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Akitake Kōno
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973. Career Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952), ''Uget ... as well on television. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kono, Akitake 1911 births 1978 deaths People from Nagasaki Japanese male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack (at 11:02 am, August 9, 1945 'Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)'). , the city has an estimated population of 407,624 and a population density of 1,004 people per km2. The total area is . History Nagasaki as a Jesuit port of call The first contact with Portuguese explorers occurred in 1543. An early visitor was Fernão Mendes Pinto, who came from Sagres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen To The Voices Of The Sea
''Listen to the Voices of the Sea'' ( ja, 日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声, Nippon senbotsu gakusei no shuki: Kike wadatsumi no koe, Notes from fallen Japanese Student Soldiers: Listen to the Voices from the Sea) is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Hideo Sekigawa. It is based on the 1949 best-selling book ''Listen to the Voices from the Sea'' (), a collection of letters by Japanese student soldiers killed in World War II. The first post-war Japanese film to feature battle scenes, it was also a big success with domestic cinema audiences. Plot Burma during the last weeks of World War II: The remnants of a Japanese infantry unit are joined by Private Oki, whose own unit has been destroyed. Oki turns out to be the former University professor of some of the soldiers, many of which are drafted students. He is bullied by the sadistic adjutant of the commanding Lieutenant Kishino, himself an uneducated man who dislikes students and academics. Close to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Zatoichi
is a 1964 Japanese chambara film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures). ''Adventures of Zatoichi'' is the ninth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi. Plot Outside of town, a man asks Ichi to give a letter to a maid called Sen at Musashi Inn. Ichi does this and there shares a room with a young woman called Saki. Saki is looking for her father, the headman of a nearby village disappeared while protesting against the harshness of new government intendant Gorota Kajime. With the support of the new intendant, local crime boss Jinbei demands an extortionate 40% of the takings of all the town vendors who have come to town. Worried that a man called Shinsuke has escaped, the boss's henchmen plan to take his sister Sen to Jinbei but Ichi intervenes. At night Ichi overhears a meeting between Sen and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Greater Love
The term no greater love is derived from a well-known verse of the New Testament (John 15): "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (), often invoked in the context of self-sacrifice. This specific excerpt may refer to: Books, films and TV * ''No Greater Love'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Danielle Steel * "No Greater Love" (''Only Fools and Horses''), an episode of ''Only Fools and Horses'' * ''Greater Love Hath No Man'' (1915 film), a 1915 American silent film starring Emmett Corrigan * ''No Greater Love'' (1932 film), a 1932 American film starring Alexander Carr * ''No Greater Love'' (1952 film), a 1952 German film * ''No Greater Love'' (1959 film), the first part of the Japanese film series ''The Human Condition'' * ''No Greater Love'' (1960 film), a 1960 American film * ''No Greater Love'' (1996 film), a 1996 American TV film based on the Danielle Steel novel * ''No Greater Love (2009 film)'', a documentary about the Discalced O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun In The Last Days Of The Shogunate
is a 1957 Japanese comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima with a screenplay by Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura and Keiichi Tanaka. It was voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in a poll of 140 Japanese critics and filmmakers conducted by the magazine ''Kinema Junpo'' in 1999. Plot It is set during the last days of the Bakumatsu era (1862), six years before the shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu returned power to the Emperor. The plot is centered around the rogue city dweller Saheiji (played by comedian Frankie Sakai), who arrived to have fun with three friends. They visit a brothel in the Shinagawa entertainment district. After spending the night, he was forced to admit that he lacked money to pay. So he must stay in order to settle his debt. Saheiji seeks to outwit the inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive in straitened times. Meanwhile, a group of samurai seek to destroy any foreigners that cross their path. Saheiji attracts all employees, from brothel owners to prostitute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temptress And The Monk
is a 1958 Japanese fantasy film directed by Eisuke Takizawa. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. The screenplay was based on a novel, ''Koya hijiri'' by Kyoka Izumi.Galbraith,Stuart (1994). ''Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films''. McFarland and Co., Inc. The film was in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. It was not dubbed in English, but was distributed internationally in May 1963 in subtitled format. Cast * Yumeji Tsukioka - The Temptress * Ryoji Hayama - Socho, the Monk * Tadashi Kobayashi - The Dwarf/husband * Ichijirô Oya - Grandfather * Jun Hamamura - The Criminal * Akitake Kôno * Junko Miyazono is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following: *純子, "pure, child" *順子, "order, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child" ... References External links * 1958 films 1950s fantasy films 1950s Japanese-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirogane Shinjū
is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Torahiko Tamiya. Cast * Nobuko Otowa as Sakie / Umeko * Hiroyuki Nagato as Tamatarō * Jūkichi Uno as Kiichi * Chikako Hosokawa as Madame * Tanie Kitabayashi as Nobuyo * Akitake Kōno as Yoshizō * Fukuko Sayo as Kurimoto's wife * Masami Shimojō * Ichirō Sugai as Kurimoto * Harue Tone as Saku * Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company ... as Gensaku References External links * 1956 films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films 1956 drama films Films directed by Kaneto Shindo 1950s Japanese films Japanese black-and-white films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakaoka Shintarō
was a samurai in Bakumatsu period Japan, and a close associate of Sakamoto Ryōma in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.National Diet Library (NDL), Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures Nakaoka, Shintaro/ref> Biography Nakaoka was born in Tosa Domain, in what is now the village of Kitagawa, Kōchi Prefecture, as the son of a village headman. In 1861, he enrolled in the academy run by Takechi Hanpeita where he studied swordsmanship. He was one of the founding members of the ''Tosa Kinno-tō'', a paramilitary shishi organization created by Takeichi to support the ''sonnō jōi'' movement. After the coup d’etat of September 30, 1863, led to the suppression of the ''sonnō Jōi'' faction, he fled to Chōshū Domain together with pro-''Sonnō Jōi'' nobles, including Sanjō Sanetomi. In 1864, he participated in a failed plot to assassinate Shimazu Hisamitsu, and fought alongside Chōshū forces during the Kinmon Incident and the Bombardment of Shimonoseki. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokunin No Ansatsusha
is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Eisuke Takizawa. The film won 1956 Blue Ribbon Awards for best screenplay by Ryūzō Kikushima. accessed 7 June 2009 Cast * Shōgo Shimada * *Isao Yamagata
was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre Company''. In 1949 he made his film debut with ''Kirareya Senta''. Yamag ...
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Sansho The Bailiff
is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (usually translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a folktale, it follows two aristocratic children who are sold into slavery. ''Sansho the Bailiff'' bears many of Mizoguchi's hallmarks, such as portrayals of poverty and elaborately choreographed long takes – the director of photography for which was Kazuo Miyagawa, Mizoguchi's regular collaborator. Today, the film is often ranked alongside ''Ugetsu'' (1953) as one of Mizoguchi's finest works. Plot ''Sansho the Bailiff'' is a ''jidai-geki'' set in the Heian period of feudal Japan, with the story taking place in the latter part of the eleventh century. A virtuous governor is banished by a feudal lord to a far-off province. His wife, Tamaki, and children, Zushiō and Anju, are sent to live with her brother. Just before they are separated, Zushiō's father tells him, "Without mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
