Actress Washio Isako (35) has given birth to her second child. She and actor Nakamura Toru (38) already have a five-year old daughter. Nakamura is currently in rehearsals for a stage production to start next month. Washio regularly appears in TV commercials and magazines and plans to continue her career. • Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke (64) has had to drop out of an Osaka production due to start next week for medical reasons. His part will be taken by Ichikawa Danjiro (35). Ennosuke was diagnosed late last year with a brain aneurism during a run at a Fukuoka theater and hospitalized for a month.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
March 01, 2004
Actress Washio Isako (35) has given birth to her second child. She and actor Nakamura Toru (38) already have a five-year old daughter. Nakamura is currently in rehearsals for a stage production to start next month. Washio regularly appears in TV commercials and magazines and plans to continue her career. � Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke (64) has had to drop out of an Osaka production due to start next week for medical reasons. His part will be taken by Ichikawa Danjiro (35). Ennosuke was diagnosed late last year with a brain aneurism during a run at a Fukuoka theater and hospitalized for a month.
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I hope the Mommy and the newborn are in good condition.
According to the latest edition of Flash magazine, former Morning Musume member Ichii Sayaka (20) is five months pregnant and on the verge of getting married. The couple were spotted moving to Ichii's family home. Ichii left the mega-popular group in May 2000 and formed the trio Ichii Sayaka and Cubic Cross. Not one to avoid mixing business with pleasure, she is now hooked up with her guitarist, Yoshizawa Naoki (28). She officially retired from the music business last November.
March 03, 2004
Actor Watanabe Ken (44) didn't manage to win an Oscar, but he was thrilled just to have been the first Japanese nominated in 37 years, for his role in "The Last Samurai." And he vowed that the Academy Awards hadn't seen the last of him. "To be honest, I wanted the award," he said after the ceremony. "I wanted to have a chance to stand on that stage and thank everyone in Japanese theater and movies." The other Japanese nominee that didn't quite make it was Yamada Yoji's movie "Tasogare Seibei" (The Twilight Samurai) in the Best Foreign Feature category.
Godzilla is to make his last big screen appearance at the end of this year, his 50th anniversary. "Godzilla - Final Wars", to be directed by Kitamura Ryuhei, will be the 28th movie in a series spanning the entire postwar period. Moviemaker Toho Co. announced the giant lizard's imminent demise on Tuesday. The movie will feature a whopping ten other infamous monsters, in an effort to boost sagging fan numbers. The last two Godzilla films have been disappointing, perhaps a side-efect of the Hollywood-ization of one of Japan's most revered characters in 1998.
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:27 am Post subject:
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March 04, 2004
Godzilla is to make his last big screen appearance at the end of this year, his 50th anniversary. "Godzilla - Final Wars", to be directed by Kitamura Ryuhei, will be the 28th movie in a series spanning the entire postwar period. Moviemaker Toho Co. announced the giant lizard's imminent demise on Tuesday. The movie will feature a whopping ten other infamous monsters, in an effort to boost sagging fan numbers. The last two Godzilla films have been disappointing, perhaps a side-efect of the Hollywood-ization of one of Japan's most revered characters in 1998.
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Too many Godzilla movies (IMO)
Can't beat the classic.
But I also liked Godzilla vs. Mothra _________________
Too many Godzilla movies (IMO)
Can't beat the classic.
But I also liked Godzilla vs. Mothra
Hehehe..that's my favorite too.. (now it reminds me of my childhood memory..watching Godzilla in a big screen with my brother and my parents). Stick to the classic with less CG..more plastic ruber fighting and wire monster flying around
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i honestly don't think that this will be the last gojira. I mean, it's an institution and plus it's still raking in the $$$$$. It would be the same with ultraman as well. Those 2 are old and still making loot from merchandising. _________________
i honestly don't think that this will be the last gojira. I mean, it's an institution and plus it's still raking in the $$$$$. It would be the same with ultraman as well. Those 2 are old and still making loot from merchandising.
Yep. If there's an audience and money to be made, we'll see more...
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:59 am Post subject: Re: man..
Rony Oka wrote:
Man I was like so mad well not that mad, when Ken Watanabe didn't win at the oscars.
I think he got jipped.
well better luck next time Ken Watanabe!!
Er, did you even watch Mystic River?
It's awesome, though, that Watanabe-kun is going to be playing Ra's al Ghul. He's one of the best Batman villains. Man, I'm so excited about the new Batman movie, it seems like it's going to be really, really good.
Baseball legend Nagasima Shigeo (68) was hospitalized yesterday for a stroke. The man they call "Mister", revered for his cavalier play in the golden era of the Yomiuri Giants, recently guided the Japanese Olympic team to qualification for this year's games in Athens. His son, former baseball player and now a TV personality, Nagashima Kazushige said, "Now we leave everything to the doctors and wait for my father's recovery."
Yep. If there's an audience and money to be made, we'll see more...
Yeah, well, they don't intend to making any more gojira films for at least another decade after this latest one. Expect to see a long hiatus for the series as the directors and producers decide what to do with gojira in the next generation.
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