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Little Fugitive (1966 Film)
''Little Fugitive'' (russian: Маленький беглец) is a 1966 film, co-produced by USSR and Japan, directed by Eduard Bocharov and Teinosuke Kinugasa. Plot A young boy, named Ken Kawama, is being raised by an uncle (Nobuyuki Noda) without parents. The uncle, who was a promising classical violinist in his youth, has given up on himself and is sinking into alcoholism. Ken spends his time in the streets of Tokyo, occasionally playing the violin, and dreaming of becoming a violinist, like his father, who he was told had died long ago. The uncle performs at bars at night, bringing Ken along, which is not entirely legal. One night, while intoxicated, the uncle tells Ken that his father is in fact alive, and is living and performing in Moscow. Ken consults his young friend, Michiko Sakuma, who also works in the streets illegally, selling flowers to passers by. Michiko advises Ken to seek out information about Moscow and his father. The Moscow Circus comes to town, Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyo Suzuki
Toyo may refer to: Places * Tōyō, Kōchi, a town in Japan * Tōyo, Ehime, a former city in Japan *Toyo Province, a Japanese province divided in 683 *Tōyō, Kumamoto, a village located in Yatsuhiro District, Kumamoto, Japan * Tōyō, Tokyo, a neighborhood in Koto, Tokyo. People * ''Mr. Toyo'' (stagename) ringname of wrestler Rusher Kimura * ''Ms. Toyo'' (stagename) Bogli Leader Katchii Given name *Toyo Ito (born 1941), Japanese architect *Toyo Mitunobu (1897–1944), Japanese rear admiral * Sesshū Tōyō (1420–1506), Japanese master of ink and wash painting *, Japanese poet *, Japanese samurai *Toyo (queen), Queen of Yamataikoku Surname * Javier Toyo (born 1977), Venezuelan football goalkeeper *Mohamed Khir Toyo (born 1965), former ''Dato' Menteri Besar'' (Chief Minister) of the state of Selangor in Malaysia Corporations *Toyo Engineering Corporation, an engineering, procurement and construction company serving mainly the hydrocarbons and petrochemical sectors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyubov Sokolova (actress)
Lyubov Sergeevna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Серге́евна Соколо́ва; July 31, 1921June 6, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian cinema actress, named a People's Artist of the USSR. She played more than 300 film roles. Biography Lyubov Sokolova studied cinematography with Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova, graduating in 1946. From 1951 to 1956, she was an actress with the Drama Theatre Group of the Soviet Forces in Germany (Potsdam). She was a studio actress from 1946 to 1951 and in 1956. Sokolova had her movie debut in 1948, as the simple village woman Varvara in ''The Story of a Real Man''. Some of the films she acted in included '' Quiet Flows the Don'', '' Splendid Days'', ''The story of Asya Klyachina'', ''Far from Moscow'', ''Shine, Shine, My Star'', ''Crime and Punishment'', '' Walking the Streets of Moscow'', ''Thirty Three'', ''The Irony of Fate'', ''Moscow, My Love'', ''White Bim Black Ear'', '' Live Till Monday'', ''Belorussian Station'', '' Do Not S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Funakoshi
was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in '' Fires on the Plain''. Biography Born Eijirō Funakoshi on 17 March 1923, in Tokyo, Eiji Funakoshi signed up for the Daiei Motion Picture Company in 1947 and made his acting debut the following year with ''Beautiful Enemy''. In a career that spanned three decades Funakoshi starred in a variety of genres and worked for directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. Perhaps their most notable film was the World War II drama '' Fires on the Plain'' (Nobi, 1959). Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. '' Fires on the Plain'' won awards in Japan and overseas, including prizes for Kon Ichikawa from the Blue Ribbon in Japan and the Locarno Film Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Chekan
Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (russian: Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, and character actor roles of a stereotypical "big guy." Biography Stanislav Chekan was born in Rostov-on-Don on 2 June 1922. When he was 15 years old, his father was arrested as an enemy of the people. Stanislav was sent to a labor colony, where he first began to participate in amateur activities. Then he was sent to a vocational school, but on the way he turned to Rostov, where he entered another school, a theater school. From 1938 to 1941 he studied at the studio of Yuri Zavadsky in the Theater School of Rostov-on-Don. Member of the Great Patriotic War, fought near Novorossiysk, after a serious injury — the actor of the front-line theater. In 1945 Stanislav Chekan became an actor of the Odessa Theater of the Soviet Army, then, in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Utsui
(24 October 1931 – 14 March 2014) was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s. Career and death Born in Tokyo, Utsui entered the Haiyūza theatre troupe in 1952 and was soon selected to star in the film ''Seishun no izumi'' that was produced by Haiyūza. In 1954, he signed a contract with Shintoho and starred in 60 films, including the Super Giant series. He moved to Daiei Film in 1963 and starred in another 52 films. From the mid-1960s, he also began to work on television, starring in many television dramas, especially detective series like ''The Guardman'' and ''Sasurai keiji junjōhen'' and some installments of the ''Akai'' series with Momoe Yamaguchi. He died on 14 March 2014 from natural causes at the age of 82. Sel ...
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Inna Makarova
Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre. In 1949, she was awarded the Stalin Prize for her role as Lyubov Shevtsova in Sergei Gerasimov's '' The Young Guard''. In 1985, she was awarded the designation of People's Artist of the USSR. Inna Makarova was married to Sergei Bondarchuk and is the mother of Natalya Bondarchuk. Makarova died in Moscow on 25 March 2020 at the age of 93. Selected filmography * ''It Happened in the Donbass'' (1945) * '' The Young Guard'' (1948) * ''The Return of Vasili Bortnikov'' (1953) * '' The Rumyantsev Case'' (1956) * ''The Height'' (1957) * ''My Beloved'' (1958) * '' The Girls'' (1961) * ''Balzaminov's Marriage'' (1964) * ''The Big Ore'' (1964) * ''Crime and Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ryzhov
Ivan Petrovich Ryzhov (russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Рыжо́в; 25 January 1913, Ramensky District, Zelyonaya Sloboda, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — 15 March 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Biography Ryzhov was born on 25 January 1913 in the village of Ramensky District, Zelyonaya Sloboda, in the Bronnitsky Uyezd of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1935, he graduated from the School of the Moscow Theater of the Revolution and became an actor of the theater. He made his film debut in the role of Captain Soroka in the ''Kubans''. Ivan Ryzhov died on the morning of 15 March 2004 in a Moscow hospital. According to his daughter, it happened due to negligence of the medical staff: the actor had fallen and cut his hand. The funeral service took place not in the House of Cinema, as has happened with other famous actors, but in a small temple at Botkin Hospital, where he had died. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jûkichi Uno
(real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa and others. Personal life He is the father of musician Akira Terao. Filmography Honours *Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ... (1981) References Actors from Fukui Prefecture 1914 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makiko Ishimaru
Makiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Makiko Esumi (born 1966), Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist *Makiko Fujino (born 1949), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *Makiko Furukawa (born 1947), Japanese former volleyball player *Makiko Horai (born 1979), former Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese long-distance runner *Makiko Kikuta (born 1969), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan * Makiko Kuno (born 1967), Japanese actress *, Japanese speed skater *Makiko Ōmoto (born 1973), female voice actor from Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan *Makiko Tanaka (born 1944), Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka *Makiko Tomita is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team. She also competed in the 2010 Asian Games. Tomita studied at Waseda University in the School of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, link=no, September 28, 1924November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Life Barshai was born on September 28, 1924, in Stanitsa Labinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, in modern-day Russia. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Tseitlin and Vadim Borisovsky. He performed as a soloist with Sviatoslav Richter and David Oistrakh and as a member of a trio with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan. During his career Barshai won numerous Soviet and international competitions and was the founding violist of the Borodin Quartet in 1945, where he remained a member until 1953. He later studied conducting under Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1955, Barshai founded the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, which he led and conducted until he emigrated to the West in 1977. He was the artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra from 1978 to 1981. From 1981 until 1982, Barshai was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhodka Bay
Nakhodka Bay or Nakhodka Gulf () is a bay of the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan, on which is sited the port of Nakhodka. It is part of the Primorsky Krai of Russia. The Lisy Island protects the bay from open sea waves. Literally the word means Eureka! in the Russian language. The bay is one of the largest transport junctions in the Russian Far East; vessel traffic is extremely intensive here. There are four ports in the Gulf and four ship repairing yards. It is a basic port for vessels of largest companies, such as Primorsk Shipping Corporation (Prisco) and the base of the Active Marine Fishery. Nakhodka Bay was discovered in 1859 by the Russian corvette ''Amerika'' ("America"), which sought shelter in the bay during a storm. The old name "Gulf of America" was officially changed into Gulf of Nakhodka in the heat of the Cold War in the late 1970s, only because it sounded as if it was named after the United States. ''Nakhodka '' is Russian for "''a lucky find''" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
