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Masako Izumi
is a Japanese actress and woman adventurer. Izumi joined ''Wakakusa Theatre Company'' and started her acting career as a child actress at the age of11. Three years later, she moved to Nikkatsu Film company and she became one of the three representative actresses of the Nikkatsu called ''Nikkatsu Sannin Musume'' along with Sayuri Yoshinaga and Chieko Matsubara. In 1963, Izumi starred Kirio Urayama's film ''Bad Girl (1963 film), Bad Girl'' and the film won a Golden Prize at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Kojo no Tsuki'' (1958) * ''The Snow Flurry (film), The Snow Flurry'' (1959) as Sakura Nagura * ''The Seven Challengers'' (1961) * ''The Love Story of Ginza'' (1962) * ''Bad Girl (1963 film), Bad Girl'' (1963) as Wakae Kita * ''Hikaru umi'' (1963) * ''The Bastard'' (1963) as Emiko Okamura * ''Wakakusa Monogatari'' (1964) as Chieko * ''Tattooed Life'' (1965) as Midori Kinoshita * ''The Society'' (1968) as Mineko Kobayashi * ''The Wild Sea (1969) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginza
Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. It is considered to be one of the most expensive, elegant, and luxurious city districts in the world. Ginza was a part of the old Kyobashi ward of Tokyo City, which, together with Nihonbashi and Kanda, formed the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo (Tokyo). History Ginza was built upon a former swamp that was filled in during the 16th century. The name Ginza comes after the establishment of a silver-coin mint established there in 1612, during the Edo period. After a devastating fire in 1872 burned down most of the area, the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as a "model of modernization." The governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
