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Izu No Odoriko (1974 Film)
is a 1974 romantic drama film from Japan. It was directed by Katsumi Nishikawa and starred Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura. This was the first of a series of romantic films starring the couple. The film is based on the story ''The Dancing Girl of Izu'' by Yasunari Kawabata. Nishikawa also directed Izu no Odoriko film produced in 1963. 1974 Cast * Momoe Yamaguchi as Kahoru * Tomokazu Miura as Kawashima * Jin Nakayama as Eikichi * Tomomi Satō as Chiyoko * Atsuko Ichinomiya as Nobu * Masami Shiho as Sayuko * Sayuri Ishikawa as Okimi * Nami Munakata as Yoshiko * Yoriko Tanaka as Shino * Yumiko Arisaki as Otoki * Nekohachi Edoya III as Toriya * Koenyū Sanyūtei as Kamiya * Narrated by Jūkichi Uno 1963 Cast * Hideki Takahashi as Kawasaki * Sayuri Yoshinaga as Kaoru * Mitsuo Hamada as Student * Shōbun Inoue Paper seller Release The film was released on 28 December 1974 in Japan. Reception The film was covered in a special issue of film magazine ''Kindai Eiga''. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsumi Nishikawa
(1 July 1918 – 6 April 2010) was a Japanese film director most famous for his youth films (seishun eiga). Graduating from Nihon University, he started out at the Shochiku studio in 1939 and directed his first film in 1952. He moved to Nikkatsu in 1954 and, while working in a variety of genres, became most famous for his youth films starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yujiro Ishihara, and Hideki Takahashi. In the 1970s, he remade some of these films with the idol singer Momoe Yamaguchi and her future husband Tomokazu Miura. The Katsumi Nishikawa Memorial Film Museum was opened in his hometown of Chizu, Tottori, in 2001. Nishikawa published several books, including one about his war experience and another about filming Yasunari Kawabata's ''The Dancing Girl of Izu'' several times. He died of pneumonia on April 6, 2010. Selected filmography *''Izu no Odoriko'' (1963) *''Izu no Odoriko (1974 film), Izu no Odoriko'' (1974) *''Shunkinshō (film), Shunkinshō'' (1976) References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūkichi Uno
(real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa and others. Personal life He is the father of musician Akira Terao. Filmography Honours *Medals of Honor (Japan), Medal with Purple Ribbon (1981) References Actors from Fukui Prefecture 1914 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Yasunari Kawabata
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Movie Database
The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. Nomura started the site in 1997, and it contains movies from 1899 (Second Year of Movies in Japan recorded) to the present day. See also * IMDb References External links * Internet properties established in 1997 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 ... Online film databases {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōbun Inoue
was a Japanese actor. Inoue started his acting career at the Haiyuza Theatre Company. Later, he signed his contract with Nikkatsu film company. Filmography Films * ''Throne of Blood'' (1957) as Tsuzuki's messenger * ''Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate'' (1957) as Genta * '' The Human Condition Road to Eternity'' (1959) * ''Hana and Ryu'' (1962) * '' Izo no Odoriko'' (1963) * ''Aoi sanmyaku'' (1963) as Nakata * ''Cruel Gun Story'' (1964) as Okada * ''Our Blood Will Not Forgive'' (1964) as Ushigoro Tobita * ''The Wild Sea'' (1969) as Takei * ''Mushukunin Mikogami no Jkichiō Kawakazeni Kakowa Nagareta'' (1972) * ''Sword of the Beast'' (1965) as Araiwa * ''Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love'' (1966) as Onijima * ''Zatoichi and the Fugitives'' (1968) as Kumeji * ''Men and War'' (1970) * '' Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) as Yoshihiko * ''Minna no Ie'' (2001) as Painter Television drama * Taiga drama ** ''Taikōki'' (1965) as Date Masamune ** ''Ten to Chi to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Hamada
is a Japanese actor. He co-starred with Sayuri Yoshinaga in many Nikkatsu films. In 1960, Hamada joined Nikkatsu Company. He won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards in 1961. In 1966, Hamada was involved in the quarrel at the bar in Nagoya and came close to losing an eye. The incident hindered his acting career. Hamada appeared in the ''Tokusatsu'' superhero series ''Ultraman Gaia'' in 1999. Selected filmography Film * ''Foundry Town'' (1962) : Tsukamoto Katsumi * '' Bad Girl'' (1963) * ''Dorodarake no Junjō'' (1963) * ''Utsukushi Jyudai'' (1964) * ''Gazing at Love and Death'' (1964) * ''Izu no Odoriko'' (1963) * '' Outlaw: Gangster VIP'' (1968) : Tsujikawa Takeo * '' Daikanbu Nagurikomi'' (1969) * ''Fuji sanchō'' (1970) : Sokkō * ''Sandakan No. 8'' (1974) : Satō * ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon'' (1974) : Kiyoharu Nakanishi * '' KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'' (1977) as Goro Totsuka * ''Inubue'' (1978) * ''Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) : Genrō * '' A Litre of Tear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayuri Yoshinaga
is a Japanese actress and activist. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Career Her first media appearance was in the radio drama "Akado Suzunosuke" in 1957, and she has been one of the most popular actresses in Japan since the 1960s, with fans called "Sayur- ists" (''Sayurisuto'') - for example, Akiyuki Nosaka and Tamori. She made a contract with the movie corporation Nikkatsu and played the lead role in many of its films. In 1962, Yoshinaga played a junior-high school girl in her most famous film, "Foundry Town", and got the Japan Record Award for ''"Itsudemo Yume wo"'' (Always Keep the Dream) with the male singer Yukio Hashi. In the 1970s and 1980s, Yoshinaga appeared in films made by other companies, as well as in TV drama serials, commercials, and talk shows. After this period, she returned to films and she has featured in commercials for some big comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideki Takahashi
is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University. Career Takahashi made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. Takahashi made film debut with ''Kōgenji'' directed by Buichi Saitō in 1961. In 1963, he starred in the yakuza film ''The Symbol of a Man '' directed by Akinori Matsuo and won populality. Under exclusive contract with Nikkatsu, his notable films are ''Fighting Elegy'' and ''Tattooed Life''. In 1971, Takahashi left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor. In 1974, he starred Kenji Misumi's last film ''The Last Samurai''. On television, he became a star in such ''jidaigeki'' television dramas as Kunitori Monogatari and Momotarō-zamurai. Modern roles are also in his repertoire. Among these is Detective Totsukawa in the ''Nishimura Kyōtarō Travel Mystery'' series. Takahashi is also active as a personality in quiz shows, exemplified by ''Quiz Nihonjin no Shitsumon'' (NHK, 1993–2003). He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoe Yamaguchi
, known by her maiden name , is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. Often simply referred to by her given name "Momoe," Yamaguchi is one of the most successful singers in Japanese music, releasing 32 singles, including three number one hits, and 21 studio albums. She also starred in 15 feature films and several television serial dramas. At age 21, Yamaguchi retired at the height of her popularity to marry her frequent costar, Tomokazu Miura; she has never performed or made a public appearance since. Therefore, she is called a legendary idol in Japan. Biography Early life and career Momoe Yamaguchi was born on 17 January 1959 at Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo. Not long afterwards she was left in the care of her maternal grandparents. At around four, she returned to her parents and the family then moved to Yokohama. Her father, a medical doctor who was married to another woman with children, was never mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
