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Shield Of Straw
is a 2013 Japanese spy thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and it was released on 26 April 2013. Plot Ninagawa was a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections. His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the three major Japanese newspapers. The ad states that if Kiyomaru is killed, Ninagawa will offer ¥1,000,000,000 as a reward. Kunihide Kiyomaru turns himself in at the Fukuoka Prefectural Police station. Five detectives from the Security Police (SP) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department travel to Fukuoka to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is apprixmately 1,200 km. Cast *Takao Osawa as Kazuki Mekari *Nanako Matsushima as Atsuko Shiraiwa *Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kunihide Kiyomaru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over 100 feature film, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films span a variety of different genres, ranging from violent and surrealism, bizarre to Drama (film and television), dramatic and family-friendly movies. He is a controversial figure in the contemporary Cinema of Japan, Japanese cinema industry, with several of his films being criticised for their extreme graphic violence. Some of his best-known films are Audition (1999 film), ''Audition'', Ichi the Killer (film), ''Ichi the Killer'', ''Visitor Q'', ''Dead or Alive (1999 film), Dead or Alive'', ''One Missed Call (2003 film), One Missed Call'', and various remakes: 13 Assassins (2010 film), ''13 Assassins'', ''Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Hara-kiri'', and Graveyard of Honor (2002 film), ''Graveyard of Honor''. He has also acted in more than 20 films. Early life Miike was born in Yao, Osaka, Yao, Osaka Prefecture. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
JOFH-DTV (channel 5), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the affiliate of the Nippon News Network (NNN) and the Nippon Television Network System (NNS) for Fukuoka Prefecture. Based in Fukuoka, the station is owned and operated by , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. The station also broadcasts in most of the Saga Prefecture. TV channel Main station * Fukuoka 32ch(Digital) 37ch(Analog) Tandem office * Haki 58ch(A) * Kitakyūshū 32ch(D) 35ch(A) * Kurume 21ch(D) 52ch(A) * Munakata 20ch(D) * Ōmuta 21ch(D) 43ch(A) * Yukuhashi 32ch(D) 43ch(A) Program * * * * Other TV stations in Fukuoka * NHK Fukuoka and Kitakyushu * Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (KBC, , affiliated with TV Asahi and ANN) - 1 * RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (RKB, , affiliated with TBS TV, Inc. and JNN) - 4 * TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ, , affiliated with TV Tokyo and TX Network) - 7 * Television Nishinippon Corporation is a Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kento Nagayama
, is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2008. Nagayama has two elder brothers who are also actors: Tatsuya and Eita Nagayama. Personal life On 17 May 2016 Nagayama and actress Hikari Mitsushima's agencies jointly announced that the two were confirmed to be in a relationship. On 16 June 2023 he was arrested for suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law in his apartment in Meguro is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character .... According to early reports, investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department stepped into his residence on 15 June, concluding with Nagayama's arrest after midnight on the 16th for possession of marijuana. Filmography Film Television References External links Official blog * 1989 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masatō Ibu
is a Japanese actor and voice actor, Best known for his villainous characters. He is sometimes credited as Masato Eve. Filmography Films * '' P.P. Rider'' (1983) *'' Love Hotel'' (1985) *'' Maison Ikkoku'' (1986) *'' Empire of the Sun'' (1987) – Sgt. Nagata *'' Sukeban Deka'' (1987) *'' Rex: A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993) *'' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1997) *'' Dr. Akagi'' (1998) *''Taboo'' (1999) *'' Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' (2000) *'' Agitator'' (2001) *'' Onmyoji II'' (2003) *'' Azumi'' (2003) *'' Godzilla: Final Wars'' (2004) – Xillien Commander *'' Azumi 2: Death or Love'' (2005) *'' Tetsujin 28-go'' (2005) – Kētarō Taura *'' Sengoku Jieitai 1549'' (2005) – Saitō Dōsan *'' Sway'' (2006) – Isamu Hayakawa *'' Saishū Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on this Little Planet'' (2006) – Murase *'' Goemon'' (2009) – Tokugawa Ieyasu *''Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010) – Desler (voice) * ''Sakurada Gate Incident'' (2010) – Ii Naosuke *'' Isoroku'' (2011) – Osam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present. Fukuoka is the most populous city on Kyushu, Kyūshū island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
The , known locally as simply the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), is the prefectural police of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Founded in 1874, the TMPD is the largest police force in Japan by number of officers, with a staff of more than 40,000 police officers and over 2,800 civilian personnel. The TMPD is headed by a Superintendent-General, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission (Japan), National Public Safety Commission and approved by the Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister. It manages 10 divisions and 102 Police station, stations across the Metropolis. The TMPD's headquarters are located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Built in 1980, it is 18 stories tall, and is a large wedge-shaped building with a cylindrical tower. The HQ building is located opposite of Sakurada Gate of Tokyo Imperial Palace, so it is also metonymically called "Sakurada Gate". History The TMPD was established by Japanese statesman Kawaji Toshiyoshi in 1874. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Police (Japan)
The Security Police is the bodyguard, close protection division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Under the Security Bureau of the TMPD, the division is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign dignitaries on Japanese soil and abroad. The division's agents are commonly known as . The word "SP" is a loanword used in the Japanese law enforcement system, based on the badge worn by the agents. The division does not protect the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family as they have their own dedicated division, the Imperial Protection Division. History After an assassination attempt against then–United States Ambassador to Japan, US Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer in 1964, the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission (Japan), National Public Safety Commission was pressured to resign. It was not until June 18, 1975, when then–Prime Minister Takeo Miki was attacked publicly by the Greater Japan Patriotic Party Secretary General Hiroyoshi Fudeyas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2013. American filmmaker Steven Spielberg was the Jury President for the main competition. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The French film ''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' won the Palme d'Or. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, Abdellatif Kechiche, the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, with the Palme. The festival poster featured the real-life couple and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing during the shooting of ''A New Kind of Love''. The festival opened with ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby'' by Baz Luhrmann, and closed with ''Zulu (2013 film), Zulu'' by Jérôme Salle. On the occasion of ''100 Years of Indian Cinema'', India was an Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palme D'Or
The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. In 1964, the was replaced again by the Grand Prix, before being reintroduced in 1975. The is widely considered one of the film industry's most prestigious awards. History In 1954, the festival decided to present an award annually, titled the Grand Prix of the International Film Festival, with a new design each year from a contemporary artist. The festival's board of directors invited several jewellers to submit designs for a palm, in tribute to the coat of arms of the city of Cannes, evoking the famous legend of Saint Honorat and the palm trees lining the famous Promenade de la Croisette. The original design by Parisian jeweller Lucienne Lazon, inspired by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
