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Michiko Nishiwaki
is a Japanese actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, fight choreographer, former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for Lucy Liu in the film ''Charlie's Angels''. Early life Michiko Nishiwaki was born on November 21, 1957, in Funabashi, Chiba. As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, she was interested in gymnastics and volleyball. She became interested in bodybuilding when she grew dissatisfied with her body image, regarding her legs as too heavy compared to her upper body. Another turning point was her father's death, which motivated her to have her own say in the planning of her future. Career Sports Unusual for Japanese society at the time, Nishiwaki became a powerlifter and eventually Japan's first female powerlifting champion and first female bodybuilding champion. She opened three fitness clubs co-owned by her brother. Feature films Her acting career began in the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film ''My Lucky Stars'', in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funabashi, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after passing Kawaguchi, Hachioji and Chiba), and second largest in Chiba Prefecture. Geography Funabashi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture approximately 20 kilometers in either direction from the prefectural capital at Chiba and downtown Tokyo. The central area forms a flat diluvial upland of the Shimōsa Plateau. The city sits at an elevation of 20 to 30 meters above sea level, and is relatively flat. The highest point is 32.3 meters in Narashino 3-chome, and the lowest point is 0.2 meters in Minatomachi 1-chome. Funabashi is crossed by the Tone River, and the small Ebi River is located entirely within city limits. Funabashi formerly had wide, shallow beaches, but much of the coast has been industrialized and transformed by reclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Hour 2
''Rush Hour 2'' is a 2001 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson. A sequel to '' Rush Hour'' (1998), it is the second installment in the ''Rush Hour'' franchise and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprising their roles from the first film. The story follows Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to Hong Kong on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone). ''Rush Hour 2'' opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.4 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the year's fifth-highest-grossing film domestically in the United States, as well as the second-highest-grossing PG-13-rated film. A sequel, ''Rush Hour 3'', was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scorpion King
''The Scorpion King'' is a 2002 action adventure film directed by Chuck Russell. The film stars Dwayne Johnson (credited as The Rock) as the lead, with Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan in supporting roles. It is both a prequel and spin-off of ''The Mummy'' franchise and launched ''The Scorpion King'' film series. The film was Johnson's first lead role. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $180.6 million worldwide against the production budget of $60 million. The events of ''The Scorpion King'' take place 5,001 years before the events of '' The Mummy'' and '' The Mummy Returns'', revealing the origins of Mathayus and his rise to power as the titular Scorpion King. This name is a reference to a historical king of the Protodynastic Period of Egypt, King Scorpion. The film was released on April 19, 2002. Plot Before the time of the pyramids, a horde of warriors from the East, led by Memnon, conquers most of the local tribes. No tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clockstoppers
''Clockstoppers'' is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Jonathan Frakes and produced by Julia Pistor and Gale Anne Hurd. The film centers on future tech "Hypertime" devices which speed up the users' molecules, creating the illusion that time has stopped from the perspective of the users. The story follows teenager Zak Gibbs, who accidentally acquires one of these devices and finds himself on the run from agents of the corporation which created them, all of whom wield Hypertime devices themselves. The film stars Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas, and Julia Sweeney. Produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film was released in the United States on March 29, 2002. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $38.8 million against a $26 million budget. Plot The NSA-funded Quantum Tech (QT) Corporation has slated a project to develop Hypertime, a technology whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play It To The Bone
''Play It to the Bone'' is a 1999 American sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas as two boxers and best friends who travel together to Las Vegas to fight each other, with the winner receiving a match for the middleweight championship. The film's supporting cast includes Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu, and Robert Wagner. It was a critical and commercial bomb. Plot Aging prizefighters and longtime best friends Vince Boudreau and Cesar Dominguez always regretted not getting one last shot. Out of the blue, such an opportunity comes their way, but it is to fight each other. Boxing promoter Joe Domino has a problem on his hands. The fighters scheduled to be on his undercard in Las Vegas (a preliminary to a main event featuring heavyweight Mike Tyson) suddenly become unavailable at the last minute. He needs replacements fast, so a call is made to Los Angeles to see if Vince or Cesar would be available. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Everywhere All At Once
''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is a 2022 American Independent film, independent Absurdist fiction, absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniels (directors), Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who produced it with Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe Russo and Jonathan Wang. The film Hybrid genre, incorporates media from several genres and film mediums, including Surreal humour, surreal comedy, science fiction, fantasy film, fantasy, martial arts films, migrant literature, immigrant narrative, and animation. Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn Quan Wang, a Chinese Americans, Chinese-American immigrant who, while being Income tax audit, audited by the IRS, discovers that she must connect with Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universe versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from destroying the multiverse. The film also stars Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Kwan and Scheinert began work on the project in 2010. Production was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lethal Weapon 4
''Lethal Weapon 4'' is a 1998 American buddy cop action film directed and produced by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, and Jet Li (in his international film debut). It is the fourth installment in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series. It is the last film in the series directed by Donner before his death, and the latest to be released theatrically. The film was released on July 10, 1998, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $285 million worldwide, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 1998. A sequel titled ''Lethal Finale'' is in development for the streaming service Max. Glover and Gibson will reprise their roles as Riggs and Murtaugh, with Gibson also in talks to direct. Plot Lorna Cole is pregnant with LAPD Sergeant Martin Riggs's baby; they are not married, but both are thinking about it. LAPD Sergeant Roger Murtaugh's daughter Rianne is also pregnant but won't rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City On Fire (1993 Film)
''City on Fire'' (喋血城市) is a 1993 Taiwanese action film, directed by Chow Cheung. Cast * Michiko Nishiwaki as Chia-Chi * Mark Cheng as Wei-Ming * Kong Tai-Chuen as Chiang * Lung Fei * Tai Po as Chien * Wu Ma Fung Wang-yuen (22 September 1942 – 4 February 2014), better known by his stage name Wu Ma, was a Hong Kong actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 240 appearances to his name (plus 49 directoria ... as Police Chief External links HKMD entryIMDb entry(note: year produced erroneously mentioned as 1983) HK cinemagic entry 1993 films Taiwanese action films {{Taiwan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Terminators
''Angel Terminators'' () is a 1992 Hong Kong girls with guns film directed by Wai Lit and written by Yeung Kei, who also wrote Wai's first film '' Club Girls'' (1989). Plot After solving a hostage crisis in a kindergarten with her partner Ada, Agent Chen Xiaohong leaves for Scotland. Meanwhile, Zeng Jian, a boss in the Rifuda Group, returns to Hong Kong after seven years in Thailand and immediately seeks out Bin, whom he blames for working with the police and forcing him to flee to Thailand for seven years. Bin tries to kill Zeng Jian, but Zeng Jian's enforcer Miss Nishiwaki kills Bin first. Zeng Jian distribute's Bin's wealth among his other four generals Rong, Tiedeng, Paowangbiao, and Fatal Xiong. The police secretly monitor this and suspect that one of these generals will be put in command of the organization now that Bin is dead. They are intrigued by the presence of the unknown figure Zeng Jian, whom they know only as "Sawa Da" based on his Thai passport information. Civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Cop
''Magic Cop'', also informally known as ''Mr. Vampire 5'', is a 1990 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by, and starring, Lam Ching-ying. It was released in Hong Kong on 11 February 1990, and in the Philippines on 18 June 1992. Plot Uncle Feng, an experienced policeman, lives a quiet and beautiful life in Tung Ping Chau. One day, the old lady living next door comes to ask him to go to Hong Kong Island to return the body of her daughter, a stewardess killed by the police after being suspected of being a drug smuggler. Feng finds that the "stewardess" had actually been killed before her return to Hong Kong. She had been turned into a " living corpse", and is being controlled by a Japanese magician for drug smuggling. With Feng's supernatural skills and detective techniques, they finally find the location of the secret altar of the Japanese magician. Cast *Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Feng, police constable and exorcist expert *Wilson Lam as Inspector Lam *Michael Miu as Sergeant No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaw Brothers
''Outlaw Brothers'' () is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Frankie Chan. It has been described as Frankie Chan's best film as a director. Cast * Frankie Chan - James * Siu Chung Mok - Bond * Michael Miu Kiu Wai - Sergeant Tai Hwa Wang * Yukari Oshima - Tequila * Michiko Nishiwaki - Miego * Sheila Chin - Lan * Jeffrey Falcon * Mark Houghton * Vincent Lyn * Ken Boyle * Jonathan Gisger * Dan Mintz * Ken Goodman * Steve Tartalia * Anthony Houk * Bruce Fontaine References External links * ''Outlaw Brothers''on HKCinemagic ''Outlaw Brothers''at the Hong Kong Movie Database Films directed by Frankie Chan 1990s Hong Kong films {{1990s-HongKong-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Hard (film)
''Live Hard'' is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Yuen Cheung-yan and starring Simon Yam, Elaine Lui and Lau Ching-wan. There are two versions of the film, which are the original Hong Kong version released in Asia and an international version released outside of Asia, which includes western actors such as Mark Houghton and Steve Tartalia. Plot Chief, an undercover cop posing as a drug dealer, humiliates another drug dealer, Tony, by beating him and his underlings up and then sells some fake marijuana to a bar girl, Stella. Meanwhile, a terrorist organization led by Suzuki blows up a school van, which kills Mark, the son of the American consul, Mr. Robinson, who received a call from the FBI the previous night regarding the terrorists' arrival in Hong Kong. Senior Inspector Hui Tat-ming Regional Crime Unit worries the case will affect the international reputation of Hong Kong's security, but his superior officer, Superintendent Lee, informs Hui he is no longer in charge as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
