January 8 through March 19, 1993. It was written by Jinji Nojima, with Hiroyuki Sanada and Sachiko Sakurai playing the lead roles. It aired on TBS Television (Japan), TBS Television on Friday nights at 22:0 ...''. This led to a revival of interest in her work and the release of a greatest hits album. In later years, Morita went on to marry Maeda Ado, her former manager. He died in 2010. Morita died of heart fa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shin'etsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line ( ja, 信越本線, ) is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . Since the opening and later extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, sections running in parallel have either been abandoned or transferred to third-sector railway companies. The name of the line refers to the old names for Nagano and Niigata prefectures, Shinano ( ja, 信濃, links=no), and Echigo ( ja, 越後, links=no). The abandoned section through the Usui Pass was famous for its steep 66.7 ‰ (6.67 %) gradient. Sections From 14 March 2015, the line consists of the following three sections. * – (29.7 km): in Gunma Prefecture * – (9.3 km): in Nagano Prefecture * – (136.3 km): in Niigata Prefecture There are three small freight branches; from Echigo-Ishiyama Station to Niigata Freight Terminal, from K ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |