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Arashi no Yoru ni (あらしのよるに, lit. One Stormy Night) is the first in a series of children's books authored by Yūichi Kimura and illustrated by Hiroshi Abe. In 1995, the book won the 26th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award and the 42nd Sankei Children's Literature Culture Award.
The first Mystic Moods Orchestra album, One Stormy Night, was released in 1966 through the label Philips. Throughout the rest of the 1960s and 1970s, the group continued to release similar styled recordings and their recordings continued to be reissued throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind that swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line "It was a dark and stormy night". This opening, from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford, reads in full:
The Stormy Night or Stormy Night may refer to: The Stormy Night (風雨之夜), a 1925 Chinese film; Stormy Night, a 2003 Canadian animated short film; Stormy Night (あらしのよるに), a 2005 Japanese film; The Stormy Night (狂風之夜), a 1952 Hong Kong film; The Stormy Night (雨夜惊魂), a 2015 Chinese film
Although Paul Clifford is rarely read today, it contains one of the most widely known incipits in English literary history: "It was a dark and stormy night…". It is frequently invoked for its atmospheric and neo-Gothic description, often in the mystery, detective, horror and thriller genres.
Dark and Stormy Night: Larry Blamire: Jennifer Blaire, Daniel Roebuck, Dan Conroy: United States: Comedy horror [48] Dead at the Box Office: Shawn Stutler: Michael Allen Williams, Isaiah Robinson, Jennifer Popagain: United States [49] Dead by Dawn 2: The Return: Nigel Hartwell: Mike Bruce, Anna Marie Cerovski, Anthony Cortese: United States [50 ...
Stormy Night (French: Nuit d'orage) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2003. [1] Adapted from her own children's book, [2] the film centres on a young girl who cannot sleep due to the noise from a thunderstorm, and who becomes engrossed in her imagination.