Mari Yamazaki

Mari Yamazaki

Nacimiento : 1967-04-20, Tokyo, Japan

Historia

Mari Yamazaki (jap. ヤマザキ マリ, Yamazaki Mari) is a mangaka and essayist. She was born in Tokyo on April 20, 1967, she moved to Italy at 17, in 1984, to attend the National Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where she studied art history and oil painting. She began working as manga artist in 1997. She lived in Syria, Portugal and the United States, returning to Italy in 2013. In 2010 she won the third edition of the Manga Award for Thermae Romae. In 2015 she won the Tezuka Osamu award (section "story", also for Thermae Romae) as well as the "New Face" award of the Japanese Ministry of Education. In 2017 she was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of the Star (Italy). — Source: Official website

Perfil

Mari Yamazaki

Películas

Thermae Romae II
Comic Book
In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum to help gladiators recover from their wounds, but faces difficulties. Thus, Lucius travels again to modern day Japan through the time slip. He meets Manami (Aya Ueto) again, who is now a reporter for a magazine which covers bathroom. With the help of the flat face Japanese tribe, Lucius again designs a new thermae. Meanwhile, Emperor Hadrian (Masachika Ichimura) wants to keep the peace with the thermae, but the Senate wants to extend the land by using force. Emperor Hadrian and the Senate now have a confrontation and Rome becomes divided.
Thermae Romae
Comic Book
Los protagonistas de este live action son el hiperactivo Hiroshi Abe (Still Walking), que da vida a Lucius, un arquitecto de termas romanas en horas bajas que viaja accidentalmente en el tiempo (y el espacio) hasta el Japón actual, hasta un baño público. El cree que en realidad ha aparecido por error en las termas de los esclavos, pero queda entusiasmado con algunas diferencias que no había visto nunca... el viaje es de ida y vuelta, y cuando tras desmayarse se vuelve a encontrar en su tiempo, Lucius comienza a aplicar, con bastante éxito, algunos elementos que había descubierto en ese viaje relámpago. Aya Ueto (Azumi) acompañará a Hiroshi Abe en la película, interpretando a una joven que quiere convertirse en mangaka, junto a Masachika Ichimura que se metera en la piel del emperador romano Adriano, Kai Shishido como Lucio Vero, y Kazuki Kitamura que será Antonino Pio el sucesor de Adriano.