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Kanashiki Kuchibue
is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Miyoji Ieki. Cast * Yasumi Hara – Kenzo Tanaka * Mieko Ishii * Takashi Kanda – Yamaguchi * Hibari Misora – Mitsuko Tanaka * Mitsuyo Mizushima * Ichiro Shimizu * Ichiro Sugai * Shin Tokudaiji – Yoshimura * Keiko Tsushima was a Japanese actress, whose real name was . She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film ''Seven Samurai''. She also starred in Japanese television series such as ''Sakura'' and ''Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki''. Born in Nag ... * Yoshindo Yamaji – Yasuda Casting Hibari after her controversial prepubescent years, was therefore "publicly criticized for her blatant eroticism", and that is when she was offered the leading role in 1949 drama The Sorrowful Whistle by Miyoji Ieki. As stated by Shamon, this transformation rom disruptive and risqué to conservative and chasteoccurred in Hibari's first starring role, in the film Sorrowful Whistle, which dramatizes an uneasy reconciliation of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyoji Ieki
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He often made adolescents the protagonists of his films, which addressed political themes through personal drama. His most noted works include '' Stepbrothers'' (1957) and '' Naked Sun'' (1958). Life After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Miyoji Ieki joined the Shochiku film studios in 1940, where he became an assistant of Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, before debuting as director with ''Torrent'' (Gekiryū) in 1944. After World War II, he directed youth films and romances like '' The Sad Whistle'' (1949), before being expelled by Shochiku together with other filmmakers as a communist sympathiser during the Red Purge. In the following years, Ieki, working for independent companies, directed his most notable films, including ''Beyond the Clouds'' (1953), a portrait of young kamikaze pilots, ''Sisters'' (1955), ''Stepbrothers'' (1957), an account of the ongoing conflicts in a military family, and ''Naked Sun'' (1958), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibari Misora
was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posthumously for giving the public hope and encouragement after World War II. Misora recorded a total of 1,200 songs and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand for her recordings grew significantly, and, by 2001, she had sold more than 80 million records. By 2019, record sales surpassed 100 million. Her swan-song is often performed by numerous artists and orchestras as a tribute to her, including notable renditions by The Three Tenors (Spanish/Italian), Teresa Teng (Taiwanese) and Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan (Mexican). Each year there is a special on Japanese television and radio featuring her songs. A memorial concert for Misora was held at the Tokyo Dome on November 11, 2012. It featured numerous musicians such as Ai, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiro Sugai
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1930 and 1971. Sugai often worked with Kaneto Shindo, Kenji Mizoguchi and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Selected filmography * ''The Water Magician'' (1933) * '' Spring on Leper's Island'' (1940) * '' Sanshiro Sugata'' (1943) * ''The Most Beautiful'' (1944) * ''Sanshiro Sugata Part II'' (1945) * '' Minshū no Teki'' (1946) * ''Aru yo no Tonosama'' (1946) * ''Apostasy'' (1948) * '' Stray Dog'' (1949) * ''Waga koi wa moenu'' (1949) * ''Story of a Beloved Wife'' (1951) * ''Early Summer'' (1951) * ''Avalanche'' (1952) * ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952) * ''Epitome'' (1953) * ''Life of a Woman'' (1953) * '' Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) * ''The Crucified Lovers'' (1954) * ''Wolf'' (1955) * ''Shirogane Shinjū'' (1956) * '' Ruri no kishi'' (1956) * ''Night Drum'' (1958) * ''Odd Obsession'' (1959) * '' Kenju burai-chō Nukiuchino Ryu'' (1960) * ''The Pornographers'' (1966) * ''Gamera vs. Barugon'' (1966) * '' The Yoshiwara Story'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Tsushima
was a Japanese actress, whose real name was . She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film ''Seven Samurai''. She also starred in Japanese television series such as ''Sakura'' and ''Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki''. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, she married Ichio Mori, then director of Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), in 1957. She died of stomach cancer on 1 August 2012 at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo, aged 86. Filmography Film *''A Ball at the Anjo House'' (1947) - Yôko Shinkawa *''Idainaru X'' (1948) - Chiyo *''Kanashiki Kuchibue'' (1949) *''Yume o meshimase'' (1950) - Midori Matsumura *''Kikyô'' (1950) - Tomoko Moriya *''The Bells of Nagasaki'' (1950) *''Onna no mizu-kagami'' (1951) - Kimiko Fujikura *''Tora no kiba'' (1951) *''Tenshi mo yume o miru'' (1951) *''Fireworks Over the Sea'' (1951) - Yukiko Nomura *''Tekirei san'nin musume'' (1951) - Motoko Matsukawa *'' Nami'' (1952) *''Tonkatsu taishô'' (1952) - Mayumi Sada *''The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibari Misora 1
is the Japanese name for the Eurasian skylark. Hibari may also refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, 1937–1989), Japanese singer and actress Fictional characters *Hibari, a character in the video game series ''Senran Kagura'' *Hibari Ōzora, the title character of the manga series ''Stop!! Hibari-kun!'' *Kyoya Hibari, a character in the manga series ''Reborn!'' Places * Hibari Station, a Japanese railway station *Studio Hibari, a Japanese animation studio Other uses * Hibari (database), a NoSQL database *Hibari (satellite) ''HIBARI'' is a space mission by Japan for a microsatellite that would test a new attitude control (orientation) method to achieve high accuracy pointing for its small telescope, and was launched on 9 November 2021 by an Epsilon launch vehicle a ..., a proposed space telescope to test a stable orientation method See also * Hybari (pronounced the same), also known as the FV-E991 series, a hydrogen fuel cell and Li-ion battery hybr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Black-and-white Films
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1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shochiku Films
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all, anime films produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks). Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and the oldest of Japan's "Big Four" film studios. History As Shochiku Kinema The company was founded in 1895 as a kabuki production company and later began producing films in 1920. Shochiku is considered the oldest company in Japan involved in present-day film production, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
