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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 Silver Prize. Summary The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both associate professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research. Cast (1966 film) Cast *Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen * Eijirō Tōno - Professor Azuma * Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi *Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai *Eiji Funakoshi - Professor Kikukawa * Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao * Kenjiro Ishiyama - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi * Teruko Kishi - Masako * Mayumi Ogawa - Keiko Hanamori * Shiho Fujimura - Saeko * Toshio Takahara - Ts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyoko Yamasaki
was a Japanese novelist. A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, ''Noren'' (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel ''Hana Noren'', the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk. Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, ''Futatsu no Sokoku'' is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Nakamura
was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's '' Ikiru'' (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's ''Tokyo Story'' (1953). Nakamura was also famous for many notable contributions to Japanese modern theatre. In 1937, he founded the Bungakuza company along with Haruko Sugimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Masayuki Mori. Nakamura played Polonius in ''Hamlet'', Herod in Wilde's ''Salome'', Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekov's ''Uncle Vanya'', and Krapp in ''Krapp's Last Tape''. He also appeared in ''Macbeth'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', and ''The Cherry Orchard'' . In the 1950s and 1960s, he played major roles in Yukio Mishima's plays such as ''Rokumeikan (play), Rokumeikan'', ''My Friend Hitler'', and so on. In 1963, Nakamura left Bungakuza company and founded the NLT company with Mishima. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaku Yamamoto
Gaku (written: 岳 or 学) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese physicist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese footballer See also * Gaku Station, a railway station in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan *'' Gaku: Minna no Yama'', a manga series {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Yamagata
was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre Company''. In 1949 he made his film debut with ''Kirareya Senta''. Yamagata became famous for his role in 1953 film '' Gate of Hell''. He became a character actor and often played villainous roles. In 1973, Yamagata landed main role on the TV jidaigeki ''Kenkaku Shōbai''. He died of tuberculosis in 1996. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1951 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''Bungawan soro'' (1951) * '' Ringo-en no shōjo'' (1952) * ''Mukokuseki-sha'' (1952) * ''Sen-hime'' (1953) - Samanosuke Itsumi * ''Pu-san'' (1953) * ''Kimi ni sasageshi inochi nariseba'' (1953) * ''Seishun Zenigata Heiji'' (1953) - Plibp * '' Gate of Hell'' (1953) - Wataru Watanabe * ''Higeki no shôgun: Yamashita Tomoyuki'' (1953) * ''Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô'' (1954) - Shin'nosuke Mori * ''Seven Samurai'' (1954) - Samurai #1 * ''Wakaki hi no takuboku: Kumo wa tensai de aru'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Negami
(September 20, 1923, Tokyo, Japan - October 24, 2005, Shinjuku, Tokyo) was a Japanese actor, and the grandson of Rudolf Dittrich, an Austrian musician. He appeared in 128 films. Filmography Film * ''Pen itsuwarazu, bôryoku no machi'' (1950) * ''Shojoho'' (1950) * ''Kumo no machi'' (1950) * ''Mesu inu'' (1951) - Keiichi Shirakawa * ''Honoo no hada'' (1951) * ''Asakusa kurenaidan'' (1952) - Shimakichi * ''Nagasaki No Uta Wa Wasureji'' (1952) - Nogami, Hiroyuki * ''Shino machi o nogarete'' (1952) - Shiro Nomura * '' Mōjū tsukai no shōjo'' (1952) * ''Lightning'' (1952) - Shuzo * ''Zoku Jûdai no seiten'' (1953) - Masato Miki * ''Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten'' (1953) - Shingo Arai * '' Jūdai no yūwaku'' (1953) * ''Konjiki yasha'' (1954) - Kan-ichi * ''Asakusa no yoru'' (1954) - Tozuki * ''Midori no nakama'' (1954) - Ippei Takazu * ''Tsuki yori no shisha'' (1954) * ''Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi'' (1955) - Gizô Kurita * ''Hotaru no hikari'' (1955) * ''Nanatsu no kao no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Satō
was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as '' Onibaba'' and ''Kuroneko''. He won the best actor award from ''Kinema Junpo'' for the films '' The Ceremony'' and ''Nihon no akuryō''. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film. In his early days as an actor, before his success in ''The Human Condition'', he supported himself by producing ''gariban'' hand-written mimeographs, and he maintained his interest in hand-printing to the end of his life. In 1981 he appeared in the film ''Daydream'' performing an unsimulated sex scene with actress Kyoko Aizome is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko. Possible writings The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first .... The involvement of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Film Award
The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' organized a festival then called ''Zen Nihon eiga konkūru'' (全日本映画コンク ー ル? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946. Awards * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film * Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Director * Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography * Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction * Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score * Mainichi Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanese newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shinbun) as well as the Japanese Associated Press withdrew their support for the Blue Ribbon Awards and established the , (which were held a mere six times). In 1967, the awards were cancelled following a series of demoralizing national political scandals that became known as "The Black Mist" and eventually enveloped Japan's baseball industry.Johnston, Michael. "Influence Markets", ''Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005), , p. 79. In 1975, the awards were revived, and have continued until the present day. The annual award ceremony is held in a variety of places in Tokyo every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuho Suzuki
(born October 23, 1927) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Manchukuo. He is a drop-out of Kyoto University. Filmography Film *'' Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō'' (1967) *'' Zatoichi the Outlaw'' (1967) *''The Snow Woman'' (1968) *''The Sands of Kurobe'' (1968) as Senda *'' Apart from Life'' (1970) *''Fuji sanchō'' (1970) *''Battle of Okinawa'' (1971) *''Submersion of Japan'' (1973) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' (1974) as Chief editor *''Karei-naru Ichizoku'' (1974) as Kuraishi *''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' (1974) (Secretary of Environmental Agency) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' (1974) as Hirate *'' Cops vs. Thugs'' (1975) *''The Bullet Train'' (1975) *''Proof of the Man'' (1977) as Yamaji *'' Never Give up'' (1978) as Kuga *'' The Demon'' (1978) (Detective) *'' A Distant Cry from Spring'' (1980) *'' Samurai Reincarnation'' (1981) ( Ogasawara Hidekiyo) *'' The Go Masters'' (1983) *''The Return of Godzilla'' (1984) (Foreign M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Takahara
was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were ''Seven Samurai'' and ''Twenty-Four Eyes''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger''. He started his acting career at the Bungakuza theatre company in 1941. In 1943, he made his stage debut with ''Denen ''. He gave his film debut with ''Ginza no Odoriko'' in 1950. Takahara signed his contract with Nikkatsu studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including ''Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate'' directed by Yūzō Kawashima and ''Pigs and Battleships'' directed by Shōhei Imamura. He died of heart failure on 26 February 2000. Filmography Films * ''Ginza no Odoriko'' (1950) as Rickshaw man * '' Listen to the Voices of the Sea'' (1950) as combat medic * ''Kaizoku-sen'' (1950) as Gyuhi * ''Hino hate'' (1954) * ''Taiyō no nai Machi'' (1954) as young man * ''Seven Samurai'' (1954) as Samurai with Gun * ''Okuman chōja'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura (藤村 志保 ''Fujimura Shiho'', born 3 January 1939 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography Films *''Shinobi no Mono'' (1962) *''Kujira Gami'' (1962) *'' Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance'' (1963) *'' Zatoichi on the Road'' (1963) *'' Akumyō Muteki'' (1965) *''Return Of Daimajin'' (1966) *''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1966) *'' Zatoichi's Cane Sword'' (1967) *'' The Snow Woman'' (1968) *''Fumō Chitai'' (1976) *'' Tora-san Plays Cupid'' (1977) *'' Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni'' (1993) *''Bloom in the Moonlight'' (1993), Tatsu Taki *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *''Gemini'' (1999) *'' Merdeka 17805'' (2001) *''Inugami'' (2001) *'' Yunagi City, Sakura Country'' (2007) *'' Inju: The Beast in the Shadow'' (2008) Television *'' Taikōki'' (1965), Nene *''Ōgon no Hibi'' (1978), Yodo-dono *''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986), Tokiwa Gozen *''Taiheiki'' (1991), Uesugi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
