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Seizō Fukumoto
(3 February 1943 – 1 January 2021) was a Japanese actor. Biography He started acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema. A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often played a rōnin, but in his hundreds of appearances he took nearly every role. His forte was '' kirareyaku'', the person who loses the sword fight. In addition, he appeared in modern dramas in roles such as police and yakuza. The American film ''The Last Samurai'' brought him before an international audience in the role of the Silent Samurai. Fukumoto played a lead role for the first time in the film Uzumasa Limelight. Death Fukumoto died on 1 January 2021, at his home in Kyoto, due to lung cancer. He was 77 years old. Filmography Film * '' Ninpō-chushingura'' (1965) * ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1973) * '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) * '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1973) * '' Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese People
The are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago."人類学上は，旧石器時代あるいは縄文時代以来，現在の北海道〜沖縄諸島（南西諸島）に住んだ集団を祖先にもつ人々。" () Japanese people constitute 97.9% of the population of the country of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 122.5 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as , the Japanese diaspora. Depending on the context, the term may be limited or not to mainland Japanese people, specifically the Yamato (as opposed to Ryukyuan and Ainu people). Japanese people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world. In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number of multiracial people with both Japanese and non-Japanese roots, including half Japanese people. History Theories of origins Archaeological evidence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proxy War
A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors, one or both of which act at the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. In order for a conflict to be considered a proxy war, there must be a direct, long-term relationship between external actors and the belligerents involved. The aforementioned relationship usually takes the form of funding, military training, arms, or other forms of material assistance which assist a belligerent party in sustaining its war effort. History During classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, many non-state proxies were external parties that were introduced to an internal conflict and aligned themselves with a belligerent to gain influence and to further their own interests in the region. Proxies could be introduced by an external or local power and most commonly took the form of irregular armies which were used to achieve their sponsor's goals in a contested region. Some m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!
Boom may refer to: Objects * Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill * Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation * Boom (sailing), a sailboat part * Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment * Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel * Log boom, a barrier placed in a river * Boom, the lifting part of a crane * Boom microphone * Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom * Boom, short for boomerang * Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access Arts and entertainment Music Performers * Boom! (band), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall * The Boom, a Japanese rock band * Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam *Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds Albums * ''Boom'' (The Sonics album), 1966 * ''Boom'' (Mario Pavone album), 2004 * ''Boom'' (Garmonbozia album) * ''Boom'', a 2006 album by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chō Ninja Tai Inazuma!
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' direct-to-video comedy series produced by Toei Video that was released in June 2006. Its sequel, which began filming on February 23, 2007, is titled , and was released July 21, 2007. The series itself is in the ''jidaigeki'' genre (Japanese for an Edo period drama). The cast of both movies feature actors from the Super Sentai Series' recent programs, primarily from ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' to ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger''. As a result, the series' characters would often reference their original characters. Jun Terada is a producer in the year 2076 and is trying to convince the president of Magical TV to allow her to create her life's work, ''Cho Ninja Tai Inazuma!'', based on the long-standing legend of a legendary lightning that bestows powers upon those struck by it. However, because the show is to be the 100th anniversary of the , it must be a first for the 100-year-long franchise. President Mishima convinces her to turn it into a reality show by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Battles Without Honor And Humanity (2000 Film)
, also known as ''Another Battle'', is a 2000 Japanese yakuza film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It is a remake of Kinji Fukasaku's ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series from the 1970s, which were adapted from a series of newspaper articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi, that were rewrites of a manuscript originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō Minō while he was in prison. Rock musician Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays Tochino Masatatsu, wrote the soundtrack to the film. Its title piece would be reworked and retitled "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" and go on to become a hit both in Japan and internationally. The film was followed by ''New Battles Without Honor and Humanity/Murder'', or ''Another Battle/Conspiracy'', directed by Hajime Hashimoto in 2003. Synopsis While the film is a remake of the original ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo (Etsushi Toyokawa) and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogun's Shadow
is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Plot Takechiyo, the eldest son of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, is threatened by attacks from assassins. The attempts on his life are the result of a conflict for the succession for the shogunate. Under the law, Takechiyo is the rightful heir, but he is hated by Iemitsu, who is dying of a fatal disease and has gone insane. Abe Shigetsugu, Iemitsu's prime minister, is responsible for sending the assassins in his lord's name to have Takechiyo replaced in favor of his younger brother Tokugawa Tokumatsu. Seven rōnin are hired by the Sakura clan lord, Hotta Masamori, to protect young Takechiyo. Their leader is Igō Gyōbu, who was married to Abe's sister Oman until Iemitsu developed a crush on her. To further his ambitions, Abe forced her to become Iemitsu's concubine, compelling Igō to leave in protest. Soon after the first attempt against Takechiyo, Abe and his guard chief Iba Shōzaemon visit Hotta's estate to inform him that Takech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninja Wars
is a 1982 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kōsei Saitō. It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel of the same title. Cast * Hiroyuki Sanada as Fuefuki Jotaro * Noriko Watanabe as Kagaribi * Mikio Narita as Kashin Koji * Akira Nakao as Matsunaga Danjo * Jun Miho as Isaribi * Seizo Fukumoto as Sensei * Sonny Chiba as Yagyū Shinzaemon * Strong Kobayashi Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi (, 25 December 1940 – 31 December 2021), also known by the stage name Strong Kongô, was a Japanese professional wrestler and actor. He is known for his appearances with International Wrestling Enterprise and New Japan ... as Kongobo References External links * 1982 films Samurai films Jidaigeki films 1980s Japanese-language films Ninja films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roaring Fire
is a 1981 Japanese martial arts film co-written and directed by Norifumi Suzuki and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Etsuko Shihomi, and Sonny Chiba, who also choreographed the film's action sequences. The film also had former professional wrestler Abdullah the Butcher in a major role as an enemy-turned-ally of Sanada's hero character. Plot In Hong Kong, a crime syndicate has cornered and ultimately shot down Toru Hinoharu, the heir to a major business corporation. Meanwhile, in Texas, we learn that there is another man who looks exactly like the late Toru, a cowboy named Joji Hibiki. When Joji learns his father is on his deathbed, his father reveals the truth about him. Given a letter, Joji learns that Mr. Hibiki had kidnapped Joji as a young boy due to his aspirations on trying to be wealthy in Japan. However, over the eighteen years, Hibiki actually thought of Joji as a son. Hibiki writes that Joji has a twin brother and sister and had read in a Japanese newspaper that his twin brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanada Yukimura No Bōryaku
is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Sadao Nakajima. The film deals Sanada Yukimura and Siege of Osaka. Cast *Hiroki Matsukata as Sanada Yukimura *Chiezō Kataoka as Sanada Masayuki *Tatsuo Umemiya as Sanada Nobuyuki *Teruhiko Aoi as Sanada Ten Braves, Sarutobi Sasuke *Guts Ishimatsu as Sanada Ten Braves, Unno Rokurō *Minori Terada as Sanada Ten Braves, Kirigakure Saizō *Kensaku Morita as Sanada Ten Braves, Kakei Juzō *Shōhei Hino as Sanada Ten Braves, Anayama Kosuke *Hiroyuki Sanada as Sanada Ten Braves, Miyoshi Isa *Nobuo Kaneko as Hayashi Razan *Akiji Kobayashi as Honda Masazumi *Seizō Fukumoto as Hayakaze *Junichi Haruta as Akagumo *Ryosuke Kagawa as Tenkai *Rokkō Toura as Ono Harunaga *Ichiro Ogura as Toyotomi Hideyori *Mieko Takamine as Lady Yodo *Mikio Narita as Katō Kiyomasa *Tetsuro Tamba as Goto Matabei *Kinnosuke Yorozuya (Special appearance) as Tokugawa Ieyasu References Jidaigeki films Samurai films Cultural depictions of Sanada clan Cultural depictions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon No Fixer
is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business world. Nagisa Oshima was due to direct this film. Plot Yamaoka is a fixer who made a man the prime minister of Japan, but he is being pursued for violating the Foreign Exchange Law and tax evasion in a fraudulent case involving the sale of aircraft. One day a boy tries to kill Yamaoka, but fails because Imaizumi stops him, and Yamaoka names him Koichi and makes him his subordinate. Cast * Shin Saburi as Yamakuni (modeled after Yoshio Kodama) *Masakazu Tamura as Imaizumi * Kayo Matsuo as Masako Yamaoka * Kyoko Enami as Toshiko Yamaoka *Akira Nakao as Dan * Seizō Fukumoto as Nakahashi *Harumi Sone as Yutaka Ikeuchi *Junkichi Orimoto as Tsunuma *Ryunosuke Kaneda as Hirayama *Maki Tachibana as Kayoko Sawai *Masataka Iwao as Yuji Maejima *Etsus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of Ako Castle
is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (''Chūshingura''). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including ''Shogun's Samurai''. The film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography. Plot Lord Tsunayoshi of the Tokugawa shogunate strips 48 samurai of their assets, but they are afraid to resist and nevertheless attend a ceremony where he is presented with the Imperial Sword. Enraged by insults from the court official Kira, Asano draws his sword but is prevented from killing him. Asano is sentenced to seppuku, his land and property are seized by the shogunate, and the Asano name is abolished. Several disciples of Asano, upset about the one-sided verdict, vow to return to Edo to take vengeance on Kira. They wait a year for an opportune time to make their move. Kira retires and Tsunayoshi's follower Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boss's Last Days
is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It is the third and final film in a series of films with unrelated plotlines, following '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1974) and '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975). Plot A minor dispute between Osaka's Yonemoto family and Amagasaki's Kawahara family over the murder of a drug dealer grows into a major conflict when gunmen from the Genryukai, an alliance of several Kyushu gangs including the Kawahara family, murder several members of the Sakamoto family, the yakuza syndicate to which the Yonemoto family belongs. During a birthday celebration for Chairman Hidematsu Sakamoto, the clan's officers discuss what to do and agree that they must kill a boss of the Genryukai to avenge the deaths of their men. Shuichi Nozaki is an associate of the Iwaki family who manages a small marine supply company and shares a father-son relationship with Boss Iwaki, who is preparing him to assume c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
