Asumi Miwa
Nacimiento : 1982-03-12, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Historia
Asumi Miwa (三輪 明日美, Miwa Asumi, born 12 March 1982) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Japan.[1] She is the younger sister of actress Hitomi Miwa.
Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").
There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On the morning before the recital, Tobe, who plays the leading role, dies suddenly. How do the girls left behind manage to go on with the show and how do they cope with Tobe's death?
Durante las celebraciones populares, el joven de diez años Tadashi es elegido “Jinete Kirin”, defensor de la justicia y la paz. La leyenda cuenta que el Jinete kirin debe ir a una montaña cercana y reclamar una legendaria espada, guardada por el gran Goblin para así luchar contra el malvado ejército de Yomotsumono. Cuando los niños a lo largo del país empiezan a desaparecer y terroríficos monstruos comienzan a atacar a la gente, Tadashi deberá olvidar sus miedos y con la ayuda de los espíritus del bien se embarcará en la mayor aventura de su vida para derrotar al malvado Yomotsumono y rescatar a los niños de Japón en una épica batalla...
"The man behind the scissors" trata de dos asesinos en serie: el cerebro Yasunaga y su ayudante femenina Chinatsu. Los dos están en riego de ser descubiertos cuando la policía les interroga como testigos de un asesinato espantoso que ellos mismos puedan haber cometido. Un thriller policial peculiar y sorprendente en torno a estos dos asesinos que colaboran en degollando colegialas. Mientras los sospechosos se encuentran siendo interrogados su próxima víctima potencial aparece muerta ... con su mismo modus operandi.
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
Deyunan (motion actor)
En una sociedad utópica creada a finales de la tercera guerra mundial, una mujer guerrera que ha sido sacado de las tierras baldías empieza a ver grietas en esta nueva fachada. ¿Y esta comunidad qué ha planeado para el resto de la humanidad?
Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor diagnosed Lulu with Kidney stone. She collected the stones in memories of love.
Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
Machiko Yokokawa
Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Ako
Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
Yukiko
Demon Hunting is a Japanese made-for-television horror movie. It originally aired as the second episode of Series Kyōfu Yawa in 2003. Nozomi Ando stars as Michiru, a teenager who makes a pact with a demon to kill the rival classmate who's dating the teacher she is in love with herself, Mr. Kamata (Hideo Sakaki). While she's at it, she also asks to see the world destroyed. Her memory of this pact is erased and eventually her wishes begin to come true...
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.
Behind-the-scenes footage of Satoshi Torao's film Demon Hunting.
Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, Kenji visits their atelier, or workplace, and is fascinated by the sense of freedom that they share. As his relationship with them deepens, Kenji finds it harder and harder to accept the old world he comes from. One day, he punches his boss and quits his job. Now a proper member of Ryoichi's team, it's the start of a new and carefree life for him. However, it is short-lived. The clothes they make do not sell as well as they hoped for. Short on cash, energy, and ideas, the negative feedback loop forces each of them to start struggling in a search for alternative paths.
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
Director
A promotional video shot in Australia introducing actresses Asumi and Hitomi Miwa.
A promotional video shot in Australia introducing actresses Asumi and Hitomi Miwa.
A Novel horror that makes full use of the latest digital technology.
Glowing, Growing is a unique little movie produced entirely by film students in which two young outsiders join a mass suicide group in an attempt to gain freedom. Along the way they both re-discover the positive aspects of life, giving them the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of choosing to live or die
Nakada Nahoko
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
Minayo
Eriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting for his girlfriend to return from overseas, she requests to enter into a relationship with him for just one year.
Kazumi
In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.
Suzue Tanaka
Midori acaba de regresar a su pueblo natal después de haber recorrido varios colegios del país. En el instituto local reconoce a Ryusuke, un amiga de la infancia. Al mismo tiempo, surge un rumor en el pueblo: por los alrededores dicen haber visto un chico guapo y misterioso que siempre viste de negro y cuya belleza es tal que los corazones de las chicas se paran y sus cuerpos caen fulminados ante su presencia.
Image video for Asumi and Hitomi Miwa's second photo book "Double PLATINUM".
Naoko Kamikishiro
The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as they try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways, the female students whisper among themselves about the urban legend Boogiepop, who is said to be a Shinigami.
Kanna Murakami
Primera de las adaptaciones de Takashi Shimizu sobre la historia de la maldición (ju-on), que se editó en video. Ju-On es la maldición del que muere presa de la rabia. Ésta se concentra y actúa en los lugares donde vivió la persona. Los que la encuentran mueren y nace una nueva maldición. El pequeño Toshió no va a clase últimamente, por eso su profesor Mr. Kobayashi decide ir a su casa. Toshio está solo, en medio de un caos total. Sus padres no están y el profesor asume que han salido de compras. Pero en esta casa hay más de lo que se ve a simple vista. Esta familia no es exactamente lo que llamaríamos una familia normal.
Shiho Ishikawa
En Kurozu-Chou, un pequeño pueblo de Japón, Kirie se encuentra con el padre de su novio que graba en silencio un caracol. La obsesión del hombre con las espirales se vuelve cada vez más extraña, terminando en su suicidio en una lavadora que convierte su cuerpo en una espiral. Pronto otros habitantes se vuelven poseídos con diferentes formas de espirales.
Gamera, el legendario monstruo de la Daiei, vuelve a salvar al mundo de una temible amenaza. Gamera acaba con Gyaos, pero una joven encuentra el huevo de una criatura al que llama ‘Iris’. El huevo contiene un sangriento feto que rápidamente se transforma en una malvada criatura que siembra el caos en la humanidad. La película tiene unos impresionantes efectos especiales. En esta tercera entrega de la mítica saga destacan las increíbles secuencias de vuelo y las espectaculares escenas de destrucción.
The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series
Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumbling assistant, and one from the perspective of a AV director filming a documentary about Anno but narrated by a worker from a bread factory
Based on the popular comic series by Hideo Yamamoto serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. Stars Asumi Miwa (Love & Pop). The film depicts a "peeping tom" who uncovers people's darker sides by following them and eavesdropping on their conversations.
In the near future, there are sex androids which are called FISH and give people physical and spiritual satisfaction. Takako, who is an illegal dealer of FISH, never believes in people and love because he was deeply hurt by his parents' suicide. One day, he found a FISH whose name is Sora. She has got a good figure and special ability. So, he thought she would be very valuable. As he stayed with her and felt her pure soul, he became to be healed. And her kiss released him from repression. On the way to an auction house, they overheard that an organization is looking for Sora.
Theme Song Performance
Primera película en imagen real de Hideaki Anno, creador del estudio Gainax y los animes Evangelion, Ebichu o Kare Kano, entre otros. Trata sobre las colegialas adolescentes y el negocio de las citas/prostitución.
Hiromi Yoshii
Primera película en imagen real de Hideaki Anno, creador del estudio Gainax y los animes Evangelion, Ebichu o Kare Kano, entre otros. Trata sobre las colegialas adolescentes y el negocio de las citas/prostitución.
Songs
"Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido" was used as the theme song for Hideaki Anno's 1998 live-action debut film "Love & Pop". The version in the film was performed by its lead actress Asumi Miwa. Anno traveled far away from the hectic Tokyo metropolis with his cast to shoot almost idol-like sunny beach footage for the music video and film advertisements.
"Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido" was used as the theme song for Hideaki Anno's 1998 live-action debut film "Love & Pop". The version in the film was performed by its lead actress Asumi Miwa. Anno traveled far away from the hectic Tokyo metropolis with his cast to shoot almost idol-like sunny beach footage for the music video and film advertisements.
Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film 17才 (Age 17).