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Chara is a Actor and Theme Song Performance Japonaise born on 13 january 1968 at Kawaguchi City (Japon)

Chara

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Birth name Miwa Satō
Nationality Japon
Birth 13 january 1968 (56 years) at Kawaguchi City (Japon)

Miwa Watabiki (綿引美和, Watabiki Miwa) (born January 13, 1968), better known by her stage name Chara, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is most well known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly (in which she starred), her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine. She is known for her unique whisper voice vocal technique while singing.

Biography

In 1994, Chara married actor Tadanobu Asano. She met Asano on the set of the 1994 film Picnic, in which they were both starring actors. Chara gave birth to a daughter, Sumire (菫), on July 4, 1995. Chara had a second child with Asano; she gave birth to a son on December 19, 1999, and named him Himi (緋美).

The couple attended the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2008, as the film Mongol, in which Asano starred, was nominated for the best foreign film category as the submission from Kazakhstan.

On July 25, 2009, Chara announced her amicable divorce from husband Asano Tadanobu, after fourteen years of marriage.

Chara has two tattoos: a blue bird on her back, and a sumire flower (菫, Fuji Dawn Viola) on her neck.

Chara's children feature in her music. Sumire features on the cover of her album Honey, which also has a track named after her.

Usually with

Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai
(2 films)
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Chara (4 films)

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Actress

Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Directed by Masayuki Miyaji
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Animation
Actors Nana Mizuki /, Minako Kotobuki, Mamoru Miyano, Keiji Fujiwara, Atsushi Abe, Kenji Hamada
Roles Omichi (voice)
Rating67% 3.3875453.3875453.3875453.3875453.387545
Hamaji, une jeune chasseuse vivant dans les montagnes rejoint son frère à Edo et se retrouve au beau milieu d’une traque livrée par le Shogun contre un groupe d’hybrides homme-chiens que l’on appelle les Fusé. Des rumeurs de meurtres commis par les Fusé circulent dans la ville d’Edo, et leurs têtes sont mises à prix.
Dasavatharam, 3h5
Directed by K.S.Ravikumar
Origin Inde
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Disaster films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat, K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh, P. Vasu
Rating72% 3.647323.647323.647323.647323.64732
Bio-scientist Govindarajan Ramaswamy speaks at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium about chaos theory and the butterfly effect. He begins by reciting events from the 15th century in Chidambaram, when King Kulothunga Chola II, a Saivite, persecutes Vaishnavites and intends to destroy an idol of Govindaraja. Rangarajan Nambi, a Vaishnavite, protects it and offends the king, who orders Rangarajan to be executed by being submerged into the sea with the idol, succeeding.
Picnic
Picnic (1996)
, 1h8
Directed by Shunji Iwai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Chara, Tadanobu Asano, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kazue Ito, Keiichi Suzuki
Roles Coco
Rating70% 3.5417853.5417853.5417853.5417853.541785
Deux fous, Satoru et Tsumuji, décident de grimper sur le mur de l'asile pour voir le monde extérieur, sans pour autant s'échapper. La jeune Coco, que ses parents viennent tout juste de faire interner, les suit et décide d'aller voir plus loin. Tous trois décident ainsi de parcourir le monde, toujours juchés sur un mur.
Swallowtail Butterfly, 2h28
Directed by Shunji Iwai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Itō, Yōsuke Eguchi, Tomoko Yamaguchis, Nene Ōtsuka
Roles Glico
Rating74% 3.745433.745433.745433.745433.74543
The film is set in Tokyo at an unspecified point in the near future when the Japanese yen has become the strongest currency in the world. This attracts an influx of immigrants, legal and illegal, to work in the city. The immigrants give the city the nickname Yen Town (円都, ien taun). The Japanese natives, however, despise the nickname, and in retribution call the immigrants by the homophone Yen Thieves (円盗, ien taun), anglicised as "Yentowns" in the film's English subtitles.

Sound

Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Directed by Masayuki Miyaji
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Animation
Actors Nana Mizuki /, Minako Kotobuki, Mamoru Miyano, Keiji Fujiwara, Atsushi Abe, Kenji Hamada
Roles Theme Song Performance
Rating67% 3.3875453.3875453.3875453.3875453.387545
Hamaji, une jeune chasseuse vivant dans les montagnes rejoint son frère à Edo et se retrouve au beau milieu d’une traque livrée par le Shogun contre un groupe d’hybrides homme-chiens que l’on appelle les Fusé. Des rumeurs de meurtres commis par les Fusé circulent dans la ville d’Edo, et leurs têtes sont mises à prix.