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Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten
is a 1956 black and white Japanese film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. Cast * Hibari Misora as Maruya, Tomone * Haruhisa Kawada as Akinobu * Senjaku Nakamura * Chieko Naniwa as Okon * Chikage Oogi as Akemi * Shunji Sakai as Heihachi * Kyu Sazanka as Fujimaru * Eijirō Yanagi (16 September 1895 – 24 April 1984) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1940 to 1975. Career Starting out in shingeki theater, Yanagi moved to shinpa (also rendered ''shimpa'') is a form of theater in Japan, ... References External links * https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330531/ 1956 films Japanese romantic drama films Films directed by Nobuo Nakagawa Shintoho films 1950s Japanese films Japanese black-and-white films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ...
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Nobuo Nakagawa
was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the ''Kinema Junpō'' film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon Ichikawa's production company and made his debut as a director in 1934 with '' Yumiya Hachiman Ken''. He later moved to Toho, where he made comedies starring Enoken and even documentaries during the war. It was at Shintoho after the war that he became known for his cinematic adaptations of Japanese kaidan, especially his masterful version of ''Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan'' in 1959. To Western audiences, his most famous film is '' Jigoku'' (1960), which he also co-wrote. The film was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection in 2006. He also fi ...
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Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa (浪花 千栄子) (November 19, 1907 – December 22, 1973) was a Japanese actress who was active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She is best known for playing geisha in several films, such as Keiji Mizoguchi's ''A Geisha'', and the Forest Spirit in Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood''. Her birth name was Kikuno Nanko. Early life Naniwa was born to poultry farmers in what is now Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan on November 19, 1907. When she was 8 years old she began working at a bento shop in Dotonbori. After that she worked as a waitress in Kyoto until she was 18, when she entered a theater troupe. Career She made her film debut in 's first film "Kaettekita eiyu". She obtained roles easily after that, working with famous film actors like Utaemon Ichikawa and Ichikawa Momonosuke. However, she cut ties with the film industry after troubles with unpaid wages. In 1930 she joined and 's Shochiku theater. She married Shibuya that year. In 1948, Shibuya started his o ...
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Shintoho Films
was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios (which also included Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho) during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company following a bitter strike in 1947. To compete with the other major studios in the horror/supernatural movie field, Shintoho turned out a large group of such films between 1957 and 1960, including a number of period ghost movies and low-budget science fiction films (such as the ''Starman'' ('' Super Giant'') series which was designed to compete with rival then-popular characters ''Planet Prince'', '' Space Chief'' and '' Moonlight Mask''). Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being '' Jigoku''. Shintoho Starlet Program Like the other major Japanese movie companies at that time, Shintoho was also recruiting so-called new faces under the name of "Shintoho Starlet". Recruitment started in 1951. However, due to the early bank ...
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Films Directed By Nobuo Nakagawa
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Japanese Romantic Drama Films
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1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ...
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Eijirō Yanagi
(16 September 1895 – 24 April 1984) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1940 to 1975. Career Starting out in shingeki theater, Yanagi moved to shinpa (also rendered ''shimpa'') is a form of theater in Japan, usually featuring melodramatic stories, contrasted with the more traditional ''kabuki'' style. It later spread to cinema. Art form The roots of ''Shinpa'' can be traced to a form of agi ... and formed the Shinsei Shinpa theater troupe with Shōtaro Hanayagi in 1939. He also appeared as a supporting actor in many films. Selected filmography References External links * 1895 births 1984 deaths Japanese male film actors Actors from Hyōgo Prefecture Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class {{Japan-film-actor-stub ...
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Shunji Sakai
Shunji (written: 俊二, 俊治, 俊嗣, 舜二 or 隼士) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentarian *, Japanese hurdler and sprinter *Shunji Kasuya (born 1962), Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese general and physician *, Japanese subtitler and translator *, Japanese professional wrestler *Shunji Watanabe (born 1938), founder of Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe *, Japanese motorcycle racer Fictional characters *Kimura Shunji, a character in the South Korean television series ''Bridal Mask ''Bridal Mask'' () is a 2012 KBS2 period drama based on the popular Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man. Set in Seoul, Korea, during the 1930s Japanese colonial era, the st ...
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Chikage Oogi
, real name (born 10 May 1933 as , is a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in some important posts. She became the first female President of the House of Councillors in 2004. Her pseudonymous surname is also spelled Ogi, Ōgi and Ohgi for a variety of Hepburn romanization systems. She herself uses Oogi. Early life Oogi was born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo. She survived the Bombing of Kobe in World War II, Kobe Air Raid at age 11. She wrote later that her experience of the air raid had convinced her to make efforts to attain peace and defense (military), national defense.Chikage Oogi, ''Dekiru Koto Deki nai Koto'', Sekaibunkasha, Stage career Oogi graduated from Takarazuka Music School and joined the Takarazuka Revue in April 1954. Her first movie appearance was in October of that year. She retired from the revue in 1958 and married Sakata Tōjūrō IV, Kotaro Hayashi, a kabuki actor later known as Tojuro Sakata. Oogi h ...
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Takarazuka Eiga
, shorter name is , is a film production company. The headquarters is in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Takarazuka Eizo produces films from Takarazuka Revue musical theater, which is inside the building Tokyo Takarazuka Theater now. Takarazuka Eizo Co. Ltd. is a part of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group and its film distributor is Toho. Filmography Filmography of Takarazuka Eiga as production company include:Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
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Koi sugata kitsune goten is a 1956 black and white Japanese film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. Cast * Hibari Misora as Maruya, Tomone * Haruhisa Kawada as Akinobu * Senjaku Nakamura * Chieko Naniwa as Okon * Chikage Oogi as Akemi * Shunji ...
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