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Casse-tête Chinois Pour Le Judoka
''Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka'' (Italian title: ''Ore violente'', German title: ''Die sieben Masken des Judoka)'' is a 1967 French-Italian-German adventure and spy film directed by Maurice Labro. Synopsis Marc St. Clair wins a medal at a kendo tournament in Tokyo, which he gives to his American friend Clyde for good luck. As an airplane pilot, Clyde accompanies a C.I.A. agent, Finn, on a secret mission to fly over China to investigate a supersonic bomber. In Clyde's absence, Marc begins an affair with Jennifer, his girlfriend, before learning of the plane's disappearance. Remorseful, Marc leaves for Hong Kong to find Clyde where he confronts the powerful Black Dragons. Cast * Marc Briand (Marc St-Clair) * Marilù Tolo (Jennifer) * Heinz Drache (Finn) * Maria Minh (Sutchuen) * Paolo Tiller (Clyde) * François Maistre (Dragon) * Adaly Bayle (Alize) * André the Giant André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Duhamel
Antoine Duhamel (30 July 1925 – 11 September 2014) was a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher. Life and career Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel was one of the three sons of the French writer Georges Duhamel and actress Blanche Albane. He studied music at the Sorbonne. He was a pupil of René Leibowitz, an exponent of Arnold Schoenberg’s dodecaphonic and serial method of composing. Together with other Leibowitz pupils, Serge Nigg, André Casanova and Jean Prodromidès, he gave the first performance of Leibowitz's ''Explications des Metaphors'', Op. 15, in Paris in 1948. He wrote the score for his first film in 1960, going on to work with many of Europe's film directors. In 2002 he was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his music for the Bertrand Tavernier directed film, Laissez-passer. Duhamel scored several of Jean-Luc Godard's films, including '' Pierrot le Fou'' and '' Week End''. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Films Corona
Les Films Corona was a French film distribution company based in Paris. Active between the 1930s and the 1970s, it also took part in film production during its later years under the guidance of Robert Dorfmann. It enjoyed its greatest success in the postwar era. Many of its films such as 1968's ''Mayerling'' were co-productions.Goble p.16 Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) * '' Bethsabée'' (1947) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * ''Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''Mademoiselle Has Fun'' (1948) *''Manon'' (1949) * ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' Miquette'' (1950) * ''A Man Walks in the City'' (1950) * ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) * ''Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck'' (1950) * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * ''Beauty and the Devil'' (1950) * ''The Glass Castle'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Labro
Maurice Labro (21 September 1910 – 23 March 1987) was a French film director. Filmography * 1947 in the movies, 1947: ' * 1948 in the movies, 1948: ''Three Boys, One Girl'' * 1949 in the movies, 1949: ''The Heroic Monsieur Boniface'' * 1950 in the movies, 1950: ' * 1951 in the movies, 1951: ''The King of the Bla Bla Bla'' * 1951: ''The Sleepwalker (1951 film), The Sleepwalker'' * 1951: ''No Vacation for Mr. Mayor'' * 1952 in the movies, 1952 ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' * 1953 in the movies, 1953: ' * 1953: ''Saluti e baci'' * 1954 in the movies, 1954: ' * 1954: ' * 1954: ''Leguignon the Healer'' * 1955 in the movies, 1955: ' * 1956 in the movies, 1956: ' * 1957 in the movies, 1957: ' * 1957: ' * 1959 in the movies, 1959: ' * 1960 in the movies, 1960: ' * 1962 in the movies, 1962: ' * 1962: ' * 1963 in the movies, 1963: ' * 1963: ' * 1964 in the movies, 1964: ''Coplan Takes Risks'' * 1965: ''Code Name: Jaguar'' * 1967 in the movies, 1967: ''Casse-tête chinois pour le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and has spread to many other nations across the world. History Swordsmen in Japan established schools of '' kenjutsu'' (the ancestor of kendo). These continued for centuries and form the basis of kendo practice today.. Formal kendo exercises known as '' kata'' were developed several centuries ago as ''kenjutsu'' practice for warriors. They are still studied today, in a modified form. The introduction of bamboo practice swords and armor to sword training is attributed to during the Shotoku Era (1711–1715). Naganuma developed the use of this armor and established a training method using bamboo swords. , third son of Naganuma and the 8th headmaster of the Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Kenjutsu, is credited with improving the art with Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supersonic Aircraft
A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound (Mach number 1). Supersonic speed, Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth century. Supersonic aircraft have been used for research and military purposes, but only two supersonic aircraft, the Tupolev Tu-144 (first flown on December 31, 1968) and the Concorde (first flown on March 2, 1969), ever entered service Supersonic transport, for civil use as airliners. Fighter aircraft, Fighter jets are the most common example of supersonic aircraft. The aerodynamics of supersonic flight is called compressible flow because of the compression (physics), compression associated with the shock waves or "sonic boom" created by any object traveling faster than sound. Aircraft flying at speeds above Mach 5 are called Hypersonic flight, hypersonic aircraft. History The first aircraft to fly supersonic in level flight was the American Bell X-1 exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilù Tolo
Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985. Life and career Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the RAI variety show ''Il Musichiere''. She made her film debut at 16 years old in Alberto Lattuada's '' Sweet Deceptions''. She was also a fashion model, and a close friend of Italian stylist Valentino. Valentino said in an interview to Italian newspaper ''La Repubblica'' that Tolo was the only woman he had ever really loved. Selected filmography * ''Howlers in the Dock'' (1960) - Marilù * ''I piaceri del sabato notte'' (1960) - La sartina - l'amante di Luigi * ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' ( it, La regina delle Amazzoni/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. Cast *Rod Taylor as Pirro *Ed Fury as Glauco *Dorian Gray as Antiope *Danie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Drache
Heinz Drache (; 9 February 1923 – 3 April 2002) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1953 and 2002. He was born in Essen, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany of lung cancer. Selected filmography * '' Once I Will Return'' (1953) – Bob Emerson * '' It Was Always So Nice With You'' (1954) – Komponist Peter Martens * ''Spy for Germany'' (1956) – Jim Newman * ' (1957) – Klaus Jäger * '' Endangered Girls'' (1958) – Heinz Sanders * ' (1958) – Wolf Siebert - Young Patron * ''The Street'' (1958) – Bob Schneider * '' The Rest Is Silence'' (1959) – Herbert von Pohl * '' The Woman by the Dark Window'' (1960) – Andreas Wegner * ' (1960) – Kurt * '' The Avenger'' (1960) – Michael Brixan * ''Town Without Pity'' (1961) – Maj. Steve Garrett (voice, uncredited) * ' (1962) (TV miniseries) – Kriminalinspektor Yates * '' The Door with Seven Locks'' (1962) – Inspektor Richard "Dick" Martin * ' (1962) – Inspector Kaufmann * ''The Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Maistre
François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French film, television and theatre actor. Born in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France, he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1960 and 2003. His father was singer and actor A.-M. Julien. Selected filmography * ''Le 7eme jour de Saint-Malo'' (1960) * ''Les Jeux de l'amour'' (1960) – L'homme élégant * ''The Joker'' (1960) – André Laroche * ''Le bal des espions'' (1960) * ''Napoleon II, the Eagle'' (1961) – Fürst Metternich * ''Famous Love Affairs'' (1961) – Le commissaire Massot (segment "Jenny de Lacour") * ''Paris Belongs to Us'' (1961) – Pierre Goupil * ''The Immoral Moment'' (1962) – Patrice de Laborde * ''À fleur de peau'' (1962) – Le commissaire * ''Blague dans le coin'' (1963) – Sammy Bradford * ''Thank You, Natercia'' (1963) – L'avoué * ''À couteaux tirés'' (196) – Le médecin * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) – Le prince de Condé * ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (1965) – Gaston * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André The Giant
André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone. It also led to him being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World". Beginning his career in 1966, Roussimoff relocated to North America in 1971. From 1973 to the mid-1980s, Roussimoff was booked by World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) promoter Vincent J. McMahon as a roving "special attraction" who wrestled for promotions throughout the United States, as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. During the 1980s wrestling boom, Roussimoff became a mainstay of the WWWF (by then renamed the World Wrestling Federation), being paired with the villainous manager Bobby Heenan and feuding with Hulk Hogan. The two headlined WrestleMania III in 1987, and in 1988, he defeated Hogan to win the WWF Championship, his sole wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
