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Hiyodori Sōshi
* Hiyodori, a Otori-class torpedo boat * ''Hiyodori sōshi'', a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa which has been made into a film ** ''Hiyodori sōshi'', a 1928 film adaptation by Kichinosuke Hitomi ** ''Hiyodori sōshi'', a 1933 film adaptation by Junzō Sone ** ''Hiyodori sōshi'', a 1952 film adaptation by Tai Kato ** ''Hiyodori sōshi'', a 1954 film adaptation by Kōkichi Uchide *''Hiyodori: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 9'', an album by Merzbow {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Torpedo Boat Hiyodori
The Japanese torpedo boat ''Hiyodori'' was an of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built for escort and anti-submarine duties. Although classified as a torpedo boat, she was large enough to be considered a small destroyer or a fast escort. She was the third ship of her class to be completedWatts, Anthony J., Gordon, Brian G. ''The Imperial Japanese Navy'', (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc.), pp. 279 and served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War. Design and description Since the ''Otori'' class was designed and built with the harsh lessons learned from the ''Tomozuru'' and Fourth Fleet incidents,Evans, David C. & Peattie, Mark R. ''Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy 1887-1941'' (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997), pp. 244 ''Hiyodori'' benefited from having both a considerably powerful armament and far greater stability. The stability was provided with a lower bridge level, less armament and protection (in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Yoshikawa
was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as ''The Tale of the Heike'', ''Tale of Genji'', ''Water Margin'' and ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', many of which he retold in his own style. As an example, Yoshikawa took up ''Taiko'''s original manuscript in 15 volumes to retell it in a more accessible tone and reduce it to only two volumes. His other books also serve similar purposes and, although most of his novels are not original works, he created a huge amount of work and a renewed interest in the past. He was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 (the highest award for a man of letters in Japan), the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Mainichi Art Award just before his death from cancer in 1962. He is cited as one of the best historical novelists in Japan. The complete translation of his "Miyamoto Musashi", in the west, is only available in Portuguese Life He was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Kato
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was best known for making yakuza films at the Toei Company in 1960s. Biography Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Kato was the nephew of the film director Sadao Yamanaka. He entered the Toho studio in 1937 and first began by working on documentary, documentaries. He worked as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa in ''Rashomon (film), Rashomon''. After World War II he switched to making jidaigeki. Style and influences Kevin Thomas of ''Los Angeles Times'' noted that Kato has been compared with Budd Boetticher and Samuel Fuller. Selected filmography * ''Brave Records of the Sanada Clan'' (1963) * ''Kaze no Bushi'' (1964) * ''Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (AKA Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall)'' (1964) * ''Meiji Kyokyakuden: Sandaime Shumei'' (1965) * ''Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yukyo Ippiki'' (1966) * ''By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him'' (1966) * ''I, the Executioner'' (1968) * ''Red Peony Gambler: Hanafuda Shobu'' (1969) * ''Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
