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Kurenai No Kenju
(English: ''A Killer Without a Grave'') is a 1961 stylistic crime suspense Japanese film The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ... directed by Ushihara Yoichi. Plot Sitting in the corner of the nightclub "Gin no Shiro," Ishioka is spying on a nihilistic young man, Nakata. Ishioka, who has lost his arm in the war, hires Nakata as a hitman. After first rescuing a fleeing gangster moll (Chikako) in the club, Nakata slowly hones his technique. Ishioka has a blind sister named Kikuyo. It is said that going to a certain university hospital in Kobe may cure her of her blindness. One day, yakuza leader Kokuta puts out a hit on a woman - it's the fleeing moll of the Kobe boss, Chikako. The Kobe boss of the Chinese Triads is Chen Mansho. Chen wants her dead after she learned the ...
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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 associated ...
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Shinsaku Himeda
was a Japanese cinematographer from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. Himeda dropped out of Teikoku Art University and started working as an assistant cameraman at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio in 1937. In 1949, he promoted to cinematographer. He moved to Nikkatsu film company in 1954 and often worked with Shōhei Imamura. In 1964, Himeda received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography award for his work in ''Unholy Desire''. He received an Oscar nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography along with Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya and Masamichi Satoh for his work in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. He left Nikkatsu and became a freelance cinematographer in 1978.In 1980, he won the Best Cinematographer award at the 3rd Japan Academy Film Prize for his work in '' Vengeance Is Mine''. Filmography * ''Haha Kobai'' (1949) * ''Keisatsu Nikki'' (1955) * ''Red Quay'' (1958) * '' My Second Brother'' (1959) * ''Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru'' (1960) * ''Pigs and Battleships'' (19 ...
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1961 In Film
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with ''West Side Story'' winning 10 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America. Events * May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as ''Wings'', ''Meet John Doe'', '' Sergeant York'', ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' and '' High Noon'', Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. * June 28 – Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of Ian Fleming starting with either '' Dr. No'' or '' Diamonds Are Forever''. The series goes on to become the highest-grossing film series of a ...
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Cinema Of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$2.338 billion. Films have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived. ''Tokyo Story'' (1953) ranked number three in ''Sight & Sound'' critics' list of the 100 greatest films of all time. ''Tokyo Story'' also topped the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' directors' poll of The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, dethroning '' Citizen Kane'', while Akira Kurosawa's '' Seven Samurai'' (1954) was voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 poll of 209 critics in 43 countries. Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film four times, more than any other Asian country. Japan's Big Four film studios are Toho, Toei, Shochiku and Kadoka ...
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Kinema Junpo
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' has been published twice a month. The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Technical High School at the time). In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three issues were printed on art paper and had four pages each. ''Kinejun'' initially specialized in covering foreign films, in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan. While long emphasizing film criticism, it has also served as a trade journal, reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new films and trends.加藤幹郎 ...
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Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ...
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Mari Shiraki
is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well known for her role of Ritsu Nakamura on the ''jidaigeki'' television series '' Hissatsu''. Selected filmography Film * The Naked Woman and the Gun (1957) *Man Who Causes a Storm (1957) *Underworld Beauty (1958) *Rusty Knife (1958) *Yoru no kiba (1958) *Subarashiki dansei (1958) *Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958) *Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) * Kenju burai-chō Denkō Setsuka no Otoko (1960) *Kurenai no Kenju (1961) * '' Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love'' (1966) * Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970) * Kage Gari Hoero taiho (1972) * Hissatsu: Sure Death (1984) *'' Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka'' (1986) * Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987) *Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi (1991) *Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996) Television Hissatsu series *''Ōedo Sōsamō'' (1970–84), Koharu *Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) as Ritsu Nakamura *Kurayami Shitomenin (1974) *Hiss ...
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Goro Tarumi
Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in Mirab Shewa Zone, Oromia * Goro, Oromia (woreda), a ''woreda'' in Bale Zone of Oromia Region * Goro, Oromia, Debub Mirab Shewa (woreda), a ''woreda'' in Debub Mirab Shewa of Oromia Region * Goro, SNNPR (woreda), a ''woreda'' in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region Italy * Goro, Emilia–Romagna, a ''comune'' in the Province of Ferrara New Caledonia * Goro, New Caledonia, a community in South Province People with the name *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese singer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese painter *, Japanese footballer and manager Characters * Goro (''Mortal Kombat''), a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' video game series * Goro Akechi, a character i ...
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Reiko Sasamori
Reiko (れいこ, レイコ, 麗子, 怜子, 伶子, 玲子, 令子, 礼子, 禮子, 冷子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese women's basketball player *Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), an American actress *, J-pop idol *, Japanese actress * Reiko Douglas (Hashimoto) Japanese singer and comic, wife of Emmy-winning comedy writer Jack Douglas *, Japanese sprinter *Reiko Fujita (born 1972), Japanese archer *, Japanese av actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese actress *Reiko Katsura, an actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese Go player *, a Japanese singer with the group Maher Shalal Hash Baz *, Japanese chemist and professor at University of Tokyo *, Japanese actress *, Japanese mathematician and professor *, Japanese shōjo manga artist *, Japanese novelist and playwright *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese swimmer, bronze medalist in ...
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Shinsuke Ashida
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1952 and 1996. Selected filmography Film * ''Gendai-jin'' (1952) * ''Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) * ''An Actress'' (1956) * ''Underworld Beauty'' (1958) * ''Arashi no naka o tsuppashire'' (1958) * '' My Second Brother'' (1959) * ''Everything Goes Wrong'' (1960) * ''Kurenai no Kenju'' (1961) - Kokuta * ''Red Angel'' (1966) - Doctor Okabe * ''Red Handkerchief'' (1964) * ''Woman of the Lake'' (1966) * ''Shōsetsu Yoshida gakkō'' (1983) - Ichirō Hatoyama * ''Death of a Tea Master'' (1989) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi * ''Shaso'' (1989) * ''Childhood Days'' (1990) * ''Ruten no umi'' (1990) Television * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1964) * '' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972) - Minamoto no Yorimasa * ''Genroku Taiheiki'' (1975) - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi * ''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986) - Taira no Kiyomori * ''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu'' (1992) - Saitō Dōsan , also known as Saitō Toshimasa (斎藤 利政), was a Japanese samurai during the S ...
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Kōjirō Kusanagi
was a Japanese actor. Biography He began acting at the Yoshi Hijikatas theatre Company after dropping out of Nihon University. Kusanagi made his film debut in 1953 in ''Yoake Mae'' directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. In 1956, he starred in ''Darkness at Noon'', which was based on the true story of an innocent man arrested, tried and executed for a crime he didn't commit. Kusanagi appeared in over 40 films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as ''Alone on the Pacific'', '' The Sun'', '' Bee Bop High School'', and '' The Man Who Stole the Sun''. Kusanagi died of pneumonia on November 11, 2007, aged 78. Selected filmography Film * ''Darkness at Noon'' ( Mahiru no ankoku) (1956) * '' Kurenai no Kenju'' (1961) - Chen * ''Alone on the Pacific'', also known as ''Alone Across the Pacific'' (1963) * ''Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978) * ''Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko'', also known as ''The Man Who Stole the Sun'' (1979) * '' Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo'' (1980) * ''Tōki Rakujitsu'' (1992) ...
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