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Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma (本間文子 ''Honma Noriko'') (29 November 1911 – 12 April 2009) was a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She was born in Hokkaido. She worked in many of Akira Kurosawa's films, first appearing in Kurosawa's '' Stray Dog'', then in ''Rashomon'' as the Miko, also in ''Ikiru'', ''The Seven Samurai'', ''Akahige'', and ''Dreams''. Noriko died in April 2009 at the age of 97. Partial filmography *'' Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu'' (1938) - Mrs. Tanno *'' The Whole Family Works'' (1939) - Mrs. Ishimura *'' Stray Dog'' (1949) - Woman of wooden tub shop *''Sasameyuki'' (1950) - Itakura's mother *''Rashomon'' (1950) - Medium *''Mizuiro no waltz'' (1952) - Ms. Ômachi *''Atakake no hitobito'' (1952) *''Mother'' (1952) - Mino Hirai *''Ikiru'' (1952) - Housewife *''Fûfu'' (1953) *''Where Chimneys Are Seen'' (1953) *'' Tsuma'' (1953) *'' Haha to Musume'' (1953) *'' Botchan'' (1953) - Uranari's mother *''Ani imôto'' (1953) *'' Amongst the Girls in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Chimneys Are Seen
, also titled ''Four Chimneys'', is a 1953 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. Based on a novel by Rinzō Shiina, ''Where Chimneys Are Seen'' is regarded as one of Gosho's most important films and a typical example of the shomin-geki genre. Plot Hiroko Ogata and her second husband Ryukichi (her first husband Tsukahara is believed to have died in a bombing in the Second World War) live in the lower-class outskirts of Tokyo. The upper floor of the Ogatas' flat is rented to Kenzo and Senko, a young man and a woman who show interest in each other, but are still not a couple. One day, the Ogatas find a baby in the house entrance with a note signed by Tsukahara, stating it was Hiroko's daughter. The marriage is engulfed in a crisis, with Hiroko nearly committing suicide. Kenzo searches the city for Tsukahara and finally finds him and his new wife, the actual mother of the abandoned child, who initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Prison (film)
The women in prison film (or WiP film) is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the early 20th century and continues to the present day. Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by sadistic male or female prison wardens, guards and other inmates. The genre also features many films in which imprisoned women engage in lesbian sex. WiP films are works of fiction intended as pornography. The films of this genre include a mixture of erotic adventures of the women in prison. The flexible format, and the loosening of film censorship laws in the 1960s, allowed filmmakers to depict more extreme fetishes, such as voyeurism ( strip searches, group shower scenes, catfights), sexual fantasies (lesbianism, rape, sexual slavery), fetishism (bondage, whipping, degradation), and sadism (beatings, torture, cruelty). Prior to these films, another expression of pornographic women in prison was found in "true adventure" men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of Tokyo, Goodbye
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel At Ganryu Island
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the small sword), but beginning in the late 18th century in England, duels were more commonly fought using pistols. Fencing and shooting continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. The duel was based on a code of honor. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of dueling was originally reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era, it extended to those of the upper classes generally. On occasion, duels with swords or pistols were fought between women. Legislation against dueling goes back to the medieval period. The Fourth Council of the Lateran ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Live In Fear
is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni. The film is about an elderly Japanese factory owner so terrified of the prospect of a nuclear attack that he becomes determined to move his entire extended family to what he imagines is the safety of a farm in Brazil. The film stars Kurosawa regulars Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, and is the director's last with composer Fumio Hayasaka, who died while working on it. It is in black-and-white and runs 103 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Kiichi Nakajima (Toshiro Mifune) is an elderly foundry owner who is convinced he and his loved ones will all be killed in an imminent nuclear war if they stay in Japan, so he resolves to move them to perceived safety in Brazil. He does not care that no one else wants to go or that it might make things awkward that he wants to bring his three illegit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Journey
, also known as ''The Road'', is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Production design was by Takeo Kita and Makoto Sono and sound recording was by Choshichiro Mikami. The lighting technician Electrical lighting technicians (ELT), or simply lighting tech, are involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live music venues) or in video, television, o ... was Shigeru Mori. IMDB, accessed 14 May 2009. Cast References External links * 1955 films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumo Wa Tensai De Aru
Kumo may refer to: * Kokemäki, ''Kumo'' in Swedish, a municipality of Finland * ''Kumo'' (album), album released by D'espairsRay in 2000 * Kumo (musician) (born 1965), British musician and composer * ''Kumo'' (sculpture), a public art work by Isaac Witkin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US * Kumo (search engine), a previous Microsoft search engine (now Bing) * Kumo Xi, ancient Manchurian people * KUMO-LD, Retro Television Network affiliate * Japanese term for spider ("蜘蛛") or Cloud ("雲"), the latter one also being used in English as part of the Ichimoku Kinkō Hyō analysis method * Kumo, abbreviation and nickname of Kumoricon, an anime convention from Portland, Oregon, named after the word Cloudy (曇り) * Kumo, Nigeria . Kumo is a city and the headquarters of Akko local government in Gombe state, northeastern Nigeria. Kumo is the second largest commercial center in Gombe state, It is located on the A345 highway approximately 40 km south of Gombe. It se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiosai
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from and to on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture. Station stops ''Shiosai'' services operate over the Sōbu Main Line, stopping at the stations listed below. No services operate as "Local" all-stations services in any section; this characteristic is different from that of Wakashio ltd.exp.. - - - - - - - - - - * No.1 & 12 trains also stop at station. * No.2, 4 & 13 trains also stop at station. Rolling stock * 255 series 9-car EMUs (since 10 December 2005) * E257-500 series 5/10-car EMUs ''Shiosai'' services are operated using Makuhari-based 9-car 255 series EMU and 10-car E257-500 series EMU formations. The E257-500 series formations have no Green (first class) cars. Past rolling stock * 183 series EMUs (10 March 1975 – 2005) Formations Trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end. 9-car 255 series As of 2019, cars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Samurai
is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire seven rōnin (masterless samurai) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. At the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. It took a year to shoot and faced many difficulties. It was the second-highest-grossing domestic film in Japan in 1954. Many reviews compared the film to westerns. Since its release, ''Seven Samurai'' has consistently ranked highly in critics' lists of the greatest films in cinema history, such as the BFI's ''Sight & Sound'' and Rotten Tomatoes polls. It was also voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 international critics' poll. Its influence on the film industry has been unprecedented, and it is often regarded today as one of the most "remade, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amongst The Girls In The Flowers
''While'' is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect. As a conjunction, it is synonymous with the word ''whilst'', a form often considered archaic in American English, as well as in some style guides on both sides of the Atlantic. Usage Noun ''A while'' and ''awhile'' are often confused due to the fact that ''while'' is often accompanied by the indefinite article. The main difference is that ''a while'' means "an amount of time" or "some duration" whereas ''awhile'' is an adverb meaning "''for'' some amount of time" or "''for'' some duration". :"I slept for a while before dinner." :"I slept awhile before dinner." Both of these sentences yield the same effective meaning. ''Whilst'' is only a conjunction, and so its use here would be incorrect. Conjunction The primary function of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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