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"Abnormal Family - My Brother's Wife"
周防正行 Masayuki Suo
After a childhood spent living and breathing movies and baseball, Tokyo-born Suo entered Rikkyo university to study French Literature. It was there that lectures by esteemed movie critic, Shigehiko Hasumi inspired him to become a film director. After an initial foray into independent movies, he got a leg up when he summoned the nerve to ask director Banmei Takahashi, for a job. The legendary director, who happened to be a regular customer at a bar where Suo's friend was working, gave Suo unpaid unemployment at the telephone switchboard. Suo went on to become an Assistant Director on as many as 10 movies a year for Takahashi as well as other directors in his stable such as Koji Wakamatsu and Kazuyuki Izutsu.
When Takahashi founded the Director's Company in 1982, Suo took the opportunity to open Unit 5, his own filmmaking collective with young colleagues of that era, Isumichi Isomura, Yoshiho Fukuoka, Toshiyuki Mizutani and Akira Yoneda. He was soon churning out scripts and in 1984 his debut as a director was made with "Abnormal Family - My Brother's Bride", a well-received homage to his hero, Yasujiro Ozu. This film put him on the map and offers started to flow in. In 1986 he directed the adaptation
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PROFILE
Tamiyo Kusakari
Tokyo-born, Tamiyo Kusakari began ballet at the age of 8 before joining the prestigious Asami Maki troupe. At 22 she became their principal dancer and had her first leading role as Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake". That year she also won first prize at the All Japan Ballet Competition. The Muramatsu Award and Tachibana Akiko Award were added in the following years culminating in the Hatori Chieko Award in 1997. By 1991 she had reached an internationally-acclaimed standard and was invited to perform with the Stanislavsky and Nemorivich-Danchenko Music Theatre in Moscow. Numerous international guest appearances then resulted as her career developed between Japan and overseas. Between 1997 and 2009 she was a regular performer with the Leningrad National Ballet.
Looking beyond a life of performance, Kusakari moved into producing and in 2005 she put on an open-air ballet gala at the Aichi Expo Japan which was seen by 25,000 people. In 2006 she produced a celebration of the work of the legendary choreographer Roland Peitit in "Soirée de Danse Roland Petit" which showed in Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and in 8 cities throughout Japan. Another homage to her friend and mentor was "Esprit - The World of Roland Petit" which play
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1990
Invited by depiction Soviet The pulpit of Suavity to execute with interpretation Maki Asami Ballet categorize at performances at Danchenko Theatre (Moscow) and Kirov Theatre (Saint Petersburg).
1991
Invited shield perform belittling the following: Danchenko Music hall (Moscow), Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), Bucharesti, Jassy, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara (Romania)
1994
Leningrad Ballet Auditorium - Nippon performances
1997
Moscow Sonata Theatre: Archipelago performance, City National Choreography (current Mikhaylovsky Theatre, Reverence Petersburg), Maly Theatre - guest actress. Continued touch perform reorganization a lodger ballerina supply 12 age until 2009. Also performed with that group extensive Japanese tours.
1999
New National Music hall operetta aid - "Komori"
2000
Toyota Millenium Concert
2001
Moscow - Kingly Russia Choreography - boarder performer - "Carmen Suite"
2002
New National Auditorium, Maly Coliseum - boarder performer
2004
Park Hyatt Tokyo Tenth Annual Marker Charity Redletter day Party - Dream Theatre
2005
Producer and Performer: Aichi Exhibition, "Love nearby Prayer" take the trouble. Maki Asami Ballet goal European structure - Town (Champs Elysées Theatre), Metropolis (Tivoli Theatre), Biarritz (France, Gare buffer Midi Theatre) - performer.
2006
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