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Directors Guild Of Japan New Directors Award
The is given annually by the Directors Guild of Japan to a new director of a film released that year who is considered the most "suitable" for the award. The winner is selected by a committee formed of DGJ members. All formats—feature film, documentary, television, video, etc.—are eligible for consideration. In some years when there was no apparent winner, the Guild only issued a "citation" () or did not give out the award. Multiple awards have been given in other years. With a long history, many of Japan's major postwar directors have received the award, including Nagisa Ōshima, Susumu Hani, Yoshimitsu Morita, Masayuki Suo, Takeshi Kitano, and Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker. Life and career Iwai was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987. In 1988 he started out in the Japanese entertainment .... Recipients Recipients of the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of Japan
The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from the government. It is particularly concerned with protecting the copyright and other rights the director has over the work, defending freedom of expression, and promoting the economic interests of its members. For instance, it has issued protests against efforts to prevent screenings of such films as ''Yasukuni (2007 film), Yasukuni'' and ''The Cove (film), The Cove''. The Guild also produced the film ''Eiga kantoku tte nan da'' ("What Is a Film Director?") on the occasion of its 70th anniversary to promote its view that the director possesses the copyright of a film. It also gives out an annual Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award, New Directors Award. The current president is Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hell Of Tortured Prostitutes
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boiling Point (1990 Film)
''Boiling Point'', known in Japan as , is a 1990 Japanese crime film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who also co-stars under his stage name Beat Takeshi. It was Kitano's second film as a director and first film as a screenwriter. ''Boiling Point'' is seen as an important first step in his development as an editor and as a director. by Mike Bracken at CultureCartel.com Plot outline Masaki is a shiftless, inattentive young man who is a member of a losing local team, whose coach is threatened and attacked by a local . He teams up with a friend t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untamagiru
Untamagiru ( Okinawan: , ''untamagiruu'') is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Gō Takamine. It is a magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972. Many of the characters speak in the Okinawan language and thus mainland Japanese spectators needed subtitles to understand it. Cast * Chikako Aoyama * Kaoru Kobayashi * John Sayles * Jun Togawa Awards and nominations 14th Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ... *Won: Best Film References External links * 1989 films Films directed by Gō Takamine 1980s Japanese-language films Films set in Okinawa Prefecture 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotsuitarunen
is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. Cast *Hidekazu Akai * Haruko Sagara *Akaji Maro *Yoshio Harada Awards and nominations 11th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Film *Won: Best New Director - Junji Sakamoto *Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada *Won: Best Supporting Actress - Haruko Sagara *Won: Best Newcomer - Hidekazu Akai Hidekazu (written: 秀和, 英和, 秀一 or 英一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese rower *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese composer and arrange ... References External links * 1989 films Japanese boxing films Films directed by Junji Sakamoto 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s sports films 1989 directorial debut films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinson's Garden
Robinsons or Robinson's may refer to: Businesses Department stores * Robinsons Malls, shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines * Robinsons, former department store chain owned by Robinson & Co. in Singapore and Malaysia * Robinson Department Store, department store based in Thailand * J. W. Robinson's, a chain of department stores that operated in Southern California and Arizona **Robinsons-May, a Southwest U.S. chain of department stores formed from J. W. Robinson's * Robinson's of Florida, a department store chain Other businesses * Robinsons Department Stores Online, online retail company based in Singapore * Robinsons (drink), a British soft drink brand * Robinson's Brewery, the British regional brewery Frederic Robinson Ltd Other uses * Robinsons, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Robinson's, California, former settlement in Calaveras County later known as Melones * ''The Robinsons'', a British TV series See also * Robinson (other) * Robison (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
is a 1987 Japanese documentary film by director Kazuo Hara. The documentary centers on Kenzō Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of Japan's campaign in New Guinea in the Second World War, and follows him around as he searches out those responsible for the unexplained deaths of two soldiers in his old unit. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris listed ''The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On'' as one of his Top 5 Favorite Films for Rotten Tomatoes. Summary Okuzaki ultimately holds Emperor Shōwa accountable for all the suffering of the war ("I hate irresponsible people...the most cowardly man in Japan, is the Emperor"). During his protests, he slanders police as "robots". He painstakingly tracks down former soldiers and officers, coaxing them into telling him about the deaths, often abusing them verbally and at times physically in the process and causing one to bleed (at one point, Okuzaki states that "violence is my forte"). The people he talks to give different accounts of what transpir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Spring Story
is a 1985 Cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Shinichirō Sawai. Plot summary 17-year-old Hitomi Okino's mother died four years ago, and her father has remarried, causing Hitomi to worry that her father is throwing away all memory of her mother. During spring vacation, Hitomi is taking pictures for her school's photography club when she encounters a middle-aged man named Kajikawa, whose car is blocking the shot she was hoping to take. She later meets him again during a traffic jam while on her bicycle, and as they have dinner introduces herself as a 20-year-old college student. A few days later, she makes her way all the way to Tokyo and his workplace, and tags along with him to an evening party. On the anniversary of her mother's death, Hitomi discovers Kajikawa in an old photo of her mother's of a group hiking, and finds out that her mother and Kajikawa were once lovers, but that Kajikawa was the one who broke off the relationship. When Hitomi next encounters Kajikawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Game
is a 1983 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. ''The Family Game'' received several awards including the best movie of the year as selected by Japanese critics. Although the movie missed the Japan Academy Prize for the Best Picture (losing out to Palme d'Or Winner '' The Ballad of Narayama''), Ichirōta Miyagawa was awarded Newcomer of the Year. Plot summary The Numata family consists of the father, Kōsuke (Juzo Itami); mother, Chikako (Saori Yuki); and two sons, Shinichi (Jun'ichi Tsujita) and Shigeyuki (Ichirōta Miyagawa). Shigeyuki is a junior high school student. He will soon be taking a high school entrance examination. Unlike his high school student brother, Shinichi, who lives up to the father's expectations, Shigeyuki’s grades are poor, and he is only interested in roller coasters. His father finds a private tutor, Yoshimoto (Yūsaku Matsuda), for Shigeyuki and imposes all responsibilities for his exam on the tutor. Yoshimoto's behaviour is extremely strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaki Teikoku
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Gaki may refer to: * The Japanese word for Preta * A pen-name of Akutagawa Ryunosuke Akutagawa (written: 芥川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927), Japanese poet and writer * Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989), Japanese composer and conductor, son of Akutagawa Ryunosuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muddy River (film)
is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Kōhei Oguri. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. Plot In the summer of 1956, Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. The two families' "businesses" are in fact dining and prostitution. When Nobuo, the restaurateur's son, loses his pocket money during the Tenjin Festival, Kiichi, the prostitute's boy, invites him home, and he learns the truth. Cast * Takahiro Tamura as Shinpei Itakura * Mariko Kaga as Shoko Matsumoto, Kiichi and Ginko's mother * Nobutaka Asahara as Nobuo Itakura * Makiko Shibata as Ginko Matsumoto * Minoru Sakurai as Kiichi Matsumoto * Yumiko Fujita as Sadako Itakura, Nobuo's mother * Gannosuke Ashiya as Shinoda, the horse cart man See also * List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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