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List Of Japanese Films Of 1981
A list of films released in Japan in 1981 (see 1981 in film). See also *1981 in Japan *1981 in Japanese television References Footnotes Sources * * External links Japanese films of 1981 at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese Films Of 1981 Lists of Japanese films by year, 1981 Lists of 1981 films by country or language, Japanese 1981 in Japanese cinema, Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Am I For Momotaro
''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and published by Shogakukan from 1970 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi. The manga spawned a media franchise. Three anime TV series have been adapted in 1973, 1979, and 2005. Additionally, Shin-Ei Animation has produced over forty animated films, including two 3D computer animated films, all of which are distributed by Toho. Various types of merchandise and media have been developed, including soundtrack albums, video games, and musicals. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, via Amazon Kindle, by a collaboration of Fujiko F. Fujio Pro with Voyager Japan and AltJapan Co., Ltd. The ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Kaneda
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Ken'ichi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢一, "wise, one" *健一, "healthy, one" *憲一, "constitution, one" *謙一, "humble, one" *建一, "build, one" *研一, "polish, one" *兼一, "concurrently, one" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese World War II flying ace * Ken'ichi Chen (建一, born 1956), Chinese-Japanese chef *Kenichi Ego (賢一, born 1979), Japanese football player *Kenichi Endō (憲一, born 1961), Japanese actor *Kenichi Enomoto (健一, 1904–1970), Japanese singing comedian *Kenichi Fukui (謙一, 1918–1998), Japanese chemist *, Japanese ice hockey player *Ken'ichi Kasai (ケンイチ, born 1970), Japanese anime director * Keni'chi Kōbō (賢一, born 1973), former sumo wrestler *Kenichi Konishi (健一, born 1909), Japanese field hockey player *Kenichi Hagiwara (健一, born 1950), Japanese actor and lead singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Nagashima
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for Best Newcomer at the 3rd Hochi Film Awards for ''Kaerazaru hibi'' and for Best Actor at the 6th Hochi Film Awards for ''Enrai''. Selected filmography Film *''Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978) *''Third Base'' (1978) *'' The Incident'' (1978) *''The Battle of Port Arthur'' (1980) as Yasusuke Nogi *''Nichiren'' (1979) as Nikkō Shōnin *''Enrai or ''Distant Thunder'' is a 1981 Japanese film adaptation of Wahei Tatematsu's novel of the same name, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Synopsis ''Enrai'' is a low-key study of a farmer, Mitsuo Wada, in 1980s Japan when modernization and urbaniza ...'' (1981) *''Kofuku (film), Kofuku'' (1981) *''Imperial Navy (film), Imperial Navy'' (1981) *''Theater of Life'' (1983) *''Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) *''Tokei – Adieu l'hiver'' (1986) *''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' (1989) *''Manatsu no Chikyū'' (1991) *''Yearning (1993 film), Yearning'' (1993) *''Nastasja'' (1994) *''A Last Note'' (1995) *''Gamera 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiju Kobayashi
was a Japanese actor who appeared in 253 films in a career spanning 67 years. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In 1956 he moved to Toho film company. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films, most famously in the "Company President" (Shachō) comedy films made at Toho, where he worked alongside Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katō, Norihei Miki, and others. There he helped define the popular image of the postwar salaryman. He also won many awards for his acting, including best actor awards at the Mainichi Film Awards for '' The Naked General'' in 1958 (where he played Kiyoshi Yamashita), for '' Kuroi gashū'' in 1960, and for ''The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman'' in 1963. Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Kihachi Okamoto. He continued to give powerful performances after largely movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Imperial Navy
is a 1981 Japanese war film directed by Shue Matsubayashi. The film is a retelling of the downfall of Japan's Imperial Navy. Plot In 1940, despite the opposition of the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Keiju Kobayashi) and other officers, Japan signs the Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy as it prepares for expansion in Southeast Asia. Masato Odagiri, son of shipwright Takeichi Odgairi, graduates from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. A year later, his friend, Eiichi Hongo, is promoted to naval lieutenant. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eiichi is in the raid as part of a Val dive bomber crew from the aircraft carrier ''Zuikaku''. The raid is a success, but is tempered by the absence of the American carrier fleet. In February 1942, the battleship ''Yamato'' is designated as Yamamoto's flagship, and Takeichi is drafted as a reservist. He is assigned to the ship as a launch pilot. Not long afterwards, the Americans l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Tahara
Masahiko (written: 正彦, 雅彦, 誠彦, 昌彦, 允彦, 政彦, 真彦, 正比古 or まさ彦) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army imprisoned for his involvement in the Amakasu Incident *, a Japanese mathematician best known as an essayist *, a Japanese ski jumper *, a Japanese footballer *, a Japanese football player *, a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *, a Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit *, a Japanese judoka (Judo practitioner) *, a bonsai master *, a chef specializing in Italian cuisine *, or Matchy is a Japanese singer, lyricist and actor *, a Japanese former football player *, a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones *, a linguistics professor at San Francisco State University *, Japanese baseball player *, a Japanese ''Magic: The Gathering'' player *, a Japanese film director *, a former Japanese football player *, a manga artist from Kōchi City, Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Matsuzaka
(born July 20, 1952) is a Japanese actress. Early life Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Career In the 1960s, Matsuzaka became a child actress. Matsuzaka grew into adulthood in film working for Daiei and Shochiku. Matsuzaka played the "Madonna" role in the 1981 film ''Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō,'' the 27th in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. The producers called on her again for that role in ''Torajirō no Endan,'' the 46th of the 49 installments (1993). Keiko also appeared in ''Legend of the Eight Samurai'' (1983), ''Shin Izakaya Yūrei'' (1996), ''Dr. Akagi'' by Shōhei Imamura (1998), '' Runin: Banished'' by Eiji Okuda (2004), and ''Inugamike no Ichizoku'' (scheduled for release in 2007). She won the award for best actress at the 6th Hochi Film Award for '' The Gate of Youth'' and '' Tora-san's Love in Osaka'', and at the 15th Hochi Film Award for ''The Sting of Death''. Her early television appearances have i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreyoshi Kurahara
(31 May 1927 – 28 December 2002) was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Antarctica'' (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. He also co-directed ''Hiroshima'' (1995) with Roger Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries. Biography He was born in Kuching, Kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo, to an agricultural engineer. His family returned to Japan when Kurahara was in elementary school. He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer foIshihara International Productions Inc. is currently secretary to politician Nobuteru Ishihara. While a film student at Nihon University College of Art, he became a live-in student of Kajiro Yamamoto at the introduction of Ishirō Honda. Upon graduation in 1952 he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gate Of Youth (1981 Film)
is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara sequel of the film ''Seishun no mon Jiritsuhen'' was released in 1982. It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine ''Shukan Gendai'' in 1969–70. The same story inspired a 1975 film of the same name as well as three separate television productions in 1976-77 ( TBS), 1991 (TV Tokyo), and 2005 (TBS). Japan Times, March 20, 2005. Accessed 06-03-2009. Plot Ibuke Shinsuke is the son of a miner working at Chikuo coalfield at Mt. Kaharu northwest of |
Furiten-kun
is a yonkoma manga series by Masashi Ueda which has been serialized in several magazine. In the early 1980s, the manga was published simultaneously in Takeshobo's ''Kindai Mahjong'', '' Kindai Mahjong Original'', and '' Gamble Punch''. It was then published in ''Manga Life'' magazine from November 1984 (in the first issue of the magazine) to 1994. The series was started again in January 2001 and is currently running in ''Manga Life''. The title of the series was changed to in March 2002. The manga was adapted into a theatrical film and an OVA in the early 1980s. Several pachinko systems have been released which feature ''Furiten-kun'' as the theme. It won the 28th Bungeishunjū Manga Award along with Ueda's '' Kariage-kun'' in 1982. Anime film Staff *Director: Taku Sugiyama *Producers: Seishi Nishino, Satoshi Sakai *Executive Producer: Katsuo Seijō *Original story: Masashi Ueda *Screenplay: Noboru Shiroyama, Tsunehisa Itō, Haruya Yamazaki Haruya (written: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomisaburo Wakayama
, born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝),Leous, G. (''c.'' 2003)Tomisaburo WakayamaRetrieved on May 23, 2010. was a Japanese actor best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling, 19th-century '' ronin'' warrior in the six ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' samurai films.Stout, J. (1981): "Tomisaburo Wakayama: The Anti-Hero of Shogun Assassin." ''Martial Arts Movies'' (August), 1(2):26–33. Biography Wakayama (his stage name)''Lame d'un père, l'âme d'un sabre'' (2005). Wild Side Films. Event occurs at 34. was born on September 1, 1929, in Fukagawa, a district in Tokyo, Japan. His father was Minoru Okumura (奥村 実), a noted ''kabuki'' performer and ''nagauta'' singer who went by the stage name Katsutōji Kineya ( 杵屋 勝東治),Asiateca: Tomisaburo Wakayama (August 10, 2007). Retrieved on May 24, 2010. and the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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