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Spy Sorge
is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 2003, about the Soviet spy Richard Sorge. Shinoda intended the film, a long and lavish production that had only modest critical and commercial success, as his final feature. Plot The film presents the life of Richard Sorge, a German spy for the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Soviet Army in Japan. Sorge and his contact Hotsumi Ozaki are arrested by the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (Special Higher Police) in Tokyo, and Sorge recounts the main events in flashbacks. Cast *Iain Glen : Richard Sorge *Masahiro Motoki : Hotsumi Ozaki *Kippei Shiina : Mitsusada Yoshikawa *Takaya Kamikawa : Tokko T * Toshiya Nagasawa : Miyagi Yotoku * Riona Hazuki : Hanako Miyake *Koyuki : Yoshiko Yamazaki * Armin Marewski : Branko Vukelic *Yui Natsukawa : Hideko Ozaki *Takaaki Enoki : Duke Fumimaro Konoye *Hideji Otaki : Duke Kinmochi Sai-onji *Michael Christian : Josef Albert Meisinger *Shima Iwashita : Mrs. Konoe *Ulrich Mühe : Eugen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Shinoda
is a retired Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s. Early life Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also participated in the Hakone Ekiden long distance race. Career He joined the Shōchiku Studio in 1953 as an assistant director, where he worked on films by such directors as Yasujirō Ozu. He debuted as a director in 1960 with ''One-Way Ticket for Love'', which he also scripted. His focus on youth and the cultural and political turmoil of 1960s Japan made him a central figure in the Shōchiku New Wave alongside Nagisa Ōshima and Yoshishige Yoshida. He worked in a variety of genres, from the yakuza film (''Pale Flower'') to the samurai film (''Assassination''), but he particularly became known for his focus on socially marginal characters and for an interest in traditional Japanese theater, which found its greatest expression in ''Double Suici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riona Hazuki
Riona Hazuki (葉月里緒奈 ''Hazuki Riona''), born Mai Yamada (山田麻衣 ''Yamada Mai'', born on July 11, 1975, in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle. Selected filmography Dramas Films Radio * ''Riona Hazuki Venus Typhoon'' (1994−1995, JOLF) Discography Albums Singles Bibliography Photobooks * ''undo'' (October 25, 1993, Schola) * ''Shinoyama Kishin News 4 Hazuki Riona'' (August 30, 1994, Asahi Press) * ''Riona, Debut Mae...'' (December 10, 1995, Bunkasha) * ''Riona 7 Days'' (December 25, 1995, Bunkasha) * ''riona hazuki tunjung'' (May 20, 1997, Shogakukan) * ''Riona'' (Photo: Kishin Shinoyama, May 1, 1998, Bunkasha) * ''Riona: Limited Edition'' (November 20, 1998, Bunkasha) * Accident Series 3: Riona Hazuki + Kishin Shinoyama (October 16, 1998, Asahi Press) * Riona S (Photo: Kishin Shinoyama, January 1, 2001, Bunkasha) Autobiography * ''Shinjitsu'' (November 1998, Shogakukan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Ott (ambassador)
Eugen Ott (8 April 1889 – 22 January 1977) was the German ambassador to Japan during the early years of World War II who was notably deceived and compromised by Soviet spy Richard Sorge. Early career During World War I, Ott served with distinction on the Eastern Front as an officer with the 26th (Württemberg) Infantry Division. His commander was General Wilhelm von Urach, who was elected king of Lithuania in 1918 as Mindaugas II of Lithuania. Before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany (1933), Ott had been the adjutant of General Kurt von Schleicher. In Japan In 1934, he was sent to Tokyo as military attaché at the German embassy. In early September 1940, Heinrich Georg Stahmer arrived in Tokyo to assist Ott in negotiating the Tripartite Pact with Japan. Stahmer later replaced Ott as ambassador when Richard Sorge, who had been working for Ott in Japan as an agent for the Abwehr, was unmasked as a Soviet spy in Japan in late 1941. Prange suggests in his analysis of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film ''Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 2006), for which he received the gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, at the ''Deutscher Filmpreis'' (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. He then turned to acting, and from the late 1970s into the 1980s appeared in numerous plays, becoming a star of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. He was active in politics and denounced Communist rule in East Germany in a memorable address at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After German reunification he continued to appear in a large number of films, television progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shima Iwashita
is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for her performance in Shinoda's ''Ballad of Orin''. Heritage Iwashita was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father was the actor and film producer Kiyoshi Nonomura （野々村潔）(1914-2003). Her maternal aunt Shizue Yamagishi （山岸しづ江）was married to the kabuki actor Kawarasaki Chōjūrō IV （四代目 河原崎長十郎）(1902-1981), who starred in Sadao Yamanaka's 1937 '' Humanity and Paper Balloons'', one of the most influential early Japanese talkies, and was one of the founders in 1931 of the Zenshinza Theatre Company （劇団前進座）. Education After attending No 3 Municipal Primary School and No 3 Municipal Middle School in Musashino City to the west of Tokyo, Iwashita proceeded first to Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Albert Meisinger
Josef Albert Meisinger (14 September 1899 – 7 March 1947), also known as the "Butcher of Warsaw", was an SS functionary in Nazi Germany. He held a position in the Gestapo and was a member of the Nazi Party. During the early phases of World War II Meisinger served as commander of ''Einsatzgruppe'' IV in Poland. From 1941 to 1945 he worked as liaison for the Gestapo at the German embassy in Tokyo. He was arrested in Japan in 1945, convicted of war crimes and was executed in Warsaw, Poland. Early life Meisinger was born in Munich, the son of Josef and Berta Meisinger; he enlisted on 23 December 1916 and served during World War I in the 230th ''Minenwerfer'' Company (a type of short-range mortar), 22nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion in the 30th Bavarian Reserve Division. After being wounded in battle he was awarded the Iron Cross and the Bavarian Military Merit Cross. On 18 January 1919 he attained the rank of ''Vizefeldwebel'' (senior sergeant), and on 19 April 1919 he entered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saionji Kinmochi
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's ''genrō,'' he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s. Early life Kinmochi was born in Kyoto as the son of Udaijin Tokudaiji Kin'ito (1821–1883), head of a ''kuge'' family of court nobility. He was adopted by another ''kuge'' family, the Saionji, in 1851. However, he grew up near his biological parents, since both the Tokudaiji and Saionji lived very near the Kyoto Imperial Palace. The young Saionji Kinmochi was frequently ordered to visit the palace as a playmate of the young prince who later became Emperor Meiji. Over time they became close friends. Kinmochi's biological brother Tokudaiji Sanetsune later became the Grand Chamberlain of Japan. Another younger brother was adopted into the very wealthy Sumitomo famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideji Otaki
Hideji (written: 秀治, 秀司 or ひで次) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese writer and playwright *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumimaro Konoe
Prince was a Japanese politician and prime minister. During his tenure, he presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the breakdown in relations with the United States, which ultimately culminated in Japan's entry into World War II. He also played a central role in transforming his country into a totalitarian state by passing the National Mobilization Law and founding the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. Despite Konoe's attempts to resolve tensions with the United States, the rigid timetable imposed on negotiations by the military and his own government's inflexibility regarding a diplomatic resolution set Japan on the path to war. Upon failing to reach a peace agreement, Konoe resigned as Prime Minister on 18 October 1941, prior to the outbreak of hostilities. However, he remained a close advisor to the Emperor until the end of World War II. Following the end of the war, he committed suicide on 16 December 1945. Early life Fumimaro Konoe was born in To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaaki Enoki
is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima. He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the ''Asami Mitsuhiko Series''. He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki Theatre Company. In 1990, Enoki landed the lead role in '' Heaven and Earth'' in place of Ken Watanabe, who had to pull out due to illness. He is also known as an ink painter and his museum opened in 2003.(Located in Kokonoe, Ōita.) Filmography Film * ''Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion'' (1985) * '' Heaven and Earth'' (1990) as Uesugi Kenshin * ''Best Guy'' (1990) as Tetsuo "Apollo" Kajitani * ' (1991) as Asami Mitsuhiko * ''Bloom in the Moonlight'' (1991) as Tōson Shimazaki * ''Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1997) * ''Sleeping Bride'' (2000) * ''Merdeka 17805'' (2001) * ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'' (2002) as Yoshitaka Morishita * ''Spy Sorge'' (2003) as Duke Fumimaro Konoye * ''The Wind Carpet'' (2003) * ''Spring Snow'' (2005) * '' Genghis Khan: To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Natsukawa
is a Japanese actress. She co-starred with Hiroshi Abe in the 2006 Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 film '' Still Walking''. Filmography Film * ''Sora ga Konnani Aoi Wake ga Nai'' (1993) - Kaoru Aoki * ''Yoru ga Mata Kuru'' (1994) - Nami Tsuchiya * ''Kura'' (1995) - Seki Yamanaka * ''Gonin 2'' (1996) - Saki * ''The Trap'' (1996) - Yuriko * ''Watashitachi ga Suki datta Koto'' (1997) - Aiko Shibata * ''Shikoku'' (1999) - Hinako Myoujin * ''Acacia no Michi'' (2001) - Kijima, Miwako * ''Distance'' (2001) - Kiyoka * ''Onmyōji'' (2001) - Fujiwara no Sukehime * ''Sotsugyō'' (2002) - Izumi * ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002) - Shizu / Mitsu * ''Spy Sorge'' (2003) - Hideko Ozaki * ''Zatōichi'' (2003) - O-Shino, Hattori's Wife * ''Yudan Tateiki'' (2004) - Miss Makiko * ''Hana'' (2006) - Oryo * ''Tales from Earthsea'' (2006) - The Queen (voice) * ''A Gentle Breeze in the Village'' (2007) - Itoko Migita * '' Still Walking'' (2008) - Yukari Yokoyam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
