Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences,he is known for playing tragic hero characters,such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai,for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards,he has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice,in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films Batman Begins and Inception,as well as Memoirs of a Geisha,and Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan's largest yakuza organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe before World War II.
Kabukichō is an entertainment district in Shinjuku,Tokyo,Japan. Kabukichōis the location of many host and hostess clubs,love hotels,shops,restaurants,and nightclubs,and is often called the "Sleepless Town". Shinjuku Golden Gai,famous for its plethora of small bars,is part of Kabukichō.
J. T. Rogers is an American playwright. He is best known for his play Oslo (2016) about the 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and Palestine. The play received widespread acclaim as well as the Tony Award,Drama Desk Award,and Obie Award for Best Play. He is also known for his plays Madagascar (2004),The Overwhelming (2006),Blood and Gifts (2010),and Corruption (2024).
Joshua Lawrence "Jake" Adelstein is an American journalist,crime writer,and blogger who has spent most of his career in Japan. He is the author of Tokyo Vice:An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan,which inspired the 2022 Max original streaming television series Tokyo Vice,starring Ansel Elgort as Adelstein.
Tadamasa Goto is a retired yakuza. He was the founding head of the Goto-gumi,a Fujinomiya-based affiliate of Japan's largest yakuza syndicate,the Yamaguchi-gumi. Goto,who has been convicted at least nine times,was a prominent yakuza and at one point the most powerful crime boss in Tokyo,even being dubbed the "John Gotti of Japan". Goto was once claimed to have been the largest shareholder in Japan Airlines,but this was disputed by stock exchange filings.
Ansel Elgort is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie (2013). He gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and for his supporting role in The Divergent Series (2014–2016).
Tokyo Vice:An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan is a 2009 memoir by Jake Adelstein of his years living in Tokyo as the first non-Japanese reporter working for one of Japan's largest newspapers,Yomiuri Shimbun. It was published by Random House and Pantheon Books. HBO adapted the memoir into a 2022 television series. According to Gavin J. Blair of The Hollywood Reporter,there were individuals that disputed whether certain events in the book happened as stated.
The Flight Attendant is an American dark comedy drama mystery thriller television series developed by Steve Yockey based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian. It stars Kaley Cuoco in the title role and premiered on HBO Max on November 26,2020. In December 2020,the series was renewed for a second season,which premiered on April 21,2022. In January 2024,the series was canceled after two seasons.
Love Life is an American romantic comedy anthology television series created by Sam Boyd and starring Anna Kendrick that premiered on the HBO Max streaming service on May 27,2020. The series follows a different person each season from their first romance until their last romance and "how the people we're with along the way make us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever."
Almost Paradise is an American-Philippine crime drama television series produced by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen. The series is the first American television series to be filmed entirely in the Philippines. It premiered on March 30,2020,on WGN America in the United States. The series was renewed for a second season on Amazon Freevee,with all 10 episodes premiering on July 21,2023.
The Sex Lives of College Girls is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble that premiered on HBO Max on November 18,2021. In December 2021,the series was renewed for a second season,which premiered on November 17,2022. In December 2022,the series was renewed for a third season.
And Just Like That... is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Michael Patrick King for Max. It is a revival and a sequel of the HBO television series Sex and the City created by Darren Star,which is based on Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name.
Michael Mann is an American filmmaker known for directing,producing,and writing various works of film and television.
Minx is an American comedy television series created and written by Ellen Rapoport and starring Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson for HBO Max and later Starz. It aired from March 17,2022 to September 8,2023.
Hacks is an American comedy-drama television series created by Lucia Aniello,Paul W. Downs,and Jen Statsky that premiered on May 13,2021,on HBO Max. Starring Jean Smart,Hannah Einbinder,and Carl Clemons-Hopkins,the series centers on the professional relationship between a young comedy writer and a legendary stand-up comedian. The series received critical acclaim and won accolades including Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing,Outstanding Directing,and for Smart,Outstanding Lead Actress,as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series –Musical or Comedy. In June 2021,the series was renewed for a second season,which premiered on May 12,2022. In June 2022,the series was renewed for a third season,which is set to premiere on May 2,2024.
Mari Yamamoto is a Japanese actress and journalist.
