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Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse (成瀬 巳喜男 , Naruse Mikio , August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967.
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Raoul Peck Raoul Peck (born 1953) is a Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist. From March 1996 to September 1997, he was Haiti's Minister of Culture. His film "I Am Not Your Negro" (2016) about the life of James Baldwin was nominated for an Oscar in January 2017.
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Gaara Gaara (我愛羅 ) is a fictional character in the "Naruto" manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. Initially introduced as an antagonist, Gaara is a shinobi affiliated with Sunagakure and is the son of Sunagakure's leader, the Fourth Kazekage. He was born as a demon's host as part of his father's intention to have a weapon to restore their village. However, a combination of being ostracized by the Sunagakure villagers, his early inability to control the Tailed Beast, and the notion that his deceased mother called him her curse on the village caused Gaara to become a ruthless killer who believes his own purpose is to kill his enemies. Only after meeting Naruto Uzumaki does Gaara earn a change of perspective, as he eventually becomes Sunagakure's Fifth Kazekage (五代目風影 , Godaime Kazekage ) and gains acceptance by his people. Gaara has appeared in several pieces of "Naruto" media, including two of the featured films in the series, the third original video animation, and several video games
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Roy Miki Roy Akira Miki, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born October 10, 1942) is a Canadian poet and scholar.
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Milko Foucault-Larche Milko Foucault – Larche (born Milko Foucault – Larche (pronounced 'fooko-lar-shay') on [1 June 1960] is a Mauritian Australian entertainer. He is best known in Australia for his tribute to Charles Aznavour, "Aznavour... From Today" and most likely the only Aznavour tribute of its kind in Australia.
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Mizuo Peck Mizuo Peck (born August 18, 1977) is an American actress best known for playing Sacagawea in the film "Night at the Museum" and its sequels "" and "".
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Bill Narum Bill Narum (January 11, 1947 – November 18, 2009) was an artist, illustrator, and Texas counter-culture icon known for his work in popular entertainment, and for being one of the few non-natives to have lived with the Tarahumara tribe of northern Mexico in Copper Canyon. He was also the brother of artists Jon Eric Narum and Heidi Narum Hyatt, along with Wendy Narum and Kurt Narum (deceased). They are the five children born to the talented artists, Bill and Mary Narum. Bill was also the father of two women, Michelle Narum and Nico Narum D'Auterive, and the grandfather of Alexandria and Julian Groce.
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James Peck (pacifist) James Peck (December 19, 1914July 12, 1993) was an American activist who practiced nonviolent resistance during World War II and in the Civil Rights Movement. He is the only person who participated in both the Journey of Reconciliation (1947) and the first Freedom Ride of 1961, and has been called a white civil rights hero. Peck advocated nonviolent civil disobedience throughout his life, and was arrested more than 60 times between the 1930s and 1980s.
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Merisairas Merisairas, also known as Seasick, is a 1996 thriller film directed by Veikko Aaltonen and starring Bob Peck, Katrin Cartlidge and Peter Firth. An English-language film, it was a co-production between Sweden, Finland and France. The screenplay concerns eco-terrorists who attack a ship carrying toxic waste.
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Sibérie m'était contéee Sibérie m'était contéee ["sic"] ("if [the story of] Siberia was told/recited to me", but see discussion below) is the first French language-only album by Manu Chao, released in 2004. This album features, along with a CD, an oversized book with lyrics to songs from the album and previous Manu Chao albums, as well as illustrations by Jacek Woźniak. Hit singles include "Petite blonde du Boulevard Brune" ("Little blonde from Brune Boulevard", which is a Parisian boulevard). The album's songs refer heavily to Paris, and Parisian life. The song "Helno est mort" ("Helno is Dead") is dedicated to the memory of his friend Helno (Noël Rota), the singer of Les Négresses Vertes who died of a drug overdose in 1993.
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Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas (IKV) is a musical duo formed in 1991 consisting of Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The duo split in 2001 to follow solo careers, but later performed together several times, and officially reunited in 2011. The duo took their name from a fictional character, the Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin in the hit 1960s TV show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", and the Colombian football player Carlos Valderrama. Their musical style is extremely wide-ranging, including hip-hop, rock, funk, and salsa.
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Ali Farka Touré Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 6, 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese's often quoted characterization of Touré's tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on "Rolling Stone"' s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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Masahiro Matsuoka Masahiro Matsuoka (松岡 昌宏 , Matsuoka Masahiro , born January 11, 1977) is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is a member of Tokio, a Johnny Entertainment musical group. His nicknames are Mabo and Maa-kun. He starred as Shinichi Ozaki in ., and comedy series "Yasuko to Kenji".
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Farewell to the King Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and Gerry Lopez and is loosely based on the 1969 novel "L'Adieu au Roi" by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Longtime Milius collaborator Basil Poledouris composed the musical score.
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Lovers Are Wet Lovers Are Wet (恋人たちは濡れた , Koibito-tachi wa nureta ) is a 1973 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's "Roman porno" series, directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and starring Rie Nakagawa. Alternate titles for the film include Twisted Path of Youth, Twisted Path of Love, and Lovers and Wet Sands. In 1999 the mainstream Japanese film journal "Kinema Junpo" named it as one of the best Japanese films of the 20th century.
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Psychiatrist Irabu series Dr. Ichirō Irabu (伊良部 一郎 , Irabu Ichirō ) is a fictional psychiatrist in a series of short stories by Japanese writer Hideo Okuda, originally published primarily in the literary magazine "All Yomimono" from August 2000 to January 2006 and later collected in three "tankōbon": In the Pool (イン・ザ・プール , In Za Pūru ) , Kūchū Buranko (空中ブランコ, "Flying Trapeze") and Chōchō Senkyo (町長選挙, "Mayoral Election") . Of these, "Kūchū Buranko" is particularly acclaimed, having won Okuda the 131st Naoki Prize (given for a book published in the first half of 2004) but, as of January 2011, only "In the Pool" has been published in English. Works in other media based on the stories include a feature film, television drama, stage play and anime series.
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Paco Gorospe Francisco "Paco" Gorospe Sy (July 10, 1939 – September 22, 2002) was a Filipino painter, called the "Picasso of the Philippines".
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Sōjirō Motoki Sōjirō Motoki (本木 荘二郎 , Motoki Sōjirō ) was a Japanese filmmaker who served primarily as a film producer, but also as a writer and director. He was most famous for producing several films for Akira Kurosawa, including "Seven Samurai", "Ikiru" and "Throne of Blood". He also produced films for other directors, including Mikio Naruse, for whom he produced "Spring Awakens" and "Battle of Roses", and Kazuo Mori, for whom he produced "Vendetta for a Samurai". As a writer, he provided the story for Kei Kumai's 1968 film "The Sands of Kurobe", starring Kurosawa favorite Toshiro Mifune.
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Gerard Ouimette Gerard Thomas Ouimette (March 6, 1940 – April 19, 2015), commonly known as the Frenchman, was an American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island who was a prominent associate of the Patriarca crime family. He served for years as one of Raymond L. S. Patriarca's lieutenants, and also headed his own faction of the Patriarca mob.
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Adrian Pecknold Adrian Pecknold (1920–1999) was a Canadian mime, director, and author of the book "Mime: The Step Beyond Words". He is popularly known for his creation and depiction of Poco the Clown in the popular Canadian children's television program "Mr. Dressup".
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Joey Miyashima Joey Miyashima (born November 18, 1957) is a Japanese American television and film actor. Miyashima played Pee-wee Herman's Japanese pen pal, Oki Doki, in "Accidental Playhouse", an episode of "Pee-Wee's Playhouse". He had a role in an episode ("9 Minutes and 52 Seconds Over Tokyo") of "The Tracey Ullman Show", and another in its spin-off, "The Simpsons", as the voice of Toshiro, the apprentice chef, in the episode called "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". In 2006, he played the role of Principal Dave Matsui in the Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical", and reprised it in "" (2008). In 2009 he had a cameo as a police officer in the new DCOM "Dadnapped".
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Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed (Estonian for Big Fools and Little Fools of Tallinn) is a satirical 1892 series by Eduard Bornhöhe depicting cranks in their daily activities. Particularly famous is the first part, "Kuulsuse narrid" ("Fools of Fame"), whose protagonists Jaan Tatikas and Saalomon Vesipruul have become well-known stereotypes in Estonian culture.