Hochi Film Award
Encyclopedia
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.
Categories
- Best Picture
- Best International Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best New Artist
- Special Award
- Best Director
Winner
| Nr. | Year | Best Director | Best Picture | Best International Picture | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best New Artist | Special Award |
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| 1 | 1976 | The Inugamis The Inugamis is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.... (Kon Ichikawa Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department... ) |
Taxi Driver Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy... (Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation... ) |
Tatsuya Fuji Tatsuya Fuji Tatsuya Fuji is a Japanese film actor. He has appeared in 50 films since 1964, and was the first Japanese actor to appear in full-frontal nudity with explicit sexual scenes in a non-pornographic Japanese film, In the Realm of the Senses, which was released worldwide in 1976, but has yet to be... (In the Realm of the Senses In the Realm of the Senses is a 1976 Franco-Japanese romantic drama film directed by Nagisa Oshima. It is a fictionalised and sexually explicit treatment of an incident from 1930s Japan, that of Sada Abe... ) |
Kumiko Akiyoshi Kumiko Akiyoshi , better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Banka, Saraba natsuno hikariyo and Brother and Sister.-Filmography:... (Banka, Saraba natsuno hikariyo, Brother and Sister Brother and Sister (film) is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.-Awards and nominations:1st Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Kumiko Akiyoshi* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Hideji Ōtaki-References:... ) |
Hideji Ōtaki Hideji Ōtaki is a Japanese actor. He won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Brother and Sister, Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare and Fumō Chitai.-Filmography:*Brother and Sister *Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare... (Brother and Sister, Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watare Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watare Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare is a Japanese film released in 1976, directed by Junya Sato.- Cast :*Ken Takakura*Yoshio Harada*Kunie Tanaka*Ryoko Nakano*Kô Nishimura*Hiroko Isayama... , Fumō chitai Fumō Chitai Fumō Chitai is a a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a movie in 1976 and then twice as a television mini-series in 1979 and 2009.-Cast:*Mikijirō Hira - Tadashi Iki*Tomisaburo Wakayama - Ichizo Daimon... ) |
Kiwako Taichi Kiwako Taichi was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985.-Selected filmography:* Kuroneko * Fire Festival -External links:... (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans... ) |
Mieko Harada (The Youth Killer, Lullaby of the Earth Lullaby of the Earth is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura.-Awards and nominations:19th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Newcomer - Mieko Harada-References:... ) |
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| 2 | 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief The Yellow Handkerchief is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was the winner of the first Best Picture award at the Japan Academy Prize.-Cast:* Ken Takakura: Yusaku Shima* Chieko Baisho: Mitsue Shima* Tetsuya Takeda: Kinya Hanada* Kaori Momoi: Akemi Ogawa* Hachirō Tako... (Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy .... ) |
Slap Shot Slap Shot (film) Slap Shot is a 1977 film comedy starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean directed by George Roy Hill. It depicts a minor league hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.- Plot :... (George Roy Hill George Roy Hill George Roy Hill was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, which both starred the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford... ) |
Ken Takakura Ken Takakura , born , is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka... (Hakkodasan, The Yellow Handkerchief) |
Shima Iwashita (Ballad of Orin Ballad of Orin is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda.-Awards and nominations:2nd Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Shima Iwashita-References:... ) |
Katō Takeshi (The Devil's Ballad, Hell's Gate Island) | Ayumi Ishida (The Gate of Youth The Gate of Youth is a 1981 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara.It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70... ) |
Tetsuya Takeda (The Yellow Handkerchief) | Hiromi Gō Hiromi Go is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. His real name is .In the 1970s, he was called "New Big Three" with Goro Noguchi and Hideki Saijo. He belonged to Johnny & Associates, but later left the agency... (Totsuzen arashi no yōni) |
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| 3 | 1978 | Third Base Third Base is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi.-External links:... (Yōichi Higashi Yōichi Higashi is a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film... ) |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the... (George Lucas George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones... ) |
Ken Ogata Ken Ogata Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama... (The Demon) |
Meiko Kaji (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki is a love-suicide play by Chikamatsu. While not his first one nor his most popular , it is probably the most popular of his "domestic tragedies" or "domestic plays" as Donald Keene characterizes the... ) |
Tsunehiko Watase Tsunehiko Watase is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle... (The Incident The Incident (1978 film) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:* Keiko Matsuzaka: Hatsuko Sakai* Shinobu Ootake: Yoshiko Sakai* Toshiyuki Nagashima: Hiroshi Ueda... , Kōtei no inai hachigatsu, The Fall of Ako Castle The Fall of Ako Castle is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the Forty-seven Ronin... ) |
Shinobu Ōtake (The Incident, Seishoku no ishibumi) | Toshiyuki Nagashima (Third Base, Kaerazaru hibi Kaerazaru hibi is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita.-Reception:Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy in 1979 for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Won the Readers' Choice Award in 1979 for Best Japanese Film Director for Kaerazaru hibi).... , The Incident) |
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| 4 | 1979 | The Man Who Stole the Sun (Kazuhiko Hasegawa Kazuhiko Hasegawa is a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for The Man Who Stole the Sun.-Life and career:... ) |
The Deer Hunter The Deer Hunter The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza... (Michael Cimino Michael Cimino Michael Cimino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. He is best known for writing and directing Academy Award-winning The Deer Hunter and the infamous Heaven's Gate. His films are characterized by their striking visual style and controversial subject... ) |
Kenji Sawada Kenji Sawada , nicknamed "Julie" , also-known as vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor. He was born in Tsunoi, Iwami , Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3... (The Man Who Stole the Sun) |
Junko Miyashita Junko Miyashita is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.... (The Woman with Red Hair, Nureta Shumatsu) |
Rentaro Mikuni (Vengeance Is Mine) | Mayumi Ogawa Mayumi Ogawa is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.-Filmography:* Shiroi Kyotō * The Demon... (Vengeance Is Mine, The Three Undelivered Letters) |
Kaoru Kobayashi (Jyu-hassai, umi e) | Work of Art Keiko Keiko (film) Keiko is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Claude Gagnon. It won the Special Award at the 1979 Hochi Film Awards.-Cast:*Junko Wakashiba as Keiko*Akiko Kitamura as Kazuyo*Takuma Ikeuchi as Masaru*Toshio Hashimoto as Terayama*Nobuo Nakanishi as Noguchi... |
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| 5 | 1980 | Kagemusha Kagemusha is a 1980 film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Warring States era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable... (Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;... ) |
Kramer vs. Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American drama film adapted by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. The film tells the story of a married couple's divorce and its impact on everyone involved, including the couple's young son... (Robert Benton Robert Benton Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and film director.Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has won numerous awards for both writing and... ) |
Masato Furuoya Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Uchū no hōsoku. He committed suicide on March 25, 2003 by hanging himself... (Disciples of Hippocrates Disciples of Hippocrates is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Kazuki Ōmori.-Awards:2nd Yokohama Film Festival* Best Actor - Masato Furuoya* Best Supporting Actress - Ran Ito* 6th Best Film5th Hochi Film Award* Best Actor - Masato Furuoya... ) |
Chieko Baishō Chieko Baisho is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s... (A Distant Cry from Spring A Distant Cry from Spring is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada.-Awards and nominations:5th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Chieko Baishō-References:... , Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Series) |
Tsutomu Yamazaki (Kagemusha) | Yōko Aki Yōko Aki is a Japanese actress and novelist. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Shiki Natsuko.-References:... (Shiki Natsuko Shiki Natsuko is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi.-Awards:5th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Yoko Agi2nd Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Morio Kazama... ) |
Keigo Oginome (Kaichō-on), Tatsuo Yamada Tatsuo Yamada was a Japanese actor best known for his portrayal of biker Jin, the protagonist of Sōgo Ishii's 1980 film Crazy Thunder Road.- External links :... (Crazy Thunder Road Crazy Thunder Road is a 1980 Japanese science fiction-action-biker film written and directed by Sōgo Ishii. Ishii made the film as his graduation project whilst studying at Nihon University and was subsequently distributed by Toei Studios.-Cast:*Tatsuo Yamada as Jin... , Tekkihei, tonda) |
Work of Art Zigeunerweisen Zigeunerweisen (film) is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story... |
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| 6 | 1981 | Enrai Enrai or Distant Thunder is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.-Synopsis:Enrai is a low-key study of a farmer, Mitsuo Wada, in 1980s Japan when modernization and urbanization were threatening rural areas... (Kichitaro Negishi Kichitaro Negishi is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong... ) |
The Tin Drum The Tin Drum (film) The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Günter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schlöndorff... (Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker who has worked in Germany, France and the United States... ) |
Toshiyuki Nagashima (Enrai) | Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku.... (The Gate of Youth, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Naniwa no koino torajiro) |
Katsuo Nakamura Katsuo Nakamura is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize and at the 6th Hochi Film Award for Kagero-za, Buriki no kunsho, Shikake-nin Baian... (Kagero-za Kagero-za is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen and followed by Yumeji , surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the... , Buriki no kunsho Buriki no kunsho is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Setsuo Nakayama.-Awards:5th Japan Academy Prize*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Katsuo Nakamura6th Hochi Film Award*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Katsuo Nakamura... , 仕事人梅安) |
Yūko Tanaka (Hokusai Manga Hokusai Manga The is a collection of sketches of various subjects by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the sketches include landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday life and the supernatural. The word manga in the title does not refer to the contemporary story-telling manga, as the sketches in the work are... ) |
Director Kôhei Oguri Kôhei Oguri is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Born in Gunma, Oguri first became a freelance assistant director after graduating from Waseda University. He made his directorial debut in 1981 with Muddy River, which earned him both a Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and a citation... (Muddy River Muddy River (film) Muddy River is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Kôhei Oguri. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-External links:... ), Eri Ishida (Enrai) |
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| 7 | 1982 | Fall Guy Fall Guy is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, art direction by Akira Takahashi. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.... (Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer... ) |
...All the Marbles (Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert... ) |
Mitsuru Hirata (Fall Guy) | Kaori Momoi (Giwaku) | Akira Emoto (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi, Dōtonborigawa) | Miyako Yamaguchi Miyako Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Farewell to the Land.-References:... (Farewell to the Land Farewell to the Land is a 1982 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jinpachi Nezu as Yukio Yamazawa* Kumiko Akiyoshi as Junko* Jirō Chiba as Akihiko Yamazawa... ) |
Satomi Kobayashi Satomi Kobayashi is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Exchange Students. She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani.-Filmography:# Exchange Students... (I Are You, You Am Me) |
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| 8 | 1983 | The Family Game The Family Game is a Japanese movie that was directed by Yoshimitsu Morita in 1983. The movie portrays the changing dynamics of Japanese family life around the time... (Yoshimitsu Morita) |
Flashdance Flashdance Another song used in the film, "Maniac", was also nominated for an Academy Award. It was written by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, and was inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac. The lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so that it could be used in Flashdance... (Adrian Lyne Adrian Lyne Adrian Lyne is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for directing films that focus on sexually charged characters and often uses natural light, a fog machine and other effects to create eroticized atmospheres... ) |
Yusaku Matsuda Yusaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi to a Zainichi Korean mother. His father is not known. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.-Career:... (The Family Game, Detective Story Detective Story (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.-Synopsis:Naomi is a rich university student about to leave on a trip to America. Her father hires detective Shuichi Tsujiyama to watch over her, a situation that pleases neither Naomi or Shuichi. Things get complicated when Shuichi's ex-wife is... ) |
Masako Natsume (The Catch The Catch (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai.... , Time and Tide Time and Tide (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Azuma Morisaki and based on a novel by Muramatsu Tomomi.-Awards and nominations:8th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume... ) |
Juzo Itami Juzo Itami , born , was an actor and a popular modern Japanese film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His 10 movies, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture.... (The Family Game, The Makioka Sisters The Makioka Sisters (novel) is a Japanese novel written by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō. It has been called, “the greatest cosmopolitan novel since the Meiji Restoration”.The novel follows the lives of the Makiokas, a wealthy Osaka family, from the autumn of 1936 to April, 1941, focusing on the family’s attempts to find a husband for... , Izakaya Chōji Izakaya Chōji is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.-Awards and nominations:26th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kunie Tanaka8th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Juzo Itami... , Meiso chizu, Grass Labyrinth Grass Labyrinth is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama.... ) |
Mitsuko Baisho (The Geisha The Geisha (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha.-Awards and nominations:8th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho... and others), Eiko Nagashima Eiko Nagashima is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 5th Yokohama Film Festival and the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for Ryuji.-Selected filmography:* Crazy Fruit * Ryuji... (Ryuji) |
Tomoyo Harada Tomoyo Harada Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's. She was cast in numerous films and TV-series since her beginning in 1982 in the leading role of the original TV-series Sailorfuku to kikanju... (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1983 film) Toki o Kakeru Shojo (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese science fiction film directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi, written by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film... ) |
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| 9 | 1984 | The Funeral The Funeral (1984 film) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film by director Itami Juzo.The film shows the preparations for a traditional Japanese funeral. It mixes grief at the loss of a husband and father with wry observations of the various characters as they interact during the three days of preparation.The Funeral was the... (Itami Juzo) |
The Natural The Natural (film) The Natural is a 1984 film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 baseball novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close and Robert Duvall... (Barry Levinson Barry Levinson Barry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His films include Good Morning, Vietnam, Sleepers and Rain Man.-Early life:... ) |
Saburō Tokitō Saburō Tokitō is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for Eien no 1/2 and at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Miracle of Joe Petrel.-References:... (The Miracle of Joe Petrel The Miracle of Joe Petrel is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita.... ) |
Sayuri Yoshinaga (Ohan Ohan is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based upon a same titled novel by Chiyo Uno.-Awards and nominations:9th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Sayuri Yoshinaga... , Station to Heaven Station to Heaven is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Masanobu Deme.-Awards and nominations:9th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Sayuri Yoshinaga... ) |
Kaku Takashina (Mahjong hōrōki Mahjong hōrōki is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Makoto Wada.-Awards and nominations:6th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Actor - Takeshi Kaga* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kaku Takashina... ) |
Kin Sugai (The Funeral) | Director Makoto Wada Makoto Wada is a Japanese illustrator, essayist and film director.After graduating Tama Art University, he established himself as a graphic designer. As an illustrator, he drew many cartoons and caricatures for Shinichi Hoshi and Haruki Murakami.... (Mahjong hōrōki) |
Nobuko Miyamoto Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films.... (The Funeral) |
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| 10 | 1985 | Yoshimitsu Morita (And then) | And then (Yoshimitsu Morita) | Witness Witness (1985 film) Witness is a 1985 American thriller film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. The screenplay by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, and Earl W... (Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office... ) |
Kin'ya Kitaōji Kin'ya Kitaoji is a Japanese actor.-Early life:He was born in Kyoto, son of famous jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo.-Acting career:... (Himatsuri, Haru no kane Haru no kane is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara.-Awards and nominations:10h Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actor - Kin'ya Kitaōji-References:... ) |
Mitsuko Baisho (Love Letter Love Letter (1985 film) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro.-Awards and nominations:10th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Mitsuko Baisho... , Ikiteru uchiga hana nanoyo shin-dara sore madeyo to sengen) |
Tomokazu Miura Tomokazu Miura is a Japanese actor. Born January 28, 1952 in Enzan, Yamanashi, his real name is Miura Minoru . He attended Hino high school in Tokyo, and married actress and singer Momoe Yamaguchi in 1980... (Typhoon Club Typhoon Club (film) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai.-Cast:*Yuichi Mikami as Kyoichi Mikami*Youki Kudoh as Rie Takami*Tomokazu Miura as Teacher Umemiya*Yuka Onishi as Michiko Omachi*Yuriko Fuchizaki as Midori Morisaki*Shingo Tsurumi... ) |
Yoshiko Mita (Haru no kane, W's Tragedy W's Tragedy is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Shinichirō Sawai, based on the novel by Shizuko Natsuki... ) |
Yoshinori Monta (Itoshiki hibiyo) | Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life, he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to... (Gray Sunset Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee... ) |
| 11 | 1986 | Kichitaro Negishi (Whooh! Exploration Unit) | Comic Magazine Comic Magazine is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Yojiro Takita.-Awards and nominations:11th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Actor - Yuya Uchida... (Yojiro Takita Yojiro Takita Yōjirō Takita , is a Japanese filmmaker.-Career:Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry throughMukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director... ) |
The Purple Rose of Cairo The Purple Rose of Cairo The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin, and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves a fictional film of the same name and enters the real... (Woody Allen Woody Allen Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema... ) |
Yuya Uchida Yuya Uchida is a Japanese actor and singer, who is regarded as a major figure in Japanese popular music.He began his music career in 1957, and became one of Japan's pivotal rock and roll figures. He became good friends with John Lennon after touring with The Beatles in 1966... (Comic Magazine) |
Ayumi Ishida (House on Fire House on Fire is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:*Ken Ogata as Kazuo Dan*Ayumi Ishida as Yoriko Dan*Mieko Harada as Keiko*Keiko Matsuzaka as Tokuko Tanayoshi*Chu Arai... , Tokei - Adieu l'hiver) |
Kei Suma (Kinema no tenchi) | Mieko Harada (House on Fire) | Yuki Saito (Yuki no dansho - Jonetsu) | |
| 12 | 1987 | Kazuo Hara Kazuo Hara is a Japanese documentary film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On... (The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On is an award-winning 1987 documentary by director Kazuo Hara. The documentary centers on 62-year-old veteran of Japan's Second World War campaign in New Guinea, Kenzo Okuzaki, and follows him around as he searches out those responsible for the unexplained deaths of two soldiers in his old unit... ) |
A Taxing Woman A Taxing Woman is a 1987 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards.The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a government tax investigator who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders.The director... (Juzo Itami) |
Good Morning, Babylon (Paolo Taviani) | Takanori Jinnai Takanori Jinnai is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa, Fukuoka. He made his directorial debut with Rockers , a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band The Rockers . He was nominated best actor for a Japanese Academy Award three times, once in... (Chōchin Chōchin (film) is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Shunichi Kajima.-Awards and nominations:9th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Director - Shunichi Kajima* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Eri Ishida* 5th Best Film... ) |
Shinobu Ōtake (Eien no 1/2 Eien no 1/2 , literally Half of Eternity, is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.-Synopsis:An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race... ) |
Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa , born Masahiko Kato on January 2, 1940 in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese actor and director.He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Kō Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth... (A Taxing Woman) |
Junko Sakurada Junko Sakurada is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career. In 1979 Sakurada appeared in a film made by the production company Toho, and became popular as an actress... (Itazu - Kuma) |
Masahiro Takashima Masahiro Takashima is a Japanese actor.-Family:Takashima comes from a family of actors, including his father , mother and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005.- Acting career :... (Totto Channel, Bu Su Bu Su is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.-Awards:9th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Actress - Yasuko Tomita*2nd Best Film... ) |
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| 13 | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,... (My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro , is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan... ) |
Tomorrow Tomorrow (1988 film) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Kuroki.... (Kazuo Kuroki Kazuo Kuroki -Filmography:* Silence Has No Wings * Preparation for the Festival * Yūgure made * The Bridge of Tears * Tomorrow * Pickpocket * The Face of Jizo * The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko... ) |
The Last Emperor The Last Emperor The Last Emperor is a 1987 biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci. Independently produced by Jeremy Thomas, it was directed by Bertolucci and released in 1987 by Columbia Pictures... (Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers... ) |
Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor.-Life and career:Sanada was born in Tokyo. Originally aiming to be an action star, starting with shorinji kempo, he eventually took up Kyokushin kaikan Sanada began training at age 11 with actor and martial arts star Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club where he developed good... (Kaitō Ruby Kaitō Ruby is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Makoto Wada.-Awards and nominations:13th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actor - Hiroyuki Sanada10th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Actor - Hiroyuki Sanada* Won: Best Actress - Kyōko Koizumi... ) |
Narumi Yasuda (Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Eriko Watanabe, Tetsuya Nakashima, Takahito Hara and Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Awards and nominations:13th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Narumi Yasuda-References:... ) |
Tsurutaro Kataoka (The Discarnates The Discarnates is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.-Awards:31st Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tsurutarō Kataoka* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Kumiko Akiyoshi13th Hochi Film Award... ) |
Eri Ishida (A Chaos of Flowers A Chaos of Flowers A Chaos of Flowers is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The theme is movements of society and art in Taishō period from a viewpoint of Akiko Yosano.-Cast:*Sayuri Yoshinaga as Akiko Yosano... , Hope and Pain Hope and Pain is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee... , Arashi ga oka) |
Hiroshi Nishikawa (Kyōshū) | |
| 14 | 1989 | Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu... (Shaso Shaso -Awards:14th Hochi Film Award* Best Director - Toshio Masuda* Best Supporting Actress - Hideko Yoshida... ) |
Untamagiru Untamagiru is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Gō Takamine. It is magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972. Many of the characters speak in the Okinawan language and thus mainland... (Go Takamine Gō Takamine is a Japanese director of fiction films, documentaries and experimental films. Born on Ishigaki Island and raised in Naha, Takamine went to university in Kyoto and there began making 8mm films... ) |
Die Hard Die Hard Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which... (John McTiernan John McTiernan John Campbell McTiernan, Jr. is an American film director and producer, best known for his action films and most identifiable with the three films he directed back-to-back: Predator, Die Hard, and The Hunt for Red October, along with later movies such as Last Action Hero, Die Hard with a... ) |
Rentaro Mikuni (Sen no Rikyū Sen no Rikyu , is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha... , Tsuribaka Nisshi Tsuribaka Nisshi ' is a fishing manga by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kenichi Kitami that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983... ) |
Yoshiko Tanaka Yoshiko Tanaka was a Japanese actress. She was also famous as a member of the pop group Candies. While a member of Candies, Tanaka was known by the nickname Still at the height of its popularity, the group disbanded in 1978. Tanaka was also the sister-in-law of the well-known actress Masako Natsume.Tanaka was... (Black Rain Black Rain (Japanese film) is a 1989 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura and based on the novel of the same name by Ibuse Masuji. The events are centered on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.-Plot:... ) |
Yoshio Harada Yoshio Harada was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in 1968 with Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru. He came to fame... (Dotsuitarunen Dotsuitarunen is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto.-Awards and nominations:11th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Film*Won: Best New Director - Junji Sakamoto*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada... ) |
Hideko Yoshida Hideko Yoshida is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 14th Hochi Film Award for Shaso.-Filmography:* Neo Tokyo * Shaso * The Pillow Book * Cutie Honey -References:... (Shaso) |
Hidekazu Akai (Dotsuitarunen) | Yusaku Matsuda (Black Rain) |
| 15 | 1990 | Jun Ichikawa (Tsugumi) | Sakura no Sono Sakura no Sono is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized from 1985 to 1986 in Hakusensha's manga magazine LaLa. The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on the play The Cherry Orchard.... (Shun Nakahara Shun Nakahara is a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Sakura no Sono.-Filmography:* Sakura no Sono * Konsento * Tomie: The Final Chapter -Forbidden Fruit-... ) |
Field of Dreams Field of Dreams Field of Dreams is a 1989 American fantasy-drama film directed by Phil Alden Robinson and is from the novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella... (Phil Alden Robinson Phil Alden Robinson Phil Alden Robinson is an American film director and screenwriter whose films include Field of Dreams, Sneakers and The Sum of All Fears.-Life and career:... ) |
Bunta Sugawara (Tekken Tekken (1990 film) Tekken is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It stars Takeshi Yamato, Bunta Sugawara and Karen Kirishima.-Plot:The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing .-Other uses:... ) |
Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku.... (The Sting of Death The Sting of Death is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kôhei Oguri. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife.-Cast:*Keiko Matsuzaka as Miho*Ittoku Kishibe as Toshio*Midori Kiuchi as Kuniko*Takenori Matsumura as Shinichi*Yuri Chikamori as Maya... ) |
Renji Ishibashi (Rōnin-gai) | Kanako Higuchi Kanako Higuchi is a Japanese actress. Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and has a dog named Bouillon.... (Rōnin-gai) |
Riho Makise (Tokyo Heaven, Tsugumi), Director Joji Matsuoka Joji Matsuoka is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards for best... (Bataashi kingyo) |
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| 16 | 1991 | Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic... (A Scene at the Sea A Scene at the Sea is a 1991 Japanese film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano.This movie was a break from previous Kitano fare in that it features no gangsters or police... ) |
Musuko (Yōji Yamada) | The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, he has also directed the acclaimed movies Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, the Talking Heads concert movie Stop... ) |
Masatoshi Nagase Masatoshi Nagase Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992... (Musuko, Asian Beat: I Love Nippon, Mo no shigoto) |
Youki Kudoh Youki Kudoh is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the award for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award for War and Youth.-Filmography:-External links:* *... (War and Youth) |
Hiroshi Kanbe (Nowhere Man) | Jun Fubuki Jun Fubuki is a Japanese actress. She received a Japanese Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Muno no hito, and won at the Hochi Film Awards. This role also won Fubuki the "Best Actress" award at the Yokohama Film Festival... (Nowhere Man) |
Hikari Ishida Hikari Ishida is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka Gumi. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several... (Chizuko's Younger Sister Chizuko's Younger Sister ia a 1991 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.... , Waiting for the Flood, My Soul Is Slashed My Soul Is Slashed is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. It was written by Shūsuke Kaneko and Chigusa Schiota and stars Ken Ogata and Hikari Ishida.-Plot:... ), Naoto Takenaka Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.-Director:*Munō no Hito *119... (Nowhere Man) |
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| 17 | 1992 | Yōichi Higashi (The River with No Bridge The River with No Bridge is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi.-Awards and nominations:17th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Director - Yōichi Higashi... ) |
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Sumo Do, Sumo Don't is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his... (Masayuki Suo Masayuki Suo is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :... ) |
A League of Their Own A League of Their Own A League of Their Own is a 1992 American comedy-drama film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Rosie O'Donnell... (Penny Marshall Penny Marshall Penny Marshall is an American actress, producer and director.After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley... ) |
Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film... (Sumo Do, Sumo Don't) |
Misa Shimizu (Okoge Okoge is a gay-themed Japanese film written and directed by Takehiro Nakajima, released in 1992. It is also a common slang term.- Cast :- Awards :* 1992 Hochi Film Award: Best Actress , Best Supporting Actor... , Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Future Memories: Last Christmas Future Memories: Last Christmas is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita.-Awards and nominations:17th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Misa Shimizu-References:... ) |
Takehiro Murata (Okoge, Minbo Minbo is a 1992 Japanese film by filmmaker Juzo Itami. It is also known by the titles Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, The Gangster's Moll and The Anti-Extortion Woman. The film was widely popular in Japan and a critical success internationally... ) |
Miwako Fujitani Miwako Fujitani is a Japanese actress. Her current real name is Miwako Okamura after getting married Shunichi Okamura in December 2005. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The Oil-Hell Murder and Netorare Sosuke.... (The Oil-Hell Murder The Oil-Hell Murder is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. It was Japan's submission to the 65th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Japan... , Netorare Sosuke) |
Yuki Sumida (The Strange Tale of Oyuki), Yoshiyuki Omori (The Rocking Horsemen, The Strange Tale of Oyuki) | |
| 18 | 1993 | Yoichi Sai (All Under the Moon All Under the Moon is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai.-Awards and nominations:18th Hochi Film Award*Won: Best Film*Won: Best Director - Yoichi Sai*Won: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno17th Japan Academy Prize*Nominated: Best Film... ) |
All Under the Moon (Yoichi Sai) | Unforgiven Unforgiven Unforgiven is a 1992 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with a screenplay written by David Webb Peoples. The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming... (Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide... ) |
Ken Tanaka (Bokyo) | Ruby Moreno (All Under the Moon) | Ittoku Kishibe (Made in Japan, Samurai Kids, Dying at a Hospital, Many Happy Returns) | Junko Sakurada (Moving Moving (1993 film) Moving is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Sōmai. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kiichi Nakai* Junko Sakurada* Tsurube Shôfukutei* Mariko Sudo* Tomoko Tabata - Renko... ) |
Tomoko Tabata Tomoko Tabata -TV:*Watashi No Aozora - Nazuna *Shinsengumi! - Kondo Tsune, Kondo Isami's wife-References:... (Moving) |
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| 19 | 1994 | Tatsumi Kumashiro Tatsumi Kumashiro was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair... (Like a Rolling Stone Like a Rolling Stone (film) is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro.-Awards and nominations:37th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Director - Tatsumi Kumashiro* Won: Best Actor - Eiji Okuda19th Hochi Film Award... ) |
A Dedicated Life A Dedicated Life is a 1994 Japanese documentary directed by Kazuo Hara about the novelist Mitsuharu Inoue.-External links:... (Kazuo Hara) |
Schindler's List Schindler's List Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark... (Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an... ) |
Kenichi Hagiwara Kenichi Hagiwara Kenichi Hagiwara , also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s... (Ghost Pub Ghost Pub is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Takayoshi Watanabe.-Reception:19th Hochi Film Awards* Won: Best Actor - Kenichi Hagiwara* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Shigeru Muroi* Won: Best Newcomer - Tomoko Yamaguchi... ) |
Saki Takaoka Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. Yōsuke Yamashita, a jazz pianist is her uncle. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for Crest of Betrayal.- Filmography :* cf girl * Swimming Upstream... (Crest of Betrayal Crest of Betrayal is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.-Cast:*Kōichi Satō as Iemon Tamiya*Saki Takaoka as Oiwa*Keiko Oginome as Oume*Tsunehiko Watase as Yasubei Horibe*Eriko Watanabe as Omaki*Renji Ishibashi as Kihei Ito*Keizo Kanie as Ichigaku Shimuzu... ) |
Kiichi Nakai (47 Ronin 47 Ronin (1994 film) 47 Ronin is a 1994 Japanese film, directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is a remake of the 1941 version The 47 Ronin.-Cast:*Ken Takakura ... Kuranosuke Ôishi*Kiichi Nakai ... Matashirô Irobe... ) |
Shigeru Muroi (Ghost Pub) | Tomoko Yamaguchi Tomoko Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress and singer from Tochigi. She is the lead actress for the classic j-drama Long Vacation, which features her starring alongside with Takuya Kimura.She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.-External links:... (Ghost Pub) |
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| 20 | 1995 | Shunji Iwai Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director/video artist, writer and documentarian.-Life and career:Iwai was born in Sendai, Japan, Miyagi prefecture. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987.... (Love Letter) |
A Last Note A Last Note is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindō. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home... (Kaneto Shindō Kaneto Shindo , Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb... ) |
The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.... (Frank Darabont Frank Darabont Frank Darabont is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist, all based on stories by Stephen King... ) |
Hiroyuki Sanada (Emergency Doctor/Emergency Call, Sharaku Sharaku (film) Sharaku is a 1995 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Hiroyuki Sanada - Tonbo* Frankie Sakai - Tsutaya* Shima Iwashita - Troupe Leader* Tsurutaro Kataoka - Goro... , East Meets West) |
Miho Nakayama (Love Letter) | Etsushi Toyokawa Etsushi Toyokawa to pursue a career in acting. He began by joining the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe "Under Thirty," which was known for the membership of another famous actor, Watanabe Eriko, at the time... (Love Letter, No Way Back, Hanako) |
Meiko Kaji (Onihei's Detective Records) | Sae Isshiki Sae Isshiki Sae Isshiki is a Japanese actress. She starred in a film Kura for which she garnered the Newcomer of the Year award of the Japanese Academy and a TV program, Futari .... (Kura Kura (film) -Awards:19th Japan Academy Prize* Best Actress - Yūko Asano... ) |
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| 21 | 1996 | Yoshimitsu Morita ((Haru)) | Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo Masayuki Suo is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :... ) |
Seven Seven (film) Seven is a 1995 American thriller film, which also contains horror and neo-noir elements, directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was distributed by New Line Cinema and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R... (David Fincher David Fincher David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and... ) |
Kōji Yakusho (Shall We Dance?, Sleeping Man, Shabu gokudo) | Mieko Harada (Village of Dreams Village of Dreams is a 1996 Japanese movie directed by Yoichi Higashi. It is the story of two Japanese twin brothers growing up in post-war rural Japan.... ) |
Tetsuya Watari Tetsuya Watari is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's .He is now the president of Ishihara Promotion.He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.-Filmography:-External links:* *... (Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari) |
Eriko Watanabe (Shall We Dance?) | Masanobu Ando Masanobu Ando is a Japanese actor and director.For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return.... (Kids Return Kids Return All compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Meet Again" 5:02#"Graduation" 1:07#"Angel Doll" 2:21#"Alone" 1:15#"As a Rival" 1:29#"Promise... for Us" 5:08#"Next Round" 1:28#"Destiny" 3:31#"I Don't Care" 2:18#"High Spirits" 2:03#"Defeat" 2:29#"Break Down" 3:46... ) |
Kyoshi Atsumi |
| 22 | 1997 | Masato Harada Masato Harada Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless... (Bounce ko Gals Bounce Ko Gals is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada.-Awards and nominations:40th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Director - Masato Harada* Won: Best Newcomer - Hitomi Satou22nd Hochi Film Award... ) |
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Koki Mitani. It was popular in Japan upon its release and won 3 Japanese Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor... (Koki Mitani Koki Mitani is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director. He was previously married to Japanese actress Satomi Kobayashi. The name "Koki" is a combination of two Japanese characters - 幸 "Happy" and 喜 "Pleased". In an attempt to add his own character to his movies, as a director he takes... ) |
Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It was written, co-produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe... (Cameron Crowe Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes.... ) |
Kōji Yakusho (The Eel, Paradise Lost, Bounce ko Gals) | Hitomi Kuroki Hitomi Kuroki Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Shoko Ichiji née Egami .... (Paradise Lost) |
Masahiko Nishimura (Marutai no onna, Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald) | Mitsuko Baisho (Tokyo Lullaby Tokyo Lullaby is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.-Awards and nominations:22nd Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho... , The Eel) |
Takako Matsu Takako Matsu , born , is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.- Profile :* Interests: Watching movies and stage plays... (Tokyo biyori Tokyo Biyori is the fourth solo single from J-pop vocalist Tomiko Van, released on June 18, 2008. The track "Hum a Tune" is a cover of a song by Japanese band Original Love. "Message." is said to be Van's first musical composition, and "Tokyo Biyori" is said to be composed by Kazuo Zaitsu of Tulip.-Track... ) |
Work of Art Princess Mononoke Princess Mononoke is a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster... |
| 23 | 1998 | Takeshi Kitano (Hana-bi Hana-bi , released in the US as "Fireworks", is a 1997 Japanese film written, directed and edited by, and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The film's score was composed by renowned Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. This was their fourth collaboration... ) |
Hana-bi (Takeshi Kitano) | Titanic Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal... (James Cameron James Cameron James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor... ) |
Akira Emoto (Dr. Akagi Dr. Akagi Dr. Akagi, known in Japan as , is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname... ) |
Mieko Harada (Begging for Love Begging for Love is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was Japan's submission to the 71st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee... ) |
Ren Osugi Ren Osugi , born , is a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival... (Hana-bi, Dog Race) |
Kumiko Aso (Dr. Akagi) | Rena Tanaka Rena Tanaka is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for 'Best Newcomer' for her performance in Give It All; in 2001 she received a 'Best Actress' nomination for Hatsukoi.-Selected filmography:* Give It All... (Ganbatte Ikimasshoi Ganbatte Ikimasshoi was a Japanese television drama for NTV about a girl who wants to start an all-girl rowing team. To do so she needs to find at least four other members. She is met with many challenges during each episode, e.g., finding enough members, bearing the weight of being captain, going through training,... ) |
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| 24 | 1999 | Spellbound Spellbound (1999 film) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada.-Awards and nominations:24th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Actress - Jun Fubuki* Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kippei Shiina-References:... (Masato Harada) |
Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard.... (John Madden John Madden (director) John Philip Madden is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio.- Biography :Madden was educated at Clifton College. He was in the same house as friend and fellow director Roger Michell. He began his career in British independent films, and graduated from the University of... ) |
Tomakazu Miura (M/Other, Wait and See) | Jun Fubuki Jun Fubuki is a Japanese actress. She received a Japanese Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Muno no hito, and won at the Hochi Film Awards. This role also won Fubuki the "Best Actress" award at the Yokohama Film Festival... (Coquille, Spellbound) |
Kippei Shiina (Spellbound, Sloping Shoulder Fox) | Junko Fuji (Wait and See, The Geisha House The Geisha House -Cast:*Maki Miyamoto as Tokiko aka Omocha*Junko Fuji as Satoe*Kaho Minami as Terucho*Mai Kitajima as Somemaru*Masahiko Tsugawa as Yoshikawa*Yumiko Nogawa as Michiko*Mariko Okada as Hanaman's owner*Takeshi Katô as Kitayama*Noboru Mitani as Mikami... , Dreammaker) |
Chizuru Ikewaki (Osaka Story), Director Akihiko Shiota Akihiko Shiota is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiota attended Rikkyō University, where he began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyō students like Kiyoshi Kurosawa... (Moonlight Whispers Moonlight Whispers is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Akihiko Shiota. The film is based on the manga Gekko no sasayaki.Boy meets girl , they fall in love... , Don't Look Back Don't Look Back (1999 film) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Akihiko Shiota.... ) |
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| 25 | 2000 | Yuji Nakae Yuji Nakae is a Japanese film director who specializes in films set in Okinawa, featuring Okinawan music, language, themes and atmosphere. He shared the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his debut film, Pineapple Tours, which was an omnibus film co-directed with Tsutomu Makiya and Hayashi Tōma... (Nabbie's Love Nabbie's Love is a 1999 film written and directed by Yuji Nakae about a grandmother named Nabbie Agarikinjo, played by Tomi Taira. The film score is by Kenichiro Isoda and Michael Nyman, working separately. The film tied with Rituparno Ghosh's Bariwali for the Netpac Award at the Berlin International Film... ) |
Face Face (2000 film) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. At the 24th Japan Academy Prize it won one award and received four other nominations.- Awards and nominations :24th Japan Academy Prize.*Won: Best Director - Junji Sakamoto*Nominated: Best Picture... (Junji Sakamoto Junji Sakamoto Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsuitarunen and followed it up with another boxing film,... ) |
Space Cowboys Space Cowboys Space Cowboys is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood also stars in the film alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older "ex-test pilots" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite... (Clint Eastwood) |
Yūji Oda Yuji Oda is a Japanese actor and singer.Yuji Oda was born on 13 December 1967 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He... (Whiteout) |
Naomi Fujiyama Naomi Fujiyama is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 25th Hochi Film Award and at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival for Face.-References:... (Face) |
Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano , born is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin... (Taboo Taboo (1999 film) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It shows life in a samurai training school during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century, specifically concentrating on the issue of homosexuality in the shudō tradition in the partially-closed environment.-Plot... , Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle) |
Naomi Nishida Naomi Nishida is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love.She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008... (Nabbie's Love) |
Madoka Matsuda (Nagisa) | |
| 26 | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood and after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba,... ) |
Go Go (2001 film) Go is a 2001 Japanese movie by Isao Yukisada, based on the novel of the same title by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The film stars Kubozuka Yōsuke and Kou Shibasaki . It tells the story of a Korean boy born and raised in Japan and his love story with a Japanese girl... (Isao Yukisada Isao Yukisada from Kumamoto, Japan is a Japanese film director. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.-Director:* OPEN HOUSE * A Closing Day... ) |
Galaxy Quest Galaxy Quest Galaxy Quest is a 1999 science-fiction comedy parody about a troupe of human actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord. It was directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth produced the film for DreamWorks, and David... (Dean Parisot Dean Parisot Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot is an American film and television director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which starred comedian Steven Wright... ) |
Yosuke Kubozuka (Go) | Kyōko Koizumi Kyoko Koizumi ' is a Japanese singer and actress. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment . She is also known by the nickname Kyon Kyon. She had singles reach the Top ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro... (Kaza-hana) |
Tsutomu Yamazaki (Go, The Guys from Paradise The Guys from Paradise The Guys from Paradise is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.-Cast:*Monsour Del Rosario*Kenichi Endo*Kazuhiko Kanayama*Koji Kikkawa as Kôhei Hayakawa*Toshiyuki Kitami*Kenji Mizuhashi... , High School Girl's Friend) |
Kou Shibasaki Kou Shibasaki , born Yukie Yamamura, on August 5, 1981 in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese singer and actress.-Music career:Shibasaki made her debut in the music industry in 2002 with her first single Trust My Feelings, but she became recognized for her second single Tsuki no shizuku which was used for the... (Go, Battle Royale Battle Royale (film) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed... , Kakashi Kakashi , is a manga by Junji Ito. In 2001, it was adapted into a live-action Japanese horror film directed by Norio Tsuruta.-Synopsis:Kaoru Yoshikawa's brother, Tsuyoshi has been missing for a week. She visits his apartment for clues and find an envelope containing bits of grain and a letter from Izumi... ) |
Hitomi Manaka (Koko ni irukoto) | |
| 27 | 2002 | Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy .... (The Twilight Samurai The Twilight Samurai The Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and... ) |
The Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada) | Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett... (Peter Docter Peter Docter Peter Hans "Pete" Docter is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter from Bloomington, Minnesota. He is best known for directing the films Monsters, Inc. and Up, and as a key figure and collaborator in Pixar Animation Studios. The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally... ) |
Seiichi Tanabe Seiichi Tanabe is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Hush! and at the 27th Hochi Film Award for Hush! and Harmful Insect.-Filmography:* Atashi wa juice * April Story * Blues Harp... (Hush! Hush! (2001 film) Hush! is a Japanese film directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi, starring Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi and Reiko Kataoka, released in 2001.The theme song is "Hush Little Baby" from the album Hush performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma.-Cast:... , Harmful Insect Harmful Insect is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Akihiko Shiota.-Awards:27th Hochi Film Award* Best Actor - Seiichi Tanabe24th Yokohama Film Festival*9th Best Film... ) |
Rie Miyazawa Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former model.- Life and career :Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the... (The Twilight Samurai) |
Ryo Ishibashi Ryo Ishibashi is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2.... (Aiki Aiki (film) Aiki is a film about a martial artist in a wheelchair. The film is from Japan and was released in 2002. It is loosely based on the life of a Danish practitioner of the Roppokai branch of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Ole Kingston Jensen, who started training in Daitō-ryū after he was handicapped in an... , Dog Star) |
Miho Kanno Miho Kanno is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer. Her nickname is Kanchan . She was born in Sakado, Saitama, Japan.- Biography :In 1992, Kanno made her debut as a member of a group called Sakurakko Kurabu Sakura Gumi after passing the orientation for the TV variety show Sakurakko Kurabu... (Kewaishi, Dolls) |
Kazushige Nagashima Kazushige Nagashima is a Japanese actor, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend, Shigeo Nagashima.-Biography:... (Mr. Rookie) |
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| 28 | 2003 | Hideo Onchi Hideo Onchi is a Japanese film and television director.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Onchi graduated from Keio University and joined the Toho studios. He debuted as a director with Wakai ōkami , and first made a name for himself directing youth films such as Izu no odoriko... (Warabi no kō Warabi no kō is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Hideo Onchi.-Awards and nominations:28th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Director - Hideo Onchi... ) |
Doing Time Doing Time (2002 film) is a 2002 film directed by Korean-Japanese film director Yoichi Sai. Based on Kazuichi Hanawa's manga, it follows the day-to-day routine of a middle-aged inmate at a low security Japanese prison.... (Yoichi Sai) |
My Sassy Girl My Sassy Girl My Sassy Girl is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong. It tells the story of a man's chance meeting with a drunk girl on the train which changes his life... (Kwak Jae-yong Kwak Jae-yong Kwak Jae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyunghee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the... ) |
Toshiyuki Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993... (Get Up!, Tsuribaka nishi 14) |
Shinobu Terajima (Akame 48 Waterfalls Akame 48 Waterfalls is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Genjiro Arato.-Awards and nominations:46th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Actress - Shinobu Terajima* Won: Best Supporting Actress - Michiyo Okusu28th Hochi Film Award... ) |
Hiroyuki Miyasako Hiroyuki Miyasako is a Japanese actor and comedian, and plays the boke in Ameagari Kesshitai. He won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 28th Hochi Film Awards for Thirteen Steps and Wild Berries.-Filmography:*Thirteen Steps *Wild Berries... (Thirteen Steps, Wild Berries) |
Eri Fukatsu Eri Fukatsu Eri Fukatsu , nicknamed , is a Japanese actress.Eri Fukatsu was born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan. Among other things, she has appeared in the TV series and the subsequent spin-off movies of the series. She is managed by Amuse Inc... (Like Asura Like Asura is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. At the 27st Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received ten other nominations.- Awards and nominations :27th Japan Academy Prize.*Won: Best Director - Yoshimitsu Morita... , Bayside Shakedown 2 Bayside Shakedown 2 is the second movie based on the popular Bayside Shakedown TV series, known for its unique and humorous depiction of the Japanese police force while avoiding the conventions that define most police dramas... ) |
Satomi Ishihara Satomi Ishihara is a Japanese actress.Popular mostly among Japanese fans, she gained recognition for her acting talent. She started taking parts acting in Japanese dramas in 2003. Also, she appeared in various commercial events also known as public relations... (My Grandpa) |
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| 29 | 2004 | Yoichi Sai (Blood and Bones Blood and Bones Blood and Bones is a Japanese film, directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Chi to hone by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru .... ) |
Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union... ) |
Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (film) Seabiscuit is a 2003 American biographical film based on the best-selling non-fiction book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand... (Gary Ross Gary Ross Gary Ross is an American writer, director, and actor. He is best known for directing Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, both of which featured Tobey Maguire in the lead role... ) |
Satoshi Tsumabuki Satoshi Tsumabuki is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize... (Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, A Day on the Planet, 69 69 (film) 69 is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel 69.-Cast:*Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kenichi Yazaki*Masanobu Ando as Tadashi "Adama" Yamada*Yuta Kanai as Manabu Iwase*Asami Mizukawa as Mie Nagayama* as Kazuko "Lady Jane" Matsui... ) |
Takako Matsu Takako Matsu , born , is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.- Profile :* Interests: Watching movies and stage plays... (The Hidden Blade The Hidden Blade is a 2004 film, set in 1860s Japan, directed by Yoji Yamada. The plot revolves around several samurai during a time of change in the ruling and class structures of Japan. The film was written by Yamada with Yoshitaka Asama and, like its predecessor The Twilight Samurai, based on a short story by... ) |
Yoshido Harada (A Boy's Summer in 1945, The Face of Jizo The Face of Jizo is a Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue.-Plays:* It was performed by Komatsuza as their 34th Play, from September 3 to September 18 in 1994, directed by Hitoshi Uyama, starring by Masayo Umezawa and Kei Suma. Then has been is performed frequently not only all over Japan but also overseas... , Niwatori wa hadashi da) |
Masami Nagasawa Masami Nagasawa is a Japanese actress under Toho Entertainment. She has performed in many movies and television dramas including Crying out Love, In the Center of the World, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or, as Tomohisa... (Crying Out Love in the Center of the World, Breath In, Breath Out) |
Anna Tsuchiya Anna Tsuchiya is a Japanese singer, lyricist, actress and semi-retired model.Tsuchiya was born to a Japanese mother and an American father of Polish-Irish descent from Buffalo, New York. In her earliest years, she spoke English and Japanese... (Kamikaze Girls Kamikaze Girls is a 2002 light novel written by Novala Takemoto that has been adapted into a manga and film.Kamikaze Girls centers around two students, Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri , who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita girl, the other, her gyaru antithesis, a Yankī... , The Taste of Tea The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. The film has been referred to as a "surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander. It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:... ) |
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| 30 | 2005 | Kenji Uchida Kenji Uchida is a Japanese anime producer. He is noted anime studio Sunrise's president.Debuting in 1980, with Muteki Robo Trider G7, among Sunrise's first works in the 1980s, Uchida has gone on to produce numerous of Sunrise's works, such as various iterations of the Gundam universe and other Sunrise anime... (A Stranger of Mine A Stranger of Mine is a 2005 Japanese film by Kenji Uchida, starring Yasuhi Nakamura, Reika Kirishima, Sō Yamanaka and Yuka Itaya-Synopsis:In one long Friday evening, Takeshi Miyata , a straight-arrow businessman, will encounter a number of people who have intertwining fates... ) |
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Always Sanchome no Yuhi is a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:... (Takashi Yamazaki Takashi Yamazaki (film director) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and visual effects director. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2006 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi... ) |
Cinderella Man Cinderella Man Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer.-Plot:James J... (Ron Howard Ron Howard Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years... ) |
Somegoro Ichikawa (Ashurajō no Hitomi Ashurajo no Hitomi is a 2005 Japanese horror film, starring Somegorō Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa and Kanako Higuchi. Directed by Yōjirō Takita, it is a movie adaptation of a 1987 Kazuki Nakashima play set in the 16th century... , The Samurai I Loved) |
Yūko Tanaka (Hibi, The Milkwoman) | Shinichi Tsutsumi Shinichi Tsutsumi is a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi.-Profile:*Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan*Talent Agency: Siscompany-Movies:* Suspect X... (Fly, Daddy, Fly, Always Sanchōme no Yūhi) |
Hiroko Yakushimaru Hiroko Yakushimaru is a Japanese actress and vocalist.After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who made debut after a similar process, she was often described as one of "Kadokawa Sannimusume" in her early... (Always Sanchōme no Yūhi) |
Erika Sawajiri Erika Sawajiri is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika... (Break Through!) |
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| 31 | 2006 | Kichitaro Negishi Kichitaro Negishi is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong... (What the Snow Brings) |
Hula Girls Hula Girls is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006... (Sang-il Lee Sang-il Lee Lee Sang-il is a Zainichi Korean film director and screenwriter. His first film Chong was a short film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan.... ) |
Flags of Our Fathers Flags of Our Fathers (film) is a 2006 American war film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the Battle of Iwo Jima, the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who were involved... (Clint Eastwood) |
Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best... (Memories of Tomorrow Memories of Tomorrow is a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004.-Plot:... ) |
Miki Nakatani (Memories of Matsuko Memories of Matsuko is a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an... and others) |
Teruyuki Kagawa (Sway Sway (film) is a 2006 film directed by Japanese director Miwa Nishikawa. It was given the Best Film award at the 2007 Yokohama Film Festival. A young woman falls to her death from a bridge while walking in the country with two brothers, one a small town gas station attendant, the other a trendy Tokyo... and others) |
Yū Aoi Yû Aoi is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou... (Hula Girls, Honey and Clover Honey and Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes... and others) |
Kenichi Matsuyama | Anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Kazuo Kuroki Kazuo Kuroki -Filmography:* Silence Has No Wings * Preparation for the Festival * Yūgure made * The Bridge of Tears * Tomorrow * Pickpocket * The Face of Jizo * The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko... |
| 32 | 2007 | Nobuhiro Yamashita Nobuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Kichiku Dai Enkai. His graduation film Hazy Life, took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival... (A Gentle Breeze in the Village A Gentle Breeze in the Village A Gentle Breeze in the Village, also known as is a Japanese manga written by Fusako Kuramochi, serialized on a magazine Chorus from 1994 to 2000... , The Matsugane Potshot Affair) |
I Just Didn't Do It I Just Didn't Do It is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, he was acquitted after a five year legal battle. It was Japan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards... (Masayuki Suo Masayuki Suo is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :... ) |
A Prairie Home Companion A Prairie Home Companion (film) A Prairie Home Companion is a 2006 ensemble comedy elegy directed by Robert Altman, and was his final film, released just five months before his death... (Robert Altman Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and... ) |
Ryō Kase Ryo Kase is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. He starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It.-Filmography:... (I Just Didn't Do It) |
Kumiko Aso (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in Weekly Manga Action in 2003 and 2004, then collected in a single tankōbon volume in 2004. The stories about a family of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima... ) |
Shirō Itō (Talk, Talk, Talk, Maiko Haaaan!!! Maiko Haaaan!!! -Plot:Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house... ) |
Hiromi Nagasaku Hiromi Nagasaku Hiromi Nagasaku is an actress, and was the member of the J-pop group Ribbon. She was born in Namegata, Ibaraki, Japan... (Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Daihachi Yoshida.-Awards:32nd Hochi Film Awards* Best Supporting Actress - Hiromi Nagasaku29th Yokohama Film Festival* Best Actress - Eriko Sato* Best Supporting Actor - Masatoshi Nagase... ) |
Kaho Kaho (actress) is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Her real name is not disclosed.From 2004 to 2007, Kaho was the 11th Mitsui ReHouse Girl. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in the film A Gentle Breeze in the Village.- Filmography :* Joō no Kyōshitsu... (A Gentle Breeze in the Village) |
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| 33 | 2008 | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi Ryōsuke Hashiguchi is a Japanese film director particularly known for taking up gay subjects. He won the award for Best Director at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Hush! and at the 33rd Hochi Film Award for Gururi no koto... (Gururi no koto Gururi no koto is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi.-Awards and nominations:33rd Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Director - Ryōsuke Hashiguchi32nd Japan Academy Prize: Best Actress -External links:*... ) |
Departures Departures (film) All compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Shine of Snow I" 1:12#"Nohkan" 3:10#"Kaisan" 0:53#"Good-Bye Cello" 2:16#"New Road" 1:15#"Model" 0:47#"First Contact" 1:51#"Washing" 0:34#"Kizuna I" 1:57#"Beautiful Dead I" 3:12#"Okuribito " 1:51... (Yōjirō Takita Yojiro Takita Yōjirō Takita , is a Japanese filmmaker.-Career:Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry throughMukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director... ) |
The Dark Knight The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins... (Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,... ) |
Shinichi Tsutsumi Shinichi Tsutsumi is a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi.-Profile:*Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan*Talent Agency: Siscompany-Movies:* Suspect X... |
Kyoko Koizumi Kyoko Koizumi ' is a Japanese singer and actress. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment . She is also known by the nickname Kyon Kyon. She had singles reach the Top ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro... |
Masato Sakai Masato Sakai is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Kuhio taisa and Nankyoku ryourinin and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards... |
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| 34 | 2009 | Miwa Nishikawa Miwa Nishikawa is a Japanese director.Hirokazu Koreeda produced her feature film Wild Berries after she worked as an assistant director on his Distance... (Dear Doctor Dear Doctor (film) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Miwa Nishikawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Film at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.-Cast:* Tsurube Shôfukutei as Dr... ) |
Shizumanu Taiyo Shizumanu Taiyō is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as The Unbroken in the United States.Shizumanu Taiyō is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. Set in the 1960s, the story centers on Hajime Onchi, the chairman of the employees' union for a large national airline corporation... (Setsurō Wakamatsu) |
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide... ) |
Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best... |
Takako Matsu Takako Matsu , born , is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.- Profile :* Interests: Watching movies and stage plays... |
Eita Eita is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. His birth name is . He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys... |
Kaoru Yachigusa Kaoru Yachigusa is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. Since leaving the Revue, she has been active in film, television, and narration.... |
Masaki Okada Masaki Okada is a Japanese actor, best known for his roles as Sekime Kyogo in the drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and as Takuma Kakinouchi in the 2009 film Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu.-Films:* Ahiru to Kamo no Coinlocker * Tennen Kokekkō... Hikari Mitsushima Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese film actress, born on 30 November 1985, in Okinawa, Japan. She began her career in 1997 as a teenage idol singer in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in Rebirth of Mothra II in 1997, but did not start acting regularly until 2005... |
Michael Jackson's This Is It Michael Jackson's This Is It Michael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 American documentary–concert film directed by Kenny Ortega that documents Michael Jackson's rehearsals and preparation for the concert series of the same name scheduled to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25. It... |