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Shanghai Rhapsody
is a 1984 Japanese musical drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, adopted from the 1979 musical with the same name. It received multiple nominations at the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Director of the Year and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Keiko Matsuzaka). Cast *Keiko Matsuzaka as Madoka Hatano *Morio Kazama as Shiro Hatano *Etsuko Shihomi as Lily * Ryudo Uzaki as Bakumatsu *Mitsuru Hirata as Shinzo Hirota * Noboru Mitani as Ho-san *Isao Natsuyagi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University. He eventually left Keio before graduating and entered the Ha ... as Shirai Other credits *Writing: **Kinji Fukasaku **Ren Saito: story **Yôzô Tanaka *Art Direction: **Kyohei Morita **Yutaka Yokoyama *Assistant Director: Hideo Nanbu *Sound recordist: Kazuhisa Takahashi References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinji Fukasaku
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking," Fukasaku worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series (1973–1976). According to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "his turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of Japan's postwar prosperity." He used a ''cinema verite''-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s. Fukasaku wrote and directed over 60 films between 1961 and 2003. Some Western sources have associated him with the Japanese New Wave movement of the '60s and '70s, but this belies his commercial success. His works include the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film '' Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), ''jidaigeki'' such as '' Shogun's Samurai'' (1978), the space opera ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |