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Hajime Hana And The Crazy Cats
The were a Japanese jazz band and comedy group popular in film and television, particularly between the 1950s and 1970s. Led by Hajime Hana, the band's other main members were Kei Tani, Hitoshi Ueki, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Senri Sakurai, Shin Yasuda, and Ētarō Ishibashi. Band origins The band was originally formed in 1955 at the end of the first jazz boom in Japan under the name The Cuban Cats. Signed to Watanabe Productions, their performances mixed music and comedic bits, in the spirit of Frankie Sakai and the City Slickers, and they soon changed their name to the Crazy Cats. At the end of the 1950s, the main members were Hana, Tani, Ueki, Inuzuka, Yasuda, and Ishibashi. Sakurai joined in 1960, and Ishibashi left in 1971. The group became nationally famous after appearing on the television show "''Otona No Manga"'' starting in 1959. Beginning in 1961, they co-starred on the variety show "Soap Bubble Holiday''"'' ("''Shabondama Horidē"''), performing in skits written by Yukio Aosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Adventure
is a 1965 Japanese comedy action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ... directed by Kengo Furusawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the fifth film in the '' Crazy Cats'' film series produced from 1963 to 1971 and was produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Crazy Cats group. ''The Crazy Adventure'' was released theatrically in Japan on October 31, 1965. It received a theatrical release in the United States on December 21, 1966 under the title ''Don't Call Me a Con Man'' and was re-released on June 1, 1993 under the title ''Don't Cal Me a Crime Man''. Cast Release ''The Crazy Adventure'' was released in Japan on October 31, 1965 where it was distributed by Toho. and received a theatrical release in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Sugie
was a Japanese film director. He directed films from the 1940s to the 1960s. Career Sugie was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture (currently Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City). After graduating from the Waseda University, Sugie joined P.C.L/Photo Chemical Laboratory (latter became Toho) in 1937. He worked as an assistant director for Kajiro Yamamoto, Shiro Toyoda, Yasujiro Shimazu, Mikio Naruse, and Akira Kurosawa. In 1950, he directed his first feature film, The Gate of Tokyo. Since then, Sugie directed romance dramas (" I Can't Say The Person's Name" and " Oblivion Petals"), youth movies such as " Janken Musume", " He even supported Toho as a location director who filmed in various places with the comedy starring the " Company President Series" and Crazy Cats. Even on a public basis, mass production in the Japanese art world, with 6 in 1955, 7 in 1956, 5 in 1957, 4 in 1958, 4 in 1959, 5 in 1960, 6 in 1961 ... In that times, he continued to produced projects that cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiji Hisamatsu
(20 February 1912 – 28 December 1990) was a Japanese film director. He directed 101 films between 1934 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''Jūdai no yūwaku'' (1953) * ''Keisatsu nikki'' (1955) * ''Onna no koyomi is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu based on the short story collection by the Japanese woman writer Sakae Tsuboi. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Kinuyo Tanaka as Michi Saeki * Yōko Sugi as Kuniko Hy ...'' (1954) References External links * 1912 births 1990 deaths Japanese film directors People from Ibaraki Prefecture {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
