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Jakoman And Tetsu
''Jakoman and Tetsu'' is a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi that was based on the novel ''Nishin gyogyo'' (''Herring Fishery'') by Keizo Kajino. It has been adapted into film twice. 1949 Toho adaptation ''Jakoman and Tetsu'' (1949) is a Toho Studios adaptation directed by co-screenwriter Senkichi Taniguchi starring Toshiro Mifune. This adaptation was followed by a sequel, ''Tetsu of Jilba'' (''ジルバの鉄'') (1950), co-written by Akira Kurosawa and Goro Tanada and directed by Isamu Kosugi, with Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he follow ... taking over the role of Tetsu. 1964 Toei adaptation ''Jakoman and Tetsu'' (1964) is a Toei Studios adaptation based on the earlier screenplay directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Ken Takakura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film '' Sanshiro Sugata''. After the war, the critically acclaimed ''Drunken Angel'' (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films. ''Rashomon'' (1950), which premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senkichi Taniguchi
(February 19, 1912 – October 29, 2007) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa. He made his feature film directing debut in 1947 with ''Snow Trail,'' which was written by Kurosawa. ''Snow Trail'' starred Toshirō Mifune in his film debut and actress Setsuko Wakayama. It helped establish Taniguchi's reputation for action film. Taniguchi and Wakayama married in 1949 (he had earlier been married to the screenwriter Yōko Mizuki), but the couple divorced in 1956. Taniguchi married his third wife, actress Kaoru Yachigusa, in 1957. Yachigusa and Taniguchi remained together for over fifty years until his death in 2007. Taniguchi was the screenwriter for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho Studios
is a Japanese film production company that is a subsidiary of Toho Co., Ltd. Founded in November 8, 1971 as , the company originally served as a spin-off of Toho's original production department, and produced over 160 films. In December 2020, Toho Pictures merged with , to create TOHO Studios, which is headquartered in Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo. Works Toho Pictures * ''Here Comes Golden Bat'' (1972) * '' Bye-Bye Jupiter'' (1984) * ''The Return of Godzilla'' (1984) * ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' (1989) * ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' (1991) * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (1992) * ''Chōshōjo Reiko'' (1991) * ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' (1991) * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (1992) * '' Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' (1993) * ''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon'' (1994) * '' Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla'' (1994) * ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' (1995) * ''Yatsuhaka-mura'' (1996) * ''Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996) * ''Rebirth of Mothra II'' (1997) * ''Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998) * '' Godzill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiro Mifune
was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration (1948–1965) with Akira Kurosawa in such works as ''Rashomon'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''The Hidden Fortress'', ''Throne of Blood'', and ''Yojimbo''. He also portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in Hiroshi Inagaki's ''Samurai Trilogy'' and one earlier Inagaki film, Lord Toranaga in the NBC television miniseries ''Shōgun'', and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in three different films. Early life Toshiro Mifune was born on April 1, 1920 in Seitō, Japanese-occupied Shandong (present-day Qingdao, China), the eldest son of Tokuzo and Sen Mifune. His father Tokuzo was a trade merchant and photographer who ran a photography business in Qingdao and Yingkou, and was originally the son of a medical doctor from Kawauchi, Akita Prefecture. His mother Sen was the daughter of a ''hatamoto'', a high-ranking samurai official. Toshiro's parents, who were working as Methodist missionaries, were some of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isamu Kosugi
was a Japanese actor and film director. Career Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He came to prominence in tendency films such as '' Ikeru ningyō'' (1929). He was the lead player in a series of critically acclaimed realist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the 1930s, particularly Tomu Uchida's ''Jinsei gekijō'' (1936) and '' Tsuchi'' (1939) and Tomotaka Tasaka's war films, '' Gonin no sekkōhei'' (1938) and ''Mud and Soldiers'' (1939). In 1937, he starred in the German-Japanese co-production, '' Atarashiki tsuchi'' (aka ''Die Tochter des Samurai''), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. He was renowned at the time as a skilled actor with an individual style. After World War II, he moved into directing, working primarily at Nikkatsu, where he filmed comedy series and action films starring Jō Shishido, while still appearing in films as an actor. His son was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utaemon Ichikawa
was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Tsumasaburō Bandō in starting his own independent production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions, in 1927. It was there he first began the "Idle Vassal" (Hatamoto taikutsu otoko) series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television. Selected filmography Kōkichi Takada (left) and Utaemon in 1950 *'' Dokuro'' (恐苦呂) (1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakoman And Tetsu (1964 Film)
, also known as ''One-Eyed Captain and Tetsu'' is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on an earlier screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi that was based on the novel ''Nishin gyogyo'' (English: ''Herring Fishery'') by Keizo Kajino. The screenplay had previously been filmed by director Senkichi Taniguchi in 1949. Plot In March 1947, the 21st year of the Shōwa era, aging fishery boss Kyubei is facing another year of financial uncertainty in Kamu Village on the Shimamui Coast on the Shakotan Peninsula in northern Hokkaido. Kyubei and his son-in-law Soutaro borrow money and hire a group of migrant workers as fisherman, but a one-eyed man named Jakoman arrives and throws Kyubei's fishing operation into disarray, terrorizing the other fishermen and vowing revenge on Kyubei for stealing his boat and leaving him nearly drowned at Sakhalin three years earlier. Near the end of the fishing season, Kyubei's young and rowdy son Tetsu, believed to be lost at sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Studios
() (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by its subsidiary, T-Joy), studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for creating animated programming known as anime, and live action dramas known as tokusatsu which use special visual effects. It also creates historical dramas (jidaigeki). Outside Japan, it is known as the controlling shareholder of Toei Animation and the owner of the ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai'' franchises. Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios. The name "Toei" is derived from the company's former name . History Toei's predecessor, the , was incorporated in 1938. It was founded by Keita Goto, CEO o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinji Fukasaku
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking," Fukasaku worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series (1973–1976). According to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "his turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of Japan's postwar prosperity." He used a '' cinema verite''-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s. Fukasaku wrote and directed over 60 films between 1961 and 2003. Some Western sources have associated him with the Japanese New Wave movement of the '60s and '70s, but this belies his commercial success. His works include the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), ''jidaigeki'' such as ''Shogun's Samurai'' (1978), the space opera ''Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Takakura
, born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, more than any other actor. Takakura additionally received the Japanese Medal of Honor with purple ribbon in 1998, the Person of Cultural Merit award in 2006, and the Order of Culture in 2013. Life and career Takakura was born in Nakama, Fukuoka in 1931. He attended Tochiku High School in nearby Yahata City, where he was a member of the boxing team and English society. It was around this time that he gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching ''yakuza'' movies. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, ''Showa Zankyo-den'' (''Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era''), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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