Takuya Kimura

I Come With the Rain

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Film Reviews: Staggers onto the screen looking as bloody and bruised as many of its protags.

Josh Hartnett Comes With The Rain

Just Jared (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

Josh Hartnett is all smiles at the open forum of his new movie, I Come with the Rain, during the 14th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) at Haeundae beach on Saturday (October 10) in Busan, South Korea. The 31-year-old actor was accompanied by his Korean co-stars Takuya Kimura and Lee Byung-Hun (he most recently played [...]

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France honour S Korean actress

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon receives one of France's top art awards at a film festival in her home country.

Honour for South Korean actress

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon receives one of France's top art awards at a film festival in her home country.

Gatsby product turns you into Takuya Kimura

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

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Dancing Indians advertise Cup Noodle curry flavor

Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009

The last Cup Noodle commercial had Takuya Kimura walking through redwood forests. Now he’s in India for a Bollywood-style musical promotion of Cup Noodle’s curry flavor: The song lyrics consist of Kimutaku repeatedly announcing the existence of corocha curry Cup Noodle. The woman interrupts him to suggest that he say it tastes good, since [...]

Lee Byung Hun Shows Off His Abs In The Korean Trailer For I COME WITH THE RAIN

Twitch (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009

Though it has been largely passed over by the world's big festivals, the sheer star power of Tran Ahn-Hung's action thriller I Come With The Rain is more than enough to guarantee that it will receive a significant release throughout Asia. Riding the star power of Takuya Kimura the Japanese release has already come and gone and next in line will be Korea, thanks in no small part to the villainous turn...

Tsuchiya powers surging Eagles past Hawks

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Teppei Tsuchiya broke the game open with a tiebreaking grand slam in the ninth inning as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles came from behind to beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 7-4 on Friday. The Eagles won their fifth straight and continued a surge toward clinching a berth in the Pacific League Climax Series playoffs. Read the full story

Abe ignites Giants to triumph over BayStars

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009

The Yokohama BayStars put up a good fight, but it wasn't enough to stop Shinnosuke Abe and the Yomiuri Giants from breaking out the brooms. Abe hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning and the Yomiuri bullpen held off the pesky Central League cellar dwellers to help the Giants earn a series sweep with a 4-3 victory in front of 43,140 fans on Thursday at Tokyo Dome. Read the full story

Ishiguro Announces Live Action Yamato

AnimeNation Anime News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009

During this past weekend’s Otakon convention, veteran anime producer Noboru Ishiguro made the announcement that a live action version of the Space Battleship Yamato manga & anime franchise is presently in development. The adaptation will star SMAP’s Takuya Kimura. Ishiguro has been involved with the Yamato franchise since directing episodes of the original 1974 TV [...]

Japan embraces shotgun weddings

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009

Japan's wedding companies are cashing in on the growing number of 'doublehappy' celebrations marking both the marriage and the imminent arrival of the first baby.

Roppongi Hills at Night

The Great Swifty Speaketh! (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009

After finishing dinner yesterday evening, I was gripped by a sudden urge to catch a film. I thought of seeing Ahn Hung Tran's I COME WITH THE RAIN, starring Josh Harnett, Lee Byung-hun, Takuya Kimura and Shawn Yue. I rushed off to take the train to Roppongi, but despite my best efforts, the film had already started when I reached Roppongi Hills. Even though I told the lady that I didn't mind about...

Kimura's blast propels Giants past Lions

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. (Kyodo) Takuya Kimura delivered a go-ahead, three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Yomiuri Giants prevailed over the pesky Saitama Seibu Lions 7-6 in interleague action on Tuesday. Seibu took a 3-1 lead in the fourth, featuring a Yasuyuki Kataoka two-run shot, but Kazunari Tsuruoka had an RBI double to narrow the gap before Kimura launched a 2-2 slider...

Oricon: who would you want to become?

~ listen the world ~ (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009

Weekly entertainment magazine ORI☆STAR polled 700 male and female readers on which famous person they would like to try being. [...] Men’s Category: Masaharu Fukuyama Hiro Mizushima Takuya Kimura Koshi Inaba Kazutoshi Sakurai Hiroshi Tamaki Hiroshi Abe Tsuyoshi Domoto Shun Oguri Joe Odagiri Women’s Category: Namie Amuro Ayumi Hamasaki Aoi Miyazaki Ayaka Becky Haruka Ayase Yui Aragaki...

Mmm…Brains!

News on Japan (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009

Here’s my fun Japanese snack for today. Mmm Brains! Rest-of-the-story… This is a product tie-in to the TBS suspense drama “Mr. Brain.” The pastry made by Yamazaki Bakeries is described as follows. wacky machine translation “MR.BRAIN trephine brain (DHA with salt & Whip)” is, according to the concept of the drama, the “brain” was the theme of [...]...