Artis Jepun [part II]

Kittie · Post time 14-6-2012 12:32 AM

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SEKAI NO OWARI - Nemurihime

SINI

whitedove · Post time 20-6-2012 05:16 PM

NHK drama wins Golden Nymph Award at Monte Carlo Television Festival
ENTERTAINMENT JUN. 17, 2012 - 06:31AM JST ( 4 )

TOKYO —
An NHK drama won the Golden Nymph Award for best mini-series at the 52nd Monte Carlo Television Festival, which was held in Monaco from June 8 to 14.

The two-part “Yasu: A Single Father’s Story” tells the story of Yasu and his wife Misako who are blessed with a beautiful baby boy, Akira. But Yasu becomes a single parent when Misako sacrifices her life to save the boy from falling heavy boxes. Yasu is an inept father but does his best to raise Akira to adulthood.

Source: www.japantoday.com

whitedove · Post time 30-6-2012 01:25 AM

Full winners list for the “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD JAPAN 2012″ revealed

On June 23rd, the awarding ceremony for “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD JAPAN (VMAJ) 2012” was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. Dance • vocal group EXILE’s “Rising Sun” was chosen the “Best Video of the Year”, marking the group’s 4th win in this category. Vocalist, ATSUSHI commented, “Thanks to all the fans, we have been able to perform for over 10 years. We would like to continue creating entertainment that will make everybody impressed and encouraged, with a united effort.”

“VMAJ” is a music awards program where the MTV channel viewers vote for artists, songs, and music videos in various categories, without distinction to Japanese or foreign music. This year, techno-pop unit Perfume attended as the host. Also actress Karina, girls’ band SCANDAL, and performance unit WORLD ORDER made appearances as presenters, and announced the winners.

During the ceremony, American rock band LINKIN PARK, Korean group 2NE1, and more showed their live performances, and livened up the event.

This year’s awarding ceremony will also be aired on MTV channels in Korea and Taiwan in July 7th, Southeast Asia in July 8th, Vietnam in July 10th, and in China in July 12th.

Check out the winners of “MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD JAPAN 2012″ below!

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<Best Male Video>
BRUNO MARS “It Will Rain” (Phil Pinto and Bruno Mars)

<Best Female Video>
Amuro Namie “Love Story” (Kawamura Kensuke)

<Best Group Video>
2PM “I’m your man” (Joh Suhyun)

<Best New Artist Video>
2NE1 “I AM THE BEST” (Hyun-Seung Seo)

<Best Video of the Year>
EXILE “Rising Sun” (Kubo Shigeaki)

<Best Rock Video>
ONE OK ROCK “Answer is Near” (Fukatsu Masakazu)

<Best Pop Video>
3daime J Soul Brothers “FIGHTERS” (Kubo Shigeaki)

<Best R&B Video>
Kato Miliyah “Yuusha tachi” (Noda Tomoo)

<Best Hip Hop Video>
KREVA “Kijun” (Sunaga Hideaki)

<Best Reggae Video>
SEAN PAUL “She Doesn’t Mind” (Evan Winter)

<Best Dance Video>
Perfume “Laser Beam” (Seki Kazuaki)

<Best Video from a Film>
BUMP OF CHICKEN “Good Luck” /”ALWAYS 3choume no Yuhi’64″ (Yamazaki Takashi)

<Best Collaboration Video>
Amuro Namie “make it happen feat.AFTERSCHOOL” (Kubo Shigeaki)

<Best Choreography>
Perfume “Laser Beam” (Seki Kazuaki)

<Best Album of the Year>
Shoujo Jidai “GIRLS’ GENERATION”

<Best Karaokee! Song>
Sonar Pocket “365 Nichi no Love Story.” (Takuya Tada)

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06 ... apan-2012-revealed/

whitedove · Post time 30-6-2012 01:25 AM

Comedy ‘Kagi Dorobou no Method’ wins Best Sceenplay at Shanghai International Film Festival

On June 24th, the upcoming life-switching comedy ‘Kagi Dorobou no Method‘, starring Sakai Masato, received the award for Best Screenplay at the ‘15th Shanghai International Film Festival‘.

‘Kagi Dorobou no Method’ is directed and written by Uchida Kenji and is the first Japanese movie to win said award in the history of this film festival. He commented, “I think that the script of a movie only gets completed at the same the movie itself gets completed. I have to thank all of the staff and the cast who participated in this movie. Thank you very much.”

The movie is a comedy about an unpopular actor with money problems named Sakurai (Sakai), who switches identities with the rich and powerful Kondo (played by Kagawa Teruyuki), when the latter loses his memories in a mishap at a bath house. While Kondo now believes to be an unpopular actor named Sakurai himself, Sakurai is trying to enjoy his life as the rich Kondo. However, what he didn’t know is that Kondo has also been living a second life as a legendary contract killer, which is going to make his new life more troublesome than expected. Meanwhile, Kondo is working hard to change his situation for the better and even gets proposed to by a female editor-in-chief of a magazine (played by Hirosue Ryoko).

The competition included 17 works picked out of a total 1643 applications from 106 different countries. Moreover the 3,000 tickets for the screening of ‘Kagi Dorobou no Method’ at the festival on the 17th were immediately sold out and over 200 fans were waiting outside to catch a glimpse of Sakai, Hirosue, and Uchida at the red carpet. The organizers even had to increase the security personal because of the passionate reception of the Chinese movie fans.

Past Japanese award winners include Iwai Shunji’s ‘Riri Shushu no Subete‘ which won the Special Jury Award and Best Music in 2002, Mihara Mitsuhiro’s ‘Mura no Shashinshu‘ which won the Golden Goblet (Best Movie) and Best Actor (Fuji Tatsuya) in 2005, and Yamada Yoji’s ‘Bushi no Ichibun‘ which won Best Music (Tomita Isao) in 2007.

In Japan ‘Kagi Dorobou no Method’ is scheduled to open nationwide on September 15th.

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/06 ... onal-film-festival/