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Jack Abbe
was a Japanese film director and actor. He went to America along with a younger brother to visit an uncle living in Los Angeles. There he enrolled in an acting school, and upon hearing that Thomas H. Ince was looking for Japanese extras to work in his studios, he applied and was accepted in 1914. He appeared in such films as '' The Wrath of the Gods'' and '' The Cheat'' with Sessue Hayakawa. He was often billed as "Jack Abbe" or "Jack Yutake Abbe." He returned to Japan in 1925, finding work at the Nikkatsu studio, and soon made his debut as a director. Among his early works was the 1926 silent film ''The Woman Who Touched the Legs'' (Ashi ni sawatta onna), a comedy about a writer and a woman thief. This film, along with most of Abe's early work, is now lost. Before and during World War II, Abe directed a number of nationalistic propaganda films including ''Moyuru ōzora'' (''Flaming Sky'') and ''Ano hata o ute'' (''Fire on That Flag''). After the war, he directed the 1950 film ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamoto, Miyagi
is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,580 in 16102 households, and a population density of 390 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Higashi-Matsushima (lit. "East Matsushima") is in eastern Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshu. The city borders on Matsushima Bay to the west, and the Pacific Ocean (Ishinomaki Bay) to the south. Its coastline forms part of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park, which stretches north to Aomori Prefecture. Neighboring municipalities Miyagi Prefecture *Ishinomaki * Misato *Matsushima Climate Higashi-Matsushima has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Higashi-Matsushima is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Demographics Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Makioka Sisters (novel)
is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband for the third sister, Yukiko. It depicts the decline of the family's upper-middle-class, suburban lifestyle as the specter of World War II and Allied Occupation hangs over the novel. It was translated into English by Edward G. Seidensticker, and published by Alfred A. Knopf. Patrick McCoy of the ''Japan Times'' described the book as being "Tolstoyan in length and scope." Story ;Title The novel's title, , means lightly falling snow and is also used in classical Japanese poetry. The image suggests falling cherry blossoms in early spring—a number of poets confess to confusing falling cherry blossoms with snow. Falling cherry blossoms are a common symbol of impermanence, a prevalent theme of the novel. The in ''Sasameyuki'' is the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Male Film Actors
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Japanese Film Directors
This article is a list of Japanese film directors. __NOTOC__ A * Yutaka Abe * Masao Adachi * Kyōko Aizome * Masatoshi Akihara * Keita Amemiya * Tetsurō Amino * Hiroshi Ando * Hideaki Anno * Shinji Aoyama * Tarō Araki * Genjiro Arato * Mari Asato D * Masanobu Deme * Nobuhiro Doi F * Kei Fujiwara * Kinji Fukasaku * Jun Fukuda * Yasuo Furuhata * Tomoyuki Furumaya G * Hideo Gosha * Heinosuke Gosho H * Sachi Hamano * Tsutomu Hanabusa * Susumu Hani * Masato Harada * Yasuharu Hasebe * Kazuhiko Hasegawa * Ryusuke Hamaguchi * Ryōsuke Hashiguchi * Kaizo Hayashi * Shinji Higuchi * Hideyuki Hirayama * Ryūichi Hiroki * Ishirō Honda I * Jun Ichikawa * Kon Ichikawa * Mako Idemitsu * George Iida * Takahiko Iimura * Toshiharu Ikeda * Kazuo Ikehiro * Yutaka Ikejima * Kaoru Ikeya * Kunihiko Ikuhara * Tadashi Imai * Shohei Imamura * Shinji Imaoka * Hiroshi Inagaki * Haruo Inoue * Umetsugu Inoue * Isshin Inudo * Minoru Inuzuka * Yu Irie * Katsuhito Ishii * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Two Worlds
''A Tale of Two Worlds'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film stars several well-known actors including Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, Edythe Chapman, and J. Frank Glendon. The film has been preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c.1978 Plot Based upon a summary in a film publication, Ah Wing (Warren) saves a white child during the Boxer Rebellion and raises her as Chinese in America as Sui Sen (Joy). Ling Jo (Beery), a tong leader and slave trader, desires Sui Sen and enters a marriage contract with Ah Wing where he will search and give the Scepter of the Mings to Ah Wing in return for the girl. Ah Wing agrees because he does not believe that the scepter can be recovered, but when it is produced, he, while heartbroken, must keep his word. The wedd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pagan God
''The Pagan God'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Park Frame and starring H.B. Warner, Carmen Phillips and Edward Peil Sr.Connelly p.393 Cast * H.B. Warner as Bruce Winthrop * Carmen Phillips as Tai Chen * Edward Peil Sr. as Wah Kung * Yutaka Abe as Wong * Carl Stockdale as Henry Addison * Marguerite De La Motte as Beryl Addison * Walter Perry Walter Laing MacDonald Perry, Baron Perry of Walton, OBE, FRS, FRCP, FRSE (16 June 1921 – 17 July 2003) was a distinguished Scottish academic. He was the first Vice Chancellor of the Open University. Life Perry was born in Dundee, son o ... as American Minister References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Park Frame Film Bookin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tong Man
''The Tong Man'' is a 1919 American thriller film directed by William Worthington and produced by Haworth Pictures Corporation. ''The Tong Man'' survives and is available on home video. The film has long been preserved by the Library of Congress. Plot As described in a film magazine, Luk Chen (Hayakawa), whose heart beats for Sen Chee (Eddy) and for her alone, is commissioned by the tong of which he is a member to murder her father for failure to deliver her to Ming Tai (Roberts), a power in San Francisco's Chinatown. His love proves stronger than his sense of duty and he fails to execute the command, so Ming Tai performs the duty in his stead. Ming Tai then abducts Sen Chee. Luk Chen effects a rescue and they conceal themselves in a dungeon belonging to Ming Tai. Their enemy discovers them and for a time it seems their end is only seconds away. They are then rescued and make their way by boat to China. Cast *Sessue Hayakawa as Luk Chen *Helen Jerome Eddy as Sen Chee * Marc Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her American Husband
''Her American Husband'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Teddy Sampson, Darrell Foss and Leota Lorraine.Connelly p.360 Cast * Teddy Sampson as Cherry Blossom * Darrell Foss as Herbert Franklyn * Leota Lorraine as Miriam Faversham * Kisaburô Kurihara as Tokimasa * Misao Seki as Yoshisada * Yutaka Abe as Kato Nakamura * Will Jeffries as Mason * Arthur Millett as Abott * Ludwig Lowry Ludwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Ludwig (surname), including a list of people * Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and co ... as Jessop * Kathleen Emerson as Dolly Varden References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work ranges from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently, his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which constructions of the West and Japanese tradition are juxtaposed. He was one of six authors on the final shortlist for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, the year before his death. Biography Early life Tanizaki was born into a well-to-do merchant class family in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where his uncle owned a printing press, which had been established by his grandfather. His parents were Kuragorō and Seki Tanizaki. His older brother, Kumakichi, died three days after his birth, which made him the next eldest son of the family. Tani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
