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Yoko Narahashi
is a Japanese casting director, film producer and lyricist. She gained prominence due to her involvement with ''The Last Samurai'', '' Babel'', and '' Memoirs of a Geisha''. ''The Japan Times'', the only independent English-language newspaper in Japan, referred to her as an "all-round interpreter of Japan for U.S. movies". Biography Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, Narahashi moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1952 at the age of five when her father got a job at the International Civil Aviation Organization.United Performers' Studio She returned to Japan a decade later to attend in |
Ichikawa, Chiba
file:Ichikawashiyakusyo.jpg, 240px, Ichikawa City Hall is a city in western Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 492,749 in 256,229 households and a population density of 8577 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city has good transportation connections to the center of Tokyo, as with many areas of Chiba Prefecture. Major rail routes and roads pass through the city. Geography Ichikawa is located in the northwestern part of Chiba prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba (city), Chiba and within 10 to 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The western border of the city is separated from Edogawa Ward of Tokyo by the Edogawa River. The southern part of the city is an alluvial plain about two meters above sea level, and the northern part is part of the gentle Shimosa Plateau rising about 20 meters above sea level. The highest point is 30.1 meters in Satomi Park. Parts of the city are on reclaimed land at sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhara (song)
is a song by Japanese rock band Godiego, serving as their 7th single. Referring to the historical Buddhist land on the Indian subcontinent, "Gandhara" was used as the ending theme song for the first season of the television drama , known in the English speaking world as ''Monkey''. "Gandhara" was originally released in Japan on October 1, 1978, but it was later released in the United Kingdom in 1980 to coincide with the British broadcast of ''Monkey''. "Gandhara" reached number 2 on both the Oricon and ''The Best Ten'' charts in Japan, while the British release reached 56 on the UK Singles Chart. Godiego recorded the song in both Japanese and English, with a hybrid Japanese & English version being included on the releases in the UK. The entirely English version appears on the album '' Magic Monkey'' in Japan. Gandhara reached #56 on the British pop charts and stayed in its top 100 for seven weeks in 1980. Track listing ;Japanese release # # ;British release #"Gandhara" #"The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casting Directors
Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process. Casting materials are usually metals or various time setting materials that cure after mixing two or more components together; examples are epoxy, concrete, plaster and clay. Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. Heavy equipment like machine tool beds, ships' propellers, etc. can be cast easily in the required size, rather than fabricating by joining several small pieces. Casting is a 7,000-year-old process. The oldest surviving casting is a copper frog from 3200 BC. History Throughout history, metal casting has been used to make tools, weapons, and religious objects. Metal casting history and developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Births
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 – The ''Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, Canadian Citizenship Act'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch (2024 Film)
, screenplay = {{Plainlist, * Baltasar Kormákur * Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson , based_on = {{Based on, ''Touch'', Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson , starring = {{Plainlist, * Egill Ólafsson * Kōki * Palmi Kormakur , cinematography = Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson , music = Högni Egilsson , editing = Sigurður Eyþórsson , studio = {{ubl, RVK Studios, Good Chaos , distributor = {{ubl, Focus Features (United States), Universal Pictures (International) , released = {{Film date, 2024, 05, 29, Iceland , country = {{Plainlist, * Iceland * United Kingdom * Japan , language = {{Plainlist, * English * Japanese * Icelandic , budget = , gross = $2,750,436{{cite Box Office Mojo, id=23468836, title=Touch (2024), access-date=4 August 2024{{{Cite The Numbers , id=Touch-(2024-Iceland) , title=Touch (2024) , access-date=4 August 2024 ''Touch'' ({{langx, is, Snerting) is a 2024 romantic drama film directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolverine (film)
''The Wolverine'' is a 2013 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. It is the sixth installment in the ''X-Men'' film series, the second installment in the trilogy of ''Wolverine'' films after '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009), and a spin-off/sequel to '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006). Directed by James Mangold from a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series ''Wolverine'' by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, it stars Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine, alongside Svetlana Khodchenkova, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Will Yun Lee and Famke Janssen. Following the events of ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', Logan travels to Japan, where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences. Stripped of his healing powers, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt over Jean Grey's death. The film's development began in 2009 after the release of ''X-Men O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47 Ronin (2013 Film)
''47 Ronin'' is a 2013 American historical fantasy action film directed by Carl Rinsch in his sole theatrical directorial effort. Written by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini from a story conceived by Morgan and Walter Hamada, the film is a work of ''Chūshingura'' ("The Treasury of Loyal Retainers"), a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who avenged the death of their daimyō Asano Naganori by battling his rival Kira Yoshinaka. Starring Keanu Reeves in the lead role along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi and Ko Shibasaki, the film bears little resemblance to its historical basis compared to previous adaptations, and instead serves as a stylized interpretation set "in a world of witches and giants." Development on the film began in 2008 with Rinsch, who has previously filmed "visual and stylish" commercials for various companies, signing on to direct the following year. After five Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ramen Girl
is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film starring Brittany Murphy about a girl who goes to Japan and decides to learn how to cook ramen. Murphy also co-produced. Plot Abby is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan. Ethan tells her that he has to go to Osaka on a business trip and may not be back for a while. Abby asks to go with him but Ethan refuses and breaks up with her. Abby goes to a ramen shop afterward, and the chef Maezumi and his wife Reiko, who do not speak English, tell her that they are closed. Abby does not understand Japanese and starts to cry, so the chef conveys to her to sit down. He brings her a bowl of ramen, and she loves the meal. A small distance away, she hallucinates that the lucky cat, known as the Maneki Neko, or Beckoning Cat, gestures to her to come over. When she tries to pay for her meal, the chef and his wife refuse. The next day she comes back and sits down at the counter. He gives her another bowl of ramen and she eat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Film Critics Awards
are presented annually since 1991. As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics. Award winners 1990s 1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards) * Best Picture: ''My Sons'' (Director: Yoji Yamada) * Best Director: Naoto Takenaka * Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni * Best Actress: Yuki Kudō * Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada * Special Award: * Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita 1992 * Best Picture: '' Seishun Dendekeke Desdeke'' * Best Director: Kaneto Shindo * Best Actor: Takehiro Murata * Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita 1993 * Best Picture: '' To Die at the Hospital'' * Best Director: Kōichi Saitō * Best Actor: Ken Tanaka * Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Junko Ikeuchi 1994 * Best Picture: '' A Dedicated Life'' * Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki * Best Actor: Eiji Okuda * Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi 1995 * Best Picture: '' A Last Note'' * Best Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cipher (manga)
''Cipher'' is a '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Minako Narita. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''LaLa'' magazine from the February 1985 issue to the December 1990 issue, and was collected in Japan in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes and seven '' bunkoban'' volumes. A sequel manga series titled ''Alexandrite'' was published in ''LaLa'' from 1991 to 1994, and compiled in Japan in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes and four ''bunkoban'' volumes. ''Cipher'' was also adapted into a promotional English-language OVA titled ''Cipher the Video'' in 1989, with Narita's input and involvement. Plot The story of ''Cipher'' is set in mid-1980s America, mainly New York City. It concerns the lives of former child stars twins Shiva (Jake Lang) and Cipher (Roy Lang), who mysteriously began to trade places until the two became synonymous with each other. Anise Murphy is a classmate of Shiva's, and shortly after becoming acquainted with him ends up entangled in a bet to see if she can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
