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Ninkyō Shimizu-minato
is a 1957 color Japanese film, directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda (松田定次), and the first of an all-star cast trilogy, loosely based on the legend of Shimizu Jirocho (1820–1893), Japan's most famous gangster and folk hero, whose life and exploits were featured in sixteen films between 1911 and 1940. Plot As the gangster boss of the Tokaido Road, Jirocho (Cheizo Kataoka) sends his men to track down a fugitive, who has killed Jirocho's associate. They eventually find the fugitive hiding out at the property of another gangster boss, Kansuke (Eijiro Tono), who unknowingly shelters a wanted man. Kansuke's nephew Kurokoma (Ryunosuke Tsukigata), wanting to take over Jirocho's control over the Tokaido Road, convinces Kansuke that the fugitive is a spy for Jirocho. After an angry confrontation between Jirocho and Kansuke, they rally their men for a battle, but gangster boss Omaeda (Utaemon Ichikawa) intervenes and appeals to Jirocho to reconsider. Jirocho's wife Ocho urges him to list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadatsugu Matsuda
(まつだ さだつぐ) (2 November 1906 – 20 January 2003, Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1925 to 1969. His name is also incorrectly spelled as Sadaji Matsuda. He was the son of producer and director Shōzō Makino, and brother of film director Masahiro Makino was a Japanese film director. He directed more than 260 films, primarily in the chanbara and yakuza genres. His real name was , but he took the stage name Masahiro, the kanji for which he changed multiple times (including , , and ). Career Masa ... Partial filmography * (獄門島 Gokumon-to) (1949) * '' Kojiki Taishō'' (1952) * '' Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki'' (赤穂浪士 天の巻 地の巻 Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki) (1956) * (任侠清水港 Ninkyō Shimizu-minato) (1957) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) References External links * http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0187460.htm * * * 1906 births 2003 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumiko Hasegawa
Yumiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yumiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *弓子, "bow, child". *由美子, "reason/cause, beauty, child". *結実子, "fruition, child". *夕実子, "evening, fruit, child". *優美子, "tenderness, beauty, child". *悠美子, "permanence, beauty, child". *祐美子, "help, beauty, child". *由実子, "reason/cause, fruit, child". *有美子, "exist/possess, beauty, child". *夕美子, "evening, beauty, child". *友美子, "friend, beauty, child". *裕美子, "rich, beauty, child". *勇美子, "brave, beauty, child". The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Yumiko Abe (由美子), a Japanese professional wrestler. *Yumiko Cheng (鄭烈瓊), a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. *Yumiko Fujita (弓子), a Japanese actress. * Yumiko Fukushima, announcer. * Yumiko Hara (裕美子), a Japanese marathon runner. * Yumiko Hosono (佑美子), a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Sadatsugu Matsuda
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] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. '' The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's '' The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in '' The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied '' The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Knote
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Brenes, Costa Rican footballer * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer-songwriter * Pablo Casals, Catalan cello virtuoso *Pablo Couñago, Spanish footballer *Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player *Pablo Eisenberg (born 1932), American scholar, social justice advocate, and tennis player * Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord *Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician * Pablo Francisco, Chilean American comedian * Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer * Pablo P. Garcia, Filipino politician * Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer *Pablo Ibañez, Spanish footballer * Pablo Iglesias Simón, Spanish theatre director, sound designer and playwright * Pablo Lombi, Argentine field hockey player * Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer *Pablo Iglesias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Of Chivalry
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. Definitions Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Chivalrous Spirit
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fushimi Sentaro , a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family
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Fushimi may refer to: *Emperor Fushimi of Japan *Fushimi, Kyoto, a ward of Kyoto city * Fushimi, Nagoya, a neighbourhood in Nagoya * Fushimi (surname), a Japanese surname *Fushimi-no-miya The is the oldest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out. The Fushimi-no-miya was founded by Prince Yoshihito, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takachiho Hidzuru
is a town in Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the town has an estimated population of 11,959 and a density of 50.3 persons per km². The total area is 237.54 km². Geography Takachiho is in the northernmost part of Miyazaki Prefecture, bordering Kumamoto Prefecture on its north and northwest sides and Ōita Prefecture on its north and northeast sides. The Gokase River flows from the west to the southeast part of town. The heart of the town is at its center, around the now-defunct Takachiho Station and the business office of Takachiho Kotsu, the town's public transportation company. Takachiho Gorge, in the southern part of town, is fairly famous as a tourist attraction. Takachiho is about 120 km northwest of the prefectural capital of Miyazaki and about 80 km southeast of the city of Kumamoto. Due to no public transportation facilities, nor any national highways to Miyazaki, it takes about three hours to get there. Neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eitarō Shindō
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1936 and 1975. He is most closely associated with the work of Kenji Mizoguchi, with whom he made twelve films. Selected filmography * ''Sisters of the Gion'' (1936) * ''Aru yo no Tonosama'' (1946) * '' Drunken Angel'' (1948) * '' Battle of Roses'' (1950) * '' Miss Oyu'' (1951) * ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952) * '' Life of a Woman'' (1953) * ''A Geisha'' (1953) * ''Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) * ''The Princess Sen'' (1954) * ''The Crucified Lovers'' (1954) * ''Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a 1955 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film directed by Tomu Uchida. Plot The samurai Sakawa Kojūrō is on the road to Edo with his two servants Genta and Genpachi. Kojūrō is a kindly master, but his character totally changes when he consum ...'' (1955) * '' Princess Yang Kwei-Fei'' (1955) * '' Tōjūrō no Koi'' (1955) * '' Street of Shame'' (1956) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1961) * '' Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Yamagata
was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre Company''. In 1949 he made his film debut with ''Kirareya Senta''. Yamagata became famous for his role in 1953 film '' Gate of Hell''. He became a character actor and often played villainous roles. In 1973, Yamagata landed main role on the TV jidaigeki '' Kenkaku Shōbai''. He died of tuberculosis in 1996. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1951 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''Bungawan soro'' (1951) * ''Ringo-en no shōjo'' (1952) * ''Mukokuseki-sha'' (1952) * ''Sen-hime'' (1953) - Samanosuke Itsumi * ''Pu-san'' (1953) * ''Kimi ni sasageshi inochi nariseba'' (1953) * ''Seishun Zenigata Heiji'' (1953) - Plibp * '' Gate of Hell'' (1953) - Wataru Watanabe * ''Higeki no shôgun: Yamashita Tomoyuki'' (1953) * ''Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô'' (1954) - Shin'nosuke Mori * ''Seven Samurai'' (1954) - Samurai #1 * ''Wakaki hi no takuboku: Kumo wa tensai de aru'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūtarō Ōtomo
(5 June 1912 – 27 September 1985) was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. In 1936, he made his debut in movies with the film ''Aozura Roshi''. He ended his life by leaping from the top of a building in 1985. His final appearance in the film was ''Tampopo'' directed by Juzo Itami in 1985. Filmography Films * ''Aozura Roshi'' (1936) * (仇討崇禅寺馬場 Adauchi sōzenji baba) (1957) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) * ''Castle of Owls'' (1963) * ''The Magic Serpent'' (怪竜大決戦 Kairyū Daikessen) (1966) * ''Eleven Samurai'' (1967) : Chief Retainer Akiyoshi Gyobu * '' Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi'' (1969) : Tomozo * ''Kagero-za'' (1981) : Shishō * ''Tampopo'' (1985) : Noodle professor Television * '' Akō Roshi'' (1964) : Horiuchi * ''Minamoto no Yoshitsune'' (1966) * ''Ten to Chi to'' (1969) – Itagaki Nobukata * ''Kunitori Monogatari'' (1973) – Takeda Shingen * ''Shinsho Taikōki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
