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Akiko Monō is a Actor born on 2 april 1976
Akiko Monō (桃生 亜希子, Monō Akiko, born 2 April 1976 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model.
Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike, before Hiroyuki Nakano caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction, her film debut. She has since worked with Nakano in his Stereo Future and the short film Slow is Beautiful.
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Birth 2 april 1976 (48 years)
Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike, before Hiroyuki Nakano caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction, her film debut. She has since worked with Nakano in his Stereo Future and the short film Slow is Beautiful.
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Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010)
, 1h11Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Cyberpunk films
Actors Akiko Monō, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Yūko Nakamura, Tomorowo Taguchi
Roles Yuriko
Rating54%
Anthony is a man with an American father and a deceased Japanese mother living and working in Tokyo. One day his son is run over and killed by Yatsu, this film's version of "The Metal Fetishist". Shortly afterward Anthony begins to transform into metal. He discovers that the work of his scientist father may be the key to his transformation. In his father's house he discovers a secret room with files and papers detailing the Tetsuo Project as a way to turn people into androids. He also learns that his father met his mother while they each researched the project. Anthony's wife arrives but before she sees her transformed husband a S.W.A.T. team arrives and she is taken hostage. Anthony's transformation finishes its hold and he defeats the S.W.A.T. team with bullets fired from his body, but refrains from killing them. The severely injured team is extracted, but then killed by Yatsu.
The Ramen Girl (2008)
, 1h42Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Brittany Murphy, Sohee Park, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Kimiko Yo, Daniel Evans
Rating63%
Abby (Brittany Murphy) is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan (Gabriel Mann). Ethan tells her that he has to go to Osaka on a business trip and may not be back for a while. Abby asks to go with him but Ethan refuses and breaks up with her. Abby goes to a ramen shop afterward, and the chef Maezumi (Toshiyuki Nishida) and his wife Reiko (Kimiko Yo) tell her that they are closed. Abby does not understand them as she does not speak Japanese. She starts to cry, so the chef conveys to her to sit down. He brings her a bowl of ramen, and she loves it. A small distance away, she hallucinates that the lucky cat, known as the Maneki Neko, or Beckoning Cat, gestures to her to come over. She offers to pay for her meal, but the chef and his wife refuse.
United Red Army (2007)
, 3h10Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Historical
Actors Gō Jibiki, Arata Iura, Maki Sakai, Tak Sakaguchi, Akiko Monō, Yoshio Harada
Rating70%
Le film est divisé en trois parties. La première concerne l'histoire des mouvements d'extrême gauche au Japon dans le contexte de la contestation généralisée qui secoue alors le monde (opposition à la guerre du Viêt Nam, révolution culturelle en Chine, mai 68 en France, contestation radicale du capitalisme...).
Lost in Translation (2003)
, 1h42Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films, Films about language and translation
Actors Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akira, Hiroko Kawasaki
Roles P Chan
Rating76%
Bob Harris, an aging American movie star, arrives in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whisky. Charlotte, a young college graduate, is left in her hotel room by her husband, John, a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Charlotte is unsure of her future with John as she feels he is more interested in his celebrity models, particularly an American actress named Kelly, than her. Bob's own 25-year marriage is tired as he goes through a midlife crisis.
Samurai Fiction (1998)
, 1h51Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomoyasu Hotei, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mari Natsuki, Taketoshi Naito, Fumiya Fujii
Roles Ninja Akakage
Rating71%
The plot centers on Inukai Heishirō (Mitsuru Fukikoshi), the son of a clan officer. One of his clan's most precious heirlooms, a sword given them by the Shogun, has been stolen by the samurai Kazamatsuri (Tomoyasu Hotei). Against his father's advice, Heishirō insists on retrieving the sword himself. His father sends two ninja after him to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.