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Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu No Mon
is a 1974 Japanese film based on the Soviet Union's invasion of Karafuto during the Soviet–Japanese War near the end of World War II. The movie is set in Maoka (present day Kholmsk), and the story is based on the deaths of nine women who worked in the postal telegraph office in the city. Twelve women worked in the office, and on August 20, 1945, nine of them committed suicide. Plot The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded. Pressure by the USSR Despite the film's release in many nations, including the Soviet Union, Moscow argued that the film defamed the Soviet Union and the Soviet people and would only make people more hostile towards the USSR. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Murayama
Mitsuo (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mitsuo Aoki (1914–2010), American theologian *, Japanese naval aviator * Mitsuo Fujikura, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese anime director * Mitsuo Harada (born 1964), Japanese golfer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese politician *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese animator and anime director *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese archaeologist and academic *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese activist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, pen-name of Koba Ichiro, Japanese writer *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese art, film and music director *, Japanese physicist *, Japanese baseball player *, Tsunku , known professionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Peace
World peace, or peace on Earth, is the concept of an ideal state of peace within and among all people and nations on Planet Earth. Different cultures, religions, philosophies, and organizations have varying concepts on how such a state would come about. Various religious and secular organizations have the stated aim of achieving world peace through addressing human rights, technology, education, engineering, medicine, or diplomacy used as an end to all forms of fighting. Since 1945, the United Nations and the five permanent members of its Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) have operated under the aim to resolve conflicts without war or declarations of war. Nonetheless, nations have entered numerous military conflicts since then. Theories Many theories as to how world peace could be achieved have been proposed. Several of these are listed below. Capitalism peace theory Capitalist, or commercial peace, forms one of the thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Kurosawa (actor)
is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kuroswa joined Toho film studio as an actor and made his film debut with ''Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sanninyoreba'' in 1964. His first starring role was in the 1966 film ''Hikinige''. In 1971, Kurosawa left Toho and became a freelance actor. His song ''Tokiniwa Shōfu no Yōni'' became a big hit in 1978. Selected filmography Film * ''Hibari・Chiemi・Izumi Sanninyoreba'' (1964) * ''Samurai Assassin'' (1965) * ''Ereki no Wakadaishō'' (1965) as Izawa * ''Hikinige'' (1966) * ''Izu no Odoriko'' (1966) * ''The Stranger Within a Woman'' (1966) as Bartender * ''Japan's Longest Day'' (1967) as Hatanaka Kenji * ''Admiral Yamamoto'' (1968) as Kimura Keisuke * '' Hymn to a Tired Man'' (1969) as Zensaku's son * '' Battle of the Japan Sea'' (1969) as Pfc. Maeyama Sankichi * ''Yajyū-toshi'' (1970) * ''The Militarists'' (1970) as Shimagaki * ''Hakuchu no Shugeki'' (1970) * '' The Wolves'' (1971) as Tsutomu Onodera * ''The Water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junkichi Orimoto
was a Japanese actor. Orimoto often worked with Kinji Fukasaku and Sadao Nakajima. He started his acting career at the Shinkyō theatre company in 1949. His first film appearance was in the 1952 film ''Yamabiko Gakkō'' directed by Tadashi Imai. In 2019, he died of old age at the age of 92. His final film appearance was in the 2018 film ''blank13''. Filmography Films * ''Yamabiko Gakkō'' (1952) * '' Gakusei Shinjū'' (1954) * ''The Eternal Breasts'' (1955) as Shigeru Anzai * ''Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) as Sugita * ''Jun'ai Monogatari'' (1956) as Detective * ''The Rice People'' (1957) as Fisherman * ''Planet Prince'' (1958) as Colonel Matsuda * ''Three Outlaw Samurai'' (1958) as Kurahashi * '' The Human condition Part1'' (1959) as Sai * ''Gang vs. G-Men'' (1962) as Yuichi Noguchi * ''Assassination'' (1964) as Kamo Serizawa * ''Revenge'' (1964) * ''Kwaidan'' (1965) * ''Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' (1970) as Owner of rice store * '' Tora-san's Forget Me Not'' (1973) as Kurihara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsurō Tamba
was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Tiger Tanaka. Biography Tamba had a part-time job as an interpreter at Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers before becoming an actor. In 1948, he graduated from Chuo University. In 1951, he joined the Shintoho company and made his screen debut with Satsujinyogisha. Tamba was introduced to Western audiences in the 1961 film '' Bridge to the Sun'' directed by Etienne Périer. He also appeared in the 1964 film The 7th Dawn, directed by Lewis Gilbert. Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'', also directed by Gilbert (Tamba's voice was dubbed by Robert Rietti). By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: ''Harakiri'' and ''Kwaidan''. He also portrayed the lead character in the police dramas ''Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harue Akagi
was a Japanese actress. Filmography Films * '' Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki'' (1956) * '' Magic Boy'' (1959) * ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963) * ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon'' (1974) * ''Nichiren'' (1979) * ''Pecoross' Mother and Her Days'' (2013) Television * ''Taikōki'' (1965) * ''Kinpachi-sensei'' (1979–2011) * ''Onna Taikōki'' (1981), as Naka (Hideyoshi's mother) * ''Oshin'' (1983), as Hisa Kamiyama * ''Toshiie to Matsu'' (2002), as Ume Honours *Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ... (1993) * Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria (1998) References External links * 1924 births 2018 deaths Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese people from Manchukuo Recipients of th ... [...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] |
Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara (佐原 健二 ''Sahara Kenji'') (born 14 May 1932) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa. His birth name is Masayoshi Kato (加藤 正好 ''Katō Masayoshi''). Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in ''Rodan'' (1956). Selected filmography Sahara did a lot of work for the Toho Company, the studio that so far has produced 28 ''Godzilla'' movies. He appeared in more of the ''Godzilla'' series than any other actor. Also, he is the actor who was often relied on in most of the films by Directors Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya. He has appeared in many supporting roles. Sahara is famous as a mainstay of Toho special-effects movies and the ''Ultraman'' series. * '' Farewell Rabaul'' (1954) * ''Godzilla'' (1954) – as Young Lover on the Sound * '' Yuki No Koi'' (1955) – (credited as Tadashi Ishihara) * ''Seifuku No Otome Tachi'' (1955) – as Hideya Fujiwara (credited as Tadashi Ishihara) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Kishida
Shin Kishida (17 October 1939 – 28 December 1982) was a Japanese television, film, and stage actor. Biography Shin Kishida was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyōko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were his first cousins. He lived in Nakano until the age of five. In 1944 he enrolled in Yumoto Elementary School in Hakone, Kanagawa, where he was sent to live as part of a wartime evacuation of children from major cities. He returned to Tokyo in 1947, and transferred to Kudan Elementary School, Chiyoda, Tokyo. After graduating from Kojimachi Junior High School (Kojimachi Chugakko, where he became friends with future politician Koichi Kato) and Kaijo High School (Kaijo Koko), he took a year off from his studies before entering the English literature department of Hosei University. However, he dropped out in his second year after deciding to become an actor. Debut In 1961 Kishida join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōgo Shimada (actor)
(1905–2004) was a Japanese film actor. Filmography Shōgo Shimada appeared in 49 films from 1951 to 1995. * '' Natsumatsuri Sandogasa'' (1951) - Shinzô * ''Kunisada Chūji'' (1954) - Enzô * ''Jigoku no kengô Hirate Miki'' (1954) - Shûsaku Chiba * '' Kutsukake Tokijirō'' (1954) - Kutsukake Tokijirō * ''Rokunin no Ansatsusha'' (1955) * ''Osho ichidai'' (1955) - Irie * ''Tôi hitotsu no michi'' (1960) - Takamori Saigo * ''Satan's Sword'' (1960) - Shimada Toranosuke * ''Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold'' (1964) * ''Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami'' (1966) * ''Japan's Longest Day'' (日本のいちばん長い日 Nihon no ichiban nagai hi) (1967) - Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division * ''Yûbue'' (1967) - Ginzô Tsutsui * ''Jinsei-gekijô: Hishakaku to kiratsune'' (1968) * ''Aa, kaigun'' (1970) - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto * ''Ezo yakata no ketto'' (1970) - Jirozaemon Ezo * ''Hana to namida to honoo'' (1970) - Seijuro Fujihana * ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gō Wakabayashi
is a Japanese film and television actor from Nagasaki. A graduate of Senshu University, Wakabayashi became a member of Shin Kokugeki, then Wakabayashi Promotions. Currently he is a member of Toho Entertainment. After some roles in minor television series, he appeared for the first time in an NHK '' taiga drama'', ''Mominoki wa Nokotta'' in 1970. The network tapped him the following year for the role of Araki Mataemon in ''Haru no Sakamichi''. (A different Araki, the ''hatamoto'' Jūzaemon, was his character in a later film, ''The Fall of Ako Castle'', directed by Kinji Fukasaku.) Also in 1971, he appeared as Maehara Isuke in the year-long series ''Daichūshingura'' with Toshirō Mifune. He took guest roles in many other television series, including Mifune's ''Kōya no Surōnin'', the 1970s ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' TV series, and ''Suikoden''. Returning to NHK, he portrayed Saitō Yoshitatsu in the 1973 ''taiga drama'' ''Kunitori Monogatari.'' He has also appeared as Sanada Yukimur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Tamura
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando. Biography Tamura graduated from Doshisha University.日本映画人名事典 1996 下 176-177頁 Tamura was working for a trading firm before he started his acting career but he decied to be an actor to repay his father Tsumasaburō's debt. In 1953, he joined Shochiku and made his film debut with ''Onna no Sono''. In 1965, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 16th Blue Ribbon Awards for his role in ''The Hoodlum Soldier''. In 1970, he played the role of Mitsuo Fuchida in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. Tamura won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor award for his role in '' Muddy River'' in 1981. On television, Tamura appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. In 1964, He appeared for the first time in an NHK taiga drama, ''Akō Rōshi (1964 TV series), Akō Rōshi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
