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Mayu Tsuruta
Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田 真由, born April 25, 1970, in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan) is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of internal refugees at Kenya's Nakuru ASK grounds, as a goodwill ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development. While surveying the situation at the refugee camp, she spent time with several families and helped distribute food aid. Filmography Film * '' Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan'' (1993) * きけ、わだつみの声 Last Friends (''Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends'', 1995) * '' Sōrito Yobanaide'' (1997) * '' Owls' Castle'' (1999) * ''Mr. Rookie'' (2002) * '' Half a Confession'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * ''Katenkoru'' (2005) * ''Hotori no Sakuko'' (2013) * '' The Ravine of Goodbye'' (2013) * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kamakura
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte's Web (2006 Film)
''Charlotte's Web'' is a 2006 fantasy film based on the 1952 novel by E. B. White. Directed by Gary Winick and written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, it is the third and final film of Paramount's ''Charlotte's Web'' franchise, and both the second film adaptation of E. B. White's book and a live-action remake of the 1973 animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, and Beau Bridges, with voices provided by Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Haden Church, André Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, and Sam Shepard as the narrator. Danny Elfman composed the film's score. Produced by Walden Media, Jordan Kerner's The K Entertainment Company and Nickelodeon Movies, the film premiered in Australia on December 7, 2006 and was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 2006 in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranman (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series and the 108th Asadora series, following '' Maiagare!''. It premiered on April 3, 2023. The drama is modeled after the Japanese botanist Tomitaro Makino, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work. Plot Cast Makino's family * Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Mantarō Makino ** Yurito Mori as young Mantarō ** Masahito Kobayashi as 9-to-12-year-old Mantarō * Minami Hamabe as Sueko Nishimura, Mantarō's wife * Sakura Endō (Nogizaka46) as Chitose Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's daughter and Kotetsu's wife * Kōdai Matsuoka as Momoki Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's son * Miyu Honda as Chizuru Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's youngest daughter ** Keiko Matsuzaka as old Chizuru Mineya people * Yui Sakuma as Aya Makino, Mantarō's sister * Jun Shison as Takeo, son of the clerk of the sake brewery "Mineya" * Shō Kasamatsu as Kōkichi, a brewer at "Mineya" * Riho Nakamura as Tama, a maid at "Mineya" * Ryōko Hirosue as Hisa Makino, Mant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise (2017 Manga)
(stylized as ''【noise】'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Grand Jump'' from December 2017 to January 2020, with its chapters collected in three volumes. A live-action film adaptation premiered in January 2022. Characters ;Keita Izumi : ;Jun Tanabe : ;Shinichirō Moriya : ;Mutsuo Omisaka : ;Kana Izumi : ;Tsutomu Hatakeyama : ;Chihiro Aoki : ;Shōichi Yokota : ;Jirō Noge : ;Yoshiaki Sakai : ;Shōkichi Yokota : ;Hanae Shōji : ;Masa Okazaki : ;Hitomi Moriya : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Tetsuya Tsutsui, ''Noise'' was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Grand Jump'' from December 6, 2017, to January 22, 2020. Shueisha collected its chapters in three volumes, released from May 18, 2018, to March 19, 2020. Volumes Live-action film A live-action film Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ravine Of Goodbye
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori. The film is based on the Japanese 2008 novel ''Sayonara keikoku'' by Shuichi Yoshida, which intrigued Ōmori with its central mystery of a rape victim and her perpetrator choosing to live together. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. The ending theme song " Saisakizaka" was written by musician Ringo Sheena, and performed by lead actress Yōko Maki. Cast * Yōko Maki * Anne Suzuki * Nao Ōmori as Watanabe * Arata Iura (as Arata) * Hirofumi Arai * Masaki Miura * Mayu Tsuruta Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田 真由, born April 25, 1970, in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan) is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends. Following the ... * Mansaku Ikeuchi * Shima Ohnishi * Hana Kino * Izumi Minai References External links * 2013 films 2013 drama films Japanese drama films 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Confession
is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Summary Respected inspector Soichiro Kaji is imprisoned for killing his wife, Keiko, who, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, requested it. His colleagues at Tokyo Police Force discover that Kaji intended to commit suicide after killing her, but instead went away on a bullet train two days later. A suspicious item is found in his coat pocket that suggests Kaji was unfaithful. The incident makes headlines in Tokyo, where a young female reporter sets out to find the truth about the acclaimed yet intriguingly silent defendant. Soichiro Kaji has drawn the interest of many: lawyer, judge, detective, relative... Slowly they weave the tale behind it all and tentatively tread upon the question of euthanasia. Cast * Akira Terao: Soichiro Kaji * Mieko Harada: Keiko Kaji * Hidetaka Yoshioka * Mayu Tsuruta * Kyohei Shibata * Kirin Kiki: Yasuko Shimamura * Reiko Takashima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owls' Castle
is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel '' Fukurō no Shiro'', the first being the 1963 film '' Castle of Owls''. Cast * Kiichi Nakai as Jūzō Tsuzura * Takaya Kamikawa as Gohei Kazama * Mayu Tsuruta as Kohagi * Riona Hazuki as Kisaru * Shōhei Hino as Kuroami * Akiji Kobayashi * Akira Nakao * Mako Iwamatsu as Toyotomi Hideyoshi * Jinpachi Nezu as Hattori Hanzō * Kinnosuke Hannayagi as Ishida Mitsunari * Shima Iwashita * Masahiko Tsugawa * Atsuo Nakamura Production Nintendo was a production partner on the film, and the use of special effects and computer-generated imagery was widely touted in the film's marketing. Awards and accolades *Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro Award (1999). *Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival: Best Director - Masahiro Shinoda was a Japanese film direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Came From Japan
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural ''ies''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the "long I" sound, pronounced . In most other languages, its name matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History In the Phoenician alphabet, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative () in Egyptian, but was reassigned to (as in English "yes") by Semites because their word for "arm" began with that sound. This letter could also be used to represent , the close front unrounded vowel, mainly in foreign words. The Greeks adopted a form of this Phoenician ''yodh'' as their letter ''iota'' () to represent , the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek), it was also used to represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
