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Tsunehiko Watase
(July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for portraying Rintaro Kano in ''Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari'' ("Homicide Team 9"). He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for '' The Incident'' and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for '' The Incident'', '' Kōtei no inai hachigatsu'' and ''The Fall of Ako Castle''. His older brother is the actor Tetsuya Watari. Death Tsunehiko Watase died at a hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday, his office said Thursday. He was 72. Watase had been undergoing treatment after a tumor was found in his gallbladder in 2015. He died of multiple organ failure, his office said. Filmography Film * '' Sympathy for the Underdog'' (1971) * ''Wandering Ginza Butterfly'' (1972) * ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1973) * '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1973) * '' Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi'' (1973) *'' Aesthetics of a Bullet'' (1973) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguchi Prefecture to the southwest, Hiroshima Prefecture to the south, and Tottori Prefecture to the east. Matsue is the capital and largest city of Shimane Prefecture, with other major cities including Izumo, Hamada, and Masuda. Shimane Prefecture contains the majority of the Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area centered on Matsue, and with a population of approximately 600,000 is Japan's third-largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast after Niigata and Greater Kanazawa. Shimane Prefecture is bounded by the Sea of Japan coastline on the north, where two-thirds of the population live, and the Chūgoku Mountains on the south. Shimane Prefecture governs the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan which juridically includes the disputed Lian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1974 Film)
is a 1974 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It begins a new series of films with unrelated plots, based on the director's earlier ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' pentalogy. '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' followed in 1975 and '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss'' in 1976. Plot In 1950, Makio Miyoshi, a member of the Yamamori Family, attempts to assassinate the boss of the rival Asada Family in public, but flees before finishing the job. That evening, he meets with his boss, Yoshio Yamamori, who berates him for his failure. Two other Yamamori Family members, lieutenant Naotake Aoki and senior officer Shigeru Nanba, arrive to collect Yamamori and provide Makio with a clean gun to kill Boss Asada. Makio then allows himself to be arrested for his crime and is sentenced to eight years in prison. Nine years later, Makio is visited by both Yamamori and Aoki and learns that the family is divided, with Yamamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toki O Kakeru Shōjo (1997 Film)
is the second live-action film adaptation of novel of the same name. The film was released in Japan on November 8, 1997, directed by Haruki Kadokawa, with a screenplay by Ryōji Itō, Chiho Katsura and Haruki Kadokawa, starring beginner Nana Nakamoto in the main role. The film is narrated by the previous 1983 film's lead-actress Tomoyo Harada, and is set in 1965, when the novel was published for the first time. The film poster was used as the new cover for the 1997 edition of the novel. Cast * Nana Nakamoto as Kazuko Yoshiyama * Shunsuke Nakamura as Kazuo Fukamachi * Mitsuko Baisho * Takaaki Enoki * Mariko Hamatani ( :ja:浜谷真理子) * Yu Hayami * Masatō Ibu * Yoshiko Kuga * Hironobu Nomura * Tsunehiko Watase * Itsumi Yamamura Theme songs "Yume no Naka de ~We are not alone, forever~" and "Toki no Canzone", a remake of the 1983 film's theme song, written and sung by Yumi Matsutoya , nicknamed , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Generally the writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Blackout
(Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda. It is based on Sakyo Komatsu's novel ''Shuto shōshitsu'' which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985. The film's score was composed by Maurice Jarre, and special effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano. Plot One day, Tokyo and its metropolitan area are suddenly covered by a giant dome-shaped and electromagnetic "cloud" for an unknown reason, and the whole thing seemed to disappear and all communications with the outside of "the cloud" are cut off. Therefore, governments and scientific researchers in various places were extremely shocked and hurriedly organized to study countermeasures. But people are unable to cross "the cloud" into the Tokyo metropolitan area. The Soviet Navy fleet is getting close near Hokkaido, and the U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. So an emergency national governor's meeting was held, and made the national governor's meeting a transit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crest Of Betrayal
''Crest of Betrayal'', known in Japan as , is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Written by Motomu Furuta and Fukasaku, it combines two enduring Japanese legends; ''Chūshingura'', which tells the story of the historical forty-seven rōnin, and ''Yotsuya Kaidan'', a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil. Plot When Lord Asano draws his sword and injures Kira, he is sentenced to death by seppuku. That night rioters raid the Asano house to steal his belongings. Twenty days later, the Asano samurai meet and vow to take revenge, but Ōishi Kuranosuke makes them wait a year to see if the Asano clan can be restored through appeals. Meanwhile, he divorces his wife and sends her away to her father's house with their younger children as he whiles away his time in the companionship of geisha to lull his enemies into a sense of security. When all hope of restoring the Asano clan is lost, Ōishi gathers the men in Kyoto to prepare for their vend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven And Earth (1990 Film)
is a 1990 Japanese film, directed by Haruki Kadokawa and starring Takaaki Enoki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu. The film was released in Japan in June 1990, and an English version was released in North America in 1991. Ken Watanabe was originally cast in the role of Kenshin but had to pull out due to his severe illness. Plot Set in feudal Japan, the ''daimyō'' Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord Takeda (Tsugawa). Kagetora is also known as Uesugi Kenshin. In the film, Kagetora must defend his province of Echigo against Takeda Shingen. The famous battles include the Battle of Kawanakajima. Cast *Takaaki Enoki as Uesugi Kenshin *Masahiko Tsugawa as Takeda Shingen *Atsuko Asano as Nami *Naomi Zaizen as Yae * Hironobu Nomura as Takeda "Tarō" Yoshinobu *Taro Ishida as Takeda Nobushige *Binpachi Itō as Kakizaki Kageie *Akira Hamada as Naoe Kagetsuna *Hiroyuki Okita as Kōsaka Danjō *Hideo M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nankyoku Monogatari
is a 1983 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and their loyal and hard-working Sakhalin huskies, particularly the lead dogs Taro and Jiro, and the fates of the 15 dogs left behind to fend for themselves. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, and at the Japan Academy Awards was nominated for the best film, cinematography, lighting, and music score, winning the Popularity award for the two dogs Taro and Jiro as most popular performer, as well the cinematography and reader's choice award at the Mainichi Film Awards. It was a big cinema hit, and held Japan's box office r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotonbori River
, also released as ''Lovers Lost'', is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The title refers to the area of Dōtonbori. Plot A nineteen-year-old aspiring painter named Kunihiko Yasuoka meets a woman when her dog Kotaro knocks over his painting easel. She gifts him a lemon, then he goes to work at a tearoom called River. His boss Mr. Takeuchi accompanies him to bury his mother's ashes, who has formerly died and left Kunihiko without any relatives. The boss's son Masao challenges junkie pool shark Kozo Watanabe to the best of nine games for a prize 300,000 yen. After Masao wins, Watanabe tells him that he would be even better if he learned the secret technique of his father, Tetsuo Takeuchi, who had been a pool shark 15 years earlier. Kunihiko and Masao collect Masao's winnings from Watanabe's wife, a dancer at a club called London. She turns out to be Satomi Matsumoto, one of their classmates, and only gives them half the money, promising to pay the rest the next week. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gate Of Youth (1981 Film)
is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara sequel of the film ''Seishun no mon Jiritsuhen'' was released in 1982. It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine ''Shukan Gendai'' in 1969–70. The same story inspired a 1975 film of the same name as well as three separate television productions in 1976-77 ( TBS), 1991 (TV Tokyo), and 2005 (TBS). Japan Times, March 20, 2005. Accessed 06-03-2009. Plot Ibuke Shinsuke is the son of a miner working at Chikuo coalfield at Mt. Kaharu northwest of |
Sailor Suit And Machine Gun (film)
is a 1981 Japanese yakuza film directed by Shinji Sōmai, starring Japanese idol Hiroko Yakushimaru as the main character and based on the novel of the same name by Jirō Akagawa. It was released on 19 December 1981. A satirical take on yakuza films, the storyline involves a teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi who inherits her father's yakuza clan. The title is a reference to a scene where the main character shoots several rival gang members with a submachine gun, while wearing a sailor-fuku, the traditional Japanese school uniform. ''Sailor Suit and Machine Gun'' is relatively well known in its home country, and spawned two television series based on and expanding upon its story, one in 1982, and one in 2006. Outside Japan, it is popular in some cult film circles, but has not garnered much mainstream attention. It has been released on Region 2 and Region 3 DVD, the latter being its first release that featured English subtitles. A "spiritual sequel", '' Sailor Suit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virus (1980 Film)
''Virus'', known in Japan as , is a 1980 Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1964 novel of the same name, the film stars an international ensemble cast featuring Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Glenn Ford, and Henry Silva. At the time of its release, the film was the most expensive Japanese film ever made. Plot In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans involving a substance known as MM88. MM88 is a deadly virus, created accidentally by an American geneticist, that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with. The Americans recover the virus sample, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is accidentally released after the plane transporting it crashes, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Sent (1979 Film)
Heaven Sent may refer to: Film and television * ''Heaven Sent'' (film) (''Un drôle de paroissien''), a 1963 French comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky * ''Heaven Sent'' (1979 film), a Japanese film starring Tsunehiko Watase * ''Heaven Sent'' (1994 film), a film featuring Mary Elizabeth McDonough * "Heaven Sent" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of the ninth series of ''Doctor Who'' * ''Heavent Sent'' (2015 film), a film directed by Gary Entin Music Albums * ''Heaven Sent'' (Half Japanese album) or the title song, 1997 * ''Heaven Sent'' (John Paul Young album) or the title song, 1979 * ''Heaven Sent'' (Scorpion Wind album), 1996 * ''Heaven Sent'', by Dreamworld, 1996 * ''Heaven Sent'', by Maggie Reilly, 2013 * ''Heaven Sent'', by Rita, 2015 Songs * "Heaven Sent" (Esthero song), 1998 * "Heaven Sent" (INXS song), 1992 * "Heaven Sent" (Keyshia Cole song), 2008 * "Heaven Sent" (Paul Haig song), 1983 * "Heavensent", by Killing Heidi, 2001 * "Heaven Sent", by Bryan White fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
