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mm2 Entertainment is a regional film studio, production, and distribution company, headquartered in Singapore. In Singapore, it is best known for local movies such as the Ah Boys to Men, The Lion Men, and Long Long Time Ago series. The studio has a presence in Hong Kong (mm2 Hong Kong), Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, and the United States. [1]
The ryō was originally a unit of weight from China, the tael. It came into use in Japan during the Kamakura period.By the Azuchi–Momoyama period it had become nearly uniform throughout Japan, about 4.4 monme as a unit of weight (about the same as 16.5 grams).
The character of Blackthorne is loosely based on the historical English navigator William Adams, [7] [8] who rose to become a samurai under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful feudal lord (daimyō) who later became the military ruler of Japan and the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Ieyasu is the basis for the character of Yoshii Toranaga.
A map of the territories of the Sengoku daimyo around the first year of the Genki era (1570 AD). Daimyo (大名, daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ) were powerful Japanese magnates, [1] feudal lords [2] who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.
Roy E. Disney, who died yesterday at the age of 79, may be best remembered as the nephew of Walt Disney. As a youngster, Roy grew up often playing the role of a test audience for such Disney (DIS ...
The Zo Reunification Organisation (ZORO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1988 in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. [1] It advocates for the cultural, social, and political unification of the Zo ethnic group, whose members are spread across India, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.
The Twelve Level Cap and Rank System (冠位十二階, Kan'i Jūnikai), established in 603, was the first of what would be several similar cap and rank systems established during the Asuka period of Japanese history. [1]
MM2 may refer to: MM2, a class of force fields; see force field (chemistry) MM2 (MMS), an interface utilized by the Multimedia Messaging Service standard; Mega Man 2, a 1988 video game for the NES; Mega Man II, a 1991 video game for the Game Boy; Midtown Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC; Motocross Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC