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Yoko Moriguchi
is a Japanese actress. She made her film debut with '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' in 1983. Filmography Film * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) * '' Final Take'' (1986) * ''Chichi'' (1988) * ''Kacho Shima Kosaku'' (1992) * '' Unloved'' (2001) * '' Casshern'' (2004) * '' The Taste of Fish'' (2008) * ''Rebirth'' (2011) * '' Key of Life'' (2012) * ''Orange'' (2015) * '' Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment'' (2015) * ''Sun'' (2016) * '' To Each His Own'' (2017) * '' Shoplifters'' (2018) * ''He Won't Kill, She Won't Die'' (2019) * ''Come On, Kiss Me Again!'' (2020) * ''Hiroshima Piano'' (2020) * ''Love Mooning'' (2021) * ''I'll Be Your Ears'' (2021) * ''The Lone Ume Tree'' (2021) * '' Whisper of the Heart'' (2022), Shizuku's mother * ''Shylock's Children'' (2023) * ''Cross My Mind'' (2024) Television * '' Hissatsu Shigotonin V'' (1985) * ''A.D. Boogie'' (1991) * ''Imoto Yo'' (1994) * '' Toki o Kakeru Shojo'' (1994) * ''Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune'' (1995), Takehime * ''Minikui Ahiru no ... [...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] |
Hissatsu Shigotonin V
is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1985 to 1986. It is the 23rd in the ''Hissatsu'' series. Isuzu Yamada made her final appearance in the ''Hissatsu'' series. Plot Kumihimoya no Ryu is a maker of cords used to tie obi and is an ex-ninja. Hanaya no Masa runs flower shop. They join Nakamura Mondo and Oriku’s Shigotonin team replacing Hide and Yuji in the sequel to Hissatsu Shigotonin IV. Cast *Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura *Masaki Kyomoto as Kumihimoya no Ryu *Hiroaki Murakami as Hanaya no Masa *Ayukawa Izumi as Nandemoya no Kayo *Ippie Hikaru as Junnosuke Nishi *Isuzu Yamada as Oriku (episode1-11) *Kin Sugai as Sen Nakamura *Mari Shiraki is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well known for her role of Ritsu Nakamura on the ''jidaigeki'' television series '' Hissatsu''. Selected filmography Film * The Naked ... as Ritsu Nakamura * Yoko Nada as Oshin *Toshio Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Actresses
The following is a list of Japanese actresses in surname alphabetical order. Names are displayed given name first, per Wikipedia manual of style. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing that they are Japanese actresses or must have references showing that they are Japanese actresses and are notable. A * Haruka Abe * Nagisa Abe *Natsumi Abe * Rika Adachi * Yumi Adachi * Saki Aibu * Shoko Aida * Yuzuki Aikawa * Rina Aizawa * Kyoko Aizome * Sayaka Akimoto * Tsubasa Akimoto * Yoko Akino * Kumiko Akiyoshi * Yūki Amami * Chisato Amate * Eiko Ando * Sakura Andō * Yū Aoi * Wakana Aoi * Mayuko Aoki * Tsuru Aoki * Yuko Araki * Yui Aragaki *Michiyo Aratama * Narimi Arimori * Kasumi Arimura * Momoka Ariyasu *Nao Asahi * Mayumi Asaka * Nana Asakawa * Aiko Asano * Atsuko Asano * Yūko Asano * Ruriko Asaoka * Kumiko Asō * Yumi Asō * Chikage Awashima * Haruka Ayase B * Fumika Baba * Chieko Baisho * Mitsuko Baisho C * Catalina Yue * Chara * Chiaki (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibou
is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' AIBOU: The Movie III'' (2014) and ''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017). The drama features , a police inspector assigned to the fictional of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as from 2000 to 2009 and again from 2022 onward, from 2009 to 2012, from 2012 to 2015, and from 2015 to 2022. In Season 15 Episode 3, Roland appears as a host. ''AIBOU'' is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name ''Partners'', and in Los Angeles by the station Japan Hollywood Network (before UTB 18.1) under the official English name ''AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo''. Seasons Films * " AIBOU: The Movie" (2008) directed by Seiji Izumi * " AIBOU: The Movie II" (2010) directed by Seiji Izumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Rouge No Gaisen
is a 12-episode Japanese medical drama television series broadcast in 2010, a sequel to the series Team Batista no Eikō. Atsushi Itō and Tōru Nakamura reprised their lead roles. The initial season of "Team Batista" aired on Fuji TV in late 2008 and pulled in strong ratings, leading to a follow-up last October in the special episode "Nightingale no Chinmoku." The dramas were based on the first two novels in a best-selling medical mystery series by writer Takeru Kaido. The new season is based on the third novel, ''General Rouge no Gaisen''. Both " Team Batista no Eiko" and "General Rouge no Gaisen" have also been adapted as a feature films, starring Yūko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe. Fuji TV will broadcast "Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen" on Tuesdays at 10:00pm, beginning on April 6. New cast members this time include Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ai Kato and Miho Shiraishi. TV Show Cast * Atsushi Itō – Kōhei Taguchi (29) * Tōru Nakamura – Keisuke Shirato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitsune (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa. Plot In the Heiji Rebellion, Taira no Kiyomori defeats Minamoto no Yoshitomo. Yoshitomo flees the battle but is betrayed by his own vassal and killed in Owari province. Yoritomo (one of Yoshitomo's sons) is captured, but Kiyomori decides to spare him and banishes him to Izu. Yoshitomo's beloved concubine Tokiwa Gozen flees to Kyoto with their three children. After learning that Kiyomori has arrested her own mother, Tokiwa goes to him to plead for mercy. Kiyomori spares the lives of the children, sending the older two to temples, and brings the youngest boy, Ushiwaka, and Tokiwa into his household. Treating him as his own child, Kiyomori receives criticism of his generous behav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suna No Utsuwa (TV Series)
is a 2004 Japanese television drama series. It is based on a Japanese novel '' Suna no Utsuwa''. Cast * Masahiro Nakai as Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura * Ken Watanabe as Shuichiro Imanishi (named Eitaro Imanishi in the original book) * Yasuko Matsuyuki as Asami Naruse (Rieko Naruse) * Masaru Nagai as Masaya Yoshimura (Hiroshi Yoshimura) * Shinji Takeda as Keisuke Sekigawa (Shigeo Sekigawa) * Kotomi Kyono as Ayaka Tadokoro (Sachiko Tadokoro) * Yoshinori Okada as Makoto Miyata (Kunio Miyata) * Hitomi Satō as Reiko Ogihara (Emiko Miura) * Yoko Moriguchi as Junko Imanishi * Hidekazu Akai as Kenichi Miki * Masachika Ichimura as Yuzuru Aso (gender flipped from Akiko Sugiura) * Isao Natsuyagi as Shigeyoshi Tadokoro * Yoshio Harada as Chiyokichi Motoura Awards 7th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix *Won: Best Drama *Won: Best Actor - Masahiro Nakai is a Japanese former television personality, actor, radio personality, and singer. He debuted as the leader of the boy band SMAP, which had bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (2001 TV Series)
''Hero'' is a Japanese drama series that first aired on Fuji TV in from January to March 2001. Following a television special and a film adaptation, Fuji TV aired a second series called ''Hero 2'' in 2014. Both series starred Takuya Kimura as a renegade public prosecutor in Tokyo. The original 2001 series achieved unusually high ratings, with over 30% audience share per episode. It was the highest Japanese TV drama ratings record in 25 years (average audience share over the entire series was 34.3%). The feature film entitled '' Hero: The Movie'' which reached #3 on the 2007 top-grossing film chart in Japan. Plot Kuryu Kohei is a young public prosecutor who gets transferred to a division in Tokyo from Aomori. Kuryu is unlike a typical prosecutor; he refuses to wear a suit and tie, opting for casual clothing, his trademark orange down jacket and stylish boots. He looks and behaves more like a Generation X slacker. He is known for always buying bizarre items from infomercials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okaji No Kata
(December 7, 1578September 17, 1642) or Lady Okaji, was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat who lived during the Sengoku period and at the beginning of Edo period. She was the founder of Eishō-ji temple in Kamakura and was also a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu. She was maybe from the Ōta clan. Her other names are Ohachi no Kata (お八の方) and Okatsu no Kata (お勝の方). Biography Okaji no kata was of relatively unknown origin. She was either Ōta Yasusuke's adopted daughter, Tōyama Naokage's daughter, or Edo Shigemichi's daughter. There are also tales that say she shared a brother-sister relationship with Dōkan. Various theories state that she could have been Tōyama Tsunakage's daughter or youngest sister. Many people believe that Ieyasu met Okaji around the time he first settled in Edo. Due to her status as his concubine, her age when they met is not recorded but some historians postulate that she could have been in her early teens. The two met due to her ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoi (TV Series)
is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes. ''Aoi'' is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in high definition. Plot The story begins with the battle of Sekigahara. Cast Tokugawa Shoguns *Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Ieyasu - the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate * Toshiyuki Nishida as Tokugawa Hidetada - the second shogun *Onoe Tatsunosuke II as Tokugawa Iemitsu - the third shogun ** Takayuki Yamada as young Iemitsu Tokugawa clan * Shima Iwashita as Ogō - wife of Hidetada * Isuzu Yamada as Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu * Kyōko Mitsubayashi as Acha no Tsubone *Minako Osanai as Oman no Kata * Michiko Godai as Lady Chaa * Kirin Kiki as Lady Kasuga * Miki Sakai as Tokugawa Masako * Yoko Moriguchi as Okaji no K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Generation (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series starring Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu. It aired on Fuji TV from October 13, 1997 to December 22, 1997, every Monday. The plot revolves around the relationship of the two young protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin as squabbling colleagues before inevitably falling in love. It enjoyed a very high rating of 30.8% and features music by Cagnet. The theme song was "Shiawase na Ketsumatsu" (幸せな結末; "A Happy Ending") by Eiichi Ohtaki. Cast *Takuya Kimura as Katagiri Teppei :A talented advertisement designer and a playboy with an egocentric attitude and dislike for mediocrity. He starts a relationship with Riko but still misses his past girlfriend Sanae. * Takako Matsu as Uesugi Riko :A secretary who works in the same department as Teppei. Hoping to become more independent, she moved away from her family in Nagano to Tokyo. She has a lot of spirit and eventually becomes part of a love triangle. * Norika Fujiwara as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
