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Kōjirō Hongō
was a Japanese actor. Hongo won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959. His notable international performances were in the Daiei Studios Gamera films. Selected filmography Film * ''Geo Tree'' (1959) * ''The Demon of Mount Oe'' (1960) * ''Satan's Sword'' (1960) * '' Satan's Sword II'' (1960) * ''Buddha'' (1960) * '' Satan's Sword 3'' (1961) * '' Kujira Gami'' (1962) * '' The Great Wall'' (1962) * '' Zero Fighters'' (1965) * ''Gamera vs. Barugon'' (1966) * ''Return of Daimajin'' (1966) * '' Gamera vs. Gyaos'' (1967) * '' The Woman Gambler'' (1967) * ''Gamera vs. Viras'' (1968) * ''Peony Lantern'' (1968) * '' Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'' (1969) * ''Hiken yaburi'' (1969) * ''Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword'' (1969) * '' The Falcon Fighters'' (1969) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1969) * '' Gateway to Glory'' (1970) * ''Karate for Life'' (1977) * '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) * ''Tokyo Mafia'' (1995) * '' Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okayama
is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is the site of Kōraku-en, known as one of the top three traditional gardens in Japan, and Okayama Castle, which is ranked among the best 100 Japanese castles. The city is famous as the setting of the Japanese fable "Momotarō". Okayama joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. History Sengoku period to Teisho period Before the Muromachi period, Okayama was one corner of a farm region and included a small castle built by the Kanemitsu. In the Sengoku period, Ukita Naoie attacked Okayama and attacked the castle for the transportation resources and extensive farmland in the region. Naoie remodeled the castle, built the old Sanyo road to the central part of the castle town, and called in craftsmen both from inside and outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peony Lantern
The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus ''Paeonia'' , the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae . Peonies are native to Asia, Europe and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguished, ranging from 25 to 40, although the current consensus is 33 known species. The relationships between the species need to be further clarified. Most are herbaceous perennial plants tall, but some are woody shrubs tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves and large, often fragrant flowers, in colors ranging from purple and pink to red, white or yellow, in late spring and early summer. The flowers have a short blooming season, usually only 7–10 days. Peonies are popular garden plants in temperate regions. Herbaceous peonies are also sold as cut flowers on a large scale, although generally only available in late spring and early summer. Description Morphology All Paeoniaceae are herbaceous perennials or deciduous shrubs, with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family 2 (film)
''Family 2'' is a 2001 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike, released on home video as the sequel to his earlier film ''Family''. Plot After attacking Mutsumi headquarters with a tank, Takashi and his rescued wife Mariko hide out with Mr. Shao in Chinatown while Hideshi continues to seek out Takeshi. Hideshi finds Takeshi working in an alligator costume selling balloons. Rie wanted him to get a legitimate job and they are staying at a church down the road from where she grew up in a geisha house run by her father. Rie spends her time caring for a friend from high school who has been hospitalized since being injured in an automobile accident while Rie was driving. Rie's mother died and she does not get along with her step-mother Chiharu Ishibashi, who runs the geisha house alone now that Rie's father has also died. Chiharu feels that Rie blames her for her father's death so she angrily sells information about her daughter-in-law's location to Kenmochi's men for 20 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (2001 Film)
''Family'' is a 2001 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. This film together with its sequel '' Family 2'' comprise the complete ''Family'' saga. Plot Iwaida of the Nishiwaki Group is sent by his boss to collect a debt. He does not find the debtor so he rapes the debtor's wife Haruko while her husband and young son Takashi hide secretly in the closet. The husband later gets drunk during the daytime and gets into a fight with some street thugs who beat him to death. His older son Hideshi encounters them and kills one of the thugs by stomping on his skull. 30 years later in Kyoto a hired killer shoots three men protecting Iwaida in a lift. The aging Iwaida, now head of the Mutsumi Group, recognizes him by a scar on his left cheek before he is shot dead by the killer. A nurse witnesses the killing but the killer lets her live. Two men later question Mr. Yoshikawa, a witness who saw the nurse on the roof at the time the murder of Iwaida was committed, but they gain no inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EM Embalming
is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Reiko Takashima. Plot Cast * Reiko Takashima as Miyako Murakami * Yutaka Matsushige as Detective Hiraoka * Seijun Suzuki as Kurume * Toshio Shiba as Dr. Fuji * Kojiro Hongo as Jion * Hitomi Miwa as Rika Shinohara * Masatoshi Matsuo as Yoshiki Shingo Reception Todd Brown of Twitch Film commented that Shinji Aoyama is creating a subtle parody of the Japanese horror film industry. Stina Chyn of Film Threat noted that ''EM Embalming'' is one of the few Japanese horror films that contains actual non-creepy segments. Andy McKeague of Monsters and Critics felt that the film is genuinely unsettling and morbidly fascinating at the same time. Mike Bracken of IGN criticized the film, saying that ''EM Embalmings greatest failure is that it often tries to be too many things at once and the film itself is almost as schizophrenic as its antagonist. However, he felt that several sequences of the embalming process are grue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrath Of The Yakuza
Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion which triggers part of the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically when a person makes the conscious choice to take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of another outside force. The English word originally comes from the term ''anger'' from the Old Norse language. Anger can have many physical and mental consequences. The external expression of anger can be found in facial expressions, body language, physiological responses, and at times public acts of aggression. Facial expressions can range from inward angling o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Mafia
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Of The Universe
The Guardians of the Universe are a race of extraterrestrial superhero characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Green Lantern. They first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #1 (July 1960), and were created by John Broome and Gil Kane. The Guardians of the Universe have been adapted to a number of films, television programs, and video games. The Guardians of the Universe are the founders and leaders of the interstellar law enforcement agency known as the Green Lantern Corps, which they administer from their homeworld Oa at the center of the Universe. The Guardians resemble short humans with blue skin and white hair. They are depicted as being immortal and are the oldest living beings created in the Universe. History Background The Guardians evolved on the planet Maltus, being among the first intelligent life forms in the universe. At this time, they were tall, grayish-blue humanoids with black hair, who roughly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate For Life
Karate for Life ( ja, 空手バカ一代 ) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama starring Sonny Chiba. It is to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter and is the third part in the , a series of movie adaptations of the Karate Baka Ichidai by Ikki Kajiwara. Like the previous two films, it was a combination of starring Sonny Chiba and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Plot Cast *Sonny Chiba as Mas Oyama *Kōjirō Hongō as Shuzō Fujita *Hideo Murota as Great Yamashita *Yōko Natsuki as Reiko *Asao Uchida as Ryu Hō Gen *Masashi Ishibashi Masashi Ishibashi (Japanese: 石橋 政嗣 ''Ishibashi Masashi'', October 6, 1924 – December 9, 2019) was a Japanese politician who served as chairman of the Japan Socialist Party from 1983 to 1986. Biography Early life Born in colonia ... as Gōzō Yonashima References External links * 1977 films Japanese martial arts films 1970s Japanese-language films Karate films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway To Glory
Gateway often refers to: *A gate or portal Gateway or The Gateway may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Gateway'' (film), a 1938 drama * ''The Gateway'' (2015 film), a horror film * ''The Gateway'' (2017 film), a science-fiction film * ''The Gateway'' (2021 film), a crime thriller Music * Gateway (band), a jazz trio featuring John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland ** ''Gateway'' (Gateway album) (1976) * ''Gateway'' (Bongzilla album) * ''Gateway'', an album by Erik Wøllo Other arts and entertainment * ''Gateway'' (novel), a 1977 novel by Frederik Pohl * ''Gateway'' (computer game), two adventure games based on the novel * Gateway (comics), a supporting character in Marvel's ''X-Men'' series * ''Gateway'' (video game), an interactive fiction game * Gateway Galaxy, a galaxy in the video game '' Super Mario Galaxy'' * Gateway, a British science-fiction imprint owned by Victor Gollancz Ltd * ''Getaway'', a 2014 four-issue comic book limited se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted Castle (1969 Japanese Film)
Haunted Castle may refer to: * ''The Haunted Castle'' (1896 film), 1896 French film directed by Georges Méliès * ''The Haunted Castle'' (1897 British film), 1897 British film * ''The Haunted Castle'' (1897 French film), 1897 French film * ''The Haunted Castle'' (1921 film), 1921 German film * ''The Haunted Castle'' (1960 film) (Das Spukschloß im Spessart), 1960 West German film * ''Haunted Castle'' (2001 film), 2001 IMAX movie * ''Haunted Castle'' (video game), 1988 arcade game and part of the ''Castlevania'' series * ''The Haunted Castle'' (book), published in 1979 *Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) The Haunted Castle was a haunted attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson Township, New Jersey. The original Haunted House was built prior to the fall "shoulder season" of 1978 to boost attendance and as a test for buildi ..., amusement park attraction where eight teenagers died in a fire on May 11, 1984 * Haunted Castle (Efteling), 1978 attract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon Fighters
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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