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Tomoyo Harada
is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 1980s. Career In 1982, Harada participated in a movie audition with the reason of wanting to meet Hiroyuki Sanada, and received a special award. In July of the same year, she made her acting debut in the Fuji TV drama '' Sailor Suit and Machine Gun''. Her first role in a film was in 1983's '' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' for which she won the award for best newcomer at the 8th Hochi Film Award. She won the award for best actress at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Early Spring Story''. Numerous other singles and albums have followed. In the summer of 2007, Harada joined the pop electronica band "pupa" as a vocalist, at the invitation of Yukihiro Takahashi. Other members are Hiroshi Takano, Ren Takada, Hirohisa Horie is a Japanese musician and multi-instrumentalist. He plays primarily keyboards and guitar. Horie is one half of the Shibuya-kei duo Neil & Iraiza, and is known for his work with artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagasaki
, officially , is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Portuguese_Nagasaki, Nagasaki became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the World Heritage Sites in Japan, UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second city in the world to experience a nuclear attack. The city was rebuilt. , Nagasaki has an estimated population of 392,281, and a population density of 966 people per km2. The total area is . History Nagasaki as a Jesuit port of call The first recorded contact between Portuguese e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Kids
is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Cast *Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sutonahiko Suminoe (sometimes referred to as 'old man' by Satoru), a miniature samurai who is discovered by a little boy in a river. *Ryō Yoshida as Satoru, a young boy. *Ayumi Ito as Chizuko, Satoru's sister. *Jun Fubuki as Yuuko, Satoru's mother. *Kiyotaka Nanbara * Onoe Ushinosuke VI *Tōru Yuri *Tomoyo Harada as Yuki, a librarian who introduces Satoru to the legends of miniature samurai. *Ittoku Kishibe as Fumihiro, Satoru's father. *Ishirō Honda as Grandfather—Obayashi included Honda's portrait as a posthumous cameo, honouring him as a filmmaker, and paying respects to him as a friend. Release ''Samurai Kids'' was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on 17 July 1993. In the Philippines, the film was released as ''My Little Bodyguard'' on 24 August 1995. Reception ''Samurai Kids'' won an Excellence-Silver Award for Japanese Movies in the 11th Golden Gloss Award. The film won two awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanbun, Aoi
is a Japanese television drama series and the 98th Asadora series, following ''Warotenka''. It premiered on April 2, 2018, and concluded on September 29, 2018. Mei Nagano was cast in the lead role of Suzume Nireno after an audition of 2366 women. Plot Suzume Nireno and Ritsu Hagio were born on the same day in 1971 in a small town in Gifu Prefecture. They grow up as close friends, with Suzume encouraging the smart but shy Ritsu, and Ritsu protecting Suzume, who lost hearing in one ear due to an illness. They are still close in high school, but their first romantic interests are directed at other people: for Ritsu, a beautiful girl in the archery club of another school; for Suzume, a kind boy also from another school. Nothing much comes of either as they and their friends have to think of life after high school. Suzume plans to work but is only able to get a job at the local farmer's coop thanks to her grandfather's connections. Ritsu, however, has been lending her the shojo manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no survivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohisama
is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Originally it was planned to air from March 28, 2011 (same as 2005's Asadora series Fight) to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It later aired from April 4, 2011 to October 1, 2011, same as 1988's and 1994's . Cast *Mao Inoue as Yōko Maruyama (her maiden name was Sudō) **Yūki Yagi as young Yōko ** Ayako Wakao as older Yōko Maruyama *Kengo Kora as Kazunari Maruyama *Hikari Mitsushima as Ikuko Tsutsui **Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as older Ikuko *Maiko as Machiko Hatano (her maiden name was Sōma) ** Yoko Tsukasa as older Machiko *Kei Tanaka as Haruki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother *Kento Nagayama Sigeki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother * Tokio Emoto as Takeo Miyamoto *Ayumi Ito as Natsuko Takahashi * Yumi Shirakawa as Setsuko Miyazawa * Eriko Watanabe as Kayo Murakami * Kazuyoshi Koshida as Michio Maruyama * Hiroshi Inuzuka as Takeo Miyamoto * Yasufumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiga Drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regularly hires different writers, directors, and other creative staff for each taiga drama. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General TV network every Sunday at 8:00pm, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 1:05pm. NHK BS, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available. Taiga dramas are very costly to produce. The usual procedure of a taiga drama production would have one-third of the total number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written. Many times, the dramas are adapted from a novel (e.g. ''Fūrin Kazan (TV series), Fūrin Kazan'' is based on ''The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan''). Though taiga dramas have been regarded by Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pecoross' Mother And Her Days
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Azuma Morisaki and based on a manga by Yuichi Okano. It was released in Japan on November 16. Cast * Harue Akagi as Mitsue Okano * Ryo Iwamatsu as Yuichi Okano * Kiwako Harada as Young Mitsue Okano * Ryo Kase as Satoru Okano * Kensuke Owada as Masaki Okano * Tomoyo Harada as Chieko * Naoto Takenaka as Honda * Mitsuko Baisho as Matsu * Yoichi Nukumizu as Cafe owner * Ryudo Uzaki as Conductor * Wakana Matsumoto as Nursing home staff * Nao Nagasawa as Nursing home staff Reception Accolades It was chosen as the best Japanese film of 2013 by the film magazines ''Eiga Geijutsu'' and ''Kinema Junpo , commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...''. References External links * 2013 films 2013 drama films Live-action films based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread Of Happiness
is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Yukiko Mishima and starring Tomoyo Harada, Yo Oizumi and Kanna Mori. ''Bread of Happiness'' was first released in cinemas located in Hokkaido on 21 January 2012, and was subsequently released in other Japanese cinemas on 28 January 2012. It had grossed US$717,956 as of 29 January 2012. Plot Rie and Nao own a bakery-cum-restaurant named Mani on the shores of Lake Toya, Hokkaido. Nao is the baker who bakes the bakery's bread, while Rie is the chef who prepares the food in the restaurant. Graced with beautiful scenery throughout the four seasons, this shop serves a variety of customers, some of whom are having personal problems. However, after they leave the shop, they feel only happiness. Cast * Tomoyo Harada as Rie Mizushima * Yo Oizumi as Nao Mizushima * Kanna Mori as Kaori Saito * Yuta Hiraoka as Tokio Yamashita * Yuki Yagi as Suehisa * Ken Mitsuishi as Suehisa's father * Reika Kirishima as Suehisa's mother * Misako Watanabe as Ay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are Umasou
is a Japanese picture book series by Tatsuya Miyanishi, published by Poplar. The series has spawned three animated film adaptations. Plot In the Late Cretaceous Period, a female '' Maiasaura'' finds an egg and adopts it as her own. She takes it to her nest near Egg Mountain, a volcano with a giant egg shaped rock. One day, a marauding pack of '' Troodon'' attack the nesting grounds, snatching and eating the ''Maiasaura'' eggs. The mother loses all but two of her eggs, one of which being the egg she saved. When the eggs hatch, one is a male ''Maiasaura'', whom the mother names Light, and the other is a ''Tyrannosaurus'', named Heart. The herd leader plans to kill Heart in order to prevent him from eating anyone when he gets older, but the mother ''Maiasaura'' stops him, arguing that he is a newborn and harmless. The leader gives her the chance to leave him in the wild, but she feels guilty about abandoning Heart and decides to leave the herd and raise her children by hers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Pictures
Kadokawa Daiei Studio Co., Ltd., formerly is the film production division of the Japanese company the Kadokawa Corporation. History In 1945, Genyoshi Kadokawa established Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., focusing on the publishing business. In 1975, Kadokawa's president, Haruki Kadokawa, decided to venture into the film business, launching the film division of Kadokawa Shoten; thus Kadokawa Pictures was born. His goal was to try to reap synergy benefits by creating film adaptations of the publishing house's most popular books and marketing them simultaneously. The company's first film was the 1976 release '' The Inugamis'', directed by Kon Ichikawa and adapted from a Kadokawa Shoten published novel written by Seishi Yokomizo. Due to an aggressive marketing campaign, the film ended as the second-largest earner of the year in Japan. Between 1976 and 1993, Kadokawa produced close to 60 films. The company's pictures were usually large-scale epics with sizable budgets and matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blossoming Of Kamiya Etsuko
is a play written by Masataka Matsuda. A film adaptation, co-written and directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Tomoyo Harada and Masatoshi Nagase, was released in Japan on August 12, 2006. It was Kuroki's final film, as he died several months before its release. Plot In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who lives with her brother and his wife. The offer comes from her boyfriend Nagayo, a lieutenant in a Special Attack Unit. However, Etsuko becomes attracted to his naval officer friend, Akashi. Before he takes off on a kamikaze suicide mission, Nagayo attempts to arrange a marriage between the two. Cast * Tomoyo Harada - Etsuko Kamiya * Masatoshi Nagase - Ensign Nagayo * Shunsuke Matsuoka - Ensign Akashi * Manami Honjo - Fusa Kamiya * Kaoru Kobayashi - Yasutada Kamiya Awards * 31st Hochi Movie Award - Special Prize * 61st Mainichi Film Award - Cinematographic Award ( Koichi Kawakami) * 21st Takasaki Film Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
