Word: hideo
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...course, vital, but even before he went down the staff looked decidedly thin. His injury was merely a convenient peg for a slide that would have doubtless occurred at some point with a patchy staff that had only two quality starters, one of whose success—Hideo Nomo—was a real surprise...
...similar descent takes hero Kakihara, (Japanese renaissance everyman Tadanobu Asano) to a blissful death in Ichi the Killer; in the modern Japanese cinema, death seems the only way out. This all-star gathering of evildoers unites ultraviolent comic artist Hideo Yamamoto, from whose manga the film was created, and screen violence helmer Miike Takahashi, who created last year's cult sensation Audition. Kakihara is a sado-masochistic punk gangster caught up in an underworld where dysfunction speaks louder than love. When his yakuza boss mysteriously disappears, Kakihara hunts for his abductor. In the process, he turns a mansion into...
...feet took me to The Crimson, where I had seen some great sports moments like Hideo Nomo’s no-hitter earlier this season. Contrary to my cynical instincts, I was genuinely excited at the prospect of watching the conclusion to a perfect game...
...Government officials don't have statistics on the number of people using or selling magic mushrooms, but they know it is significant. "You walk through the city at night and you see the mushrooms being sold all around you," says Hideo Eno of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor, which is considering legislation to outlaw the mushrooms and treat them like any illegal drug...
...Kong two weeks ago. That film, about a girl with the ability to contact spirits and see ghosts, has the imprimatur of Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong's few art-house directors. Its three-day box office opening in Hong Kong set an all-time record, eclipsing Ring, Hideo Nakata's horror flick. Meanwhile, Joan Chen, former-leading-lady-turned-auteur with Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, is courting her for a script to be shot in China, based on Yan Geling's novel, The Lost Daughter of Happiness. And last week Shu Qi signed up with...