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Yoshikata Yoda
(14 April 1909 – 14 November 1991) was a Japanese screenwriter. He wrote for more than 130 films between 1931 and 1989. He is most famous for his work with Kenji Mizoguchi. He wrote for the film ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'', which won the Golden Bear at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Osaka Elegy'' (1936) * '' Sisters of the Gion'' (1936) * ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939) * '' The 47 Ronin'' (1941) * ''Utamaro and His Five Women'' (1946) * '' Miss Oyu'' (1951) * ''The Lady of Musashino'' (1951) * ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952) * ''Ugetsu'' (1953) * ''A Geisha'' (1953) * '' Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) * ''The Woman in the Rumor'' (1954) * ''The Crucified Lovers'' (1954) * ''Princess Yang Kwei-Fei'' (1955) * '' Tōjūrō no Koi'' (1955) * '' Stepbrothers'' (1957) * ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963) * ''Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) * '' Ogin-sama'' (1978) * ''Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) * ''Death of a Tea Master ''Deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugetsu
, is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on two stories in Ueda Akinari's 1776 book of the same name, combining elements of the ''jidaigeki'' (period drama) genre with a ghost story. Drawing from Ueda's tales "The House in the Thicket" and "The Lust of the White Serpent", the film is set in Japan's civil war torn Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600). In a small rural community, a potter leaves his wife and young son behind to make money selling pottery and ends up being seduced by a spirit that makes him forget all about his family. A subplot, inspired by Guy de Maupassant's 1883 short story "How He Got the Legion of Honor" ("Décoré !"), involves his brother-in-law, who dreams of becoming a samurai and chases this goal at the unintended expense of his wife. The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and other honours. ''Ugetsu'' is one of Mizoguchi's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
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Death Of A Tea Master
''Death of a Tea Master'' ( ja, 千利休 本覺坊遺文, ''Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun'' also known as ''Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings'') is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is based on real life events of Sen no Rikyū, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion. Cast * Eiji Okuda as Honkakubo * Toshiro Mifune as Sen no Rikyū * Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Oda Urakusai * Go Kato as Furuta Oribe * Shinsuke Ashida as Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ... References External links * 1989 films Japanese biographical drama films 1980s biographical drama films F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempyō No Iraka
is a 1980 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kei Kumai, based on Yasushi Inoue's novel of the same name. The film follows a Japanese mission to Tang China during the Heian period. Cast * Katsuo Nakamura as Fushō * Masaaki Daimon as Yōei * Takahiro Tamura as Ganjin * Mitsuo Hamada as Genrō * Hisashi Igawa as Gyōgō * Mieko Takamine as Yoroshime * Hideko Yoshida as Koyoshi * Daigo Kusano as Kaiyu * Shōbun Inoue as Yoshihiko * Yasukiyo Umeno as Kibi no Makibi * Kōji Takahashi as Abe no Nakamaro * Osamu Takizawa as Rōben * 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) a ... as Ryuson References External links * 1980 films 1980 drama films Japanese drama films Films based on Japanese novels Jidaigeki films Films scored by Toru Takemitsu 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogin-sama
is jidaigeki novel written by Tōkō Kon and published in 1956. Kon won the Naoki Prize for the novel. The novel deals with Sen no Rikyū's daughter Ogin and Takayama Ukon. The novel was adapted into film twice. Adaptation * ''Love Under the Crucifix'' (1962), a Bungei pro production, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. It stars Ineko Arima. * ''Ogin-sama aka Love and Faith'' (1978), a Takarazuka Eiga production, directed by Kei Kumai and screnplay by Yoshikata Yoda. It stars 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) an .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oginsama Fictional samurai Japanese novels Japanese historical novels 1962 films 1978 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemuri Kyōshirō Manji Giri
is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Renzaburō Shibata's novel series '' Nemuri Kyoshiro''. The lead star is Hiroki Matsukata. He played the role of Nemuri Kyoshiro as a replacement for Ichikawa Raizō. In this film Masakazu Tamura played a villain (he later played Nemuri Kyoshiro in the television series and the following five TV specials). Plot *Source: Kishiwada clan Senior Vassal Naito Mondo asks Kyōshirō to rape a woman loved by the lord of the Kishiwada clan so that her reputation will be destroyed, as this woman is suspected of being a spy for the Satsuma clan. Kyōshirō agrees and fulfills the request, but also arranges for two ''Hina'' Imperial dolls presented to the Kushiwada clan by the Shogunate to be stolen. Later, Kyōshirō is attacked by assassins of the Satsuma clan, but refuses to kill one of them who is a half-breed samurai like Kyōshirō himself. When the Imperial dolls are damaged, Kyōshirō begins a journey to somehow h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepbrothers (1957 Film)
is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Miyoji Ieki. The screenplay by Nobuyoshi Terada and Yoshikata Yoda is based on the novel of the same name by Torahiko Tamiya. Plot In 1921, Rie, daughter of a simple carriage driver, is introduced as a maid into the household of tyrannic company commander Kito, his two sons Ichiroji and Gojiro and his sickly wife. Following his wife's death, Kito is forced to marry Rie, who expects a child after he raped her. Rie gives birth to a son, Yoshitoshi, and later to a second son, Tomohide, who are both treated with disdain by Kito and his sons from his previous marriage. Also, she and her sons are forced to live in a small, separate room in the Kito family mansion. One after another, Kito's sons follow in the family tradition and start a military career, although Yoshitoshi only reluctantly so. When Kito learns that Tomohide, still a student, and young maid Haru have fallen in love, he furiously fires Haru and sends Tomohide to his former nann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōjūrō No Koi (1955 Film)
is a 1955 black and white Japanese film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is based on the novel '' Tōjūrō no Koi'' (藤十郎の恋) written by Kan Kikuchi , also known as Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), was a Japanese author. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa .... Cast Note The book had been previously adapted into another movie called ''Tōjūrō no Koi'' in 1938. References External links * Japanese black-and-white films 1955 films Films directed by Kazuo Mori Daiei Film films Films with screenplays by Yoshikata Yoda Japanese romantic drama films 1955 romantic drama films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei
is a 1955 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour films, the other being '' Tales of the Taira Clan'', made the same year. Plot Emperor Xuanzong of Tang retired from the throne of the Tang dynasty, gazes at a statue of the woman he loved who has died. He sadly reminisces about their relationship. Recently widowed, a depressed Xuanzong is uninterested in governing or affairs of state. He spends his days playing his lute, composing music, and enjoying life's pleasures. His ministers have tried unsuccessfully to interest him in the most beautiful women in the kingdom without success. They hope that a new concubine will help him to get over his depression over the late empress. The Yang family offers their daughter to the emperor who barely notices her. General An Lushan happens upon a serving girl Yuahan Kwei-Fei/Yang Guifei in the kitchen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crucified Lovers
is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play ''Daikyōji Mukashi Goyomi''. The film was presented at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Plot Mohei is an apprentice to Ishun, the wealthy grand scroll-maker of Kyoto. Ishun makes nightly sexual forays into the maid Otama's room, but she resists his advances, despite offers of goods and property, claiming to be engaged to Mohei. Mohei refuses to go along with the deception and tells Otama to accept the rape because they are both there to serve the household. As two adulterers are paraded through the streets on their way to be crucified, Mohei proclaims that they should not have betrayed morality. When Ishun's brother-in-law asks for a loan, Ishun's wife Osan, knowing Ishun will refuse, seeks help from Mohei. Mohei begins forging a receipt attempting to obtain a loan in Ishun's name, but is caught. Ishun threatens to summon the authorities, but Otama asks him to for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Rumor
, also titled ''The Crucified Woman'' or ''The Woman of the Rumor'', is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Plot Widow Hatsuko maintains a successful tayū (highest class of courtesans) house in Kyoto. She is having a discreet affair with young doctor Matoba, who works for the courtesan guild and looks after her. One day, her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a suicide attempt. Yukiko immediately despises Matoba, while he begins to harbor feelings for the young woman. Matoba wants to open his own medical practice and is considering a move to Tokyo. Hatsuko does not want him to leave her and implores him to stay. Meanwhile Yukiko deals with the shame of her mother's profession, as it was because of her boyfriend's family discovery of Hatsuko's background that he left her and Yukiko attempted suicide. Hatsuko is concerned when she hears of this, but remains in her chosen profession, as it has paid their way. As time passes, Yukiko helps out at the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
