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Proof Of The Man
is a Japanese film from 1977 directed by Junya Satō, starring George Kennedy and Yūsaku Matsuda. It was produced by Haruki Kadokawa. Plot A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) receives a sum of money. He buys new clothes and takes a flight to Japan. After he arrives, he is found fatally stabbed in a lift in a Tokyo hotel at the same time as a fashion show by designer Kyōko Yasugi (Mariko Okada) is being held. The police department, including Munesue (Yūsaku Matsuda) and his partner (Hajime Hana), come to investigate. The only clue is the dying man's last words "straw hat". At the same time, a woman having an extramarital affair, Naomi (Bunjaku Han), is accidentally run over by Yasugi's son (Kōichi Iwaki). He and his girlfriend dump her body in the sea, but drops his watch at the scene. He is haunted by his actions and confesses to his mother, Kyōko, who suggests he flee to New York with his girlfriend. Munesue starts to suspect that Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Satō
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son is a fellow film director . Career Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature. He joined the Toei Company, Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki. He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards. While starting in mostly yakuza film, Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. ''The Go Masters'', a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for ''The Silk Road (film), The Silk Road''. Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019. Filmography References External links * * 1932 births 2019 deaths Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners Japanese film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōichi Iwaki
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for the 1986 film '' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o''. He was a Zainichi Korean until April 5, 2017, when he naturalized. Iwaki is also a racing car driver. Filmography Films *''The Doberman Cop'' (1977) *''Proof of the Man'' (1977) — Kori Kyohei *''The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf'' (1979) *'' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o!'' (1986) — Tomishima Ryo *''Family'' (2001) *'' Family 2'' (2001) *''Kikoku'' (2003) *'' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2014) *'' The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio'' (2016) *'' Back Street Girls: Gokudols'' (2019) — Inukinoni Manjiro *''The Mole Song: Final'' (2021) Television *''Kita no Kuni kara'' (1981–2002, Fuji TV) - Sōta Kitamura *''Asunaro Hakusho'' (1993, Fuji TV) *''Good Luck!!'' (2003, TBS) — Mizushima Kousaku *''My Boss My Hero'' (2006, NTV) — Minami Takayuki (Principal) *''Miss Pilot is a Japanese television drama series. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinema Junpo
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' has been published twice a month. The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Technical High School at the time). In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three issues were printed on art paper and had four pages each. ''Kinejun'' initially specialized in covering foreign films, in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan. While long emphasizing film criticism, it has also served as a trade journal, reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new films and trends.加藤幹郎 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Films In Japan
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Japan. This list only accounts for the films' box office earnings at cinemas and not their ancillary revenues (i.e. home video sales, video rentals, television broadcasts, or merchandise sales). Two tables are listed in terms of nominal gross revenue, while the two other tables are listed in terms of box office admissions. Highest-grossing films Box office revenue Among the films that have grossed over ¥10 billion in Japan, fourteen are Japanese films. Box office admissions The following table lists high-grossing films by the number of box office admissions, which refers to the number of cinema tickets sold at the Japanese box office. Only films that have sold at least tickets are listed. The list is not ranked, as the list is incomplete. A separate column lists the gross revenue adjusted for ticket price inflation in 2021, based on data from the (MPPAJ). The adjusted gross revenue is calculated by multiplying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junzaburō Ban
was a Japanese comedian and actor. His real name was . Filmography * ''Ukare Gitsune Senbon Zakura'' (1954) * ''A Fugitive from the Past'' (1965) * ''Dodes'ka-den'' (1970) * '' Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler'' (1972) * ''Proof of the Man is a Japanese film from 1977 directed by Junya Satō, starring George Kennedy and Yūsaku Matsuda. It was produced by Haruki Kadokawa. Plot A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) receives a sum of money. He buys ne ...'' (1977) References External links * * 1908 births 1981 deaths Actors from Yamagata Prefecture Japanese comedians 20th-century Japanese male actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon 20th-century comedians {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Wada (actor)
was a Japanese actor. Career In 1959, Wada was scouted and joined Nikkatsu Company at the age of 15. Wada's film debut was the 1959 film ''Mugon no Rantō'' directed by Katsumi Nishikawa. In 1971, he left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor. As a freelance actor he appeared in supporting roles in such films as ''The Street Fighter's Last Revenge'', '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss''. Selected filmography Film * ''Mugon no Rantō'' (1959) : Masao Kinoshita * ''The Poem of the Blue Star'' (1960) : Toru Fujimoto * ''Go to Hell, Hoodlums!'' (1960) : Sadao Matsudaira * ''Carmen from Kawachi'' (1962) : Akira Sakata * ''Sunset Hill'' (1964) : Shinji * ''Gate of Flesh'' (1964) : Abe * ''Three Stray Dogs'7 : Eiji Minagawa * ''The Black Sheep'' (1967) : Jun Yamazaki * '' Gappa: The Triphibian Monster'' (1967) : Machida * ''To Kill a Kille'' (1967) : Hanji * '' Alleycat Rock: Female Boss'' (1970) : Michio Yagami * ''The Street Fighter's Last Revenge'' (1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Nagato
, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in ''Season of the Sun'', '' Endless Desire'', '' My Second Brother'', '' Stolen Desire'', and '' Sukeban Deka'', and ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. Life and career Nagato was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō. His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeo Chii
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1968 and 2012. Biography Chii was the youngest of eight brothers. He made his acting debut in 1968. He made his film debut with Kihachi Okamoto's '' Kill!''. Chii married actress Saori Maki in 1974 and had one daughter with her. Maki died in 2001 from breast cancer. Chii was initially diagnosed with angina after a hospitalization in 1996, and warned by a doctor to not push himself too hard. Chii had multiple hospitalizations in 2012, after initially going to the hospital in January of that year due to concerns of vision loss. On 29 June 2012, Chii died of heart failure at the age of 70. Filmography Film * '' Kill!'' (1968) – Yaheiji Yoshida * '' Red Lion'' (1969) – Spy * ''Hangyaku no Melody'' (1970) – Hoshino * ''Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride'' (1970) – Jiro Iwami * ''Hashi no nai kawa 2'' (1970) * ' (1970) – Movies starring * '' Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo'' (1970) – Taki * '' Shinjuku outlaw: Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Jason
Rick Jason (born Richard Jacobson; May 21, 1923 – October 16, 2000) was an American actor, born in New York City, and most remembered for starring in the ABC television drama ''Combat!'' (1962–1967). Childhood An only child of Jewish parents, Jason was expelled from several prep schools before graduating from Rhodes Preparatory School in Manhattan. Military service Rick Jason served from 1943 to 1945 in the U.S. Army Air Corps, during World War II. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he visited American troops serving in Vietnam on several USO tours. Acting career Later, MGM was searching for an actor to replace Fernando Lamas in the 1953 movie ''Sombrero'' and gave the role to Jason, who was earlier released from Columbia Pictures. This led to Jason being cast in ''The Saracen Blade'' (1954) and ''This Is My Love'' (1954). In 1956, Jason played the lead in ''The Fountain of Youth'', a half-hour unsold pilot written and directed by Orson Welles which won the Peabody Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broderick Crawford
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in ''All the King's Men'' (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series ''Highway Patrol'' (1955–1959). Until filming ''All the King's Men'', Crawford's career had been largely limited to " B films" in supporting or character roles. He realized he did not fit the role of a handsome leading man, once describing himself as looking like a "retired pugilist". Early life Crawford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lester Crawford ( Lester Crawford Pendergast) and Helen Broderick, who were both vaudeville performers, as his grandparents had been. Lester appeared in films in the 1920s and 1930s. Helen Broderick had a career in Hollywood comedies, including memorable appearances in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
