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...Takashi Sorimachi plays Junichi Mikami, a somber young man finishing a three-year prison sentence for a bar fight that resulted in manslaughter. Shortly before the end of his term, he is released on parole at the behest of prison official Shoji Nango (played by wizened screen icon Tsutomu Yamazaki). Nango wants Mikami's help in a private investigation commissioned by an enigmatic client. Their mission: to clear a convicted murderer slated to hang in three months. It is a chance for both men to unburden themselves of their guilt?Mikami for the bar killing, Nango for taking part...
She’s won a Grammy and been called one of the most influential female rap-artists in music history—and, oh yeah, she’s quite an actress. Queen Latifah is a true pop-culture icon, and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations did well in selecting her to host the 18th annual Cultural Rhythms show this coming Saturday. Both as an artist and as a performer, the Queen is a powerful presence; she will undoubtedly energize Saturday’s events. Moreover, she has the big-name appeal that last year?...
...difficult Rosy, the Cruella De Vil of The Double Helix, who nearly knocked Watson's block off? Was she Dr. R.E. Franklin, the humble supporting player whom Watson and Crick thanked in the second-to-last sentence of their famous article in Nature? Or was she Franklin the feminist icon, the tormented genius who was cheated out of biochemistry's ultimate prize...
...Chan, too, doesn't want to stop. He has been a Hong Kong icon for ages?his breakthrough film, Snake in Eagle's Shadow, opened 25 years ago next month?but he became a Hollywood star only in 1998. And dammit, he's determined to enjoy the ride, however many bumps he may take...
...LeNeveu is able to surpass Ithaca’s puck icon before the season is through, don’t expect to see that famous picture of Dryden—wearing the old-style goalie mask and leaning his catcher on the cage during a stoppage of play—to be pushed out of the Cornell media guide anytime soon...