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Director's Company
was a Japanese film production company created in 1982 to provide a venue outside the major studio system for young proven filmmakers to grow artistically. The company's president, Susumu Miyasaka, came from an advertising and public relations background and he was joined by founding members Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Toshiharu Ikeda, Sōgo Ishii, Kazuyuki Izutsu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kichitaro Negishi, Kazuki Ōmori, Shinji Sōmai and Banmei Takahashi, none of them older than 36 years of age. For distribution of its works, the group maintained links with major companies such as Nikkatsu, Kadokawa Pictures and Art Theatre Guild, as well as the smaller firms New Century Producers and Kitty Films. The company dissolved due to bankruptcy in 1992, ten years after its foundation. The organization provided a means for several of its members to leave the fading prospects of the ''Roman porno'' genre of pink film at Nikkatsu and enter mainstream filmmaking. Major works * (1982, Banmei Takahashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
is a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Man Who Stole the Sun''. Life and career Hasegawa began his career in film at Nikkatsu in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such ''Roman porno'' projects as Chūsei Sone's ''Love Bandit Rat Man'' (1972), Yukihiro Sawada's '' Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland'' (1973) and Tatsumi Kumashiro's ''Evening Primrose'' (1974). He also served as Assistant Director on the 1972 ''Woman on the Night Train'' and several other ''Roman porno'' films for Nikkatsu. After leaving Nikkatsu, he made his debut as a director in the October 1976 ''The Youth Killer'', produced by ATG, a provocative study of alienation focusing on a young killer. In 1979, he directed his second film, the black comedy ''The Man Who Stole the Sun'', which won him the Best Director award at the 1979 Yokohama Film Festival. This was Hasegawa's last film and although he never returned to directing, he was one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandagawa Pervert Wars
is a 1983 Japanese pink film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would later go on to a career directing mainstream horror films. Synopsis A young girl, Akiko, in a tenement block in Tokyo's Kandagawa area, uses a telescope to spy on her neighbors in between lovemaking sessions with her boyfriend. When she discovers what seems to be an incestuous relationship between a mother and son, she decides, with her boyfriend and her friend Masami, to rescue the son from this predicament and introduce him to a "healthy sex life". Cast * Usagi Asō () as Akiko * Makoto Yoshino / Makoto Mino () as Masami * Houen Kishino () as the Son * Miiko Sawaki / Mimi Sawaki () as the Mother * Tatsuya Mori as Ryō (Akiko's Boyfriend) * Masayuki Suo as the Apartment Manager Background Kiyoshi Kurosawa was one of a number of young Japanese filmmakers, several associated with Nikkatsu, who belonged to a production organization called the Director's Company which had been founded in 1982. Through the infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Production Companies Of 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] |
Evil Dead Trap
''Evil Dead Trap'' (known in Japan as lit. Trap of The Dead Spirits) is a 1988 Japanese slasher film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and produced by Japan Home Video. Plot TV show host Nami asks her viewers to send in home movies; she receives a snuff film apparently shot at a nearby factory. Taking a camera crew out to investigate, Nami finds the factory deserted. As Nami and her crew begin to scour the factory, they are murdered one-by-one in grisly fashion until only Nami remains. She ultimately discovers that the killer is Hideki, a small, fetus-like man conjoined to his fully grown, naive twin-brother, who seems unaware of the killings. Cast * Miyuki Ono as Nami Tsuchiya * Yuji Honma as Daisuke Muraki * Hitomi Kobayashi as Rei Sugiura * Shinsuke Shimada as the TV producer * Aya Katsuragi as Masako Abe * Masahiko Abe as Akio Kondou * Eriko Nakagawa as Rya Kawamura * Mari Shimizu as the voice of Hideki * Kyōko Hashimoto * Terumi Niki as the voice of Haha no Koe Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eien No 1/2
, literally ''Half of Eternity'', is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Synopsis An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. Cast * Saburō Tokitō * Shinobu Otake * Tomoko Nakajima * * Kazuko Yoshiyuki * Takuzo Kawatani * Masahiko Tsugawa * Satomi Kobayashi * Toshiya Fujita Background The film is based on the novel by . Awards 9th Yokohama Film Festival * Won: Best Actor - Saburō Tokitō * Won: 4th Best Film 12th Hochi Film Awards * Won: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also ... References External links * * * 1987 films Films directed by Kich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halber Mensch (film)
''Halber Mensch'' (also known as ''1/2 Mensch'') is a 1986 film by Japanese director Sogo Ishii with German band Einstürzende Neubauten. It was originally released on VHS, and re-released on DVD in 2005. The film's title comes from the album of the same name. The one-hour film documents Einstürzende Neubauten's visit to Japan in 1985. It includes concert footage along with scenes of the band performing in an industrial building. Several songs from the "Halber Mensch" album are presented as music videos, some with accompanying Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders ... dancers. According to DVDManiacs, the DVD was originally mastered from a VHS tape, and the quality is therefore not as high as a usual DVD. The band, due to disputes with the manager of the label i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inuji Ni Seshi Mono
is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu. Awards 8th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actress - Narumi Yasuda is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Inujini seshi mono'', '' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o!'' and '' Sorobanzuku''. She also won the award for best actress at the 13th Hochi Film ... *Won: Best Newcomer - Miki Imai *5th Best Film References 1986 films Films directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Wedlock
(literally "Ooh! Exploration Party") is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Plot Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation. Cast * Yukiyo Toake as Tokiko Enomoto * Kunie Tanaka as Kazuya Enomoto * as Tarō Enomoto * as Jirō Enomoto * as Ryōko * as the photographer * Background The screenplay for the film, based on a novel by Agata Hikari, was written by director Yoshimitsu Morita. The film has been described as "one of the forerunners of Japanese new age movies in the 80s." Awards and nominations 10th Japan Academy Awards * Nominated: Best Screenplay - Yoshim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon Club (film)
is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai. Cast * Yuichi Mikami as Kyoichi Mikami * Youki Kudoh as Rie Takami * Tomokazu Miura as Teacher Umemiya * Yuka Onishi as Michiko Omachi * Yuriko Fuchizaki as Midori Morisaki * Shingo Tsurumi * Tomiko Ishii as Katsue Yagisawa Awards and nominations 7th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Director - Shinji Sōmai *Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tomokazu Miura *2nd Best Film 1st Tokyo International Film Festival *Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix 10th Hochi Film Award *Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tomokazu Miura is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed by ... See also * List of Japanese films of 1985 References External links * 1985 films Films directed by Shinji Sōmai 1980s Japanese-language films Lesbian-related films Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Hotel (1985 Film)
is a 1985 Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's ''Roman porno'' series, directed by Shinji Sōmai and starring Noriko Hayami. Synopsis When businessman Tetsuro Muraki has his company go bankrupt and his wife Ryoko is raped by gangsters who use her body to pay off his debts, he succumbs to despair. He hires a prostitute, Nami, to go with him to a love hotel with sex and suicide in mind. Cast * Minori Terada () as Tetsuro Muraki * Noriko Hayami as Nami Tsuchiya * Rie Nakagawa () as Masayo Ohta * Kiriko Shimizu () as Ryoko Muraki * Nobutaka Masutomi () as Kiyoshi Ohta * Toshinori Omi () as the Assistant Director * Kōichi Satō as the Taxi Driver Background Although director Shinji Sōmai had worked for Nikkatsu in the 1970s and served as an assistant director, this film marked his only work in the ''Roman porno'' genre for Nikkatsu. The film was produced by the Directors's Company (), an association of young directors formed in 1982. The screenplay was the work of Takashi Ishii who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Legend
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. At the 6th Yokohama Film Festival it won three awards. Synopsis When a fisherman stands in the way of an industrial scheme, the business developers have him murdered. His wife Migiwa, a pearl diver, plots to avenge his death. Cast * Mari Shirato as Migiwa Saeki * Jun Etō () as Saeki Keisuke * Kentarō Shimizu as Miyamoto Shouhei * Seiji Miyaguchi as Tatsuo * Junko Miyashita as Natsuko * Yoshirō Aoki () as Terumasa Miyamoto * Takashi Kanda () as Lawyer Hanaoka * Hiroko Seki () as Nobu Awards and nominations 6th Yokohama Film Festival. *Won: Best Director - Toshiharu Ikeda (23 February 1951 – 26 December 2010) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who worked in pink film and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Mermaid Legend''. Life and career Ea ... *Won: Best Actress - Mari Shirato *Won: Best Cinematography - Yonezou Maeda *4th Best Film Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crazy Family
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Sōgo Ishii. Awards and nominations 6th Yokohama Film Festival * Won: Best Newcomer - Youki Kudoh is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for '' The Crazy Family''. She also won the awards for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award and at the 1992 Blue Ribbon Award for ''Wa ... *8th Best Film References 1984 films Films directed by Sōgo Ishii 1980s Japanese-language films Films about dysfunctional families 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
