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Unmeitōge
is a Japanese jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1974. It is based on Renzaburō Shibata's novel of the same title. The lead star is Masakazu Tamura. Plot Akizuki Rokurōta was born as a child of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but since he is a twin with Tokugawa Iemitsu, he is not allowed to appear in the center of the stage. Thus He continues his wandering trip. One day he accidentally meets Toyotomi Hideyori's son Toyotomi Hideya and her mother. Tokugawa Shogunate and Yagyū clan try to kill them. On the other hand villains try to use them. Akizuki Rokurōta decides to protect them from Tokugawa Shogunate and villains. Cast *Masakazu Tamura as Akizuki Rokurōta/Tokugawa Iemitsu *Goro Ibuki as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi * Jūshirō Konoe as Yagyū Munenori *Yoshio Yoshida as Tenkai * Ichirō Arishima as Takuan Sōhō *Naoko Otani as Renko * Rokko Toura as Yami no Hichibei *Yayoi Watanabe as Sasaka *Kei Satō as Asahina Genzaemon * Atsushi Watanabe as Iga Ninja Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayoi Watanabe
is a Japanese actress. She appeared in many Toei films including Pinky violence films. In 1979, she married sumo wrestler Kurama and retired. Selected filmography Film *'' Shin Harenchi Gakuen'' (1971) *''Wandering Ginza Butterfly'' (1972) *'' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion'' (1972) *'' Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song'' (1973) *''Karate Kiba'' (1973) *''School of the Holy Beast'' (1974) *'' Cross the Rubicon!'' (1975) *'' Violent Panic: The Big Crash'' (1976) *''Karate Warriors'' (1976) *''Okinawa Jūnen Sensou'' (1978) Television *''playgirl'' (1972) *''Unmeitōge'' (1974) as Sasaka *'' G-Men '75'' (1975–79) Guest (ep.13,19,63,71,166,199) *'' Space Ironman Kyodain'' (1976) *''Monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...'' (1979) Guest (ep,26) *'' Hatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōsei Saitō
was a Japanese film director. He is known for directing the film ''G.I. Samurai ''. Selected filmography Film * ''Shayō no Omokage aka The Lonely Life'' (1967) (Fist work as a director) * ''Sannin no Onna Yoru no Chō aka Night Butterflies'' (1967) * ''Onna no Iji'' (1971) * ''Akumaga kitarite fue wo fuku'' (1979) * ''G.I. Samurai'' (1979) * ''Ninja Wars'' (1982) * ''Tsumiki Kuzushi'' (1983) * ''Kizudarake no Kunshō'' (1986) Television * ''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' * ''Oretachino Tabi'' (1976) * ''List of Lone Wolf and Cub episodes, Lone Wolf and Cub'' (Second season) * ''Choshichiro Edo Nikki'' (1983-1991) * ''Unmeitōge'' (1993) * ''Kumokiri Nizaemon (1995 TV series), Kumokiri Nizaemon'' (1995) * ''Mito Kōmon series'' * ''Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai'' (2006) * ''Chushingura Sono Otoko Ōishi Kuranosuke'' (2010) References External links * Japanese film directors 1932 births 2012 deaths {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Inoue(film Director)
was a Japanese film director. Biography He is known for directing many jidaigeki television dramas. In 1950, he joined the Daiei studio and started working as an assistant director. He made his director debut with ''Yureikoban'' in 1960. He directed a lot of jidaigeki television dramas from 1970s to 1980s. In 1993, he directed Lone Wolf and Cub series film '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict'', it was for the first time in 23 years he directed in the film. Inoue died from a cerebral infarction and pneumonia on 9 January 2022, at the age of 93. Selected filmography Film * ''Yurei Koban'' (1960) ) (First film Inoue directed.) *''Zatoichi's Revenge'' (1965) * ''Dr.Strong-arm'' (1966) * '' Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess'' (1966) * ''The Whimsy of Cupid'' (1967) * ''An Invitation to Jail'' (1967) * ''Rikugun Nakano gakko: Mitsumei'' (1967) * ''Rikugun Nakano gakkô: Kaisen zen'ya'' (1968) * ''Woman's Prison'7 (1968) * ''Duel at the Quay aka Kanto onna yakuz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Matsudaira
is a Japanese actor and musician from Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. His real name is . Career In 1974, he joined Shintaro Katsu's production company and made his debut with the television series Zatoichi as a guest. For a quarter of a century, he starred in the series ''The Unfettered Shogun'' as Tokugawa Yoshimune, the title character. He also played a similar role in Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful. Other noteworthy roles include Hōjō Yoshitoki in the 1979 NHK series ''Kusa Moeru'', Irobe Matashiro in the 1999 NHK series ''Genroku Ryoran'' (involving the chushingura, that is, the story of the Forty-seven ''rōnin''), Shibata Katsuie in the 2002 NHK series ''Toshiie to Matsu'', Ōtomo Sōrin in the 2004 NHK special ''Ōtomo Sōrin—Kokoro no Ōkoku wo Motomete'', and Ōishi Kuranosuke in the 2004 TV Asahi series ''Chushingura''. He also played Asano Takumi no Kami, an important (although brief) role, in an earlier chushingura, making a career of that story. In 2005, he is app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomokazu Miura
is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting. In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film '' Izu no Odoriko'', they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s. In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
is a Japanese actor. Biography Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten 2 190-191 He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959. He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's ''Unholy Desire''. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films (he also appeared in the stage play "Paragy Kamigami to Butabuta" directed by Imamura in 1962), including '' Eijanaika'' in 1981. But he declined Imamura's offer for him to play the role of Taro in ''Warm Water Under a Red Bridge'' (2001). He won White Bronze Award for his roles in ''Woman of the Lake'' and '' Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino'' in 1966. He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, in his early career he sometimes played villain roles. His most prominent roles in jidaigeki being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Abe (actor)
is a Japanese model and actor. He is known for his roles in '' Still Walking, Chocolate,'' and '' Godzilla 2000: Millennium''. Biography Modelling period Abe was born in Yokohama as the youngest in a family of three children. He attended Yokohama Mitsuzawa elementary school, then Yokohama City Matsumoto Junior High School, then Kanagawa Prefectural Hakusan High School. After retaking the university entrance examinations once, he attended the Department for Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology of Chuo University in Tokyo and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1985 while in college he applied to the "Shueisha 3rd Nonno Boyfriend Award" and won the championship because his sister recommended the award. Since then, during his university days, he was a charismatic model for magazines such as Men's Non-no and "Nonno". He later transitioned from modelling into acting. Unfavourable times He made his debut as an actor in the movie "Haika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) – childhood Zushiōmaru (voice, credited as Tomohito Sumita) * '' Shiki Natsuko'' (1980) * ''Yūgure made'' (1980) * '' Fall Guy'' (1982) – Ginshirō * ''Theater of Life'' (1983) * ''Shanghai Rhapsody'' (1984) * '' The Tale of Genji'' (1987) * ''A Chaos of Flowers'' (1988) * '' Samurai Fiction'' (1998) * ''The Wind Rises'' (2013) – Satomi (voice) * '' A Bolt from the Blue'' (2014) * '' Honnō-ji Hotel'' (2017) * ''Flea-picking Samurai'' (2018) * ''Underdog'' (2020) * '' Asakusa Kid'' (2021) Television drama *''Onna Taikōki'' (1981) – Azai Nagamasa *''Byakkotai'' (1986) – Matsudaira Katamori *''Unmeitōge'' (1993) *''Furuhata Ninzaburō'' (1996) *''Celeb to Binbō Tarō'' (2008) *''Massan'' (2015) – Kumatora Morino *'' Sego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzaburō Shibata
was a Japanese author and Sinologist. He graduated from Keio university. He wrote a number of historical novels, and published a new Japanese translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in 1959. In 1951,he won Naoki Prize. He is famous for his novel Nemuri Kyōshirō series. Novels *Nemuri Kyōshirō (1956) * Gokenin Zankurō (1976) *Romance of the Three Kingdoms *Water Margin *Unmeitōge *Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus) Adaptations Film * ''Destiny's Son is a 1962 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi starring Raizo Ichikawa and written by Kaneto Shindo, released by Daiei Film. The film is based on one of the novels in the series of Nemuri Kyoshirō, written by Renzaburō Shibata. ...'' (1962) * '' Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman'' (1963) * '' Curse of the Blood'' (1968) * '' Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shibata, Renzaburō 1917 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūshirō Konoe
was a famous jidaigeki actor. He was born Toraichi Meguro in Nagaoka, Niigata. Debuting at Ajia Eiga in 1934, Konoe appeared in jidaigeki at Daito Eiga, Shochiku, and Toei, the latter having him star in a popular series about Yagyu Jubei. Konoe was known for his dazzling swordplay and appeared in over 200 movies and TV dramas. He retired in 1973 due to his worsening diabetes. Konoe's sons Hiroki Matsukata , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. He was the son of ''jidaigeki'' actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother, Yūki Meguro, who is also an actor. With ex-wife actress Akiko Nishina he had t ... and Yūki Meguro are actors. Filmography :List of acting performances in film and television References External links * Chambara Movie Star, Jushiro Konoe 1914 births 1977 deaths People from Nagaoka, Niigata 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...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 Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current, external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which partici ...'' performing an unsimulated sex scene with actress Kyoko Aizome. The involvement o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goro Ibuki
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his parts in jidaigeki television dramas especially Kakusan in Mito Kōmon series, but is known as part of the cast of ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' as Hikoma Kusakabe. Filmography Film *'' Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight'' (1973) *''Bohachi Bushido Saburai'' (1974) - Kyushi Issho (Main role) *''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1973) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' (1974) *''The Homeless'' (1974) *''Hokuriku Proxy War'' (1977) *'' Nichiren'' (1979) *'' The Magic Hour'' (2008) *'' Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War'' - Hikoma Kusakabe (2009) *'' Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!!'' - Hikoma Kusakabe (2010) *'' Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku'' - Hikoma Kusakabe (2011) *''Strawberry Night'' (2013) *'' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2013) *''The Blood of Wolves'' - Kenji Odani (2018) Television *'' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
