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Akō Rōshi (1961 Film)
is a 1961 color Japanese film about the 47 Ronin directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. It earned ¥435 million at the annual box office, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1961. Ako Roshi was produced by Toei, and Shigeru Okada. It is based on the novel written by Jiro Osaragi. Cast See also * Forty-seven Ronin Other films about Forty-seven ronin: * '' The 47 Ronin'' (元禄忠臣蔵, Genroku chushingura) - 1941 film by Kenji Mizoguchi * '' Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki'' (赤穂浪士 天の巻 地の巻) - 1956 film by Sadatsugu Matsuda * ''The Loyal 47 Ronin'' (忠臣蔵 Chushingura) - 1958 film by Kunio Watanabe, Daiei star-studded cast * '' Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' - 1962 film by Hiroshi Inagaki, Toho star-studded cast * '' Nagadosu chūshingura'', 1962 action film by Kunio Watanabe * ''Daichūshingura'' (大忠臣蔵, Daichūshingura) - 1971 television dramatization * ''The Fall of Ako Castle'' (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadatsugu Matsuda
(まつだ さだつぐ) (2 November 1906 – 20 January 2003, Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1925 to 1969. His name is also incorrectly spelled as Sadaji Matsuda. He was the son of producer and director Shōzō Makino, and brother of film director Masahiro Makino was a Japanese film director. He directed more than 260 films, primarily in the chanbara and yakuza genres. His real name was , but he took the stage name Masahiro, the kanji for which he changed multiple times (including , , and ). Career Masa ... Partial filmography * (獄門島 Gokumon-to) (1949) * '' Kojiki Taishō'' (1952) * '' Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki'' (赤穂浪士 天の巻 地の巻 Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki) (1956) * (任侠清水港 Ninkyō Shimizu-minato) (1957) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) References External links * http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0187460.htm * * * 1906 births 2003 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty-seven Ronin
47 (forty-seven) is the natural number following 46 and preceding 48. It is a prime number. In mathematics Forty-seven is the fifteenth prime number, a safe prime, the thirteenth supersingular prime, the fourth isolated prime, and the sixth Lucas prime. Forty-seven is a highly cototient number. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form . It is a Lucas number. It is also a Keith number because its digits appear as successive terms earlier in the series of Lucas numbers: 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, ... It is the number of trees on 9 unlabeled nodes. Forty-seven is a strictly non-palindromic number. Its representation in binary being 101111, 47 is a prime Thabit number, and as such is related to the pair of amicable numbers . In science * 47 is the atomic number of silver. Astronomy * The 47-year cycle of Mars: after 47 years – 22 synodic periods of 780 days each – Mars returns to the same position among the stars and is in the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiyo Kogure
(31 January 1918 – 13 June 1990) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in nearly 200 films in a career which spanned 45 years, starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and others. Film historian Donald Richie once called her " e of Japan's most versatile actresses, and perhaps the most intellectual of all in her approach to acting." Biography Michiyo Kogure was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University in 1940. While still a student, she joined the Shochiku film studios and gave her screen debut in 1939. She worked for directors such as Hiroshi Shimizu, Heinosuke Gosho and Kōzaburō Yoshimura, before following her husband to Manchuria in 1944. Upon her return two years later, she starred again in films by Shochiku, but also Toho, Daiei and other studios, and repeatedly appeared in films by Mizoguchi and Shimizu. She received the 1949 Mainichi Film Award for Best Supportin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumiko Hasegawa
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *弓子, "bow, child". *由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child". *結実子, "fruition, child". *夕実子, "evening, fruit, child". *優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child". *悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child". *祐美子, "help, beauty, child". *由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child". *有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child". *夕美子, "evening, beauty, child". *友美子, "friend, beauty, child". *裕美子, "rich, beauty, child". *勇美子, "brave, beauty, child". The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler. *Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. *Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress. * Yumiko Fukushima, announcer. * Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner. * Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Hanazono
Hiromi may refer to: * Hiromi, Ehime, city in Shikoku, Japan * Hiromi (given name), unisex Japanese given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Hiromi (comedian), Japanese comedian *Hiromi (model), Japanese fashion model * Meitetsu Hiromi Line, railway in Japan * "Hiromi" (song), 2007 single by Jun Shibata *Hiromi Uehara , known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her ..., Japanese pianist See also * Hiroomi, a masculine Japanese given name {{disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Fujita
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include: * 良子; good, child * 佳子; agreeable, child * 美子; beautiful, child * 義子; moral and just, child * 吉子; fortunate, child * 悦子; joyful, child * 祥子; auspicious, child * 芳子; fragrant, child * 慶子; jubilant, child * 好子; fond and pleasing, child Japanese royalty * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga (786–842) * Fujiwara no Yoshiko (died 807), consort of Emperor Kanmu * Yoshiko (1122–1133), daughter of Emperor Toba * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen (1654–1732) * Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku) (1779–1846), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku * Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya) (1804–1893), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu * Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Chihara
is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of ''shinobi'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alternative name of ninja. Possible writings Shinobu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *忍, "endurance/perseverance/patience" *清信, "purify, belief" *志信, "intention, belief" ;as a male given name *信夫, "belief, man" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana, though hiragana is typically reserved for females and katakana for foreign-born Japanese. People *Shinobu Adachi (忍, born 1958), Japanese voice actress and actress * Shinobu Asagoe (しのぶ, born 1976), Japanese professional tennis player * Shinobu Fukuhara (忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher *Shinobu Hashimoto (忍, born 1918), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer * Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōko Aoyama
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko. Possible writings The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syllable "Kyō" can be written several different ways, with different meanings. *恭, "respectful," *京, "of the city or of the capital," *今日, "of today," *杏, "apricot," *鏡, "mirror," *響, "echo", "influential" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *Kyoko Aizome (恭子), an AV actress, singer, director, and writer * Kyoko Ariyoshi (京子), a Japanese shōjo manga artist *Kyoko Chan Cox, the daughter of Yoko Ono and jazz musician Anthony Cox *Kyoko Fukada (恭子), a Japanese actress, model, and singer * Kyoko Hamaguchi (京子), a Japanese freestyle wrestler * Kyōko Hasegawa (京子), a Japanese actress * Kyoko Hayashi (京子), a Japanese author *Kyoko Hikami (恭子), a Japanese voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusuo Abe
Kusuo (written: 久寿雄 or 九州男) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a .... Notable people with the name include: * (1917–1996), Japanese swimmer * (born 1961), Japanese politician Fictional characters * Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryosuke Kagawa
was a Japanese actor. His son was child actor Sō Shuntarō. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1928 and 1986. His final film role was in the 1986 film ''Dixieland Daimyō'' directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Selected filmography * '' Story of a Beloved Wife'' (1951) * '' Dedication of the Great Buddha'' (1952) * '' Gate of Hell'' (1953) * ''Ugetsu'' (1953) * ''Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) * ''The Second Son'' (1955) * '' The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story'' (1956) * ''Suzakumon'' (1957) * ''Enjō'' (1958) * ''The Loyal 47 Ronin'' (1958) * '' Nichiren: A Man of Many Miracles'' (1958) as Hōjō Sanemasa * '' Samurai Vendetta'' (1959) * ''Scar Yosaburo'' (1960) * ''The Story of Osaka Castle'' (1961) as Michiiku Itamiya * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1961) as Matsumae Izunokami * ''Hangyakuji'' (1961) as Ōkubo Tadayo * '' Love Under the Crucifix'' (1962) * '' 13 Assassins'' (1963) as Rōjū * ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963) as Kōzuki Genza * ''Kojiki Taishō'' (1964) * ''Zatoichi's Flas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satomi Oka
Satomi Oka (Born September 15, 1935, in Takarazuka-Shi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She has made over 150 films in her career, including such classics as ''Miyamoto Musashi'' and '' Akō Rōshi''. While attending Amagasaki High School in Amagasaki, Japan, she was selected as Miss Cinderella in 1953 for a “Japan Cinderella Princess Contest” held by RKO Radio & Film Company in conjunction with '' Mainichi Shinbun''. Crowned as Miss Cinderella, Oka was invited to visit Hollywood and Disney Studios from March 20 to April 4, 1953. During her two-week visit, Oka was invited to visit and dine with actors such as Ann Blyth and Cary Grant. A full article of this trip was featured in the July issue of '' Eiga No Tomo'' magazine in 1953. As this trip took place prior to the liberalization of foreign travel, it was then considered to be a valuable trip to Hollywood. After high school, Oka worked as an office secretary at RKO Radio & Film Company before being scoute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
