Yoko Shimada
Nascimento : 1953-05-17, Kumamoto, Japan
Morte : 2022-07-25
História
Kumamoto City-born Shimada Yoko is best known in the west as Mariko from the 1980 mini-series Shogun. The lady-in-waiting role created an interest in Japan and its culture overseas and introduced Japanese history to foreign audiences. She won the Golden Globe For Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama category and was nominated for a Prime-time Emmy Award for her work on the serial in 1981. Shimada, who spoke some English for the serial, had been acting for years prior to Shogun however. She began learning ballet since age three and wanted to become a ballerina until her high high school days. Her family had moved to Tokyo when she was eight. She obtained an agent and began acting while in junior high school. The TV serial Zoku Hyouten made her famous beginning 1970. She released a nude photo book, called Kir Royal, in 1992. She was 39 and the photo book became a bestseller shifting half a million copies. At 57 she starred in an 'AV' pornography video called Mikkai in 2011. This was a tribute to her body even at that age. Shimada has a reservation for a space burial.
Sumiko
Ai Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, but they gather together to attend their grandmother's funeral. There, they learn about their mother whom they know as deceased. While seeking out the the truth about their mother, the sisters face their own problems, but take a courageous step forward.
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Dr. Tanaka
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student. The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender. A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer's daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance?
The set's central 13-part production documentary hails from the miniseries' previous DVD release but remains an extensive, insightful and, most importantly, candid overview of the production from start to finish, featuring a wide array of key players, chief among them author/producer James Clavell, director Jerry London, and actors Richard Chamberlain and Yoko Shimada.
Ivy
Em algum lugar da isolada região de fronteira da Índia com a China, uma antiga e secreta tumba guarda um segredo: as “Pílulas da Eternidade”. Para encontrar os objetos e salvar a humanidade, Ivy, uma destemida aventureira, precisa usar de toda sua intuição e coragem para enfrentar muitos perigos, dentre eles, os Lobos Selvagens. Uma violenta organização que deseja a todo custo, apoderar-se do artefato para seu próprio uso.
Based on the story of Zheng Chenggong and focuses on his battle with the Dutch Empire for control of Taiwan at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia.
Lady Hanada
Um assassino de uma secreta organização chinesa costuma derramar lágrimas depois de assassinar alguém. Um dia nas colinas de São Francisco, uma bela artista o vê executando três homens da Yakuza. Emu (Julie Condra), a pintora, se encanta por ele, e mesmo sabendo que ele iria matá-la por ter testemunhado o crime, ela espera por ele para poder lhe pedir um último desejo. Por causa da execução, ele está sendo perseguido pela máfia japonesa Yakuza, mas a organização não deveria subestimar o poder de matar de Freeman (Mark Dacascos).
Mieko
Paul Racine, um executivo de negócios americano de alta potência no Japão, é catapultado para um labirinto de perigos e intrigas depois que ele e sua sexy companheira são alvos de assassinos contratados pelo implacável Kinjo. Para sobreviver, Racine deve unir forças com um poderoso samurai e juntos eles vão lutar contra a força do mal em uma batalha incrível enraizada em séculos de conflitos brutais.
Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on director Shinsuke Shimada's own book "Kaze, to Suzuka".
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
Kaneuri Kichiji
One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute.
Tae Akimoto
Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner "Hanazono no Meikyu" by Yoko Yamazaki. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Miki
In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She meets Mike and they start running together. But for Mike it isn't just a game. The movie is based on her own story.
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Reiko Kitamori
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
ケセルバッハ夫人
Anime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc.
Tamayo Nonomiya
O patriarca da família Inugami morreu e em seu testamento deixou toda a sua fortuna sob controle de uma garota sem parentesco sanguíneo, causando muita polêmica entre as suas filhas legítimas, e logo a família se envolve em uma cadeia de assassinatos que torna a situação muito mais complexa. Contratado para auxiliar o advogado responsável pelo testamento, o detetive Kosuke Kindaichi acaba se envolvendo mais do que esperava nessa trama, com o intuito de ajudar o seu cliente e a polícia na investigação.
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
Etsuko / Noriko
Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
Yukie
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
Reiko
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
Hiromi Nohara
The Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan is foiled by an invisible barrier that surrounds the complex. Because of this, they abduct a top soccer player and convert him into Tokageron, a lizard Inhumanoid capable of kicking a 5 kg bomb to destroy the plant's barrier. Kamen Rider must once again combat the Shocker and prevent them from destroying the atomic plant.
