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Tatsuo Suzuki (cinematographer)
is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked with many prominent independent directors. Career Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Suzuki entered the film industry at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga), where he worked on documentary films. Turning freelance and expanding into fiction and avant-garde film, he worked as the cinematographer on many films of the Art Theatre Guild and of directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Toshio Matsumoto, Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Shūji Terayama, Kazuhiko Hasegawa, and Masahiro Shinoda. Awards In 1995, he won the Japan Academy Prize and the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film ''Sharaku''. Selected filmography * '' On the Road: A Document'' (ドキュメント路上 Dokyumento rojō) (1964) * '' Silence Has No Wings'' (とべない沈黙 Tobenai chinmoku) (1966) * '' For My Crushed Right Eye'' (つぶれかかった右眼のために Tsuburekakatta migime no tame ni) (1968) * ''Funeral Parade of Roses'' (薔薇の葬列 Bara no Sōretsu) (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funeral Parade Of Roses
is a 1969 Japanese drama art film directed and written by Toshio Matsumoto, loosely adapted from ''Oedipus Rex'' and set in the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo. It stars Peter as the protagonist, a young transgender woman, and features Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya and Emiko Azuma. A product of the Japanese New Wave, the film combines elements of arthouse, documentary and experimental cinema, and is thought to have influenced Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971) (although many of the points of comparison can also be found in earlier movies such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder's '' Love Is Colder Than Death''). The title is a pun, as "rose" (''bara'') in Japanese can have a similar meaning to "pansy" in English slang. The film was released by A.T.G. (Art Theatre Guild) on September 13, 1969 in Japan; however, it did not receive a United States release until October 29, 1970. Matsumoto's previous film '' For My Crushed Rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owls' Castle
is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel '' Fukurō no Shiro'', the first being the 1963 film ''Castle of Owls''. Cast * Kiichi Nakai as Jūzō Tsuzura * Takaya Kamikawa as Gohei Kazama * Mayu Tsuruta as Kohagi * Riona Hazuki as Kisaru * Shōhei Hino as Kuroami * Akiji Kobayashi * Akira Nakao * Mako Iwamatsu as Toyotomi Hideyoshi * Jinpachi Nezu as Hattori Hanzō * Kinnosuke Hannayagi as Ishida Mitsunari * Shima Iwashita * Masahiko Tsugawa * Atsuo Nakamura Production Nintendo was a production partner on the film, and the use of special effects and computer-generated imagery was widely touted in the film's marketing. Awards and accolades *Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro Award (1999). *Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival: Best Director - Masahiro Shinoda (2000). *Japanese Academy Awards: B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight Serenade (1997 Film)
is a 1997 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi / Elder Keita * Hideyuki Kasahara as Onda Keita, younger * Jun Toba as Koji * Shima Iwashita as Fuji * Hinano Yoshikawa as Yukiko * Michiko Hada as Komachi * Junji Takada as Black Marketeer * Toshiya Nagasawa * Sayuri Kawauchi as Onda Hideko * Shōhei Hino * Chōichirō Kawarazaki * Akaji Maro is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. Early life In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. Career Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, Maro has over 42 film. In 1972 Maro is the founder of Dairakudakan Tempute ... * Takashi Tsumura as Interpreter References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films Japanese drama films 1990s Japanese-language films Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childhood Days
is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It was based on a manga of the same name by Motoo Abiko. Synopsis The film is a story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well then begins bullying him, too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership. Cast * Tetsuya Fujita: ''Shinji Kazama'' * Yuji Horioka: ''Takeshi Ohara'' * Katsuhisa Yamazaki: ''Futoshi Tanabe'' * Kensuke Sudo: ''Minako Saiki'' * Shima Iwashita: ''Shizue Kazama'' * Toshiyuki Hosokawa: ''Shusaku Kazama'' * Choichiro Kawarazaki: ''Tatsuo Kazama'' * Kazuyo Mita: ''Shige Kazama'' * Nobuko Sendo: ''Akiko Tanabe'' * Mitsue Suzuki: ''Maki Kazama'' * Shinsuke Ashida: Pprincipal * Hideji Otaki: stationmaster * Kyosen Ohashi: photographer Reception Awards and nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow (1988 Film)
is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Kuroki. Awards and nominations 13th Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ... *Won: Best Film References External links * 1988 films Films directed by Kazuo Kuroki 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell To The Ark
''Farewell to the Ark'' ( ja, さらば箱舟, translit. Saraba hakobune) is a 1984 Japanese mystery film directed by Shūji Terayama, loosely based on the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Tsutomu Yamazaki - Sutekichi Tokito * Mayumi Ogawa - Sue Tokito * Yoshio Harada - Daisaki Tokito * Yôko Takahashi - Temari * Eisei Amamoto - Key maker * Renji Ishibashi - Yonetaro Tokito * Hosei Komatsu * Seiji Miyaguchi was a Japanese actor who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and many others. He succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 71. Distinctions One of Kurosawa's iconic ''Seven Samurai'', Miyaguchi won the 195 ... - Old man * Keiko Niitaka - Tsubana * Hitomi Takahashi - Chigusa * Takeshi Wakamatsu - Dai References External links * 1984 films 1980s mystery films 1980s Japanese-language films Films directed by Shūji Terayama Films based on works by Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruits Of Passion
''Fruits of Passion'' (french: Les fruits de la passion; ja, 上海異人娼館／チャイナ・ドール, ) is a 1981 French-Japanese co-production directed by Shūji Terayama and starring Klaus Kinski. The film is loosely based on the novel ''Retour à Roissy'' by Anne Desclos, written as a sequel to the '' Story of O''. Plot The lead characters of the '' Story of O'' and ''Retour à Roissy'' novels, Sir Stephen and O, are placed in southern China where Sir Stephen owns a casino. Sir Stephen places O in a Chinese brothel for "training" and O is then subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience. A sub-plot concerns a local rebellion due to the resentment towards Europeans by the local population and a young man desperate to afford O's favors at the brothel. Cast * Isabelle Illiers as O * Klaus Kinski as Sir Stephen * Arielle Dombasle as Nathalie * Peter as Madame * Keiko Niitaka as Aisen * Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sakuya * Hitomi Takah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūgure Made
is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Kuroki. Release ''Yūgure made'' was received a roadshow theatrical release in Japan on September 20, 1980 where it was distributed by Toho. It received a general release on October 4, 1980. Awards 2nd Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Supporting Actor - Morio Kazama is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for ''Shiki Natsuko'' and ''Yūgure made'' and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. Filmography Films * ''Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji'' (1963 ... References Footnotes Sources * External links * 1980 films Films directed by Kazuo Kuroki 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyō O Nusunda Otoko
, also known as ''The Man Who Stole the Sun'', is a 1979 Japanese political satire spy film, directed by Hasegawa Kazuhiko and written by Leonard Schrader. Plot Makoto Kido, a high school science and chemistry teacher, has decided to build his own atomic bomb. Before stealing plutonium isotopes from Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant, he is involved in the botched hijack of one of his school's buses during a field trip. Along with a police detective, Yamashita, he is able to overcome the hijacker and is publicly hailed as a hero. Meanwhile, Makoto is able to extract enough plutonium from his stolen isotopes to create two bombs—one genuine, the other containing only enough radioactive material to be detectable, but otherwise a fake. He plants the fake bomb in a public lavatory and phones the police and demands that Yamashita take the case. Since Makoto speaks to the police through a voice scrambler, Yamashita is unaware that Makoto is behind the whole thing. Makoto manages to extort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preparation For The Festival
is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Kuroki Kazuo. Plot Tateo (Jun Etô), a mother-dominated young man who realizes that he must leave the place he loves, finding it too closed and constricting. With great affection and insight, Kuroki characterizes the villagers who surround Tateo: his neurotic mother and philandering father, who lives across town with his mistress; his grandfather, who is obsessed with the idea that he fathered a child by a promiscuous young girl; a drunken friend, etc. Cast * Jun Eto * Yoshio Harada * Miki Sugimoto * Hajime Hana * Hiroshi Inuzuka * Keiko Takeshita * Jun Hamamura Awards and nominations Blue Ribbon Awards * Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades. Career Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in ... References External links * 1975 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Song Of Vengeance
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment.''Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary'' (1998) Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as potentially leading people into a type of mania, obsessiveness or codependency. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self, or animals.Fromm, Erich; ''The Art of Loving'', H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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