ok making an official guide to juzo itami's filmography <3

with itami, you will get beautiful humanist movies about the beauty of love and life and human connections but done in a format that is typically associated with made for TV movies with like silliness, and most of the time a lot of tackiness. also a lot of sex or sexual undertones (he was mentored by nagisa oshima) + political commentary (on people from the government, yakuzas and so on) but still in that weirdly elevated lifetime movie style (which works so well obviously). so like overall serious subjects but dealt with the codes of popular entertainment (cop movies, westerns, comedies and even erotic films kinda). also one thing to note is his amazing sense of visuals, you can count on him to always have amazing and very fun costumes and interiors. ok starting the guide now 😁😁😁😁💋💋💋💋💋

1 - the funeral (1984)

movie about funerals and grief and fucking raw in the forest. actually the best depiction of funerals ive ever seen as in a very solemn moment cohabiting with the most simple and stupid daily events of life in a very touching way. starring his wife nobuko miyamoto and tsutomu yamazaki, another one of his main actor

2 - tampopo (1985)

gorgeous gorgeous movie about food and love and how both of these notions intertwine. probably his most famous movie, not my favorite but still an amazing film. starring the same girlies from the funeral because itami is going to work with the same actors for all of his life !

3 - a taxing woman (1987)

a movie about tax evasion with nobuko starring as a tax investigator!!!!!! one of these itami movie where the line is kind of blurred and it really is a fun little cop movie but still insanely fresh and charming. again nobuko miyamoto and tsutomu yamazaki being great as a duo + amazing cigarette acting and fendi glasses

4 - a taxing woman 2 (1988)

not as good and emotional as the first one but still fun. can't really remember honestly but the entire movie is about a religious cult and the amoral antics of their leader which is kind of a daring thing to do. nobuko gets a little twink advisor working under her and itami's third main darling masahiko tsugawa gets a bigger role

5 - tales of golden geisha (1990)

so bad 😭 do not waste your time. gay scandals at the bank, nobuko girlbossing it up with a buddhist bishop and a geriatric gouvernement official with an eye-patch. very big turkish soap energy not in a good way

6 - minbo : the gentle art of japanese extortion (1992)

another movie about scamming and plotting, this time starring yakuzas!!!!!!!! this movie got him killed and it's not even good BUT we get introduced to sexy sexy takehiro murata and nobuko gets to slay in her 80s yuppie looks

7 - a quiet life (1995)

kind of a departure for itami because this movie is about two siblings in the countryside figuring out life on their own while the adults around them struggle to do the same. sometimes very sweet, sometimes very clumsy. nobuko miyamoto has a small part and stuns very hard. overall a weird humanist movie with its itami true crime podcaster moments

8 - supermarket woman (1996)

very cute film about hope and standing up together as a community, very sweet comedy where we get to see nobuko miyamoto shining for the 1000th time with her little bowl cut. very good intro to his filmography in my opinion!!! highly recommend this movie and i think it should be shown all around the world because its such a beautiful universal little comedy

9 - woman in witness protection (1997)

🚨 LEÏLA'S FAVORITE ITAMI MOVIE 🚨 nobuko miyamoto plays an egocentric DIVA separated from reality in what some may call the goldie hawn from first wife club register. amazing performance by nobuko who truly has the best range there is if you take a moment to look back. beautiful and sweet, heartwarming and a bit ironic. if you are into dramatic old women with ugly little dogs and cults, this is for you. a gay classic about a woman running away from death threats made by a man running away from death threats

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randomised ships ( ft. my other muses ): accepting

Takehiro Kobayashi - Yuzuru Fushimi ( can you hear Takehiro's screams of anger? ) Karma Akabane - Aoi Kanzaki Yusaku Fujiki - Elyon Kurae Shanice McCulloch - Murata Takeru Homura - Jibriel

麒麟がくる（Kirin ga Kuru)

For @toreishi​

The 2020 Taiga Drama will depict the life of Mitsuhide under Nobunaga’s rule. It’s said that the theme or motif of the title ‘Kirin”, “ 如何にして何れの英雄の前に現れる “ ---  how the appearance of the “kirin (horned beast) will foretell a hero’s story. 

Kirin somehow symbolizes two things: 

1) A beast summoned to slay another beast  2) A premonition of passing sage or leader 

Based on these, it’s similar to how Mitsuhide is seen: a loyal Ashikaga retainer or of Oda. 

Kazama Shunsuke (4TOPS; Johnny’s Ent) is Tokugawa Ieyasu, Osamu Mukai as Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and  Sasaki Kuranosuke as Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi ----> This is new! A very tall Hideyoshi.  With Sasaki Kuranosuke as Hideyoshi, I can somehow see that they will paint a villanous streak here.  

Cast: 

Akechi clan

Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide

Fumino Kimura as Hiroko, Mitsuhide's wife

Sayuri Ishikawa as Maki, Mitsuhide's mother

Masahiko Nishimura as Akechi Mitsuyasu, Mitsuhide's uncle

Satoshi Tokushige as Fujita Dengo

Oda clan

Shōta Sometani as Oda Nobunaga

Katsunori Takahashi as Oda Nobuhide, Nobunaga's father

Rei Dan as Dota Gozen, Nobunaga's mother

Erika Sawajiri as Kichō, Saitō Dōsan's daughter, and the wife of Nobunaga

Kuranosuke Sasaki as Tōkichirō

Kōtarō Yoshida as Matsunaga Hisahide

Shōzō Uesugi as Hirate Masahide

Saitō clan

Masahiro Motoki as Saitō Dōsan, the "Viper of Mino"

Hideaki Itō as Saitō Yoshitatsu

Kaho Minami as Miyoshino, Dōsan's concubine

Takehiro Murata as Inaba Yoshimichi (Inaba Ittetsu)

Hosokawa clan

Hidekazu Mashima as Hosokawa Fujitaka, Mitsuhide's best friend

Shōsuke Tanihara as Mitsubuchi Fujihide

Imagawa clan

Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Imagawa Yoshimoto

Goro Ibuki as Taigen Sessai

Tokugawa (Matsudaira) clan

Shunsuke Kazama as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Ryusei Iwata as Takechiyo (young Ieyasu)

Toki clan

Toshinori Omi as Toki Yorinari

Ashikaga shogunate

Kenichi Takitō as Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Osamu Mukai as Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the 13th shōgun

Others

Takashi Okamura as Kikumaru

Masaaki Sakai as Mochizuki Tōan

Mugi Kadowaki as Koma

Machiko Ono as Iroha-dayū

Source: 

https://www.tvguide.or.jp/news/20190605/08.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirin_ga_Kuru

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Cast:

January 31st, 2020

Ishikura Saburou Kitano Kii Kondou Yoshimasa Nakajima Saki

February 1st, 2020 (1pm)

Ouki Kaname Kuniyama Hasen Konishi Seiya Sakai Miki

February 1st, 2020 (6pm)

Sakakibara Ikue Sakurai Keito Nakanishi Ryouta  Murata Takehiro

February 2nd, 2020

Seshimo Naoto Tategata Hirokazu Machida Shingo Mizutani Atsushi

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The Bigger They Come Part 14 (Godzilla 2000, 1999)

Right on the heels of the failed American-Zilla Toho answered back with…well, the most Traditional Godzilla they could imagine.  No computer generated lizard here (though, there are plenty of digital effects).  Just a good old man in a suit.  Unlike Godzilla 84, this is much lighter fare. Godzilla 2000 follows a young photo-journalist who is forced by her editor to ride along with a father…

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Goldman Sachs' new managing-director list is out — and it's the largest class in the firm's history (GS)

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Goldman Sachs announced its largest-ever class of managing directors.

Of the 509 promoted, 44% are millennials.

The firm announces managing-director promotions every two years.

It's one of the most coveted positions on Wall Street, a step below partner at the premier investment bank.

Goldman Sachs just announced a new class of 509 managing directors — the largest class in the firm's history.

The position is one of the most coveted on Wall Street, one step below partner at the prestigious investment-banking firm. The firm now has 2,148 managing directors, making up 7.1% of the company's workforce.

It's also one of the youngest classes the bank has promoted — 44% are millennials, up from 30% in 2015.

Other headline stats about the class:

66% started their careers as analysts or associates at Goldman Sachs.

24% of the class is women, down from 25% in 2015.

130 were promoted in the securities division, up from 102 in 2015.

101 were promoted in investment banking, up from 97 in 2015.

52 were promoted in technology, up from 38 in 2015.

Eight were promoted in consumer and commercial banking — the division that houses the bank's online-lending business, Marcus — compared with zero in 2015.

Here's the full statement:

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it has selected a new class of Managing Directors, effective from January 1, 2018, the start of the firm's next fiscal year.

"Our new Managing Directors have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our people, clients and culture during their tenures at the firm, and we wish them continued success as they take this important next step in their careers," said Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.

The following individuals have been promoted to Managing Director:

Gregg Abramson Sanjay Acharya Khalid Albdah Amal Alibair Karthikeyan Anbalagan Rolf Andersson Volker Anger Jonathan Armstrong Ken Ashley Lavanya Ashok Sebastian Ayton Jonathan Babkow Julio Badi Amitayush Bahri Soren Balzer Robert Barlick Jr. Philip Barreca Santiago Bau David Bauer Oksana Beard Lee Becker Virender Bedi Stuart Beer Christian Beerli Amanda Beisel Yumiko Bekku David Bell Pierre Benichou Andrew Benito Marco Bensi Laura Benson Stephen Bergin Daniel Berglund Greg Berry Shital Bhatt Dipanjan Bhattacharjee Anu Bhavnani Carissa Biggie Vineet Birman Daniel Bitel Anne Black Richard Blore Emmanuel Bodenstein Timothy Braude Sean Brenan Hugh Briscoe Nathaniel Bristol Leo Brito Troy Broderick Levee Brooks Eric Brothers Robert Bruns III Anthony Bunnell Meg Burke Susan Burt Sean Butkus Russell Byrne Edward Byun Adam Cahill Alessandro Calace Cristiano Camargo Ken Cawley Swapan Chaddha Patrick Chamberlain Richard Chambers Daphne Chan Lily Chan Ben Chance Ginger Chang Vikram Chavali Alex Cheek Jae Joon Choi Ken Choi Paul Choi David Clark Denis Cleary Daniel Cleland-James Ayanna Clunis Pamela Codo-Lotti Jesse Cohen Paul Coles Simon Coombes Jenny Cosco Philip Coureau Nathan Cowen Matthew Cox (Securities) Shaun Cullinan Christine D'Agostino Emile Daher Hiren Dasani Russell Day Pierre De Belen Merche del Valle Caitlin DeSantis Jack Devaney Thomas Devos Mats Dewitte Hristo Dimitrov Tim Dinsdale Isabella Disler Christian Ditullio Terence Doherty Yakut Donat Nicola Dondi Brian Dong Jason D'Silva Stefan Duffner Jane Dunlevie Marie Duval Julien Dyon Rohini Eapen Zach Eckler Sayaka Eda Jason Eisenstadt Chris Emmerson Tiffany Eng Chendan Esvaran Erkko Etula Liz Ewing Michael Fargher Matteo Farina Leigh Farris Sarah Faulkner Tom Favia Brett Feldman Jennifer Feng Jon Ferguson Alex Field Herbert Filho Alex Finston Dean Flanagan Greg Flynn Trip Foley Andrew Ho Kwon Fong Moran Forman Michael Fox Caroline Fraser Daniel Freckleton Tim Freeman Reto Frei Giles French Kirsten Frivold Michael Fu Rob Fuentes Kenji Fujimoto Carrie Gannon Chantal Garcia Akhil Garg Alex Garner Nick Gelber Andrew Gent Gizelle George-Joseph Andrea Gift Sean Gilbride Andreas Glaser Yong Suan Goh Sona Gohel Amir Gold Jeremy Goldstein Steven Gonzalez Jeff Gowen Adam Greene Tom Groothaert Hannes Gsell Ashwin Gupta Ali Haji Ayaz Haji Robert Hamilton Kelly Victoria Hampson Raja Harb Andy Harding Ryan Harster Selma Hassan Stephen Hawinkels Jacqueline Haynes Jason He* Craig Hempstead David Herrmann David Hickey Thomas Hilger Mitch Hochberg Jodi Hochberger Jane Hodges Peter Hodgkinson Dylan Hogarty Tim Holliday Naftali Holtz Amy Hong Jason Hudes Earl Hunt Joseph Hwang Yoshinori Ide Kazuya Iketani Daniel Jackson Ankit Jain (Risk) Gaurav Jaitly Jan Janssen David Jeria Alnawaz Jiwa Kim Johns Scott Johnson Elis Jones Neil Jones Robert Jones Philip Joseph Anand Joshi Shawn Joshi Ritu Kalra Michael Kaprelian Nadeem Kayani Alicia Keenan Neil Kelleher Tom Kennedy Aqil Khan Sarah Kiernan Daniel Kim Eugene 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McCosker Michael Meehan (Compliance) Taylor Mefford Neil Mehta Adam Meister David Mericle Vitali Meschoulam Eric Meyers Alex Mignotte Andras Mikite Christopher Milligan Rahul Mistry Mike Mitchell Neil Moge Waleed Mohsin Babak Molavi Joel Monson Guy Morgan James Morris Antoine Munfa Aimee Mungovan Yuji Murata Dan Murphy Josh Murray Brian Musto Shehzad Nabi Devarajan Nambakam Ramanathan Narayanan Ganapathy Natarajan Danielle Natoli Murad Nayal Karim Nensi Scott Neu Dennis Ng Ken Ng Benjamin Ngan Joy Nguyen Salman Niaz Anders Nielsen (IMD) Howard Nifoussi Jun Niki Leah Nivison Laura Noble James Nolan Lauren Oakes Lynn Oberschmidt Allison O'Connor John O'Connor Shunil Ohrie Damian Ordish Leke Osinubi David Ossack Sathiya Padmanaban Danielle Pallin Salvador Pareja Dalmir Pasini Clorinda Pasqua Chris Pawson Paris Pender Patrick Perkins Philippe Perzi Wendy Peters Andy Phillips Flavio Picciotto Michael Pieck Sam Pirog Thomas Plank Joseph Plotkin Wade Podlich Ashish Pokharna Caitlin Pollak Charles Pollock Joe Porter Travis Potter Rohit Prabhu Richard Privorotsky Andrew Pucher Jay Rabinowitz Ankit Raj Harsha Rajamani Dmitry Rakhlin Yasser Rathore Edoardo Rava Elizabeth Reed Alexandre Reinert Stephen Reinhard Irfan Rendeci Christian Resch Andrew Rhee Riccardo Riboldi James Rinsler Caroline Riskey Helen Robinson Mark Rosen Amit Roy Joe Ryan Bernhard Rzymelka Takehiro Sakuramoto John Sales Rob Sarazen Vineeta Saxena Dominik Schaefer Andrea Scott Majid Sebti Bipin Sehgal Arseni Seregin Irma Sgarz Paulomi Shah Shreyas Shah Sunny Shah Faisal Shamsee Daniel Shapiro Mahesh Sharma Shripal Sharma Mai Shin Romy Shioda Toshimichi Shirai Mark Short Pankauz Shrestha David Shrimpton Obaid Siddiqui Mike Sidorov Scott Silverglate Stefani Silverstein Amy Silverzweig Jasdeep Singh Gabriella Skirnick Michael Sklow Maxine Sleeper Michael Slomienski Michael Sloyer Nicholas Smith (IBD) Ruth Smithson Christine Smyth Ben Snider Stacy Sonnenberg Cleaver Sower Ro Spaziani Brian Steele Johannes 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Yavuz Zeynep Yenel David Yu Brian Zakrocki Thomas Zeppetella Yi Zhang* Adib Zouein Patrik Zumstein Piotr Zurawski Jonathan Zwart

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they kind of set her up in this movie because her costumes aren't as great as they usually are but this look is so cute

Other Japanese Academy Prize nominations/wins for the Godzilla series:

Godzilla vs. Biollante -- Newcomer of the Year -- Masanobu Takashima as Sho Kuroki (one of ten)

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah -- Special Award -- Koichi Kawakita and his staff

Godzilla vs. Mothra -- Best Supporting Actor nomination -- Takehiro Murata as Kenji Andoh

Godzilla vs. Mothra -- Best Music nomination -- Akira Ifukube

Godzilla vs. Mothra -- Newcomers of the Year -- Keiko Imamura and Sayaka Osawa as the Cosmos (two of twelve)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 -- Best Sound nomination -- Kazuo Miyauchi

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah -- Best Sound nomination -- Kazuo Miyauchi

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah -- Best Editing nomination -- Chizuko Osada

Godzilla (the character) -- Special Award in 2005

Godzilla (2014) -- Best Foreign Film nomination

Bear in mind that the awards have only existed since 1978. Also, there is no category for visual effects (hence King Ghidorah’s Special Prize).

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Giants bounce back in win over BayStars

#npb #NorihiroNakamura [Japan Times]The BayStars halved that deficit in the top of the third, when Norihiro Nakamura’s two-out single off Miyaguni (5-5) scored captain Takehiro Ishikawa from second. Suda managed to keep the Giants in check until the sixth inning, when Shuichi Murata’s …

Giants bounce back in win over BayStars

#npb #NorihiroNakamura [Japan Times]The BayStars halved that deficit in the top of the third, when Norihiro Nakamura’s two-out single off Miyaguni (5-5) scored captain Takehiro Ishikawa from second. Suda managed to keep the Giants in check until the sixth inning, when Shuichi Murata’s ...

[Announcement] 朗読劇「青空」(roudokugeki aozora)

the show will be running from October 8th, 2018 to October 19th, 2018 (Tokyo) @ 三越劇場 (Mitsukoshi Gekijou)

Cast:

October 8th

Takeda Tomohiro Nagashima Seira Matsui Yuuho Yonehara Kousuke

October 9th

Ishii Masanori Satou Hinata Sorihashi Souichirou Honda Reo

October 10th

Kotobuki Minako Maeshima Ami Mizushima Yuu Yagami Ren

October 11th

Ishikura Saburou Ino Hiroki Nakajima Tomoko Yamazaki Ginnojou

October 12th

Ishida Haruka Inoue Kikuko Hirata Hiroaki Mizushima Yuu

October 13th

Aoki Sayaka Asakura Shinji Itou Yuuichi Kotobuki Minako

October 14th

Oozora Yuuhi Komiya Arisa Takahashi Hitomi Takenaka Naoto

October 15th

Zaiki Takuma Nakajima Hiroko Maeshima Ami Murata Takehiro

October 17th

Ogino Yuka Ozuki Tooma Maekawa Yasuyuki Mizutani Atsushi

October 19th

Oota Masaki Okamori Akira Kondou Shouri Sakurai Keito

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