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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho appears in , the adaptation of the by , first published in .
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the or the is better.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden, 1997
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Rob Marshall, 2005
In 1929, Chiyo Sakamoto, a young girl living in a poor fishing village by the sea, is sold to a geisha house by her father alongside her sister, Satsu, so that they might send money back home. Chiyo is taken in by Kayoko Nitta, the Mother (proprietress) of a geisha house in Miyaki in Kyoto, whereas Satsu, deemed too unattractive, is sent to a brothel instead.
On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
Ryusho Kadota, 2012
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Hideo Nakata, Masaki Nishiura, 2023
This series provides a detailed and insightful look into the tragic events that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. It delves into the failures of the plant’s safety measures, the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the disaster, and the ongoing struggles to clean up the radioactive contamination in the area.