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Hayato Tani
is a Japanese actor and television presenter best known for his career as General Tani in Takeshi's Castle and Commander Sugata in Hikari Sentai Maskman. Biography He was born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan and raised in Sasebo, Nagasaki. He married his first wife in 1971 and married his second wife, Kikko Matsuoka, in 1981, after they appeared in several television shows together. Tani is currently writing a dining guide wherein he discusses maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Tani's roles include General Tani (General Lee in UK and Indian versions) in ''Takeshi's Castle'' ("Captain Tenneal" in the U.S. version '' MXC'') and Commander Sugata in the 1987 ''Super Sentai'' series ''Hikari Sentai Maskman''. He is also sometimes credited as Hayati Tani. Filmography Film *''Rampaging Dragon of the North'' (1966) *'' Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku '' (1967) *''School of the Holy Beast'' (1974), Kenta Aoki Television * ''Key Hunter'' (1968–73), Tatsuhiko Shima * ''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983), Ō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirishima, Kagoshima
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Kirishima has the second largest population of the cities in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a crossroads for commerce between Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures. It is also the home of the Kagoshima Airport, the terminus for the JR Hisatsu line, and is served by two major expressways. The former Kokubu-Hayato area was designated as a "Technopolis" as high tech industries such as Sony and Kyocera opened facilities in the city. As of October 1, 2020, the city has a population of 123,205 with 58,159 households and a population density of . The total area is . The modern city of Kirishima was established on November 7, 2005, from the merger of the city of Kokubu, and the towns of Fukuyama, Hayato, Kirishima (former), Makizono, Mizobe and Yokogawa (all from Aira District). The Uenohara site dates from the Jōmon period. Shrines include Kirishima-Jingū. Topography *Mountains **Mount Kirishima (see List of volcanoes in Japan) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soshiki Bōryoku Series
is Japanese yakuza film series directed by Junya Sato. Soshiki Bōryoku * Tetsuro Tamba as Detective Uragami * Sonny Chiba as Takasugi Shinji * Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Otaguro Shodo * Fumio Watanabe as Imanishi * Ryōhei Uchida as Teramachi * Nobuo Yana * Hideo Murota as Detective Horiike * Hisashi Igawa as Detective Ashida * Nenji Kobayashi as Chorokichi * Tatsuo Matsumura as Kuribayashi * Kōji Tsuruta (Special appearance) Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku *Tetsurō Tamba as Detective Kitagawa *Fumio Watanabe as Hōdō Gorō *Kyōsuke Machida as Ishigami *Ryōhei Uchida as Sakaki Shinsaku *Hayato Tani as Sugii *Hideo Murota as sawai *Rinichi Yamamoto as Nakanishi *Nobuo Yana as Shiraki * Kenji Imai as Nakagawa *Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Tazawa *Noboru Ando as Kunisaki Kenji Soshiki Bōryoku Kyōdaisakazuki *Bunta Sugawara as Kijima Naojirō *Noboru Ando as Oba Kenji *Fumio Watanabe as Takegami Mansaku *Hitomi Nozoe as Nobuko *Kanjūrō Arashi as Daimon Shinsaku *Nobuo Yana as Tetsu * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Male Actors
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1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōno Harunaga
was a general under Toyotomi Hideyori, and fought in the Siege of Osaka in 1615. He became lord of Osaka castle after the Battle of Sekigahara. Ono led forces against those of Wakayama Castle in the Battle of Kashii, also the Battle of Shigino, and the Battle of Tennoji, where he was killed in action. He held the rank at court of Junior Fifth Rank. Harunaga had a fiefdom of 15,000 koku. Life In 1569, Ono Harunaga was born in the capital of Japan at this time, Kyoto. He was the son of Ōkurakyō no Tsubone, who had served as wet-nurse to Yodo-dono, he served as bodyguardwith a stipend of 3,000 koku given from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Following Hideyoshi's death, he served as an advisor close to Toyotomi Hideyori. In 1599 following questioning by Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was banished to Shimotsuke Province, under suspicion of being a ringleader of a failed plot to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu that had been hatched by servants of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Honda Masanobu. In the following y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV Series)
is a 1983 Japanese television series. It is the 21st NHK ''taiga'' drama. The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Sōhachi Yamaoka. Plot The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Production Production Credits *Original – Souhachi Yamamoto *Music – Isao Tomita *Narrator – Naomitsu Tateno *Historical research – Keizō Suzuki *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Starring role * Sakae Takita as Tokugawa Ieyasu (episodes 7-50) **Yōji Matsuda as Teen Ieyasu (episode 6) **Yoshitaka Kase as Child Ieyasu (episodes 3-5) Tokugawa clan *Shinobu Otake as Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu *Masaomi Kondō as Matsudaira Hirotada - father of Ieyasu *Kaoru Yachigusa as Keyōin - grandmother of Ieyasu *Kimiko Ikegami as Lady Tsukiyama - wife of Ieyasu *Hiroshi Katsuno as Tokugawa Hidetada - third son of Ieyasu *Hiroyuki Nagato as Honda Sakuzaemon *Shinjirō Ehara as Ishikawa Kazumasa *Taketoshi Naito as Honda Masanobu *Yosuke Natsuki as Yagyū Munenori *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Hunter
is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. ''Key Hunter'' was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in ''Key Hunter''. Characters Key Hunte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Of The Holy Beast
is a film in the nunsploitation subgenre of Pink film, Pinky violence made by Toei Company in 1974 in film, 1974. Plot A young woman (Yumi Takigawa) becomes a nun at the Sacred Heart Convent to find out what happened to her mother years earlier. She encounters a lesbian mother superior, lecherous archbishops, and uncovers many dark secrets. The convent also practices brutal discipline and encourages masochistic rituals such as self-flagellation. In one scene, two nuns are forced to strip to the waist and whip each other severely with heavy floggers. Later, Takigawa is tortured and whipped by a group of nuns armed with rose-thorns. Cast * Yumi Takigawa as Maya Takigawa * Emiko Yamauchi as Matsuko Ishida * Yayoi Watanabe as Hisako Kitano * Yōko Mihara as Sadako Matsumara * Fumio Watanabe as Priest Kakinuma Critical appraisal Praising the work of writer/director Norifumi Suzuki as well as the leading actors, critic Donald Guarisco of Allmovie says, "This Japanese shocker manages t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampaging Dragon Of The North
, also known as ''North Sea Dragon'', is a 1966 Japanese yakuza action crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Tatsuo Umemiya and produced by Toei Tokyo. Plot Following a stint with the yakuza, a fisherman's son named Jiro returns home to his fishing village to find the boats and equipment destroyed by Gen Ashida, son of the boss of the Ashida clan, and his men as punishment for the Yamagata family working together with other fishing families. Jiro's mother does not want a yakuza staying in their village and his childhood friend Reiko explains that his father was killed. His brother Toshio confides that their father Jiro had forgiven Jiro for abandoning the village, whereupon Jiro decides to seek vengeance. Jiro fights his way into Ashida headquarters to confront the boss Ashida himself but Gen catches him whips him as punishment. Jiro's wounds are treated by his neighbors Some and Oritsu while Jiro keeps his true plans for revenge secret from his mother, claiming that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan. It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories. Under the slogans of and following the Boshin War and restoration of power to the Emperor from the Shogun, Japan underwent a period of industrialization and militarization, the Meiji Restoration, which is often regarded as the fastest modernisation of any country to date. All of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. Economic and political turmoil in the 1920s, including the Great Depression, led to the rise of militarism, nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The shows are of the ''tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. ''Super Sentai'' airs alongside the '' Kamen Rider'' series in the ''Super Hero Time'' programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the ''Super Sentai'' series is best known as the source material for the ''Power Rangers'' series. Series overview In every ''Super Sentai'' series, the protagonists are a team of people who – using wrist-worn or hand-held devices – transform into superheroes and gain superpowers – color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills – to battle a group of otherworldly supervillains that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, the her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
''Most Extreme Elimination Challenge'' (''MXC'') is an American comedy television program that aired on TNN/Spike TV from April 19, 2003 to February 9, 2007. It is a re-purpose of footage from the Japanese game show ''Takeshi's Castle'', which originally aired in Japan from 1986 to 1990. The re-purposed ''MXC'' created a completely new premise, storyline, and characters, with two teams competing against each other ''à la'' a typical team sports broadcast and players trying to win points for their teams by surviving through different challenges. In the original program the Count and his underlings would follow the progress of the players as they moved through the course. In the re-purpose Count Takeshi became veteran network announcer Vic Romano and the Count's flunky became young upstart Kenny Blankenship. ''Most Extreme Elimination Challenge'' was created and produced by RC Entertainment, Inc. (Paul Abeyta and Peter Kaikko) in Los Angeles, California, and Larry Strawther (a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
