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Fujiko Yamamoto
(born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She won the first Grand Prix of Miss Nippon in 1950. Career Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931, in Nishi-ku, Osaka, to a cotton wholesaler located in Senba. Raised in Izumi and then Izumiōtsu, she attended Hamadera Elementary School and began learning traditional Japanese dance from Rokunosuke Hanayagi (花柳禄之助) of the Rokuju Hanayagi (花柳禄寿) school. She graduated from what is now Kyoto Ōki High School. She won the first Miss Nippon beauty contest in 1950. In 1953 she made her film debut at the Daiei Studios. She became one of Daiei's top actresses. Yamamoto was considered one of Japan's most beautiful women, with "noble" features that represented the classic ideal of Japanese beauty. As such, she was well-suited for costumed parts in the era's popular period dramas, with her less-frequent modern roles (in films like Ozu's ''Equinox Flower' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. The construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzakumon (film)
, is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Kazuo Mori and based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi. At the 1957 Asia-Pacific Film Festival the film won awards for best film and best cinematography (Kazuo Miyagawa). The film also won a special award at the 1958 Mainichi Film Concours. Cast *Source: * Ayako Wakao as Princess Kazu, a.k.a. Kazunomiya * Raizo Ichikawa as Prince Arisugawa Taruhito * Fujiko Yamamoto as Yuhide, Princess Kazu's waiting woman * Shunji Natsume as Emperor Kōmei * Kuniko Miyake as Tsuneko, Kazunomiya's mother * Eijirō Tōno as Tomofusa Kunokura, Yuhide's father * Eitaro Ozawa as Iwakura Tomomi (as Sakae Ozawa) * Yoichi Funaki as Tokugawa Iemochi * Toshio Hosokawa as Tokugawa Yoshinobu * Masao Mishima as Sakai Tadaaki, the Kyoto Shoshidai * Kikue Mōri as Honjuin, 13th Shogun's mother * Kimiko Tachibana as Oriko * Hisao Toake as Kujō Hisatada, the Kampaku * Eijirō Yanagi as Ryuan, Yuhide's real father * Hisako Takihana as Tenshō-in * Seishirō Hara as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Film Actresses
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1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Actor's Revenge
, also known as ''Revenge of a Kabuki Actor'', is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa, based on a novel by Otokichi Mikami. Plot Japan in the late Edo period: Three men — Sansai Dobe, Kawaguchiya and Hiromiya — are responsible for the suicide of seven-year-old Yukitarō's mother and father. Yukitarō is adopted and brought up by Kikunojō Nakamura, the actor-manager of an Osaka kabuki troupe. The adult Yukitarō becomes an onnagata, a male actor who plays female roles, taking the stage name Yukinojō. He wears women's clothes and uses the language and mannerisms of a woman offstage as well as on. Twenty years later, the troupe pays a visit to Edo, where the men responsible for his parents' deaths now live. Yukinojō brings about their deaths, then, having achieved his goal, and apparently overcome by the death of an innocent woman who was part of his schemes but whom he became fond of, retires from the stage and disappears. The events are coolly observed and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunting Rifle (film)
''Hunting Rifle'' ( ja, 猟銃, Ryōju) is a 1961 Japanese drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is based on the 1949 novella of the same name by Yasushi Inoue. Plot In a short prologue, a hunter armed with a double-barreled gun, accompanied only by his dog, walks through a snowy landscape, while a narrator describes his appearance. The film then switches to a flashback which takes up the rest of the film. Misugi, the hunter of the opening sequence, and a company director and art collector, is newly married to the much younger and inexperienced Midori. Midori's older cousin Saiko has been married for a few years to successful physician Kadota. One day, a woman named Hamako shows up with her young child in Saiko's house, claiming that she is Kadota's former mistress and the child his extramarital daughter Shoko. When Hamako dies in an accident shortly after, Saiko agrees to adopt Shoko, but divorces her husband. Saiko visits Midori, making a great impression on Misugi with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokyo (film)
is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot This is a series of three stories revolving around women. The first story is about a young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. She has what seems like a good plan for a strong financial future; she is investing in a company on the one hand, and on the other, taking action to snare the son of the company's owner in marriage. In the second story, a young woman is employed by a real estate agent in order to convince male clients to invest in worthless property, usually by bathing with them. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no financial worries. But when she falls in love with a forger, she opts to wait for him after he is sent to prison. This causes trouble for her in family and society, but she ignores them despite the pressure. Cast ;Episode 1 (directed by Yasuzo Masumura) * Ayako Wakao - Kimi * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demon Of Mount Oe
is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film. The film is about Samurai warriors joining forces to defeat a shape-changing supernatural creature. Cast Release ''The Demon of Mount Oe'' was released in Japan on April 27, 1960. The film was released on VHS in Japan by Daiei on December 12, 1997 and was released on DVD by Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ... on January 24, 2014. References External links * 1960 films 1960s Japanese-language films Japanese horror films Japanese fantasy drama films Daiei Film tokusatsu films Daiei Film films 1960 horror films Films directed by Tokuzō Tanaka 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan's Sword
is a 1960 Japanese samurai film directed by Kenji Misumi, written by Teinosuke Kinugasa, and produced by Masaichi Nagata. The film stars Raizō Ichikawa as samurai Ryunosuke Tsukue, alongside Kojiro Hongo, Tamao Nakamura, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kenji Sugawara, and Jun Negami, and was followed by two sequels. Cast * Raizō Ichikawa as Ryunosuke Tsukue * Kojiro Hongo as Hyoma Utsugi * Tamao Nakamura as Ohama / Otoyo * Fujiko Yamamoto as Omatsu * Kenji Sugawara as Isami Kondō * Jun Negami as Kamo Serizawa * Toshiro Chiba as Toshizō Hijikata * Saburo Niwamata as Bunnojo Utsugi * Shōgo Shimada as Toranosuke Shimada See also *'' Dai-bosatsu tōge'' (1957), starring Chiezō Kataoka *''The Sword of Doom'' (1966), starring Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai wor . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable Trail
is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Koji Shima. It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Fujiko Yamamoto (born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She won the first Grand Prix of Miss Nippon in 1950. Career Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931, in Nishi-ku, Osaka, to a cot ... as Saya Ikeda * Takayoshi Wanami as Minoru, Saya's brother * Kaoru Kuroiwa as Miyo, Saya's sister * Toranosuke Ogawa as Gentaro, Grandfather * Katsuhiko Kobayashi as Jiro Ogura * Akihiko Katayama as Tokio Noguchi * Bontaro Miake as Dr. Inoue * Yoshiro Kitahara as Ichikawa References External links * 1959 films 1959 drama films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Films directed by Koji Shima Films set in Yamanashi Prefecture 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snowy Heron
is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Fujiko Yamamoto - Oshino * Keizo Kawasaki - Junichi Inaki * Yosuke Irie - Takashi Irie * Shūji Sano - Kumajirō Gosaka * Hitomi Nozoe - Nanae Date * Hideo Takamatsu - Yokichi Tatsumi * Eijirō Tono * Tamae Kiyokawa - Hideko Gosaka * Rieko Sumi is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Rieko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *理恵子, "logic, blessing, child" *梨枝子, "pear, branch, child" *利恵子, "profit, blessing, child" *里江子, "hom ... - Wakakichi References External links * 1958 films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Films directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa Films produced by Masaichi Nagata 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
