Posted on August 3, 2020 |
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Tora-san, Welcome Back! / Tora-san, Wish You Were Here / Otoko wa tsurai yo 50: Okaeri Tora-san (2019)
Comedy | Drama
The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san's family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions.
Starring: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kumiko Goto, Gin Maeda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mari Natsuki, Ruriko Asaoka, Jun Miho, Gajirô Satô
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Tags: Chieko Baishô, Chizuru Ikewaki, Gajirô Satô, Gin Maeda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Jun Miho, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kumiko Goto, Mari Natsuki, Ruriko Asaoka, Yôji Yamada
Posted on July 2, 2014 |
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Spirited Away / Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002 and Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.
Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashûin
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Mari Natsuki, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi, Takashi Naitô, Tatsuya Gashûin, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Posted on April 21, 2014 |
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Priceless / PRICELESS~Aru Wake Nedaro,n namon!~ (TV Mini-Series 2012)
Comedy
Originally a mid-level manager (Kimura Takuya) with a promising future in a big corporation and loved by his subordinates, the life of this elite employee changes dramatically one day. Having for some reason attracted the attention of the senior management, he is framed for a crime which he knows nothing of and forced out of the workplace. Even after that, he is assailed by a series of surprises and in one day, he loses his house, wealth and handphone until he is without a cent to his name. At his wits end, he comes to a park where he encounters two children. Learning from them how to survive even if he does not have money, he somehow weathers this crisis and discovers the truly important and priceless things in life. The good thing about him is that his carefree personality amazingly does not shift. It is not resentment and bitterness that become his driving force, but the love and help.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Kiichi Nakai, Karina, Taisuke Fujigaya, Misako Renbutsu, Takeshi Masu, Ohshirô Maeda, Kanau Tanaka, Issei Ogata, Mari Natsuki, Naohito Fujiki
Creator: Kazunao Furuya
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Tags: Issei Ogata, Kanau Tanaka, Karina, Kazunao Furuya, Kiichi Nakai, Mari Natsuki, Misako Renbutsu, Naohito Fujiki, Ohshirô Maeda, Taisuke Fujigaya, Takeshi Masu, Takuya Kimura
