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Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (株式会社河合楽器製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, TYO: 7952) is a musical instruments manufacturing company headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is best known for its grand pianos, upright pianos, electronic keyboards and electronic synthesizers. The company was established in August 1927.
Koichi Kawai, the company founder, was born in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1886. As the son of a wagon maker, Kawai developed an ability to create mechanical devices and inventions when young. He began working in the piano industry in his early teens, and, while still a young man, became a key member of the research and development team that first introduced pianos to his country. He proved to be a gifted inventor who became the first to design and build a complete piano action in Japan. He was awarded many patents for his designs and inventions.
In 1927, Koichi Kawai founded the Kawai Musical Instrument Research Laboratory, employing seven like-minded colleagues. In the early days, the only thing that supported them was their passion for music and desire to produce superior pianos.
A digital piano (not to be confused with electric piano and electronic piano), also known as piano synthesizer, weighted keyboard, or in the late-1980s, personal electronic piano, is a modern electronic musical instrument; a special type of electronic keyboard or synthesizer designed to serve primarily as an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. It is intended to provide an accurate simulation of an acoustic piano. Some digital pianos are also designed to look like an acoustic piano, both the upright or grand piano body style. Digital pianos use either an electronic synthesized emulation of the piano sound or a sampled piano sound, which is then amplified through an internal loudspeaker. Digital pianos typically have weighted or semi-weighted keyboards, which attempt to recreate the playing sensation of an acoustic piano.
Actors: Tasuku Emoto (actor), Tôru Masuoka (actor), Mitsuru Hirata (actor), Daisuke Ryû (actor), Yoshie Ichige (actress), Yuki Matsushita (actress), Masanobu Takashima (actor), Kyôzô Nagatsuka (actor), Ken Maeda (actor), Kotomi Kyôno (actress), Daikichi Sugawara (actor), Katsuya Kobayashi (actor), Mayumi Wakamura (actress), Yûko Itô (actress), Yasunori Danda (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sadao Nakajima (writer), Michiru Ohshima (composer), Reiko Takashima (actress), Kimiko Ikegami (actress), Tetsuo Ishidate (actor), Ken Tanaka (actor), Gorô Kusakabe (producer), Ikuo Sekimoto (director), Nae (actress), Takeo Araki (editor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Kitarô (actor), Kei Tani (actor), Mitsuru Fukikoshi (actor), Morio Kazama (actor), Ryô Iwamatsu (actor), Taketoshi Naitô (actor), Mari Natsuki (actress), Piêru Taki (actor), Hiroshi Saitô (writer), Hiroshi Kanbe (actor), Tamaki Ogawa (actress), Shôgo Suzuki (actor), Masahiro Satô (actor), Yoshiaki Umegaki (actor), Hiroyuki Nakano (writer),
Plot: Three centuries ago, a precious sword has been stolen by Kazamatsuri -- the sword, which historic and symbolic value is priceless for the clan (Shogun Tokugawa donated it to clan 80 years before that, at the same time that he established them as the local rulers). Lord's counselor's young son Heishiro goes to retrieve the sword himself to protect the clan from the shame or possible demise. He is accompanied with two friends, Shintaro and Tadasuke, and followed by the ninjas of the clan. After Kazamatsuri wounds Heishiro and kills one of his friends, the young aristocrat still wants revenge more than sword itself, but meanwhile have to recover from his wounds, in the small forest house of a lonely samurai and his daughter. At the same time, Kamazatsuri stays in nearby town in the entertainment center run by Okatsu and falls into her. The older samurai tries to dissuade Heishiro from fighting with Kamazatsuri, but is himself gradually drawn into the conflict.
Keywords: anti-hero, father-in-law, gambling, katana, martial-arts, ninja, number-in-title, ocean, orphan, revengeActors: Fumihiko Tachiki (actor), Mamoru Oshii (director), Kenji Kawai (composer), Mamoru Oshii (writer), Mayumi Tanaka (actress), Shigeru Chiba (actor), Masaya Katô (actor), Takashi Matsuyama (actor), Tomoko Ishimura (actress), Shin Unozawa (producer), Mako Hyôdô (actress), Hiroshi Matsuo (editor), Kujira (actress), Natsumi Sasaki (actress), Yoshikazu Fujiki (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Shôgorô Nishimura (director), Junko Miyashita (actress), Yukiko Tachibana (actress), Naomi Tani (actress), Yuri Yamashina (actress), Tatsuya Hamaguchi (actor), Hitoshi Takagi (actor), Oniroku Dan (writer), Shôhei Yamamoto (actor), Kenji Shiiya (actor), Ren Seido (actor), Isao Takagi (writer), Kyôko Aoyama (actress), Takashi Kanematsu (actor),
Plot: Okoma (literally, Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.
Keywords: based-on-novel, roman-pornoActors: Shunsuke Kikuchi (composer), Makoto Satô (actor), Rikiya Yasuoka (actor), Akira Ôizumi (actor), Tetsurô Tanba (actor), Noribumi Suzuki (director), Gôzô Sôma (actor), Asao Koike (actor), Shin'ichi Chiba (actor), Hôsei Komatsu (actor), Hideo Murota (actor), Hiroshi Nawa (actor), Isao Matsumoto (writer), Etsuko Shihomi (actress), Teruo Shimizu (actor),
Plot: Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of [i]Shorinji Kempo[/i], Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation. He is first seen spying on a meeting of Chinese soldiers as they plan a surprise ambush on the retreating Japanese Army. He is discovered and has to fight his way out, using fists, feet and then a machine gun. He rushes to inform the Japanese commanders of the plot, but is horrified to learn that Japan has done the unthinkable by surrendering unconditionally. Soh returns to his homeland to find a ravaged land of beaten people. Victimised by gangsters, occupation forces and corrupt local officials, the poor and the disenfranchised have lost the will to fight back. Using his "Shao Lin" skills (subtitle translation of [i]Shorinji Kempo[/i]), he regularly champions the weak and teaches the black market thugs the error of their ways, becoming a regular guest at the local prison. He is seen to assist a former soldier, Otaki, who is seeking his lost wife at the bottom of a bottle, a fallen woman (Kiku) who has turned to prostitution after suffering rape by Russian soldiers, her little brother Kimio who gets injured by some American G.I.s who subsequently try to flee from accident. The Prison Governor warns him that the US Administration will not be so tolerant now that he has "crippled" the troops, suggesting a likely death sentence. He helps him to "escape" the jail and Soh leaves town in a hurry, pausing only to give advice to the band of orphans that he has befriended. Soh leaves the city of Osaka (central Japan) to go to the rural island of Shikoku where he finds a similar situation. He determines to bring new hope to the locals by teaching his martial arts skills to a growing band of followers. He gathers the loafers, ruffians and aimless, teaches them [i]Shorinji Kempo[/i] (referred to as "Shao Lin" in subtitles) to build them up to be stronger physically and mentally. He meets some new characters, who he soon enlists in his school; Tomoda the young ex-soldier and his sister Miho. When the noodle-stall girl Noriko is raped by a gang of [i]yakuza[/i] thugs, Soh and Tomoda dish out some rough justice (with some sharp scissors to one of the miscreant's tenderest flesh). Later, Tomoda and Miho are attacked and Tomoda has his arm cut off with a [i]katana[/i] (Samurai sword). Soh avenges that with a visit to the local [i]yakuza[/i] boss that leaves the boss with a dislocated arm and his minion missing a digit. Otaki, the former drunken soldier from Osaka joins the group, then in an emotional scene, discovers his wife is alive but has re-married after he was reported dead in the war. When the small-time local [i]yakuza[/i] gangs are joined by familiar faces from Osaka seeking to expand their activities, it is time for action with a capital A. Before the final climactic face-off between Soh's students and the yakuza mob, there is time for Soh to receive an urgent message to see Kiku in Osaka. He returns to find the orphans caring for a terminally ill Kiku, who had turned to prostitution to help support them all. Soh experiences an epiphany and comes to recognise that "Strength and Compassion must be together" ([i]Riki Ai Funi[/i]). In a typically cinematic finale, Soh's friend Otaki dies is killed by [i]yakuza[/i] thugs paid to clear the honest poor from land to be used to build brothels and gambling dens. Soh goes on a final rampage to clear the [i]yakuza[/i] right out of town forever. The epilogue reveals how Soh's school has flourished and spread across Japan (circa 1975), with scenes filmed at the organisations magnificent headquarters still based in the town of Tadotsu.
Keywords: martial-artsActors: Jun'ya Satô (director), Shinjirô Ehara (actor), Yoshiko Sakuma (actress), Masaru Satô (composer), Shinsuke Ashida (actor), Nenji Kobayashi (actor), Rentarô Mikuni (actor), Tetsurô Tanba (actor), Yuriko Hanabusa (actress), Yoshiko Mita (actress), Torahiko Hamada (actor), Akira Oze (actor), Eitarô Morikawa (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Shigeru Okada (producer), Umetsugu Inoue (director), Yoshiko Sakuma (actress), Minoru Ôki (actor), Kôji Tsuruta (actor), Hajime Kaburagi (composer), Hideo Murota (actor), Tatsuo Umemiya (actor), Takashi Kanda (actor), Nobuo Yana (actor), Harumi Sone (actor), Tôru Abe (actor), Ken Takakura (actor), Naoko Kubo (actress), Kenjiro Uemura (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Scott Brady (actor), Frankie Avalon (actor), Tab Hunter (actor), Samuel Z. Arkoff (producer), James H. Nicholson (producer), Les Baxter (composer), William Shatner (actor), Aki Aleong (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor), Jim Backus (actor), Steve Mitchell (actor), Lou Rusoff (producer), Jody McCrea (actor), Raymond Guth (actor), Michael Dante (actor),
Plot: With posters featuring a stylized-drawing of Eva Six in a bikini, a tagline reading..."Temptation in Paradise...neither hell nor high heels could stop them", and a Dream Sequence Technical Adviser credit for Bob Marcucci, American-International once again proved it had no peers when it came to sleight-of-hand advertising selling a war-movie when war movies weren't selling. This one starts in the Pacific in 1943 when an American submarine staffed by the likes of Scott Brady, Jim Backus and Michael Dante (the old guns to get the old folks in) has a rendezvous with a cruiser to pick up an underwater demolition team comprised of the likes of Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Gary Crosby and Jody McCrea (the young turks to get the kids in, which probably only worked in Southern California), and there is conflict right off as the sub crew feels like they are being denied a chance to revenge the sinking of a sister sub because they have to deliver Tab and Frankie to an island on a super-secret special mission guaranteed to affect the entire course of the war in the Pacific. These guys are landed on the Japanese-infested island and find their guerilla support consists of an old man, a teen-ager and three girls.
Keywords: ambush, american-soldier, battleship, boat, bomb, brawl, browning-automatic-rifle, cannon, color-sequence, combatActors: Shigeru Amachi (actor), Yôko Mihara (actress), Mitsugu Ôkura (producer), Teruo Ishii (director), Teruo Yoshida (actor), Masayo Banri (actress), Toshiaki Konoe (actor), Tomohiko Ôtani (actor), Reiko Seto (actress), Jun Ôtomo (actor), Terumi Hoshi (actress), Yôji Naruto (actor), Ryûji Oki (actor), Masayo Yoshida (actress), Ryuji Moriyama (actor),
Genres: ,Affordability meets high performance in the Kawai CN25. Combining acclaimed Harmonic Imaging technology with a new 88-note keyboard action featuring counterbalancing, the CN25 stylishly delivers superior tone and touch at a surprisingly affordable price. Main Features: * Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound technology with 88-note piano sampling * Responsive Hammer III (RHIII) Action with Let-off, Ivory-touch and Triple Sensor detection * Graded Hammers and Counterbalanced Keys * 19 exceptional instrument sounds * Dual and Four-Hands modes * 192-Note Polyphony * Built-in Alfred, Czerny, Burgmuller & Beyer lesson songs * Grand Feel Pedal System * USB to Host * Premium Rosewood Finish * Sliding key cover and matching bench ----- Connect with Kawai Pianos on: Twitter: https://twitter.com...
For over forty years, Kawai has been the architect of the modern piano, boldly pioneering the use of state-of-the-art materials and ideas to advance the piano art form. This innovative spirit is the essence of Kawai - and the principal reason why the GX BLAK Series grand pianos can be relied upon to provide exceptional performance that endures. This is the first of three videos giving you an in-depth look inside a GX BLAK Series grand piano to show you not only how these pianos are made, but also why they will maintain consistent touch and tone over time better than any other pianos. ----- Connect with Kawai Pianos on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/KawaiPianos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KawaiPianosUS Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/KawaiPianos #KawaiPiano www.kawaius.com
EL BAILE SEXY Y KAWAII DEL MUNDO! creo que es un titulo decente para lo que verán hoy . . . Verito siempre hace coreografías, pero le da pena subirlas uwu le insistí mucho para subir esta xD Espero les guste y comenten cosas bonitas o si no BAN BAN XDDDD jajajaja *hugs* ¿Quieren mas bailes? ►CanalDeVerito: https://goo.gl/9eiLtK ► VeritoInstagram: http://goo.gl/8auH7O ►CanalDeTDR: https://goo.gl/SXGJdH ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/_OtraVezLunes ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouAdamer ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_adam_louis/ ► Contacto Profesional, prensa, propuestas: tati@clubmedianetwork.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Royalty Free Music by: http://audiomicro.com/royalty-free-music https://player.epidemicsound.com
Find exclusive Kawai ES8 BUNDLES at Kraft Music: http://www.kraftmusic.com/brands/kawai/es8/?utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=video&utm;_content=txt&utm;_campaign=kaw-es8_demo Want to hear more playing? http://youtu.be/yJfXPQgYa0Y Sean O'Shea from Kawai demonstrates the ES8 digital piano at Kraft Music. The Kawai ES8 draws upon Kawai's 85+ years of knowledge and expertise in crafting world-class acoustic pianos, providing an authentic playing experience in a portable digital piano. The ES8's Responsive Hammer III keyboard action with Ivory Touch key surfaces recreates the subtleties of playing a grand piano, while Harmonic Imaging sound technology and Virtual Technician controls reproduce the nuances of Kawai's premier acoustic piano models. The ES8 also includes a selection of electric pia...
A quick test video shot at Schmitt Music with Bob Baker. I need to do these with a better microphone than the camera mic and get the knuckleheads in the background to shut up.
The Kawai ES100 combines a top quality graded hammer key action and 88-note piano sampling to offer an unbeatable piano experience in a low cost, portable instrument. Main Features: * Harmonic Imaging™ sound technology * 88-key piano sampling * AHAIV-F Graded-hammer action * 19 sounds, including 8 exceptional piano sounds * Dual and Split modes * 192-Note Polyphony * Built-in Alfred piano lessons * Damper Pedal with half-dampering * Built-in stereo speaker system * Available matching stand and pedal assembly ----- Connect with Kawai Pianos on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/KawaiPianos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KawaiPianosUS Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/KawaiPianos #KawaiPiano www.kawaius.com
This video shows the process of making a KAWAI piano.
Sean O'Shea explains the differences between digital key actions and which models they're in.
Milk and honey
Your lips are milk and honey oh oh
Overflowing
You get my juices going
Sweet and tasty
Your love is sweet and tasty oh oh
Skin so creamy
Your body's soft and dreamy
Food for thought
You give me food for thought
Filling me up with your love
I can't control my hands
Champagne kisses
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Cool my passion
Slow down my fast reaction
Hot and spicy
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Something's burning
Down in your life I'm turning
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Filling me up with your love
I can't control my hands
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I'll starve without your love
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Starve without your love
Starve without your love
Starve without your love
Starve without your love
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In your kitchen
I feel my hunger rising
So feed my senses
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I'm not starving
I need a second helping
Food for thought
You give me food for thought
Filling me up with your love
I can't control my hands
Food for thought
You give me food for thought
Oh don't let me down
I'll starve without your love