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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
is a Japanese actor. Biography Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten 2 190-191 He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959. He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's ''Unholy Desire''. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films (he also appeared in the stage play "Paragy Kamigami to Butabuta" directed by Imamura in 1962), including '' Eijanaika'' in 1981. But he declined Imamura's offer for him to play the role of Taro in ''Warm Water Under a Red Bridge'' (2001). He won White Bronze Award for his roles in ''Woman of the Lake'' and '' Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino'' in 1966. He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, in his early career he sometimes played villain roles. His most prominent roles in jidaigeki being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōki Mitani
is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director and was previously married to Japanese actress Satomi Kobayashi. He was named after ''Taihō Kōki'', the youngest sumo wrestler to become yokozuna. He studied dramatics at Nihon University. In an attempt to add his own character to his movies, as a director he takes most of his scenes with a one-scene=one-shot system, moving the camera around as opposed to cutting. He claims this comes from his experience in theatre, where there are no cuts. Mitani does not use a computer.Tanaka, Nobuko,Japan's Mr. Comedy, ''Japan Times'', June 2, 2012, p. 7 Early life Mitani liked watching TV dramas and puppetries of NHK in his childhood. He was especially interested in works of puppetry such as "Shin Hakkenden" () and '' Sangokushi'' (), jidaigeki dramas such as '' Tenka Gomen'' () and '' Tenka Dōdō'' (), and Taiga dramas such as ''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. Throughout his life, he has expressed interest in works starring fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunoichi Ninpō
is a 1964 Japanese erotic film directed by Sadao Nakajima in his directorial debut. It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel of the same title. Plot In the Siege of Osaka, five female ninjas who pregnanted with Toyotomi Hideyori's child escape from Osaka Castle by the order of Sanada Yukimura. Tokugawa Ieyasu orders Hattori Hanzō to assassinate them all. On the other hand, Senhime raises her hand against Ieyasu and tries to protect them. Cast * Omayu - Mari Yoshimura * Senhime - Yumiko Nogawa * Oyui - Sanae Nakahara * Oyu - Yuriko Mishima * Hannyadera Fuhaku - Yoshio Yoshida * Amamaki - Shingo Yamashiro * Usuzumi - Shoichi Ozawa * Stebei - Kyosuke Machida * Hayato - Minoru Ōki * Tokugawa Ieyasu - Miechō Soganoya * Sanada Yukimura - Eizō KItamura * Lady Kasuga - Michiyo Kogure * Hattori Hanzō - Ryūji Shinagawa * Sakazaki Dewanokami - Shigeru Tsuyuguchi See also *Kunoichi Keshō also known as ''The Spying Sorceress''is a 1964 Japanese comedy ''jidaigeki'' film directed by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Insect Woman
is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes. Plot The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover, but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune. Cast * Sachiko Hidari as Tome Matsuki * Jitsuko Yoshimura as Nobuko * Emiko Aizawa as Rui * Masumi Harukawa as Midori * Emiko Higashi as Kane * Daizaburo Hirata as Kamibayashi * Seizaburo Kawazu as Karasawa * Teruko Kishi as Rin * Tanie Kitabayashi as Madam * Kazuo Kitamura as Chuji * Asao Koike as Sawakichi * Masakazu Kuwayama as Owagawa En's Lover * Hiroyuki Nagato as Matsunami * Shoichi Ozawa as Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenzo Matsuyama
was a Japanese screenwriter and film director. He was born in Kobe and grew up in Yokohama. After leaving school, he began training to become a doctor but dropped out of medical school to take up a career in films. In 1948 he became an assistant director at Shochiku studios. With the support of Keisuke Kinoshita, he also began writing film scripts. His first filmed script was ''Kojo no tsuki'', based on the song " Kōjō no Tsuki", filmed in 1954. In 1955 he married actress Hideko Takamine. He made his debut as a director with a film called ''Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku'' in 1961. He continued to work as a scriptwriter for films like ''Proof of the Man'' as well as a director. He also wrote the lyrics for a song "Ippon no enpitsu" for Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzo Kawashima
was a Japanese film director, most famous for making tragi-comic films and satires. Career Kawashima was born in Mutsu, Aomori in the Shimokita Peninsula. From his youth, he suffered from a paralysis that affected his right leg and arm. He was educated at Meiji University, where he was a member of the film study circle. He entered the Shōchiku studios in 1938 and served as an assistant director under Minoru Shibuya and Keisuke Kinoshita before directing his first film, ''The Man Who Has Returned'', in 1944. At Shōchiku after the war, he made many comedies before switching to Nikkatsu in 1955, when the studio resumed film production. There he made such notable works as ''Burden of Love'' (1955), ''Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District'' (1956), and ''Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate'' (1957), which was later voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in Kinema Junpō's poll of 140 film critics and filmmakers in 1999. In his remaining years, Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whisper Of The Heart
is a 1995 Japanese animated romantic drama film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on the 1989 manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo. The film stars Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi and Keiju Kobayashi. ''Whisper of the Heart'' was Kondō's only film as director before his death in 1998. Studio Ghibli had hoped that Kondō would become the successor to Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. A spinoff film, ''The Cat Returns'', was released in 2002, which focused on a minor character of the film, the Baron. Plot Shizuku Tsukishima is a 14-year-old student at Mukaihara Junior High School, where she is best friends with Yūko Harada. She lives in Tokyo with her parents Asako and Seiya and older sister Shiho, and is keen on creative writing. One evening, she looks through the checkout cards in her library books and disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It is best known for its animated feature films, and has also produced several short subjects, television commercials, and two television films. Its mascot and most recognizable symbol is a character named Totoro, a giant spirit inspired by raccoon dogs (''tanuki'') and cats from the 1988 anime film ''My Neighbor Totoro''. Among the studio's highest-grossing films are ''Spirited Away'' (2001), ''Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004) and ''Ponyo'' (2008). The studio was founded on June 15, 1985, by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, after the successful performance of Topcraft's ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (1984). It has also collaborated with video game studios on the visual development of several games. Five of the studio's films are among the ten hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company. The station serves as the flagship of the All-Nippon News Network and its studios are located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Headquarters In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki currently located at 6-9-1 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. File:朝日電視台 (16202552212).jpg, Atrium of TV Asahi's HQ in Roppongi File:TV Asahi Ark Broadcasting Center 20200801.jpg, TV Asahi's Broadcasting Center at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarters since 2003 Some of TV Asahi's departments and subsidiaries, such as TV Asahi Productions and Take Systems, are still located at ''TV Asahi Center'', the company's former headquarters from 1986 to 2003. It is located at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūchakueki Series
, also known as ''Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki'', is a long-running prime-time television detective drama series in Japan that first aired on TV Asahi in 1990. Based on Seiichi Morimura's Ushiokeiji no Jikenbo series. Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the lead role in the first four episodes, Tsurutaro Kataoka has been playing the lead role since the fifth episode. Masanao Ushio is a detective of Nishi Shinjuku Police station, his nickname is Moo-san. He solves incidents with his great insight and intelligence. Some episodes have aired on KIKU with English subtitles. Cast * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (Episode 1–4) * Gen Kimura as Hirabayashi (Episode 1–4) * Tsurutaro Kataoka as Masanao Ushio (Episode 5-38) * Kumiko Okae as Sumiyo Ushio (Episode 7-36) * Akira Nagoya as Sakamoto (Episode 5, 7–17) * Taisaku Akino as Sakamoto (Episode 17-38) Episodes Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (1990-94) *1. Shūressha (December 8, 1990); Susumu Kurobe as Onaka Kazuyuki, Naoya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Ikehiro
is a Japanese film director. He is known for directing Zatoichi series and the highly acclaimed Malay film Onna Gokuakuchō. In 1950, he joined the Daiei Film and started working as an assistant director under Kenji Mizoguchi etc. In 1960, he was promoted to director and debuted with ''Bara Daimyo''. Selected filmography Film *''Bara Daimyo'' (1960) *''Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold'' (1964) *''Zatoichi's Flashing Sword'' (1964) *'' Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo'' (1964) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction'' (1964) *''Zatoichi's Pilgrimage'' (1966) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: A Trail of Traps'' (1967) *'' Broken Swords'' (1969) *'' Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie'' (1969) *'' Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) *''Onna Gokuakuchō'' (1970) *''Kesho'' (1984) Television *Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series) (1972) Episode8,11 *Kogarashi Monjirō (1972) Episode5,9 *Amigasa Jūbei (1974-7) Episode9,10 *Monkey (TV series) (1978) Episode15,16,25,26 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūchakueki Series
, also known as ''Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki'', is a Japanese long-running prime-time television detective drama series in Japan that first aired on TV Asahi in 1990. Based on Seiichi Morimura's ''Ushiokeiji no Jikenbo'' series. Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the lead role in the first four episodes, Tsurutaro Kataoka has been playing the lead role since the fifth episode. Masanao Ushio is a detective of Nishi Shinjuku Police station, his nickname is Moo-san. He solves incidents with his great insight and intelligence. Some episodes have aired on KIKU with English subtitles. Cast * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (Episode 1–4) * Gen Kimura as Hirabayashi (Episode 1–4) * Tsurutaro Kataoka as Masanao Ushio (Episode 5-38) * Kumiko Okae as Sumiyo Ushio (Episode 7-36) * Akira Nagoya as Sakamoto (Episode 5, 7–17) * Taisaku Akino as Sakamoto (Episode 17-38) Episodes Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (1990-94) *1. Shūressha (December 8, 1990); Susumu Kurobe as Onaka Kaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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