| Author | Message | 
                             
                |  Topic: Shinohara Ryoko | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:26 pm   Subject: 
                  Shinohara Ryoko | 
               
                | Ryoko Shinohara to star in Net Flix drama 
 Ryoko Shinohara will star in the Netflix drama series “Goldfish Wife.” The drama is based on manga series “Kingyo Tsuma” by Kurosawa R. Shinohara  ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:46 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | Kiyoshi Kurosawa wins Best Director at Venice Film Festival: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/25e6356988e7-japan-filmmaker-kurosawa-wins-best-director-award-at-venice.html | 
                             
                |  Topic: Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 2946
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:02 pm   Subject: 
                  Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | Yosuke Eguchi, Eiko Koike, and Tetta Sugimoto to star in TV Tokyo 2018 Spring drama 
 Yosuke Eguchi, Eiko Koike, and Tetta Sugimoto will be starring the TV Tokyo 2018 Spring drama "Headhunter&q ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 116
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:25 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | Yoshio Tsuchiya passes away at 90 
 One of the more interesting actors to appear in Toho's Godzilla and other science-fiction movies, Yoshio Tsuchiya, has passed away at age 90.
 
 He was born in K ...
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                |  Topic: Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 2946
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:28 pm   Subject: 
                  Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | Kaho, Shota Sometani, & Masahiro Higashide to star in spin-off drama from movie "Sanposuru Shinryakusha" 
 Kaho, Sometani Shota and Higashide Masahiro will be starring in the spin-off  ...
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                |  Topic: Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | shin2 
 Replies: 5013
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:08 am   Subject: 
                  Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | Watched a documentary, Mifune:  The Last Samurai (2016). 
 While the subject is of course Japanese and most of the people interviewed are Japanese, this is not a Japanese film.  It was directed by Ja ...
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                |  Topic: Maki Yoko | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 357
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 7:16 pm   Subject: 
                  Maki Yoko | 
               
                | Yoko Maki to star in FujiTV 2017 Summer drama 
 Maki Yoko will be starring in the new FujiTV Summer 2017 drama "Seshiru no Mokuromi" (Cecile's Plot) which will begin its run from July in t ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | xploring 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:22 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Just watched Juhan Shuttai episode 9. Rather moved by the end. Only 1 more episode  left. This is quite a good series but I expected more after the promising beginning. It didn't focus much on the mai ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | xploring 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:22 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | 
 Now up to episode 4. Haru Kuroki's character "Kurosawa" was kind of aggravating but now I'm starting to like her. This one seems to be getting better as it goes along. That's why I hate  ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:25 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started "Juhan Shuttai" also. It's okay, nothing special so far. 
 Now up to episode 4. Haru Kuroki's character "Kurosawa" was kind of aggravating but now I'm starting to like he ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 116
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:11 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | Setsuko Hara passes away at 95 
 Japanese screen legend Setsuko Hara, most famous for her role in Yasujiro Ozu's classic Tokyo Story, died of pneumonia on Sept. 5. She was 95.
 
 The actress, born  ...
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                |  Topic: Fukada Kyoko | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1020
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:22 pm   Subject: 
                  Fukada Kyoko | 
               
                | Kyoko Fukada to star in TBS 2016 Winter drama 
 Fukada Kyoko will be starring in the upcoming TBS Winter 2016 drama "Dame na watashi ni koishite kudasai" (Please love someone as useless as ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Commercials/PVs - Downloads/Requests/etc. | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 197
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:17 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Commercials/PVs - Downloads/Requests/etc. | 
               
                | Top 10 CM exposure first half of 2014- Kanto region 
 The first number refers to the total number of seconds which the celebrity had appeared in TV CMs during the first half of 2014 (January to June ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | bmwracer 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:17 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | DVD Beaver reviews Kurosawa's Kakushi toride no san akunin (The Hidden Fortress) on Blu-Ray: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreviews9/hidden-fortress.htm 
 http://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-producti ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | shin2 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:15 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | Congrats!
   
 Next up would be all of the Kurosawa films on Blu-Ray...
   
 I have already purchased and received three of his films on blu ray:  Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanj ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | bmwracer 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:34 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | Updated my home entertainment system, including buying my first blu ray player.  And for my first blu ray purchase, I got the Zatoichi collectiion. 
 It has surpassed my expectation.  I first saw a ...
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                |  Topic: Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 5013
 Views: 1525646
 
 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:20 pm   Subject: 
                  Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | 
 
 Don't know if you are aware of this, but the Keanu Reeves 47 Ronin movie has nothing to do with the historical event involving the so-called 47 ronin, a story which has been filmed many many  ti ...
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                |  Topic: Gospellers | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 21
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:40 pm   Subject: 
                  Gospellers | 
               
                | Gospellers' Karou Kurosawa to release first solo album in 8 years 
 The Gospellers�e Kurosawa Kaoru will be releasing his first solo album in 8 years, �gLOVE LIFE�g, on June 5th.
 
 Kurosawa debuted ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | bmwracer 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:37 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | Just watched Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa. Took a bit of getting into, but was really worth it. A beautiful insight in the night life of Japan shortly after the war, and in a terrible bureaucracy. You sho ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | antspace 
 Replies: 4597
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:02 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations | 
               
                | Just watched Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa. Took a bit of getting into, but was really worth it. A beautiful insight in the night life of Japan shortly after the war, and in a terrible bureaucracy. |