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Jo Shishido
was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film ''Branded to Kill'' (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname for his popular role in the Western ''Quick Draw Joe'' (1961). Early life Joe Shishido was born in the Kita Ward of Osaka, Japan. He had two older brothers, one younger sister and a younger brother who also became an actor under the name Eiji Go. Shishido attended schools in Tokyo and Miyagi. In 1952, he graduated from high school and enrolled in the theatre course at Nihon University. Two years later, he auditioned for the Nikkatsu Company's New Face contest. He was one of 21 selected from 8,000 applicants. Shishido dropped out of school and began working for Nikkatsu, appearing in small film roles. Nikkatsu In 1954, Joe Shishido signed on as a contract player at Nikkatsu. Studio bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan. Incidents and accidents 2021 Osaka building fire Notable locations Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a financial administration center, housing the headquarters of the Japan Mint and the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. Firms headquartered in Kita-ku * Daicel *Daikin (Umeda Center Building) *Daiwa House * FM802 *Hankyu Hanshin Holdings * Hankyu Railway * Kansai Electric Power Company * Kansai Telecasting Corporation * Kaneka Corporation * Mainichi Broadcasting System *Nihon Bussan *Nippon Paint * Nipro * Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners * Santen Pharmaceutical *Suntory * Toyobo *West Japan Railway Company * West Nippon Expressway Company (Dojima Avanza) * Yanmar (Umeda Gate Tower) * Zojirushi Asahi Kasei, Itochu Corporation, Kuraray and Kaneka Corporation each have "headquarters" in both Kita-ku and in Tokyo. Firms with branch offices in Kita-ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords ( shinai) as well as protective armor ( bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and has spread to many other nations across the world. History Swordsmen in Japan established schools of ''kenjutsu'' (the ancestor of kendo). These continued for centuries and form the basis of kendo practice today.. Formal kendo exercises known as '' kata'' were developed several centuries ago as ''kenjutsu'' practice for warriors. They are still studied today, in a modified form. The introduction of bamboo practice swords and armor to sword training is attributed to during the Shotoku Era (1711–1715). Naganuma developed the use of this armor and established a training method using bamboo swords. , third son of Naganuma and the 8th headmaster of the Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Kenjutsu, is credited with improving the art with Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Of The Beast
is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo, Japan. Synopsis Joji Mizuno (Joe Shishido), a former Kobe Metropolitan Police Department detective fired after being convicted of embezzlement, is released from prison. During his incarceration, his partner, Detective Takeshita, died in an apparent lovers' suicide with a call girl. However, Mizuno believes that the adultery and the suicide were staged by Nomoto Enterprises, a yakuza group whose prostitution operations Takeshita was investigating. Posing as a gangster, Mizuno infiltrates the Nomoto organization in order to find out the truth. At Takeshita's memorial service, Mizuno promises his dead partner's wife, Kumiko (Misako Watanabe), that he will find her husband's killers. Mizuno is partnered with a young soldier named Goro Minami (Eimei Esumi) and quickly earns the respect of both Minami and the eccentric head of the Nomoto group, Tetsuo Nomoto (Akiji Kobayashi), by re-securing pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seijun Suzuki
, born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the yakuza genre. His increasingly surreal style began to draw the ire of the studio in 1963 and culminated in his ultimate dismissal for what is now regarded as his magnum opus, '' Branded to Kill'' (1967), starring notable collaborator Joe Shishido. Suzuki successfully sued the studio for wrongful dismissal, but he was blacklisted for 10 years after that. As an independent filmmaker, he won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his ''Taishō'' trilogy, ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980), ''Kagero-za'' (1981) and '' Yumeji'' (1991). His films remained widely unknown outside Japan until a series of theatrical retrospectives beginning in th ... [...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 n ... Online film databases {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Draw Joe
Quick, as an adjective, refers to something moving with high speed. Quick may also refer to: In business * Quick (restaurant), a Belgian fast-food restaurant chain * Quick (sportswear), a Dutch manufacturer of sportswear * Quick (automobile), an early American automobile * QIC (data backup) Quarter inch Cartridge, pronounced quick Music * The Quick (U.S. band), a rock band from Los Angeles * The Quick (UK band), a pop band from England * Quick (dance group), a hip hop dance group * ''Quick'' (album), a 1994 independently released album by Far Films * ''Quick'' (1932 film), German film starring Lilian Harvey * ''Quick'' (1993 film), American crime film starring Teri Polo * ''Quick'' (2011 film), South Korean film * ''Quick'' (2019 film),, also known as ''The Perfect Patient'', Swedish film Publications * ''Quick'' (German magazine), published 1948–1992 * ''Quick'' (newspaper), a defunct free weekly tabloid in the Dallas-Fort Worth area from 2003 to 2011 In sports * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buichi Saitō
was a Japanese film director from Saitama Prefecture. His representative works included '' Wataridori series'' starring Akira Kobayashi, ''Farewell to Southern Tosa''(1959) and ''Gazing at Love and Death''(1964). Saitō often worked with Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido and Sayuri Yoshinaga. After graduating Waseda University, he joined Shochiku Film and started working as an assistant director under Yasujirō Ozu and Kōzaburō Yoshimura etc. In 1954, he transferred to Nikkatsu Film and made his director debut in the 1956 film ''Anesan no Oyomeiri''. Selected filmography Film * '' Early Summer'' (1951) (Assistant director) * '' The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'' (1952) (Assistant director) * '' Tokyo Story'' (1953) (Assistant director) * '' Early Spring'' (1956) (Assistant director) * ''They Came of Age'' (1958) * ''Waterfront Outlaws'' (1959) * ''Farewell to Southern Tosa'' (1959) * '' The Wandering Guitarist'' (1959) * ''The Blue Beast'' (1960) * ''Naked Youth -A Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kart Racing
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motorsports, with most of Formula One champions including Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, and Fernando Alonso having begun their careers in karting. Karts vary widely in speed and some (known as superkarts) can reach speeds exceeding , while recreational go-karts intended for the general public may be limited to lower speeds. History American Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Early karting events were he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenju Burai-chō Series
are Japanese film series directed by Haruyasu Noguchi who directed Gappa: The Triphibian Monster. The lead star is Keiichirō Akagi. He played skilled gunman in the series. Based on Rei Kido's novel "Nuki Uchi Sansirō". Kenju burai-chō Nukiuchino Ryu (Rereased date 1960,February 14, Running time 86minutes, Screen play by Gan Yamazaki) *Keiichirō Akagi as Kenzaki Ryu *Joe Shishido as Korto no Gin *Ruriko Asaoka as Ishii Midori *Ichiro Sugai as Shizu *Kaku Takashina as Gen *Arihiro Fujimura as Cho *Kō Nishimura as Yo Sangen Kenju burai-chō Denkō Setsuka no Otoko (Rereased date 1960, May14, Running time 86 minutes, Screenplay by Takeo Matsura) *Keiichirō Akagi as Jōji *Ruriko Asaoka as Keiko *Hideaki Nitani as Otsu Noboru *Mari Shiraki as JIna Nakagawa *Kaku Takanashi as Tatsukichi *Sayuri Yoshinaga as Setsuko Kenju burai-chō Futeki ni Warauotoko (Rereased date 1960, August6, Running time 84 minutes, Screen play by Gan Yamazaki) *Keiichirō Akagi as Dan Ryujirō *Reiko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichirō Akagi
, born was a Japanese actor. Akagi appeared in over 26 films in his short three-year career. Kenju burai-chō series and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films. In 1958, he joined the Nikkatsu company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film '' Age of Nudity'' directed by Seijun Suzuki. In 1960, Akagi won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi. At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting ''Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko,'' where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a subdural hematoma associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is . Biography Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut with "Ueru Tamashii" directed by Yuzo Kawashima in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as ''Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite'' (''A Farewell to Southern Tosa'') and starred in the '' Wataridori series'' and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind Child") film series. Kobayashi, along with Yujiro Ishihara and others, formed the core of Nikkatsu Action's golden age. Kobayashi produced and starred detective tv drama series ''Target Men'' in 1971. In 1972, he left Nikkatsu and signed with Toei film. There he starred in many yakuza films, including Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. In 1989, Kobayashi made his director debut with ''Haru kuru Oni''. Marriage Kobayashi was married to popular singer Misora Hibari in 1962, but the marriage ended in divorce two years later in 1964. He remarried actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
