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Ryō Ikebe
was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a director, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei. He was also known as an essayist. On 8 October 2010, he died of blood poisoning. He was 92 years old. Selected filmography Film * ''The Sky of Hope'' (1942) - Tsutomu * ''Midori no daichi'' (1942) - Kome Yan * ''Yottsu no koi no monogatari'' (1947) - Masao (episode 1) * ''Sensô to heiwa'' (1947) * ''Haru no kyôen'' (1947) - Sampei Hayasaka * ''Ai yo hoshi to tomo ni'' (1947) * ''Sono yo no boken'' (1948) * ''Hakai'' (1948) - Segawa * ''Niizuma kaigi'' (1949) * ''Koi no jusan yoru'' (1949) * ''Shin'ya no kokuhaku'' (1949) - Newspaper Reporter Moriguchi Shigeya * ''Aoi sanmyaku'' (青い山 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Country (film)
is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda, based on the '' novel of the same name'' by Yasunari Kawabata. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Ryō Ikebe as Shimamura * Keiko Kishi as Komako * Kaoru Yachigusa as Yoko * Daisuke Katō * Akira Kubo * Hisaya Morishige as Yukio * Chieko Naniwa as Head maid * Haruo Tanaka as Porter Awards Screenwriter Toshio Yasumi received the 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'' ha ... Award for Best Screenplay for ''Snow Country'' and ''Chieko-shō''. References External links * Japanese black-and-white films 1957 films 1957 drama films Films based on works by Yasunari Kawabata Films directed by Shirō Toyoda 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karei-naru Ichizoku
is a 1973 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1974 and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021. Plot Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the show explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family. The cornerstone of their empire is , controlled by the father of the clan, . Eldest son is the managing director of . The ambitious Teppei seeks to expand operations of his company, and goes to his father to see if he can secure a loan. But the Minister of Finance seeks the merger of smaller Japanese banks to fend off foreign competition. Daisuke must decide whether to protect his son's interest in manufacturing or to ensure the survival of the bank that he controls. The series mostly revolves on the hidden secrets within the Manpyo family. A running theme throughout the show is Teppei's constant hunger for his father's approval. However, instead of being seen as a son, he is often seen as a threat b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life In Four Chapters
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The 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, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taketora Ogata
was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician. During the war, he joined the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the end of the war, he was purged from public service. Later, he became the Chief Secretary of the 4th Shigeru Yoshida, Yoshida Cabinet, Vice President and then President of the Liberal Party (Japan, 1945), Liberal Party of Japan of Japan, but he died before becoming a prime minister. Life He was born in Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, in 1888 as the third son of Ogata Dōhei, the secretary of Yamagata Prefecture. At age 4, he went to Fukuoka city because his father became the secretary of Fukuoka Prefecture. He studied at Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School, where Seigō Nakano was his one-year senior. Of the same age was Daigorō Yasukawa. They later became influential friends. He graduated from Waseda University in 1911 and joined the Tokyo branch of the Osaka ''Asahi Shimbun'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Station (1981 Film)
is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Among many awards, it was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Cast * Ken Takakura: Eiji Mikami * Chieko Baisho: Kiriko (1979) Michio * Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami (1968) * Setsuko Karasuma: Suzuko Yoshimatsu (1976) * Kai Atō: Ryosuke Honjo * Yu Fujiki: Ichiro Mikami * Akihiko Hirata * Ryō Ikebe: Chief Nakagawa * Ken Iwabuchi: Yoshitaka Mikami * Tanie Kitabayashi: Masayo Mikami * Yuko Kotegawa: Fuyuko Mikami * Sachiko Murase: Ryosuke's mother * Hideo Murota: Shigeru Morioka * Toshiyuki Nagashima: Michio Mikami * Akira Nagoya: Takada * Jinpachi Nezu: Goro Yoshimatsu * Junkichi Orimoto * Hideji Otaki: Aiba * Nenji Kobayashi : Detective Tasumi * Kei Satō * Tetsuya Takeda * Masao Komatsu * Kunie Tanaka: Sugawara * Minori Terada: Chikaraishi * Ryudo Uzaki: Yukio Kinoshita * Masako Yagi: Aiba's wife Reception Awards and nominations 5th Japan Academy Prize *Won: Best Picture *Won: Best Screenplay - Sou Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War In Space
''The War in Space'', released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1977. Plot In Autumn of the year 1988, contact with Space Station Terra is lost while sightings of UFOs are being reported all over America. A follow-up investigation headed by UN scientist Professor Schmidt (William Ross) and his men is started to look into the strange reports. The space station crew manage to report to the Japanese branch of the UN Space Federation that a large “roman galleon” has appeared and all communication with Terra is cut. UN team member Miyoshi (Kensaku Morita) visits world-renowned Professor Takigawa (Ryō Ikebe) and tells him that the UN is ordering him to complete construction of the space defense unit he created, Gohten, so that they use it to fight back the invaders. But he refuses saying that the project was disbanded three years ago when there were fears of an alien invasion of Earth. Miyoshi asks him why the UN-ordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Okinawa (film)
is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Release ''Battle of Okinawa'' received a roadshow theatrical release released on 17 July 1971 in Japan. It received a general release in Japan on 14 August 1971. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest grossing domestic release of the year in Japan. The film was released theatrically in the United States by Min-On of America with a 149-minute running time on 11 September 1973. Cast See also * List of Japanese films of 1971 References Sources * External links * 1971 films Okinawa (film) ''Okinawa'' is a 1952 American war film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell and Richard Denning. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures as a second feature. Plot Captain Hale commands a U.S. Naval v ... Japanese epic films Films directed by Kihachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale Flower
is a 1964 Japanese film noir directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The film is about Muraki ( Ryō Ikebe) a Yakuza hitman just released from prison. At an illegal gambling parlor, he finds himself drawn to a mysterious young woman named Saeko ( Mariko Kaga). Though Saeko loses large sums of money, she asks Muraki to find games with larger and larger stakes. The two become involved in an intense mutually destructive relationship. Film critic Roger Ebert gave ''Pale Flower'' four stars and put it on his list of Great Movies. Plot Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds spice to the staid masculine underworld rituals. Muraki becomes her mentor while simultaneously coping with the shifts of power that have affected the gangs while he was jailed. When he notices a rogue, drug-addicted yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Squadron!
is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda (Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944. Release ''Attack Squadron!'' was released in Japan on 3 January 1963 where it was distributed by Toho. The film was Toho's second highest-grossing film of the year and the 9th highest-grossing domestic film production in Japan in 1963. The film was released theatrically in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles on February 1, 1975. It was released to home video by Combat Home Video in 1988 as ''Kamikaze'' with an English-language dub. Stuart Galbraith IV commented on this release, stating that it was panned-and-scanned with "some of the wore telecine work ever done; the entire film appears to have been mastered showing only the extreme left side of the image." Cast * Toshiro Mifune as Senda * Yūzō Kayama as Taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana No Maki, Yuki No Maki
Hana or HANA may refer to: Places Europe * Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period * Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway West Asia * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province, Iran * Hana, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Hana, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran ** Hana Rural District (other), in Iran Pacific * Hana, Hawaii, a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, USA **Hana Highway, long and winding road connecting Hana, Hawaiʻi to the rest of the island of Maui Africa * Hana, Ethiopia, a town in the woredas of Selamago in Ethiopia People * Hana (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Ben Hana (1957–2012), New Zealand activist * Marion Tait, British ballerina Entertainment * ''Hana'' (film), a 2006 Japanese black comedy by Hirokazu Koreeda Music Musicians * Hana (American musician), stage name of American singer-songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorath
is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release. Plot On September 29, 1979, the Interstellar Exploration Agency launches a Japanese rocket ship, the ''JX-1 Hawk'', into space on a nine-month journey to investigate Saturn. At its conclusion, however, the crew is given a new mission after scientists discover a runaway star, which the International Astronomical Union nicknamed "Gorath", is somehow running amok. Upon encountering and while investigating Gorath's rapid movement through the Solar System, the ''JX-1 Hawk'' crew discover it is smaller than Earth, yet has 6,000 times its gravity. They manage to transmit their data back to Earth before an enormous gravity well destroys the ship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
