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Sword Of Desperation
is a 2010 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was released in Japan on July 10, 2010. It was written by Hidehiro Itō and Itaru Era, based on a novel by Shūhei Fujisawa, and was produced by Hidehiro Itō. Plot Ukyo-dayu, a powerful Edo-era ''daimyō'', and his court attend a ''kabuki'' play in the courtyard of his palace. After the performance ends, members of the court bow in respect as Lord Ukyo and his family, including his favorite concubine Lady Renko, are leaving. Suddenly, a samurai named Sanzaemon Kanemi unsheathes his ''tantō'' and stabs Lady Renko to death. He surrenders his weapon and is taken into custody. Despite expecting to be put to death for murdering his lord's consort, Kanemi is surprised to learn that Lord Ukyo has instead sentenced him to spend a year under house arrest. Kanemi's estate is barricaded and placed under watch by armed guards, while Kanemi himself is sealed in a makeshift cell inside a woodshed. His servants are d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Hirayama
is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film ''Maria's Stomach'' in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''The Games Teachers Play'' in 1992. In 1995, ''School Ghost Stories'' was a big hit and made into popular series. ''Begging for Love'' in 1998 got many awards as International press award (FIPRESCI) in Montreal World Film Festival, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director etc. In 2001, Hirayama won Best Director Choice for ''Turn (film), Turn'' at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He also got several Japanese film awards for director, including the Best Director award for ''The Laughing Frog'' and ''Out (2002 film), Out'' at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * ''Maria's Stomach'' (1990) * ''The Games Teachers Play'' (1992) * ''Human Scramble -RAIN- (1993) * ''Playing with Good Children'' (1994) * ''School Ghost Stories'' (1995) * ''School Ghost Stories 2'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantō
A is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords ( ''nihonto'') that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantō dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. Tantō were used in traditional martial arts (tantojutsu). The term has seen a resurgence in the West since the 1980s as a point style of modern tactical knives, designed for piercing or stabbing. Description The ''tantō'' is a single or double edged dagger with a length between 15 and 30 cm (1 Japanese shaku). The tantō was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. Tantō are generally forged in ''hira-zukuri'' (平造) style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the ''shinogi-zukuri'' (鎬造) structure of a ''katana''. Some tantō have particularly thick cross-sections for armor-piercing duty, and are called '' yoroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Films
, also commonly spelled "''chambara''", meaning "sword fighting" films,Hill (2002). denotes the Japanese film genre called samurai cinema in English and is roughly equivalent to Western and swashbuckler films. ''Chanbara'' is a sub-category of ''jidaigeki'', which equates to period drama. ''Jidaigeki'' may refer to a story set in a historical period, though not necessarily dealing with a samurai character or depicting swordplay. Chanbara also refers to a martial arts sport similar to Fencing. While earlier samurai period pieces were more dramatic rather than action-based, samurai films produced after World War II have become more action-based, with darker and more violent characters. Post-war samurai epics tended to portray psychologically or physically scarred warriors.Silver (1977), p. 37. Akira Kurosawa stylized and exaggerated death and violence in samurai epics. His samurai, and many others portrayed in film, were solitary figures, more often concerned with concealing their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Drama Films
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Films Directed By Hideyuki Hirayama
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Films
In the year 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of ''Avatar'' in the format, with releases such as '' Alice in Wonderland'', '' Clash of the Titans'', '' Jackass 3D'', all animated films, with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats. 20th Century Fox celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said: "At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ittoku Kishibe
, born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award for ''The Sting of Death'' in 1991, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award in 1994. He appeared in Toshiyuki Morioka's ''Jokyo Monogatari'' in 2013. Selected filmography Films Television * '' Ashura no Gotoku Part2'' (1980) * ''Kenpō wa Madaka'' (1996), Toshio Irie * '' AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo'' (2000-2011) * '' Boushi'' (2008) * ''Fumō Chitai'' (2009) * '' Doctor X'' (2012 - 2021) * ''Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a S ...'' (2019) References External links * 1947 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumiyo Kohinata
is a Japanese actor. Filmography Film * ''Begging for Love'' (1998) * ''Give It All'' (1998) * ''Ring 2'' (1999) - Dr. Kawajiri * ''Audition'' (1999) - Television producer * ''Minna no Ie'' (2001) * '' Turn'' (2001) * ''Dark Water'' (2002) - Kunio Hamada * ''The Mars Canon'' (2002) - Kōhei Deguchi * ''Casshern'' (2004) - Professor Kōzuki * '' 69'' (2004) - Yoshioka * ''Swing Girls'' (2004) - Yasumi Suzuki (Tomoko's father) * ''Kagen no Tsuki'' (2004) - Anzai * '' Be with You'' (2004) - Dr. Noguchi * ''Ashurajō no Hitomi'' (2005) - Nanboku Tsuruya IV * ''Always Sanchōme no Yūhi'' (2005) - Kawabuchi * ''Rainbow Song'' (2006) - Yasujirō Satō * ''I Just Didn't Do It'' (2007) - Shōgo Muroyama * ''Hero'' (2007) - Takayuki Suetsugu * ''Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi'' (2007) - Kawabuchi * ''My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg'' (2008) - TV Reporter * '' The Magic Hour'' (2008) - Kenjūrō Hasegawa * ''Happy Flight'' (2008) - Sadao Mochizuki * '' K-20: Legend of the Mask'' (2008) * '' Goe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Seki
(born 8 September 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her movies include ''Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go!'' (2005), ''Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge'' (2008) and ''Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Filmography TV dramas *Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (KTV, 2005) * Seishun Energy Mo Hitotsu no Sugar & Spice (Fuji TV, 2006) * Flight Panic (Fuji TV, 2007) *Life (Fuji TV, 2007) * Aiba Monogatari (Fuji TV, 2008) * Sunao ni Narenakute (Fuji TV, 2010) * Switched (Netflix, 2018) Movies *Koi wa Go Shichi Go! (2005) *8 gatsu no Kurisumasu (2005) *Warau Michael (2006) *Hachimitsu to Clover (2006) *Curling Love (2007) *Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2007) *Mirai Yosouzu (2007) *Houtai Club / Bandage Club (2007) *Ahiru Kamo no Coin Locker (2007) *Suteki na Yoru, Boku ni Kudasai (2007) *Twilight Syndrome: Dead Cruise (2008) *Dragonball Evolution (2009) * Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010) *Sword of Desperation is a 2010 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Murakami
is a Japanese actor. He is not to be confused with Japanese stunt actor Jun Murakami. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's ''Heaven's Story'' and Gakuryu Ishii's '' Isn't Anyone Alive?''. Filmography Film * ''Bounce Ko Gals'' (1997) * ''Nabbie's Love'' (1999) * '' Shiki-Jitsu'' (2000) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (2000) * ''Stereo Future'' (2001) * ''Konsento'' (2001) * ''Blue'' (2001) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * ''Konsento'' (2001) * '' Border Line'' (2002) * ''Filament'' (2002) * ''Desert Moon'' (2003) * ''Out of This World'' (2004) * ''Cutie Honey'' (2004) * '' 69'' (2004) * ''Into a Dream'' (2005) * ''Nanayo'' (2008) * ''Michiko & Hatchin'' (2008) * ''Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death'' (2008) * ''Counterfeit Bills'' (2009) * ''Zen'' (2009) * ''Nonchan Noriben'' (2009) * ''The Lightning Tree'' (2010) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naho Toda
is a Japanese actress. Career In 1990, she successfully passed an audition called Horipro Talent Scout Caravan( Ja). Personal life She had graduated from Tamagawa University. Her sister was an actress, and her brother Kōhei Toda ( Ja: 戸田康平, Toda Kōhei) is a singer and songwriter. In August 2010, she married her husband, a doctor she met through mutual friends. In the following August 2011. she announced she was pregnant with her first child and she gave birth to her daughter in February 2012. Toda has stated that she plans to continue her career after childbirth. Filmography TV dramas *''Galápagos'' (2023) Movies * ''Natsu no niwa - The Friends'' (1994) * '' Blooming Again'' (2004) * ''The Craft of Memories'' (2020) * ''The Woman of S.R.I. the Movie'' (2021), Mikie Shiba * ''And So the Baton Is Passed'' (2021) * ''Takatsu-gawa'' (2022) * ''Akira and Akira'' (2022) * ''Silent Parade'' (2022), Machiko Namiki * ''The Master Sake Brewers'' (2022) * ''Do Unto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge facing upward. Since the Muromachi period, many old ''tachi'' were cut from the root and shortened, and the blade at the root was crushed and converted into ''katana''. The specific term for ''katana'' in Japan is ''uchigatana'' (打刀) and the term ''katana'' (刀) often refers to single-edged swords from around the world. Etymology and loanwords The word ''katana'' first appears in Japanese in the '' Nihon Shoki'' of 720. The term is a compound of ''kata'' ("one side, one-sided") + ''na'' ("blade"), in contrast to the double-sided '' tsurugi''. See more at the Wiktionary entry. The ''katana'' belongs to the ''nihontō'' family of swords, and is distinguished by a blade length (''nagasa'') of more than 2 ''shaku'', approximately . ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
