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Gō Katō
was a Japanese entertainer and actor. Katō starred in the long-running TV series ''Ōoka Echizen'' (1970~2006). Overviews The son of an elementary school principal, Katō studied literature and theatre. As an actor, he made his film debut in 1964. Katō rose in popularity through his role as Toshiro Mifune's son in ''Samurai Rebellion''. He performed some of his most famous roles in films directed by Kei Kumai, such as ''The Long Darkness'' (1972), ''Cape of North'' (1976) and ''Death of a Tea Master'' (1989). Katō played the lead role in two Taiga dramas, ''Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) and '':ja:獅子の時代, Shishi no jidai'' (1980). He died on 18 June 2018. Filmography Film *''A Legend or Was It?'' (1963) - Hideyuki Sonobe *''The Scent of Incense'' (1964) - Ezaki *''Sword of the Beast'' (1965) - Jurata Yamane *''Samurai Rebellion'' (1967) - Yogoro Sasahara *''Men and War, Men and War Part I'' (1970) - Tatsuo Hattori *''Men and War, Men and War Part II'' (1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Aichi Prefecture to the west. Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka is the capital and Hamamatsu is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including Fuji, Shizuoka, Fuji, Numazu, and Iwata, Shizuoka, Iwata. Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and features Suruga Bay formed by the Izu Peninsula, and Lake Hamana which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes. Mount Fuji, the tallest volcano in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant Motor vehicle, motoring heritage as the founding location of Honda, Suzuki Motor C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Kawa
is a 1972 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. The film is about a young couple who get together despite the tragedy that befalls their lives. The film received several year end awards from ''Kinema Junpo'' and the Mainichi Film Awards. Cast * Komaki Kurihara as Shino * Go Kato as Tetsuro * Yasushi Nagata as Tetsuro's father * Kaneko Iwasaki as Kayo - short-sighted sister * Kinzō Shin as Shino's father * Hisako Takihana as Tetsuro's mother * Yûsuke Takita as Yukifusa Kimura * Hisashi Igawa as Tetsuro's elder brother * Yasushi Kachi as Fumiya * Karin Yamaguchi as Aya * Kin Sugai as Wellwisher on train * Toshie Kimura as Okami Release ''The Long Darkness'' was released theatrically in Japan on 25 May 1972 where it was distributed by Toho. The film saw theatrical release in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles in July 1973. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Reception In Japan, ''Kinema Junpo'' awarded ''The Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenkaku Shōbai
is a series of popular historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami and one of the representative novels of Ikenami along with ''Onihei Hankachō'' and ''Shikakenin Fujieda Baian''. The stories were originally serialized in the monthly magazine '' Shōsetsu Shinchō'' between 1972 and 1989. Sixteen full-length novels were published from Shinchosha between 1973 and 1989. Kenkaku Shōbai was also adapted into TV programs and manga series. Characters * : The main character Akiyama Kohei is a master of Mugai ryu but he is spending his retired life. Though Kohei is old, he is still a skilled swordsman. * : Kohei's son who manages school of swordplay. * : Kohei's wife. She is 40 years younger than Kohei. * * Novels * (1973) * (1973) * (1973) * (1974) * (1975) * (1976) * (1976) * (1977) * (1978) * (1978) * (1979) * (1980) * (1983) * (1985) * (1987) * (1989) Manga Adaptation Television * ''Kenkaku Shōbai'' (1973), a Fuji TV production, Isao Yamagata as Aki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Me True
, also known as ''Tonight, at the Movies'', is a Japanese romantic-fantasy film starring Haruka Ayase and Kentaro Sakaguchi, with original screenplay by Keisuke Uyama and direction by Hideki Takeuchi. It premiered in Japan on 10 February 2018. Synopsis The film follows the story of a young filmmaker named Kenji (Sakaguchi) and a heroine from a black and white film called Princess Miyuki (Ayase).- As an aspiring director, Kenji dreamed of meeting his favourite star of the bygone '60s retro film, Princess Miyuki. Kenji is attracted to Miyuki, who appears in monochrome while he resides in the colorful real world. Through a bizarre twist of fate, Miyuki jumps out of the silver screen and joins Kenji in a world filled with colour—and she's even ballsy off screen. Cast Main *Haruka Ayase as Miyuki *Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kenji Supporting *Tsubasa Honda as Toko Naruse *Kazuki Kitamura as Ryunosuke Shundo *Akiyoshi Nakao as Shintaro Yamanaka *Anna Ishibashi *Tokuma Nishioka *Aki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Passage
is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii (director), Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura. The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and also received several nominations. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Mitsuya Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) is an unsuccessful and introverted publishing salesman. But his love of reading and dedication, as well as a post-graduate degree in linguistics, catches the eyes of Masashi Nishioka (Joe Odagiri) and Kouhei Araki (Kaoru Kobayashi (actor), Kaoru Kobayashi), dictionary editors in his company who are seeking a replacement for Araki himself, as his wife is sick and he would like to spend more time looking after her. With Majime on the editing team, the group plans to produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizumanu Taiyō
(lit. ''The Never-setting Sun'') is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as ''The Unbroken'' in the United States. ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi, an employee of "NAL," a large national airline. The first part of the novel focuses on Onchi's activity as the chairman of the employees' union in the 1960s; his reward for fighting for better working conditions for the staff is a series of postings abroad, to Pakistan, Iran, and finally Kenya, a destination to which the company does not even fly. The second and third parts of the novel take place in 1985 and chronicle the crash of a jumbo jet and its aftermath within the company. The events portrayed in the story are based upon actual events that took place at Japan Airlines. The character of Onchi is based upon JAL labor organizer and author Hirotaro Ogura, and the pivotal crash portrayed in the novel is based closely upon the crash of Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German businessman, and the father of Anne Frank. He edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947 (subsequently known in English as ''The Diary of a Young Girl'') and advised on its later theatrical and cinematic adaptations. In the 1950s and the 1960s, he established European charities in his daughter's name and founded the trust which preserved his family's wartime hiding place, the Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam. Early life Otto Heinrich Frank was born into a German Jewish family. He was the second of four children born to Alice Betty (née Stern, 1865–1953) and Michael Frank (1851–1909). His elder brother was Robert Frank, and younger siblings were Herbert Frank and Helene (Leni) Frank. Otto was a cousin of the furniture designer Jean-Michel Frank and a grandson of Zacharias Frank. His father originally came from Landau, and moved to Frankfurt in 1879, marrying Alice Stern in 1886. Alice and Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne No Nikki
is a 1995 Japanese animated historical film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 ''The Diary of a Young Girl''. It is a feature film by Madhouse (company), Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995. Voice cast Production Nagaoka's film features new character designs by Katsuyuki Kubo and features a score composed by Michael Nyman, including two songs, "If" (which incorporates "Time Lapse" from ''A Zed & Two Noughts'') and "Why," which have become concert works. The former also appeared in an altered form in the film, ''The Libertine (2005 film), The Libertine''. The singer is contralto Hilary Summers. "Candlefire" as well as piano-only versions of "If" and Why" appear on Nyman's 2005 release, ''The Piano Sings''. Release The Nagaoka film was released with an English language adaptation, via a DVD release in French language, French (as ''Le Journal d'Anne Frank'') with English subtitles. A release in North America was set for 2015, but went unrelea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloom In The Moonlight
is a 1993 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Shinichiro Sawai about the life of pianist Rentarō Taki. Cast * Tōru Kazama as Rentarō Taki * Isako Washio as Yuki Nakano * Yuko Asano as Misako * Hiroshi Katsuno as Daikichi Taki * Takaaki Enoki as Tōson Shimazaki * Kyōhei Shibata as Kōda Rohan * Gō Katō as Yoshihiro Taki Awards 17th Japan Academy Prize *Nominated: Best Film *Nominated: Best Director - Shinichirō Sawai *Nominated: Best Screenplay *Nominated: Best Actor - Tōru Kazama *Nominated: Best Actress - Isako Washio *Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Fumi Dan 15th 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, ... *Won: Best Actress - Isako Washio *5th Best Film References External links * 1993 films Films a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oribe Furuta
, whose birth name was , was a daimyō and celebrated master of the Japanese tea ceremony. He was originally a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Biography His teacher in the tea ceremony was Sen no Rikyū. He became the foremost tea master in the land after Rikyū's death, and taught this art to the shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada. Among his other particularly famous tea ceremony students were Ueda Sōko, Kobori Enshū and Hon'ami Kōetsu. The kind of tea ceremony that he established is known as Oribe-ryū (see Schools of Japanese tea ceremony), and the style of ceramics that are attributed to his artistic influence are known as Oribe ware. He also designed a style of stone lantern for the ''roji'' tea garden, known as ''Oribe-dōrō''. During the year 1600, Oribe received a 10,000-koku income. During the Osaka Campaign of 1615, Oribe was forced to plot in Kyoto against the Tokugawa, on the behalf of the defenders of Osaka. After this event, Oribe and his son we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, revisiting his melancholic earlier work, ''Times of Joy and Sorrow'' (1957), of a lighthouse keeper and the transient lifestyle he and his family endure. Shot at 10 different lighthouses, four temples, and various scenic locations (including two of the famous Three Views of Japan, Three Views of Japan (日本三景)), spanning the length of Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido, the film serves a secondary purpose as an insightful time capsule travelogue of early 1980s Japan. It is Kinoshita's 48th and last film. Plot Fujita, a lighthouse keeper of the Japan Coast Guard, Maritime Safety Agency, prepares to transfer to another lighthouse as his father and a young protege drop in to see him off, identifying what will be a story told over the course of a decade from the perspectives of 3 generations of a family, and their evolving relationships with each other. The film follows the family through their trials and tribulations as Fujit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon Pond (1979 Film)
is a 1979 Japanese romantic fantasy film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is an adaptation of the 1913 play of the same name by Izumi Kyōka, with an adapted screenplay written by Haruhiko Mimura and Tsutomu Tamura. The film stars Tsutomu Yamazaki, Go Kato, and Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando. Synopsis Wandering through the countryside, a schoolteacher, Gakuen Yamasawa, arrives at a village suffering from severe drought. There, he discovers his long-lost friend, Akira, who is now married to Yuri, a rumored sorceress whose fate is intertwined with a bell that must be rung each day to appease a nearby lake's dragon god—otherwise, an apocalyptic flood will be unleashed upon the region. Desperate for water, the foolish villagers plan to sacrifice Yuri to the dragon. Meanwhile, a host of pond spirits, led by the lovesick Princess Shirayuki, debate whether they should save the humans from their doom, or allow the princess to see her lover, Kengamine. The villagers break into Yuri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
