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A Promise (1986 Film)
''A Promise'' ( ja, 人間の約束, translit. Ningen no yakusoku) is a 1986 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Rentarō Mikuni as Ryosaku Morimoto * Sachiko Murase as Tatsu, Ryosaku's wife * Choichiro Kawarazaki as Yoshio, Ryosaku's son * Orie Satoh as Ritsuko, Yoshio's wife * Kōichi Satō as Detective Yoshikawa * Tetta Sugimoto as Takao, Yoshio's son * Reiko Tajima as Saeko Nogawa * Choei Takahashi as Takeya Nakamura * Kumiko Takeda as Naoko, Yoshio's daughter * Tomisaburo Wakayama as Detective Tagami * Masakane Yonekura Masakane Yonekura ( ja, 米倉 斉加年; 7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company. Death On 26 August 2014, Yonekura ... as Detective Miura References External links * 1986 films 1986 drama films Japanes ...
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Yoshishige Yoshida
, also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Life and career Graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he studied French literature, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and worked as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita, before debuting as a director in 1960 with ''Rokudenashi''. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave, a linkage which Yoshida himself disliked. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system. After Shōchiku's re-editing of his ''Escape from Japan'' (1964), he left the studio to start his own production company, for which he directed such films as ''Eros + Massacre''. Between 1960 and 2004, Yoshida directed more than 20 films, some of which starred his wife, actress Mariko Okada. After a long absence from the screen fol ...
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Orie Satoh
Orie is a village of approximately 3,000 people, and located in the Isoko South local government area of Delta state, Nigeria. It is also called ''Orie-Irri'' because its inhabitants are generally believed to have originally migrated from Irri town. Orie is surrounded by three villages: Opke, Ofagbe Ofagbe ("Ofa kugbe") is a town about southeast of Ozoro, the headquarters of the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Legend has it that the town was established by three families who migrated from various points in the t ... and Utue. Populated places in Isoko South {{DeltaNG-geo-stub ...
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1980s Japanese-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advi ...
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Japanese Drama Films
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1986 Drama Films
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ...
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1986 Films
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free- cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1 ...
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Masakane Yonekura
Masakane Yonekura ( ja, 米倉 斉加年; 7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company. Death On 26 August 2014, Yonekura died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. He was 80. Filmography *''Brave Records of the Sanada Clan'' (1963) as Nezu Jinpachi *''Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo'' (1970) *''Kanashimi no Belladonna'' (1973) *''Aitsu ni Koishite'' (1987) *'' Hope and Pain'' (1988) *''Gakkō no Kaidan 2'' (1996) *'' Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64'' (2012) as Rintarō Chagawa *''The Little House'' (2014) Television *''Kunitori Monogatari'' (1973) as Takenaka Hanbei *''Katsu Kaishū'' (1974) as Sakuma Shōzan *''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) as Ōkiyō *''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1978) as Noboru Kikukawa *''Haru no Hatō'' (1985) as Itagaki Taisuke *''Hideyoshi'' (1996) as Imagawa Yoshimoto *'' Saka no Ue no Kumo'' (2009–11) as Ōyama Iwao was a Japanese fiel ...
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Tomisaburo Wakayama
, born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝),Leous, G. (''c.'' 2003)Tomisaburo WakayamaRetrieved on May 23, 2010. was a Japanese actor best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling, 19th-century '' ronin'' warrior in the six ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' samurai films.Stout, J. (1981): "Tomisaburo Wakayama: The Anti-Hero of Shogun Assassin." ''Martial Arts Movies'' (August), 1(2):26–33. Biography Wakayama (his stage name)''Lame d'un père, l'âme d'un sabre'' (2005). Wild Side Films. Event occurs at 34. was born on September 1, 1929, in Fukagawa, a district in Tokyo, Japan. His father was Minoru Okumura (奥村 実), a noted ''kabuki'' performer and '' nagauta'' singer who went by the stage name Katsutōji Kineya ( 杵屋 勝東治),Asiateca: Tomisaburo Wakayama
(August 10, 2007). Retrieved on May 24, 2010.
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Kumiko Takeda
is a Japanese actress. Personal life Takeda was married to an American from 2000 until divorcing in 2016. She currently lives with her daughter in San Diego. Filmography * ''Shuffle'' (1981) - Girl in playground * '' High Teen Boogie'' (1982 aka "Haithīn bugi") - Momoko Miyashita * '' Tropical Mystery: seishun kyowakoku'' (1984) * '' A Promise'' (1986 aka "Ningen no yakusoku") - Naoko, Yoshio's daughter * '' Aidoru wo sagase'' (1987) * '' 24 Hour Playboy'' (1989 aka "Ai to heisei no iro - Otoko AI is artificial intelligence, intellectual ability in machines and robots. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian ma ...") - Yuri Nodate * '' Gurenbana'' (1993) - Yoko * '' If: Moshimo'' (1993) TV series * '' Zero Woman III: Keishichō 0-ka no onna'' (1996 aka ''Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers'') - Rei * '' Me wo tojite daite'' (1996 aka " Close Your Eyes and ...
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Reiko Tajima
Reiko (れいこ, レイコ, 麗子, 怜子, 伶子, 玲子, 令子, 礼子, 禮子, 冷子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese women's basketball player *Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), an American actress *, J-pop idol *, Japanese actress * Reiko Douglas (Hashimoto) Japanese singer and comic, wife of Emmy-winning comedy writer Jack Douglas *, Japanese sprinter *Reiko Fujita (born 1972), Japanese archer *, Japanese av actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese actress *Reiko Katsura, an actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese Go player *, a Japanese singer with the group Maher Shalal Hash Baz *, Japanese chemist and professor at University of Tokyo *, Japanese actress *, Japanese mathematician and professor *, Japanese shōjo manga artist *, Japanese novelist and playwright *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese swimmer, bronze medalist in ...
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Tetta Sugimoto
is a Japanese actor. Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band before he debuted as an actor in 1983 in the film '' Hakujasho''. For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. In addition to his work in film, he has also acted on television, stage, and in television commercials. He has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's '' Outrage'' and Junji Sakamoto's '' Strangers in the City''. Filmography Film * '' Hakujasho'' (1983) * '' A Promise'' (1986) * '' Zegen'' (1987) * '' Sukeban Deka The Movie'' (1987) * '' Hope and Pain'' (1988) * '' Luminous Moss'' (1992) * '' The River with No Bridge'' (1992) * '' Tokyo Eyes'' (1998) * ''Tokyo Rampage'' (1998) * '' All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001) * ''Waterboys'' (2001) * ''Alive'' (2002) * ''Samurai Resurrection'' (2003) * ''Socrates in Love'' (2004) * '' Reincarnation'' (2005) * ''Pacchigi! Love & Peace'' (2007) * '' Dororo'' (2007) * '' Departures'' (2008) * ''Ichi'' (2008) * ''252'' (2008) * ''John Rabe ...
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