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Yōji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', '' The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job as an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, he was brought up in Dalian, China. from the age of two. Following the end of World War II, he returned to Japan and subsequently lived in Yamagata Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University in 1954, he entered Shochiku and worked under Yoshitaro Nomura as a scriptwriter or as an assistant director. He won many awards throughout his lengthy career and is well respected in Japan and by critics throughout the world. He wrote his first screenplay in 1958, and directed his first movie in 1961. Yamada continues to make movies to this day. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan, and is currently a guest professor of Ritsumeikan University. Tora-san series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of Japan
The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from the government. It is particularly concerned with protecting the copyright and other rights the director has over the work, defending freedom of expression, and promoting the economic interests of its members. For instance, it has issued protests against efforts to prevent screenings of such films as ''Yasukuni'' and '' The Cove''. The Guild also produced the film '' Eiga kantoku tte nan da'' ("What Is a Film Director?") on the occasion of its 70th anniversary to promote its view that the director possesses the copyright of a film. It also gives out an annual New Directors Award. The current president is Yōichi Sai (2004–). Past presidents were Minoru Murata (1936–37), Kenji Mizo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Moscow International Film Festival
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film ''Come and See'' directed by Elem Klimov, the American film ''A Soldier's Story'' directed by Norman Jewison and the Greek film '' The Descent of the Nine'' directed by Christos Siopahas. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR – President of the Jury) * Shyam Benegal (India) * Renate Blume (East Germany) * Paulin Vieyra (Senegal) * Jerzy Hoffman (Poland) * Daisy Granados (Cuba) * Giuseppe De Santis (Italy) * Nikos Koundouros (Greece) * István Nemeskürty (Hungary) * Kōhei Oguri (Japan) * Badrahin Sumhu (Mongolia) * Francois Chavan (France) * Eldar Shengelaia (USSR) * Rostislav Yurenev (USSR) * Robert Young (USA) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prizes: ** ''Come and See'' by Elem Klimov ** ''A Soldier's Story'' by Norman Jewison ** '' The Descent of the Nine'' by Christos Sio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
is a 1984 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Reiko Ōhara as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Forbidden Love'' is the thirty-fourth entry in the popular, long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. Plot In the midst of Japan's rising economy of the mid-1980s, the itinerant Tora-san becomes drunk with a hard-working company section chief. After an hour commute, the two sleep off their night's revelry at the section chief's home in Ibaraki Prefecture. When the section chief disappears due to the pressure of his job, Tora-san helps his wife to find the man, while secretly hoping they do not, as he has fallen in love with her. Cast * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō * Chieko Baisho as Sakura * Reiko Ōhara as Fujiko Tominaga * Masakane Yonekura as Kenkichi Tominaga * Jun Miho as Akemi * Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō * Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajiro's aunt) * Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize For Director Of The Year
The of the Japan Academy Film Prize 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- ... is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association. List of winners External links Japan Academy Film Prize official website- {{Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Director of the Year Awards for best director Japanese awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor films released in 1927/28, there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Academy Awards
The 76th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Joe Roth and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the eighth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner. '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sons
is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Synopsis The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life. Cast * Rentarō Mikuni: Akio Asano * Masatoshi Nagase: Tetsuo * Emi Wakui: Seiko Kawashima * Miyoko Asada: Toshiko * Kazuyo Asari: Ayako * Mieko Harada: Reiko * Chosuke Ikariya : Jirō Katō * Leonard Kuma * Tatsuo Matsumura: Terao * Ken Nakamoto * Meiko Nakamura * Tomoko Naraoka * Ichirō Ogura * Mikiko Otonashi * B-saku Satoh * Casey Takamine * Kunie Tanaka * Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi Reception Awards and nominations 15th Japan Academy Prize *Won: Best Picture *Won: Best Actor - Rentarō Mikuni *Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masatoshi Nagase *Won: Best Supporting Actress - Emi Wakui *Won: Rookie of the Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 Film)
is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was the winner of the first Best Picture award at the Japan Academy Prize. The film was inspired by the American song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," itself based on a column series written by journalist Pete Hamill for the ''New York Post'' in 1971. Plot Kinya Hanada, who fell out of love with Nobuko, suddenly retired from the factory where he worked. With his retirement allowance, he bought a bright red Mazda Familia and took a ferry alone to Hokkaido for healing his broken heart. Kinya, who came to Abashiri from Kushiro, started talking to the woman in front of the station. Meanwhile, Yusaku Shima, a former coal miner who has finished his sentence, is released from Abashiri prison. He stops by the cafeteria and orders beer with soy sauce ramen and katsudon. Kinya, who was just in Abashiri, also picks up a woman, Kaori Momoi, who came to Tokyo after a difficult time with her colleagues at work, and had a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Academy Awards
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] |
A Class To Remember
is a 1993 Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...ese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Synopsis A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society. Cast * Toshiyuki Nishida * Eiko Shinya * Keiko Takeshita * Nae Yuuki * Kunie Tanaka * Kiyoshi Atsumi * Masato Hagiwara * Yuri Nakae * Hiroshi Kanbe * Senri Oe * Takashi Sasano * Shinya Owada * Kayako Sono * Jiro Sakagami * Kei Suma Reception At the 1994 Japan Academy Prize the film won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound, Rookie of the Year and the Popularity Award. It was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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