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Warm Water Under A Red Bridge
is a 2001 Japanese romantic comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ''Warm Water Under A Red Bridge'' focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happiness. Plot Yosuke is a salaryman who has been laid off from his job at an architectural firm in Tokyo and is undergoing marital difficulties. When his old friend dies, he travels to the small fishing town of Himi, Toyama to find a treasure that the old man had hidden in a house there decades before. He does not find what he expects, but takes a job with local fishermen and becomes romantically involved with a woman with an exaggerated proclivity towards female ejaculation. Cast * Kōji Yakusho as Yosuke Sasano * Misa Shimizu as Saeko Aizawa * Mitsuko Baisho as Mitsu Aizawa * Mansaku Fuwa as Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōhei Imamura
was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards. Biography Early life Imamura was born to an upper-middle-class doctor's family in Tokyo in 1926. For a short time following the end of the war, Imamura participated in the black market selling cigarettes and liquor. He studied Western history at Waseda University, but spent more time participating in theatrical and political activities. He cited a viewing of Akira Kurosawa's ''Rashomon'' in 1950 as an early inspiration, and said he saw it as an indication of the new freedom of expression possible in Japan in the post-war era. Upon graduation from Waseda in 1951, Imamura began his film career working as an assistant to Yasujirō Ozu at Shochiku Studios on films like '' Early Summer'' and ''Tokyo Story'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's Room''. The festival opened with '' Moulin Rouge!'' by Baz Luhrmann, and closed with '' Savage Souls'' by Raúl Ruiz. Juries Main competition * Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President * Mimmo Calopresti, Italian filmmaker and actor * Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer * Terry Gilliam, British filmmaker and actor * Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor and filmmaker * Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress * Philippe Labro, French director and author * Julia Ormond, British actress * Moufida Tlatli, Tunisian filmmaker and editor * Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker ''Un Certain Regard'' * Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President * Virginie Apiou, French film critic * François-Guillaume L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Kitamura
was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura. Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura. Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950. In 1953, he made his film debut with '' An Inlet of Muddy Water'' directed by Tadashi Imai. Filmography Film Television * '' Taikōki'' (1965) as Torii Suneemon * '' Ten to Chi to'' (1969) as Murakami Yoshikiyo * '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) as Shima Sakon * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1979) as Ono Kurobei * ''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) as Mizuno Tadamasa * ''Oshin'' (1983) as Tabokura Daigorō * '' Aoi'' (2000) as Maeda Toshiie * ''Churasan'' (2001) as Daishin Shimada Voice acting * '' Lawrence of Arabia'' (1978 Nippon TV edition) – Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known as Anthony Quinn, was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuo Nakamura
is a Japanese actor. Nakamura is a former Kabuki actor as well as his older brother Kinnosuke Nakamura. His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Furisode Kenpo''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize (film), Japan Academy Prize and at the 6th Hochi Film Award for ''Kagero-za'', ''Buriki no kunsho'', and ''Shikake-nin Baian''. In 2016, he appeared in the Martin Scorsese's film ''Silence (2016 film), Silence''. Filmography * ''Furisode Kenpo'' (1955) * ''Stepbrothers (1957 film), Stepbrothers'' (1957) * ''Akō Rōshi (1961 film), Akō Rōshi'' (1961) * ''Kwaidan (film), Kwaidan'' (1965) - (segment "Hoichi the Earless") * ''Samurai Banners'' (1969) * ''Shinsengumi (1969 film), Shinsengumi'' (1969) * ''Bakumatsu (film), Bakumatsu'' (1970) *''Zatoichi in Desperation'' (1972) * ''Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin'' (1977) * ''Nichiren (film), Nichiren'' (1979) * ''Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) * ''Buriki no kunsho'' (1981) * ''Kagero-za'' (1981) * ''Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takao Yamada
Takao may refer to: Geography * Mount Takao, a mountain in Tokyo, Japan * Mount Takao, a mountain in Kyoto, Japan, location of the Jingo-ji temple * Takao, the Japanese name for Kaohsiung, a municipality in Taiwan * Takao Prefecture, an administrative division of Taiwan during the Japanese rule Ships Other uses * Takao (name), Japanese given name and surname (including a list of people) * Kinomiya Takao or Tyson Granger in the Japanese ''Beyblade'' manga series See also * Takao Station (other) Takao Station (高尾駅) is the name of two railway stations in Japan: * Takao Station (Gifu) * Takao Station (Tokyo) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, jointly operated by East Japan Railway ... * 高雄 (other) * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Curtis
is a Japanese actor, singer and media personality. He was born to English-Japanese parents. A pivotal figure in Japanese popular music, Mickey is considered one of the three big Japanese names in rock music, helping to popularize the genre in the 1950s where he began as a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known for his psychedelic rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians. As an actor his first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film ''All About Marriage'' by Kihachi Okamoto and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a race car driver and owns a motorcycle shop 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumiko Sakamoto
was a Japanese singer and award-winning actress, born in Osaka, whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films: '' The Pornographers'', '' Warm Water Under a Red Bridge'', and '' The Ballad of Narayama'', winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. She won the award for Japanese Best Actress from Nihon Academy for her performance in ''The Ballad of Narayama'', as well as a kiss from Orson Welles. She died of a stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshie Negishi
is a Japanese film and television actress. Filmography Film * '' Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978) * '' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1983) - Tachibana * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) - Makoto's mother * '' The Sea and Poison'' (1986) - Ueda * '' Sada'' (1998) - Yoshi Kikumoto * ''Audition'' (1999) - Rie * ''Monday'' (2000) - Miyoko Kondō * ''Inochi'' (2002) - Dr. Sugihara * '' Get Up!'' (2003) - Kazuko Satō * '' Heaven's Bookstore'' (2004) - Ōta * '' Fine, Totally Fine'' (2008) * '' Love Vibes'' (2010) - Keiko Sakata * '' When Marnie Was There'' (2014) - Setsu Ōiwa (voice) * '' Her Granddaughter'' (2014) - Kyoko * '' 100 Yen Love'' (2014) - Toshiko Ikeuchi * '' The Third Murder'' (2017) * ''The Lowlife'' (2017) * ''Enokida Trading Post'' (2018) * ''The Promised Land'' (2019) * ''Shadowfall'' (2019) * ''The Woman Who Keeps A Murderer'' (2019) - Yukari Sakuragi * ''Family of Strangers'' (2019) * ''Rise of the Machine Girls'' (2019) * ''His'' (2020) - Fusae Yoshimura * '' Labyrinth of Cinema'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Ejaculation
Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm. It is also known colloquially as squirting or gushing, although research indicates that female ejaculation and squirting are different phenomena, squirting being attributed to a sudden expulsion of liquid that partly comes from the bladder and contains urine. Female ejaculation is physiologically distinct from coital incontinence, with which it is sometimes confused. There have been few studies on female ejaculation. A failure to adopt common definitions and research methodology by the scientific community has been the primary contributor to this lack of experimental data. Research has suffered from highly selected participants, narrow case studies, or very small sample sizes, and consequently has yet to produce significant results. Much of the research into the composition of the fluid focuses on determining whether it is, or contains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himi, Toyama
is a city in western Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,275 in 17,632 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km2. Its total area is . Himi is known primarily for its commercial fishing industry. The city was founded on August 1, 1952. Geography Himi is in the far northwestern Toyama Prefecture, and is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture (the Noto Peninsula to the west and north, and the Sea of Japan ( Toyama Bay) to the east. Much of the area is a dispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan. Surrounding municipalities *Ishikawa Prefecture ** Hakui ** Hōdatsushimizu ** Nakanoto ** Nanao *Toyama Prefecture ** Takaoka Climate Himi has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Himi is 13.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2409 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
