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Modern Love Tokyo
is a Japanese romantic comedy anthology streaming television series. It is based on the American television series ''Modern Love'', which itself is based on the weekly column of the same name published by ''The New York Times.'' The first season began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 21 October 2022. Cast Episode 1 * Asami Mizukawa as Mari Takada * Meiko Kaji as Masako * Wakana Matsumoto as Kaori * Atsuko Maeda as Sayaka * Shinobu Terajima as Touko Episode 2 * Nana Eikura as Kana Sato * Tasuku Emoto as Keisuke Episode 3 * Ran Itō as Natsuko Kurata * Ryo Ishibashi as Kosuke Hayami Episode 4 * Ryo Narita as Kengo * Kaho as Mai Episode 5 * Hiromi Nagasaku as Momoko Shinohara * Yūsuke Santamaria as Yoji Suzuki Episode 6 * Naomi Scott as Emma * Sosuke Ikematsu as Mamoru Episode 7 * Haru Kuroki as the voice of Tamami * Masataka Kubota as the voice of Rin Episodes Production In March 2022, it was announced that Amazon Prime Video had greenlit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Eikura
is a Japanese actress, model, and occasional radio show host affiliated with Ken-On Group. Biography She was born in Izumi, Kagoshima, and raised in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. While a junior high student, she was scouted in front of the 109 (department store), 109 department store in . During her middle-teenage years, Nana modeled in several fashion magazines, mainly in ''''. During the 2000s, Eikura was featured in ''Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's ''Kichiku Dai Enkai''. His graduation film ''Hazy Life'', took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He also won the award for Best Director at the 32nd Hochi Film Award in 2007 for '' A Gentle Breeze in the Village'' and '' The Matsugane Potshot Affair''. He often works with the screenwriter Kōsuke Mukai. Filmography Film * (1999) * (2003) * (2003) * (2004) * ''Linda Linda Linda'' (2005) * (2006) ominbus * '' The Matsugane Potshot Affair'' (2006) * '' A Gentle Breeze in the Village'' (2007) * ''My Back Page'' (2011) * '' The Drudgery Train'' (2012) * ''Tamako in Moratorium'' (2013) * '' La La La at Rock Bottom'' (2015) * ''Over the Fence'' (2016) * (2016) * (2018) * ''Let's Go Karaoke!'' (2023) * ''My Missing Valentine'' (2023) TV *'' Midnight Diner'' (2009–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūichi Hiroki
is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for ''800 Two Lap Runners''. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character". Biography ''Pink film'' Hiroki is one of several Japanese film directors who got their start in the Japanese softcore pornographic film genre of ''pink film''. He said in an interview that in the late 1970s when he wanted to get into directing, he wrote a script for a ''pink film'' and brought it to the Ōkura Eiga studio but they told him he needed to start as an assistant director. At this time he met prolific ''pink film'' director Genji Nakamura and during the next three years, Hiroki worked as an assistant director, editor, and manager for Nakamura's company Yū Pro. Hiroki made his first film as a director with ''Sexual Abuse! Exposed Woman'' for Million Film in 1982. His debut met with poor reviews and was "terrible" according to Hiroki and he we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masataka Kubota
is a Japanese actor. Filmography Films * ''Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu'' (2009) * ''Kyōretsu! Mōretsu!! Kodai Shōjo Doguchan Matsuri Special Movie Edition'' (2010), Makoto Sugihara * ''Gachiban Series'' (2010–2014), Yūto Kuronaga * '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), Shōjirō Kokura * ''We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.'' (2011), Masayuki Yano * ''Hasami'' (2012), Yōhei Hayama * ''Rurouni Kenshin'' (2012), Akira Kiyosato * ''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' (2012), Ryōta Fukuda * ''Suzuki Sensei'' (2013), Yoshio Shirai * ''Jellyfish Eyes'' (2013), Yoninshū Seiryū * '' Goddotan Kiss Gaman Senshuken The Movie'' (2013), Michael * ''Tobe Dakota'' (2013), Kenichi Kimura * '' The Liar and His Lover'' (2013), Shinya Shinohara * '' Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari'' (2014), Junpei * ''Yamikin Ushijima-kun Part 2'' (2014), Rei Kanzaki * ''Naniwa Sendō'' (2014) * ''Eiga ST Aka to Shiro no Sōsa File'' (2015), Yūji Kurosaki * ''April Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haru Kuroki
is a Japanese actress. She gained international recognition by winning Silver Bear (Best Actress Award) at Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ... in 2014, for her performance in Yoji Yamada's film '' The Little House''. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links * * 1990 births Living people Actresses from Osaka Prefecture People from Takatsuki, Osaka Silver Bear for Best Actress winners {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosuke Ikematsu
(born July 9, 1990) is a Japanese actor, television, and theatre actor best known for his role as Higen, the young nephew of samurai leader Katsumoto, in the 2003 film ''The Last Samurai''. Life and career Born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 1990, Ikematsu landed his first film role in the blockbuster hit ''The Last Samurai'' at the age of 13.. Accessed May 29, 2006. He has since gone on to star in four feature-length films in Japan. Ikematsu graduated from Noma Junior High School in Minami-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka in March 2006. Filmography Film * ''The Last Samurai'' - Higen (2003) * '' Tetsujin 28: The Movie'' - Shōtarō (2005) * '' Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' - Atsushi (2005) * ''Udon'' - Shōta Mizusawa (2006) * ''Yoru no Pikunikku'' - Junya Sakaki (2006) * '' Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea'' (2007) * ''Sand Chronicles'' - Daigo Kitamura (2008) * '' Dive!!'' - Yōichi (2008) * ''Ike-chan to Boku'' - Boku (2009) * ''Shin-san'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Scott
Naomi Scott (born 6 May 1993) is an English actress and singer. Born in Hounslow, she rose to prominence for her performances in the television film ''Lemonade Mouth'' (2011) and the science fiction series '' Terra Nova'' (2011). In 2015, Screen International selected her as one of their "Stars of Tomorrow". She achieved further recognition for starring as Princess Jasmine in Disney's musical live-action fantasy film ''Aladdin'' (2019), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination. She has also starred in the superhero film ''Power Rangers'' (2017) and the action comedy film ''Charlie's Angels'' (2019). Early life Scott was born on 6 May 1993 in Hounslow, London. She is of English and Indian descent. Her mother, Usha Scott (née Joshi), who was born in Uganda and emigrated to the United Kingdom at a young age, is of Indian Gujarati descent, while her father, Christopher Scott, is English. Scott also has an older brother, Joshua. At eight years old, she and her family moved to Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsuke Santamaria
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and singer. Biography Santamaria appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. He starred in Katsuyuki Motohiro is a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Odoru Daisosasen Bangaihen – Wangansho Fukei Monogatari Shoka no Kôtsûanzen Special'' (1998) *'' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998) *''Space Travelers'' (2000) *''Satorare'' (2001) *''Bayside Sh ...'s 2005 film ''Negotiator''. He directed and starred a segment of the 2008 anthology film ''R246 Story''. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Sasabe's 2011 film ''The Legacy of the Sun''. Filmography Film Television References External links Official website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santamaria, Yusuke 1971 births Living people People from Ōita (city) 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Nagasaku
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today". Career Nagasaku appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. She played a supporting role in the 2007 film '' Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'', for which she won the awards for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Hochi Film Awards and the ''Kinema Junpo'' magazine. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for ''Rebirth'' at the 35th Japan Academy Prize in 2012. Filmography Film * '' Doppelganger'' (2003) * '' Hanging Garden'' (2005) * '' Su-ki-da'' (2005) * '' Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Dolphin Blue'' (2007) * ''Closed Note'' (2007) * ''Sex Is No Laughing Matter'' (2007) * ''Dosokai'' (2008) * ''R246 Story'' (2008) * ''The Clone Returns Home'' (2009) * ''Cast Me If You Can'' (2010), Aya * ''Rebirth'' (2011), Kiwako Nonomiya * '' Solomon's Perjury'' (2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaho (actress)
, better known by her stage name Kaho, is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Kaho has won multiple Japanese entertainment industry awards, including a Hochi Film Award, a Nikkan Sports Film Award, and a Japan Academy Prize. Career Kaho was scouted in Omotesandō while still an elementary school student, and she began her career as a model for Japanese teen magazines. From 2004 to 2007, Kaho was the 11th Mitsui ReHouse Girl. In 2007 Kaho won her first major acting prize, a Hochi Film Award in the Best New Artist category. In 2008 she won a Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer, received a Best New Talent award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in the film '' A Gentle Breeze in the Village'', and was recognized as one of the Newcomers of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Kaho played numerous TV and film roles throughout her teen years, but Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' noted that she was often typecast as a "wide-eyed, pure- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Narita
is a Japanese actor and model. He is represented with Sony Music Artists. He started his career as a model for ''Men's Non-no is a Japanese monthly men's fashion and lifestyle magazine based in Tokyo. Published by Shueisha, it is an offshoot of women's magazine ''Non-no''. History ''Men's Non-no'' was started in 1986, and the first issue appeared in 1987. The magazine ...''. He starred in the drama film ''Flashback''. Filmography Film Anime films Television Music video Bibliography Magazines Awards References External links * - ''Men's Non-no'' profile- Japanese male models 1993 births Living people Actors from Saitama Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors Models from Saitama Prefecture {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
