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Ware Ni Utsu Yōi Ari
is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kōji Wakamatsu. Cast * Yoshio Harada * Kaori Momoi * Shirley Lu * Keizō Kanie * Renji Ishibashi Reception It was chosen as the 2nd Best Film at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival. Keizō Kanie also won the Award for Best Actor. Renji Ishibashi won the Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 14th Japan Academy Prize and 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 ... was nominated for Best Actor. References External links * Films directed by Kōji Wakamatsu 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Wakamatsu
was a Japanese film director who directed such ''pinku eiga'' films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film ''In the Realm of the Senses'' (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre," and one of "Japan's leading directors of the 1960s." His 2010 film, ''Caterpillar'', was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Early life Kōji Wakamatsu was born in Wakuya, Miyagi, Japan on 1 April 1936, from a poor family of rice farmers. Wakamatsu worked in several menial jobs, namely as a construction worker, before becoming a yakuza, as "a member of the Yasuma-gumi clan in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo". After his criminal experience, he unsuccessfully enrolled in television before beginning his film career with Nikkatsu in 1963. Career Between 1963 and 1965, he directed 20 exploitation films for the studio, based on sensational topics of the day. He became interested in the Pink Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 1968 with ''Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru''. He came to fame appearing in New Action films at Nikkatsu playing youthful rebels. Among his features for Nikkatsu was the 1971 exploitation film, ''Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'' (aka ''Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'') for director Toshiya Fujita where he played the son of a yakuza boss. Leaving the Haiyūza in 1971, he appeared in films made by many directors, including Seijun Suzuki, Shūji Terayama, Azuma Morisaki, Kihachi Okamoto, Rokurō Mochizuki, Jun Ichikawa, Hirokazu Koreeda and Kōji Wakamatsu, but he was particularly favored by Kazuo Kuroki and Junji Sakamoto. He starred in many independent films, including those of the Art Theatre Guild. According to the critic Mark Schilling, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Momoi
is a Japanese actress. Life and career Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's '' Ai Futatabi'' (To Love Again). Her career has spanned 35 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with directors including Akira Kurosawa (''Kagemusha'', 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (''Seishun no Satetsu'', 1974), Yoji Yamada (''The Yellow Handkerchief'', 1977 and ''Otoko wa Tsuraiyo'', 1979), Shohei Imamura (''Why Not?'', 1981), Shunji Iwai (''Swallowtail Butterfly'', 1996), Jun Ichikawa (''Tokyo Yakyoku'', 1997), Mitani Koki (''Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'', 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (''Like Asura'', 2003) and Takashi Miike ('' Izo'', '' Sukiyaki Western Django''). She performed in '' The Sun'' (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keizō Kanie
was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for '' Angel Guts: Red Classroom'' and '' Jūkyūsai no Chizu'' and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Ware ni utsu yoi ari'' and ''Boku to, bokura no natsu''. He died on March 30, 2014, of stomach cancer at the age of 69. Filmography Film * ''Āa dōki no sakura'' (1967) - Second Sublieutenant Fawa * ''Yasashii Nippon jin'' (1971) * ''Kaoyaku'' (1971) - Sakamoto * ''Asobi'' (1971) * ''Arakajime ushinawareta koibitotchiyo'' (1971) * '' Zatōichi goyō-tabi'' (1972) * '' Goyōkiba'' (1972) * ''Saihate no joji'' (1937) - Jirō * ''Goyōkiba: Kamisori Hanzō jigoku zeme'' (1973) * ''Goyōkiba: Oni no Hanzō yawahada koban'' (1974) - Mamushi * ''Akasen tamanoi: Nukeraremasu'' (1974) - Shiwa * ''Mutsugorō no kekkonki'' (1974) * ''Okasu!'' (1976) - Truck Driver * ''Utareru mae-ni ute!'' (1976) - Sone Genzo * ''Kashin no irezumi: Ureta tsubo'' (1976) - Tattoo artist Tatsu * ''And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renji Ishibashi
, born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for '' Rōnin-gai''. Filmography Film Television Video game * '' Yakuza: Dead Souls'' - Oyassan References External links * Renji Ishibashiat ''MSN MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95. The Microsoft Net ... Movies'' Japanese male actors 1941 births Living people People from Shinagawa {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shochiku
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all, anime films produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks). Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and the oldest of Japan's "Big Four" film studios. History As Shochiku Kinema The company was founded in 1895 as a kabuki production company and later began producing films in 1920. Shochiku is considered the oldest company in Japan involved in present-day film production, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Lu
Shirley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë * ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film * ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film * ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bassey * "Shirley" (song), a 1958 song by John Fred and the Playboys * ''Shirley'' (TV series), a 1979 TV series People *Shirley (name), a given name and a surname *Shirley (Danish singer) (born 1976) *Shirley (Dutch singer) (born 1946), Dutch singer and pianist Places United Kingdom *Shirley, Derbyshire, England * Shirley, New Forest, a location near Bransgore in Hampshire *Shirley, Southampton, a district of Southampton, Hampshire, England *Shirley, London, in Croydon *Shirley, West Midlands, England United States *Shirley, Arkansas *Shirley, Illinois *Shirley, Indiana *Shirley, Maine *Shirley, Massachusetts, a New England town **Shirley (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town *Shirley, Minnesota *Shirley, Missouri *Shirley, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center. Ceremonies Categories *Best Film *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Director *Best New Director *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Newcomer *Special Jury Prize *Best New Actor *Best New Actress References External links * Yokohama Film Festival - Overviewon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Authority control Awards established in 1980 Film festivals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize (film)
The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai'') for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards. Venue Since 1998 the venue is regularly the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa of Prince Hotels in Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Admission tickets for this award ceremony are also sold to regular customers. As of 2015, there is a charge of 40,000 Yen which includes a French cuisine course dinner named after the award ceremony. Spectators are expected to attend in semi-formal attire. Elementary school students and younger are not permitted. Award The winners are selected from the recipients of the Award for Excellence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Kōji Wakamatsu
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
