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Gō Katō
was a Japanese entertainer and actor. Katō starred in the long-running TV series ''Ōoka Echizen'' (1970~2006). Overviews The son of an elementary school principal, Katō studied literature and theatre. As an actor, he made his film debut in 1964. Katō rose in popularity through his role as Toshiro Mifune's son in ''Samurai Rebellion''. He performed some of his most famous roles in films directed by Kei Kumai, such as ''The Long Darkness'' (1972), ''Cape of North'' (1976) and ''Death of a Tea Master'' (1989). Katō played the lead role in two Taiga dramas, ''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) and '':ja:獅子の時代, Shishi no jidai'' (1980). He died on 18 June 2018. Films *''The Scent of Incense'' (1964) - Ezaki *''Sword of the Beast'' (1965) - Jurata Yamane *''Samurai Rebellion'' (1967) - Yogoro Sasahara *''Shinobu Kawa'' (1972) - Tetsuro *''Long Journey into Love'' (1973) - Yōzō *''Castle of Sand'' (1974) - Eiryo Waga *''Cape of North'' (1976) - Mitsuo *''Bandits v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Aichi Prefecture to the west. Shizuoka is the capital and Hamamatsu is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including Fuji, Numazu, and Iwata. Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and features Suruga Bay formed by the Izu Peninsula, and Lake Hamana which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes. Mount Fuji, the tallest volcano in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant motoring heritage as the founding location of Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha, and is home to the Fuji International Speedway. History Shizuoka Prefe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Journey Into Love
is a 1973 Japanese film directed by Masanobu Deme. It received a theatrical release in Japan on 7 July 1973 where it was distributed by Toho. The film received the award for Best Art Direction (Shinobu Muraki) at the Mainichi Film Concours. Cast * Komaki Kurihara as Chika * Go Kato as Yozo * Kyoko Maya *Misako Watanabe * Choichiro Kawarazaki *Eitaro Ozawa , also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小沢栄), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō. Selected fi ... See also * List of Japanese films of 1973 Footnotes Sources * External links * * Toho films 1970s Japanese-language films 1970s Japanese films {{1970s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōoka Tadasuke
was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate (''machi-bugyō'') of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate ( Yamada bugyō) prior to his tenure as South Magistrate (Minami Machi-bugyō) of Edo. With the title Echizen no Kami (Governor of Echizen or Lord of the Echizen), he is often known as . He was highly respected as an incorruptible judge. In addition, he established the first fire brigade made up of commoners, and the Koishikawa Yojosho (a city hospital). Later, he advanced to the position of ''jisha bugyō'', and subsequently became ''daimyō'' of the Nishi-Ōhira Domain (10,000 ''koku''). Ōoka was born in 1677, but did not come into public notice until he was 35, when he was appointed an obscure judgeship. When he accepted this job, he found out that there was a long-standing boundary dispute between the farmers of the Yamada and Wakayama (Kishū) fiefs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenkaku Shōbai
{ is a series of popular historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami and one of the representative novels of Ikenami along with ''Onihei Hankachō'' and ''Shikakenin Fujieda Baian''. The stories were originally serialized in the Shōsetsu Shinchō between 1972 and 1989. Sixteen full-length novels were published from Shinchosha between 1973 and 1989. Kenkaku Shōbai was also adapted into TV programs and manga series. Characters * : Akiyama Kohei : The main character Akiyama Kohei is a master of Mugai ryu but he is spending retired life. Though Kohei is old, he is still a skilled swordsman. * : Kohei's son who manages school of swordplay. * : Kohei's wife. She is 40 years younger than Kohei. * * Novels * (1973) * (1973) * (1973) * (1974) * (1975) * (1976) * (1976) * (1977) * (1978) * (1978) * (1979) * (1980) * (1983) * (1985) * (1987) * (1989) Manga Adaptation Television * ''Kenkaku Shōbai'' (1973), a Fuji TV production, Isao Yamagata as Akiyama Kohei a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Me True
, also known as ''Tonight, at the Movies'', is a Japanese romantic-fantasy film starring Haruka Ayase and Kentaro Sakaguchi, with original screenplay by Keisuke Uyama and direction by Hideki Takeuchi. It premiered in Japan on 10 February 2018. Synopsis The film follows the story of a young filmmaker named Kenji (Sakaguchi) and a heroine from a black and white film called Princess Miyuki (Ayase). As an aspiring director, Kenji dreamed of meeting his favourite star of the bygone '60s retro film, Princess Miyuki. Kenji is attracted to Miyuki, who appears in monochrome while he resides in the colorful real world. Through a bizarre twist of fate, Miyuki jumps out of the silver screen and joins Kenji in a world filled with colour—and she's even ballsy off screen. Cast Main *Haruka Ayase as Miyuki *Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kenji Supporting *Tsubasa Honda as Toko Naruse *Kazuki Kitamura as Ryunosuke Shundo * Akiyoshi Nakao as Shintaro Yamanaka *Anna Ishibashi *Tokuma Nishioka *Aki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Passage
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura. The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and also received several nominations. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Mitsuya Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) is an unsuccessful salesman. But his love of reading and dedication, as well as a post-graduate degree in linguistics, catches the eyes of Masashi Nishioka (Joe Odagiri) and Kouhei Araki ( Kaoru Kobayashi), dictionary editors who are seeking a replacement for Araki himself, as his wife is sick and he would like to spend more time by her bedside. With Majime on the editing team, the group plans to produce a new dictionary called "Daitokai" (The Great Passage/大渡海) which would bridge the gap between people and the sea of words and would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizumanu Taiyō
(lit. ''The Never-setting Sun'') is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as ''The Unbroken'' in the United States. ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi, an employee of "NAL," a large national airline. The first part of the novel focuses on Onchi's activity as the chairman of the employees' union in the 1960s; his reward for fighting for better working conditions for the staff is a series of postings abroad, to Pakistan, Iran, and finally Kenya, a destination to which the company does not even fly. The second and third parts of the novel take place in 1985 and chronicle the crash of a jumbo jet and its aftermath within the company. The events portrayed in the story are based upon actual events that took place at Japan Airlines. The character of Onchi is based upon JAL labor organizer and author Hirotaro Ogura, and the pivotal crash portrayed in the novel is based closely upon the crash of Japan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank and husband of Edith Frank, and was the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust. He inherited Anne's manuscripts after her death, arranged for the publication of her diary as "Het Achterhuis" in 1947 (known in English as ''The Diary of a Young Girl''), and oversaw its adaptation to both theater and film. Early life Otto Heinrich Frank was born into a liberal Jewish family. He was the second of four children born to Alice Betty (née Stern, 1865–1953) and Michael Frank (1851–1909). His elder brother was Robert Frank, and younger siblings were Herbert Frank and Helene (Leni) Frank. Otto was a cousin of the furniture designer Jean-Michel Frank and a grandson of Zacharias Frank. His father originally came from the town of Landau, and moved to Frankfurt in 1879, marrying Alice Stern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne No Nikki
, also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a 1995 Japanese anime film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 ''The Diary of a Young Girl''. It is a feature film by Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995. Voice cast Production Nagaoka's film features new character designs by Katsuyuki Kubo and features a score composed by Michael Nyman, including two songs, "If" (which incorporates "Time Lapse" from '' A Zed & Two Noughts'') and "Why," which have become concert works. The former also appeared in an altered form in the film, '' The Libertine''. The singer is contralto Hilary Summers. "Candlefire" as well as piano-only versions of "If" and Why" appear on Nyman's 2005 release, ''The Piano Sings''. Release The Nagaoka film was released with an English language adaptation, via a DVD release in French (as ''Le Journal d'Anne Frank'') with English subtitles. A release in North America was set for 2015, but went unreleased for several years. The En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloom In The Moonlight
is a 1993 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Shinichiro Sawai about the life of pianist Rentarō Taki. Cast * Tōru Kazama as Rentarō Taki * Isako Washio as Yuki Nakano * Yuko Asano as Misako * Hiroshi Katsuno as Daikichi Taki * Takaaki Enoki as Tōson Shimazaki * Kyōhei Shibata as Kōda Rohan * Gō Katō as Yoshihiro Taki Awards 17th Japan Academy Prize *Nominated: Best Film *Nominated: Best Director - Shinichirō Sawai *Nominated: Best Screenplay *Nominated: Best Actor - Tōru Kazama *Nominated: Best Actress - Isako Washio *Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Fumi Dan 15th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actress - Isako Washio is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 15th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Bloom in the Moonlight is a 1993 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Shinichiro Sawai about the life of pianist Rentarō Taki. Cast * ... *5th Best Film References External links * 1993 films Films about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oribe Furuta
, whose birth name was , was a daimyō and celebrated master of the Japanese tea ceremony. He was originally a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Biography His teacher in the tea ceremony was Sen no Rikyū. He became the foremost tea master in the land after Rikyū's death, and taught this art to the shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada. Among his other particularly famous tea ceremony students were Ueda Sōko, Kobori Enshū and Hon'ami Kōetsu. The kind of tea ceremony that he established is known as Oribe-ryū (see Schools of Japanese tea ceremony), and the style of ceramics that are attributed to his artistic influence are known as Oribe ware. He also designed a style of stone lantern for the ''roji'' tea garden, known as ''Oribe-dōrō''. During the year 1600, Oribe received a 10,000-koku income. During the Osaka Campaign of 1615, Oribe was forced to plot in Kyoto against the Tokugawa and the Emperor, on the behalf of the defenders of Osaka. After this event, Oribe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
