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Black Belt (2007 Film)
''Black Belt'' (2007), known as in Japan, is a Japanese film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki. It focuses mainly on the martial art of Karate. It is notable for excluding the usual exaggerations of the genre. The lead roles were played by karate experts, and no special effects were used. Plot The events take place in 1932 in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in which the corrupt leaders of the Japanese army are trying to take over all the Karate dojos /training halls for their own benefit. The master Eiken Shibahara (Yosuke Natsuki), from one of these dojo located on the southernmost Japanese island of Kyushu, dies before passing on the Kuroobi/ black belt to his successor. Three of his pupils: Taikan (Tatsuya Naka 7th Dan JKA Shotokan karate), Giryu (Akihito Yagi 7th Dan Meibukan Gōjū-ryū Karate) and Choei (Yuji Suzuki, 1st Dan Kyokushin karate), have the task of deciding amongst themselves who deserves it most. After they bury their master, they are forced to leave the dojo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunichi Nagasaki
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Filmography Director *1982 in film, 1982 ''Yamiutsu shinzo (1982 film), Yamiutsu shinzo'' a.k.a. ''Heart, Beating in the Dark'' *1988 in film, 1988 ''Rock yo shizukani nagareyo'' *1988 in film, 1988 ''Yojo no jidai'' *1989 in film, 1989 ''Yuwakusha'' a.k.a. ''The Enchantment'' *1992 in film, 1992 ''Saigo no drive'' *1993 in film, 1993 ''Nurse Call'' *1996 in film, 1996 ''Romansu'' a.k.a. ''Some Kinda Love'' *1998 in film, 1998 ''Doggusu'' a.k.a. ''Dogs'' *1999 in film, 1999 ''Shikoku (film), Shikoku'' *2001 in film, 2001 ''Yawaraka na hou'' a.k.a. ''A Tender Place'' *2005 in film, 2005 ''Yamiutsu shinzo (2005 film), Yamiutsu shinzo'' a.k.a. ''Heart, Beating in the Dark'' *2005 in film, 2005 ''8-gatsu no Kurisumasu'' (Christmas in August) *2007 in film, 2007 ''Black Belt (2007 film), Black Belt'' Known in Japan as Kuro-Obi【黒帯】. *2022 ''How to Find Happiness'' References External links * Japanese film directors L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meibukan
{{short description, Style of karate Meibukan (明武舘) is a branch of Gōjū-ryū karate. It was created by Meitoku Yagi, a student of Gojyu-ryu's founder, Chojun Miyagi. Meibukan means "House of the pure-minded warrior." Yagi opened the first Meibukan dojo in 1952. He was the first student of Miyagi recorded to be given permission. He was given the calligraphy (Oku myo zai ren shin). Yagi is the recognised Menkyo Kaiden of the Gojyu-ryu style as he was the recipient of Miyagi's gi and obi in 1953. Meibu-kai karateka practice Gojyu-ryu kata as well as a set of kata known as the Meibu-ken kata. Meibukan Gojyu-ryu Syllabus Kihon Kata *Sanchin * Tensho Kaishu Kata *Geki Sai Ichi *Geki Sai Ni *Saifa * Shisochin *Sanseryu *Seisan *Seienchin *Sepai *Kururunfa *Suparinpe Heishu Kata *Sanpo Aruite Tensho Meibuken Kata *Tenchi *Seiryu *Byakko *Shujaku *Genbu Tenchi’s name is taken from the first line in a poem in the Bubishi, "''Jin shin wa Tenchi ni Onaji''." This means "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Japan
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Martial Arts Films
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate Films
(; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō era of 1912–1926. In 1922, the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give a karate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Japanese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Martial Arts Films
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', which was just ahead of '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. This would also be the last year in which no films grossed at least $1 billion at the box office until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented multiple theatrically released films. Evaluation of the year Many have considered 2007 to be the greatest year for film in the 21st century and one of the greatest of all time. In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of ''Den of Geek'' said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimika Yoshino
is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. Life and career Yoshino was born on September 5, 1975, in Kanagawa, Japan. She started out as a gravure idol in 1994 in a swimsuit campaign for Toyobo and in the same year she was also chosen as one of the Fuji Television Visual Queens. She made her film debut as a nineteen-year-old starring in the role of schoolgirl Misa Kuroi in the manga-based live action movie '' Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness'', released in April 1995. Her work in this film brought her the award for Best Newcomer at the fifth Japanese Professional Movie Awards. The next year, she reprised her role in the sequel '' Eko Eko Azarak 2: Birth of the Wizard''. Also in 1996, she appeared in the fantasy film ''Acri: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius'', directed by singer-songwriter Tatsuya Ishii. In September 1997 she had a feature role in ''OL Chu-Singura'', a comedy about women office workers fighting against an evil corporation, and in 1998, she appeared as the heroine in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosuke Natsuki
was a Japanese actor. He had participated twice in the Dakar Rally as a racing driver. He did a lot of work for the Toho Company and made his debut in the film ''The H-Man''. He appeared in Akira Kurosawa's ''Yojimbo'' in 1961. In the same year, he received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. In the 1970s, he left Toho and joined Toshiro Mifune's production company."Suki Kattehōdai Natsuki Yōsuke star no jidai", p.35 He was famous for his role in the police TV drama ''G-Men '75'' as well as Toho Studios monster movies. Selected filmography Films *''The H-Man'' (1958) - Man, witness on rainy day *''Otona niwa wakaranai: Seishun hakusho'' (1958) *''Mikkokusha wa dare ka'' (1958) - Keiichi Sudô *''Ankokugai no kaoyaku'' (1959) - Kashimura's assistant *''Daigaku no oneechan'' (1959) - Lucky Nakaki *''Kitsune to tanuki'' (1959) *''Daigaku no nijuhachin'' (1959) *''Seishun o kakero'' (1959) - Hurry Ken *''Wakai koibitotachi'' (1959) - Tôru Akimoto *''Dokuritsu gurentai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuji Suzuki
Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; Yuji), the concubine of Xiang Yu, subject of the play ''Farewell My Concubine'' * Gan Ji, a Taoist who lived in the late Han Dynasty. His name was believed to be misspelled as "Yu Ji". * 47077 Yuji, a main-belt asteroid ;Towns * Yuji, Wuqiao County (于集镇), in Wuqiao County, Hebei * Yuji, Shangcheng County (余集镇), in Shangcheng County, Henan * Yuji, Linghai (余积镇), in Linghai City, Liaoning * Yuji, Liaocheng (于集镇), in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong ;Townships * Yuji Township, Funan County (于集乡), Anhui * Yuji Township, Lingbi County (虞姬乡), in Lingbi County, Anhui * Yuji Township, Ling County (于集乡), in Ling County, Shandong ;Characters * Yuji is the name of a character in Regular Show S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihito Yagi
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Born in the Empire of Japan in 1933, Akihito is the first son of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. During the Second World War, he moved out of Tokyo with his classmates, and remained in Nikkō until 1945. In 1952, his Coming-of-Age ceremony and investiture as crown prince were held, and he began to undertake official duties in his capacity as crown prince. The next year, he made his first journey overseas and represented Japan at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. He completed his university education in 1956. In 1959, he married Michiko Shōda, a Catholic; it was the first imperial wedding to be televised in Japan, drawing about 15 million viewers. The couple have three children: Naruhito, Fumihito, and Sayako. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
