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Takeda Shingen (Taiga Drama)
is a 1988 Japanese historical television series. It is the 26th NHK Taiga drama. Plot The series focuses on the life of Takeda Shingen. Production *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Takeda clan *Kiichi Nakai as Takeda Shingen **Claude Maki as young Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori *Mikijirō Hira as Takeda Nobutora, Shingen's father *Ayako Wakao as Lady Ōi, Shingen's mother (series narrator) *Misako Konno as Lady Sanjō, Shingen's wife *Mayumi Ogawa as Yae *Yoko Minamino as Okoko and Koihime *Mao Daichi as Satomi *Kimiko Ikegami as Eri *Takeshi Wakamatsu as Takeda Nobushige *Masaru Shinozuka as Takeda Nobukado *Shinichi Tsutsumi as Takeda Yoshinobu **Nakamura Shichinosuke II as young Yoshinobu *Katsuya Kobayashi as Hara Masatoshi *Kei Satō as Abe Katsuyoshi *Taketoshi Naito as Gishū ;"Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" *Joe Shishido as Hara Toratane *Kiyoshi Kodama as Obu Toramasa *Ryōsuke Miki as Baba Nobuharu *Kōjirō Hongō as Amari Torayasu *Bunta Sugawar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHK Symphony Orchestra
The is a Japanese broadcast orchestra based in Tokyo. The orchestra gives concerts in several venues, including the NHK Hall, Suntory Hall, and the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. History The orchestra began as the ''New Symphony Orchestra'' on October 5, 1926, and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to the ''Japan Symphony Orchestra''. In 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, the orchestra took its current name. The most recent conductor with the title of music director of the orchestra was Vladimir Ashkenazy, from 2004 to 2007. Ashkenazy now has the title of conductor laureate. Charles Dutoit, the orchestra's music director from 1998 to 2003, is now its music director emeritus. Wolfgang Sawallisch, honorary conductor from 1967 to 1994, held the title of honorary conductor laureate until his death. The orchestra's current permanent conductors are Yuzo Toyama, since 1979, and Tadaaki Otaka, since 2010. Herbert Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kodama
was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show '' Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011. His signature catchphrase on the show is " Attack Chance!" An avid reader, Kodama hosted a TV book review show. He also published his own books. He was a voice actor for the voice of Robert Stephenson in the Japanese version of the 2004 animated movie '' Steamboy''. Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011. Works Film *''The Hidden Fortress'' (1958, Toho) *''The Bad Sleep Well'', (1960, Toho) * (1960, Toho) - Okano * (1960, Toho) - Okano * (1961, Toho) - Junkichi Ishiyama *''Kuroi gashû: Aru sonan'' (1961) - Hideo Iwase *'' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' (1962) - Han'nojo Sugaya *''Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Shirei dai hachigo'' (1963) - Anzai *''Onna no rekishi'' (1963) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Maki
(born October 3, 1972) is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer, under the stage name A.K.T.I.O.N., from Akasaka, Tokyo. He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki. His mother is , a Japanese-American actress. Biography His height is 172 cm and his hobby is surfing. He made his television acting debut in 1987, after much work in theatre, in NHK's year-long Japanese period drama series ''Takeda Shingen''. Also that year, he made his motion picture debut in ''Soul Music Lovers Only''. In 1989, he was named Best Newcomer at the Japanese Academy Awards for his role in the film ''Buddies''. In 1991 he portrayed the deaf-mute surfer Shigeru in |
Takeda Clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Takeda Shingen, one of the most famous rulers of the period. History Origin The Takeda are descendants of the Emperor Seiwa (858–876), the 56th Emperor of Japan, and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056–1127), son of the '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988-1075), and brother to the famous Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039–1106). Minamoto no Yoshikiyo (1075–1149), son of Yoshimitsu, was the first to take the name of Takeda, which he took when his father granted him Takeda domain in Hitachi Province; thereafter, he was known as Takeda Yoshikiyo. Kamakura to early Azuchi–Momoyama periods In the 12th century, at the end of the Heian period, the Takeda family-controlled Kai Province. Alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunishirō Hayashi
was a Japanese actor, action director, martial artist and sword fight arranger. He served as a sword fight arranger in almost all of the Taiga drama series on NHK in his lifetime. In 1963, he founded stunt performers production company ''Wakakoma action club''. His final appearance as an actor was in the 2016 Taiga drama series Sanada Maru, he played the role of Takeda Shingen. He was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Japan Action Awards. Selected filmography As an actor * Taiga drama ** ''Ten to Chi to'' (1969) as Morozumi Torasada ** ''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) as Fujiwara no Hidesatos vassal ** '' Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) as Matsubara Tamon ** ''Hana no Ran'' (1994) as Asakura Takakage ** ''Mōri Motonari'' (1997) as Shinagawa Daizen ** ''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (2006) as Takenouchi Soemon ** ''Tenchijin'' (2009) as Kamiizumi Hidetsuna ** ''Sanada Maru'' (2016) as Takeda Shingen * ''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' (1972) as an Assassin (ep.1) * '' Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen was a warlord of great skill and military leadership. Name Shingen was called "Tarō" (a commonly used pet name for the eldest son of a Japanese family) or Katsuchiyo (勝千代) during his childhood. When he celebrated his coming of age, he was given the formal name Harunobu (晴信), which included a character from the name of Ashikaga Yoshiharu (足利義晴), the 12th Ashikaga ''shōgun''. It was a common practice in feudal Japan for a higher-ranked warrior to bestow a character from his own name to his inferiors as a symbol of recognition. From the local lord's perspective, it was an honour to receive a character from the shogunate, although the authority of the latter had greatly degenerated in the mid-16th century. Both the Ashikaga and the Takeda cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōtarō Sugi
(born 14 August 1944, Kobe) is a Japanese singer and actor. He is the father of actor Jundai Yamada. He appeared in ''Sukima Kaze'', which sold over a million copies. His acting credits include 18 films. On television, he specialized in ''jidaigeki'' roles, appearing as the first Suke-san in '' Mito Kōmon'' (seasons 1 and 2); his son Jundai Yamada played Kaku-san in the same show (seasons 29 to 31). He played the lead character in '' Ōedo Sōsamō,'' appearing from 1970-74. In the 1971–72 season he portrayed Isshin Tasuke in a series of the same name, and from 1975 to 1977 he played Tōyama no Kin-san; his ''Sukima Kaze'' was the theme song. With former Miss Universe contestant Hisako Manda he starred in '' Kenka-ya Ukon'' (1992–94). Filmography Film * '' Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love'' (1966) *'' Man Who Causes a Storm'' (1966) *''A Colt Is My Passport'' (1967) Television *''Moeyo Ken'' (1966) – Okita Sōji *'' Mito Kōmon'' (1969) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Nishida
is a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for ''The Silk Road'' (1988) and ''Tsuribaka Nisshi 6'' (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for '' Get Up!'' and '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 14'' (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in ''Monkey''. Nishida serves as the current President of Japan Actors Union and Vice President of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018. Early life and family Nishida was born Toshiyuki Imai on November 4, 1947, in Kōriyama, Fukushima, to Izumi and Kie Imai. His biological father Izumi worked at the Kōriyama Postal Savings Bureau, and was born to the family of a ''karō'', a top-ranking samurai official. Izumi died when Nishida was young, and Kie raised him while working as a beautician. After Kie remarried, Nishida, five years old at the time, was adopted by Kie's younger sister and her husband, Miyo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Ogawa
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for '' Vengeance Is Mine'' and '' The Three Undelivered Letters''. In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Buddhist nun. In an interview with J-Cast News, she mentioned that during her tonsure ceremony, only one strand of hair was pulled out. She remains involved in the entertainment industry. Filmography Film * ''Mother'' (1963) * ''Night Ladies'' (1964) * ''Night Scandal'' (1964) * ''Convicted Woman'' (1966) * ''Nakano Spy School'' (1966) * ''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1966) * ''Zatoichi's Vengeance'' (1966) * '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970) * ''\300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins'' (1975) * '' The Fossil'' (1975) * '' The Demon'' (1978) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1979) * ''Glowing Autumn'' (1979) * ''The Three Undelivered Letters'' (1979) * ''Shikake-nin Baian'' (1981) * ''The Go Masters'' (1983) * '' Farewell to the Ark'' (1984) * ''The Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikijirō Hira
was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as Macbeth. Described as "Japan's best Shakespearean actor", Hira received several awards throughout his career, including an excellence award at the 2011 hosted by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Biography Early life Hira was born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from in Jōge, Hiroshima Prefecture, he studied at the training school of the Haiyuza Theatre Company and officially joined the company in 1956. One of his early roles was in a production of Goethe's ''Faust''. Acting career Hira's television debut in the 1963 series ''Three Outlaw Samurai'', in which he played a nihilistic masterless samurai, saw his popularity rise. In 1968 he played Hamlet with the Shiki Theatre Company, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunta Sugawara
was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the age of 39, with the lead role of Shozo Hirono in the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series (1973–1976) of yakuza films. He quickly found additional success starring as the truck driver Momojiro Hoshi in the comedic ''Torakku Yarō'' series (1975–1979). In 1980, Sugawara won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in the satirical ''Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko'' (1979). Life and career Sugawara was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. His father was a newspaper reporter. His parents divorced when he was four, and he moved to Tokyo to live with his father and stepmother. As part of a wartime policy to evacuate children from major cities, he was moved back to Sendai during fourth grade. As an adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
