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The Bullet Train
(also known as ''Super Express 109'') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Satō and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/h unless a ransom is paid, police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb. Plot Tetsuo Okita is a former businessman who lost his manufacturing company to bankruptcy and separated from his wife and son a year earlier. Desperate to make ends meet and start over, he collaborates with activist Masaru Koga and his former employee Hiroshi Ōshiro in an elaborate plot to extort money from the government. ''Hikari 109'' is a high-speed 0 series bullet train carrying 1,500 passengers from Tokyo to Hakata. Shortly after the train's departure, railway security head Miyashita is notified by Okita that a bomb has been planted aboard and will explode if the train slows down below 80 km/h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Satō
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son is a fellow film director . Career Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature. He joined the Toei Company, Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki. He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards. While starting in mostly yakuza film, Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. ''The Go Masters'', a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for ''The Silk Road (film), The Silk Road''. Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019. Filmography References External links * * 1932 births 2019 deaths Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners Japanese film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorii, Saitama
is a town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 32,851 in 14,689 households and a population density of 510 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Located in northwestern Saitama Prefecture, Yorii is on the central reaches of the Arakawa River, just downstream of Nagatoro, and is approximately 70 kilometers from downtown Tokyo. Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Fukaya * Misato * Ranzan * Ogawa * Minano * Nagatoro * Higashichichibu Climate Yorii has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ageo is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Yorii peaked around the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Shimura
was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in ''Drunken Angel'' (1948), ''Rashomon'' (1950), ''Ikiru'' (1952) and ''Seven Samurai'' (1954). He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original ''Godzilla'' (1954). For his contributions to the arts, the Japanese government decorated Shimura with the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1974 and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette in 1980. Early life Shimura was born in Ikuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. His birth-name was Shimazaki Shōji (島崎捷爾). His forebears were members of the samurai class: in 1868 his grandfather took part in the Battle of Toba–Fushimi during the Boshin War. Shimura entered Ikuno Primary School in 1911 and Kobe First Middle School in 1917. He missed two years of schooling because of a mild case of tuberculosis, and subsequently moved to the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsurō Tamba
was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Tiger Tanaka. Biography Tamba had a part-time job as an interpreter at Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers before becoming an actor. In 1948, he graduated from Chuo University. In 1951, he joined the Shintoho company and made his screen debut with Satsujinyogisha. Tamba was introduced to Western audiences in the 1961 film '' Bridge to the Sun'' directed by Etienne Périer. He also appeared in the 1964 film The 7th Dawn, directed by Lewis Gilbert. Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'', also directed by Gilbert (Tamba's voice was dubbed by Robert Rietti). By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: ''Harakiri'' and ''Kwaidan''. He also portrayed the lead character in the police dramas ''Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Shihomi
Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese football player *, Japanese classical pianist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actress and voice actress * Etsuko Kamakura (1914-????), Japanese diver *, Japanese cricketer *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese drummer *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese singer, actress and model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese singer See also * 8691 Etsuko, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumiko Fujita
Yumiko Fujita (藤田 弓子; born 12 September 1945 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Selected filmography Film * '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970) * '' Under the Flag of the Rising Sun'' (1972) * ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon'' (1974) * ''The Bullet Train'' (1975) * '' Muddy River'' (1981) * '' Time and Tide'' (1984) * '' Seburi monogatari'' (1985) * ''Chizuko's Younger Sister'' (1991) * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) * ''Drugstore Girl'' (2003) * ''Glory to the Filmmaker!'' (2007) * ''Golden Orchestra'' (2016) * ''What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?'' (2021) * ''Do Unto Others'' (2023) Television * ''Ghost Soup ''Ghost Soup'' is a 1992 Japanese TV drama produced for Fuji TV as part of their part of the food-themed drama series, La Cuisine by Shunji Iwai. Plot It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropo ...'' (1992) References External links Official Site * Asadora lead actors 1945 births People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raita Ryū
is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his role as Gorisan (Detective Ishizuka) in ''Taiyō ni Hoero!''. He has a son , who is a musician and guitarist. Once, he belonged to Toshiro Mifune's production company. Selected filmography Films *''Moero! Seishun'' (1968) - Raita Ejima *''The Bullet Train'' (1975) - Kikuchi *'' Stage-Struck Tora-san'' (1978) - Detective Hashikawa *''G.I. Samurai'' (1979) - Haruhisa Kimura *'' Station'' (1981) *''Sukkari... sono ki de!'' (1981) - Detective *''Kizudarake no Kunshō'' (1986) - Toshima *''Tokyo Blackout'' (1987) - Horie *''Kanbakku'' (1990) *''Isan Sōzoku'' (1990) - Motoharu Fujishima *''Rainbow Kids'' (1991) - Sakuma *''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' (1994-1998) - Chief of Personnel Haraguchi *''Oishinbo'' (1996) *''Hana no oedo no Tsuribaka Nisshi'' (1998) *'' Keizoku: The Movie'' (2000) - Kōtarō Nonomura *'' Happily Ever After'' (2007) *'' 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End'' (2008) - Chō-san *''First Love: A Memory in Summer'' (2009) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Gō
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 to 1982. Career Following his older brother, Jo Shishido, Gō joined the Nikkatsu studio in 1960 and made his film debut in ''The Warped Ones''. He often played villains on both film and television. In 1978, he married the singer Naomi Chiaki is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been common ... and later retired from acting to run a talent agency. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go, Eiji 1937 births 1992 deaths People from Osaka Japanese male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Yamamoto
(born July 1, 1940 – March 31, 2022) was a Japanese actor. Filmography Film Television References External links * * 1940 births 2022 deaths Japanese male actors People from Ibaraki, Osaka {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumio Watanabe
(October 31, 1929 – August 4, 2004) was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956. Selected filmography *''Seishun no oto'' (1954) *''Izumi'' (1956) *''Sora yukaba'' (1957) - Tetsuo Sakai *''Aijo no keifu'' (1957) - Tatsumi Furuse *''Aoi hana no nagare'' (1957) - Taisuke Kojô *'' Black River'' (1957) - Nishida *''Yoku'' (1958) - Katsuhiko Mochida *''Equinox Flower'' (1958) - Ichiro Nagamura *''Me no kabe'' (1958) *''Kawaki'' (1958) *''Ari no machi no Maria'' (1958) *''Cruel Story of Youth'' (1960) * ''The Sun's Burial'' (1960) *'' Late Autumn'' (1960) *''Violence at Noon'' (1966) *'' Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)'' (1967) *'' Ceremony of Disbanding'' (1967) *''Shogun's Joys of Torture'' (1968) *''Death by Hanging'' (1968) *''Three Resurrected Drunkards'' (1968) *''Boy'' (1969) *''Bloodstained Clan Honor'' (1970) *'' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haneda Airport
, officially , and sometimes called as Tokyo Haneda Airport or Haneda International Airport , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary base of Japan's two major domestic airlines, Japan Airlines (Terminal 1) and All Nippon Airways (Terminal 2), as well as Air Do, Skymark Airlines, Solaseed Air, and StarFlyer. It is located in Ōta, Tokyo, south of Tokyo Station. Haneda was the primary international airport serving Tokyo until 1978; from 1978 to 2010, Haneda handled almost all domestic flights to and from Tokyo as well as "scheduled charter" flights to a small number of major cities in East and Southeast Asia, while Narita International Airport handled the vast majority of international flights from further locations. In 2010, a dedicated international terminal, currently Terminal 3, was opened at Haneda in conjunction with the completion of a fourth runway, allowing l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinbashi
, sometimes transliterated Shimbashi, is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Name Read literally, the characters in Shinbashi mean "new bridge". History The area was the site of a bridge built across the Shiodome River in 1604. The river was later filled in. Shinbashi was the Tokyo terminus of the first railway in Japan in 1872. It remains a major railway hub and has since developed into a commercial center, most recently with the construction of the Shiodome "Shiosite" high-rise office complex. Places in Shinbashi *Reconstructed Shimbashi Station, which now houses a museum and restaurant. * Shiodome Shiosite high-rise commercial complex. *Nakagin Capsule Tower modular commercial-residential high-rise. Economy The Shiodome City Center building in Shiodome includes the corporate headquarters and public and investor relations offices of Fujitsu, the headquarters of All Nippon Airways, and the headquarters of ANA subsidiaries Air Nippon and ANA & JP Express. In addition ANA subsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
