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Oshidori Kenkagasa
is a 1957 black-and-white cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Ryo Hagiwara. Cast * Hibari Misora * Kōji Tsuruta * Akio Kobori (小堀明男) * Machiko Kitagawa (:ja:北川町子, 北川町子) * Shunji Sakai (:ja:堺駿二, 堺駿二) * Kyu Sazanka (:ja:山茶花究, 山茶花究) * Nakajiro Tomita (:ja:富田仲次郎, 富田仲次郎) * Joji Kaieda (海江田譲二) * Ryuzaburo Mitsuoka (光岡龍三郎) * Kinnosuke Takamatsu (高松錦之助) References 1957 films Japanese black-and-white films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Hagiwara
Ryo may refer to: * Ryō, a gold currency unit in pre-Meiji Japan Shakkanhō system * Ryō (actress) (born 1973), Japanese model, actress, and singer * Ryō (given name), a unisex Japanese given name * Ryo, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia See also * RYO (other) {{disambiguation ... [...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, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
was a Japanese actor. Career Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takamatsu acted in shinpa theater before joining Makino Film Productions in 1924. He left the studio in 1926 and joined director Teinosuke Kinugasa in the independent production of the avant-garde film ''A Page of Madness'', playing the crucial role of the bearded inmate. He later joined Ryunosuke Tsukigata's independent production company before moving to Shochiku. During World War II, he left the film business and focused on theater, but he returned to film in 1946 in Kenji Mizoguchi's ''Utamaro and His Five Women''. He finished his career appearing in many Toei Company jidaigeki. He performed in over 200 films in his lifetime. Selected filmography *''A Page of Madness'' (1926) *''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939) *''Utamaro and His Five Women'' (1946) *''Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji'' (1955) *'' 13 Assassins'' (1963) *''Oshidori kenkagasa'' (1957) *''The Mad Fox'' (1962) *''The Sword of Doom ''The Sword of Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Kaieda
Joji (じょうじ, 丈二, or 譲二, 城二, 譲治 multiple variants) is a Japanese masculine given name. It is also the Japanese pronunciation of the Western name "George" (ジョージ). It commonly refers to: * Jōji, an era in Japanese history * Joji (musician), stage name of musician and former Internet personality George Miller Joji, Jouji or Jōji may also refer to: People with the name * Marampudi Joji (1942–2010), Archbishop of Hyderabad * (born 1943), Japanese manga artist *, pseudonym of Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter Shin Kibayashi * Joji Banuve (1940–2009), Fijian politician *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese violinist and conductor *, Japanese film and television director *, Japanese ice hockey player * Jōji Jonokuchi, pseudonym of writer Kiyohiko Azuma *, Japanese author *, Japanese speedskater * Joji Kotobalavu, Fiji civil servant *, Japanese manga artist *, legal scholar, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho
is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer and distributor of many '' kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films, the Chouseishin ''tokusatsu'' superhero television franchise, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, CoMix Wave Films, TMS Entertainment and OLM, Inc. All nine of the highest-grossing Japanese films are released by Toho. Other famous directors, including Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, and Mikio Naruse, also directed films for Toho. Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, who is featured in 32 of the company's films. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla are described as Toho's Big Five because of the monsters' numerous appearances throughout the franchise, as well as spin-offs. Toho has also been involved in the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunji Sakai
Shunji (written: 俊二, 俊治, 俊嗣, 舜二 or 隼士) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentarian *, Japanese hurdler and sprinter *Shunji Kasuya (born 1962), Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese general and physician *, Japanese subtitler and translator *, Japanese professional wrestler *Shunji Watanabe (born 1938), founder of Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe *, Japanese motorcycle racer Fictional characters *Kimura Shunji, a character in the South Korean television series ''Bridal Mask ''Bridal Mask'' () is a 2012 KBS2 period drama based on the popular Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man. Set in Seoul, Korea, during the 1930s Japanese colonial era, the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |