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Kunishirō Hayashi
was a Japanese actor, action director, martial artist and sword fight arranger. He served as a sword fight arranger in almost all of the Taiga drama series on NHK in his lifetime. In 1963, he founded stunt performers production company ''Wakakoma action club''. His final appearance as an actor was in the 2016 Taiga drama series Sanada Maru, he played the role of Takeda Shingen. He was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Japan Action Awards. Selected filmography As an actor *Taiga drama **'' Ten to Chi to'' (1969) as Morozumi Torasada **'' Kaze to Kumo to Niji to'' (1976) as Fujiwara no Hidesatos vassal **''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) as Matsubara Tamon **''Hana no Ran'' (1994) as Asakura Takakage **''Mōri Motonari'' (1997) as Shinagawa Daizen **''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (2006) as Takenouchi Soemon **''Tenchijin'' (2009) as Kamiizumi Hidetsuna **''Sanada Maru'' (2016) as Takeda Shingen *''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' (1972) as an Assassin (ep.1) *'' Oretachi wa Ten ...
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Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ...
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Kamiizumi Hidetsuna
Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, (上泉 信綱), born Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Hidetsuna, (c.1508 – 1572/1577) was a samurai in Japan's Sengoku period famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat. He is also well known as Kamiizumi Isenokami (上泉 伊勢守) which was his name as a samurai official (武家官位, Bukekani) for a period of time. Early life Kamiizumi was born as Kamiizumi Hidetsuna in his family castle in Kōzuke Province (modern day Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture). His family were minor landed lords in the service of the Yamanouchi branch of the Uesugi clan.Yagyū, Toshinaga (1957, 1989) ''Shōden Shinkage-ryū''. Kōdansha, reprinted by Shimazu Shobō, . At the time of his birth, Kōzuke Province was being contested by the Uesugi, the Hōjō, and the Takeda clans. His family was originally a branch of the Ōgo clan that moved to nearby Kaigayagō Kamiizumi and took its name for their own. When the main Ōgo clan moved to Musashi Province, the Kamiizu ...
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Aoi (TV Series)
is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes. ''Aoi'' is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in high definition. Plot The story begins with the battle of Sekigahara. Cast Tokugawa Shoguns *Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Ieyasu - the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate * Toshiyuki Nishida as Tokugawa Hidetada - the second shogun *Onoe Tatsunosuke II as Tokugawa Iemitsu - the third shogun ** Takayuki Yamada as young Iemitsu Tokugawa clan * Shima Iwashita as Ogō - wife of Hidetada * Isuzu Yamada as Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu * Kyōko Mitsubayashi as Acha no Tsubone *Minako Osanai as Oman no Kata * Michiko Godai as Lady Chaa * Kirin Kiki as Lady Kasuga * Miki Sakai as Tokugawa Masako * Yoko Moriguchi as Okaji no K ...
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Wuthering Heights (1988 Film)
is a 1988 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It is based on the novel of the same name by Emily Brontë, set in medieval Japan. ''Wuthering Heights'' was shown in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Yūsaku Matsuda as Onimaru * Yūko Tanaka as Kinu Yamabe * Rentarō Mikuni as Takamaru * Tatsuo Nadaka as Mitsuhiko * Eri Ishida as Tae * Nagare Hagiwara as Hidemaru * Keiko Ito as Shino * Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for ''Disciples of Hippocrates'' and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Uchū no hōsoku''. He committed suicide on M ... as Yoshimaru * Tomoko Takabe as Kinu, daughter * Masao Imafuku as Ichi * Shin Ueda as Suka * Taro Shigaki References External links * 1988 films 1988 drama films Japanese drama films 1980s Japanese-language films Films directed by Yoshishige Yoshida Films based on Wuthering Heights ...
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Sanada Taiheiki (TV Series)
is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period. The complete DVD box is available. Plot In 1582, Oda and Tokugawa allied forces started an invasion of Takeda`s Kai Province. so the Takeda clan was in danger of extinction. Sanada Masayuki advised Takeda Katsuyori to abandon Kai Province and flee towards Masayuki`s Iwabitsu Castle. Katsuyori accepted his suggestion once, but he changed his mind and tried to flee towards Oyamada Nobushige`s Iwadono Castle, but was betrayed by Oyamada Nobushige and killed himself at Tenmokuzan. Having lost their lord, the Sanada clan unexpectedly became a small daimyo. The Sanada clan seeks a way to survive. Production *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Cast Sanada Clan * Tsunehiko Watase as Sanada Nobuyuki * Masao Kusakari as Sanada Nobushige ...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV Series)
is a 1983 Japanese television series. It is the 21st NHK ''taiga'' drama. The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Sōhachi Yamaoka. Plot The work is set during the Sengoku period going into the early Edo period. The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu from before his birth until his death. Production Production Credits *Original – Sōhachi Yamaoka *Music – Isao Tomita *Narrator – Naomitsu Tateno *Historical research – Keizō Suzuki *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Casting Ieyasu Generally, due to the image of Tokugawa Ieyasu being petite and chubby, casting proved to be challenging. Before long, within the production team, the desire to create a new image of Ieyasu grew stronger, and the tall Sakae Takita was chosen for the role. Hideyoshi Due to the strong desire of Mieko Osanai, who is also a scriptwriter for '' Kinpachi-sensei'', Tetsuya Takeda played the role of Hideyoshi. He was mentioned as one of the leading candidates for t ...
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Oshin
is a Japanese television, Japanese Asadora, serialized morning television drama (''asadora''), which originally aired on NHK from 4 March 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st ''asadora'' overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called ''Oshin'', the ''O-'' forming an Honorific speech in Japanese#Female names, archaic cognomen. It was one of the country's most watched serials of all time and has aired in 68 other countries, with subtitles ranging from English language, English to Arabic. In 1984, the earlier episodes of the drama (focused on young Oshin) were made into an anime, animated movie by Sanrio. The movie reused Sugako Hashida's scripts, and Ayako Kobayashi, who played young Oshin, did Oshin's voiceover. Background ''Oshin'' is based on the fictional biography of a Japanese woman, modeled after Katsu Wada (和田加津), who co-founded the supermarket chain Yaohan with her ...
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Kusa Moeru
is a 1979 Japanese television series. It is the 17th NHK taiga drama. It is also the first Taiga drama to standardize the use of modern language in dialogue starting with this one onward. On the other hand, characters did not use first names to address others as it was considered disrespectful historically, instead used people's common names and court ranks as was custom for the time. Story Kusa Moeru deals with the rise and fall of the Kamakura shogunate at the start of the Kamakura period. Based on Michiko Nagai's novels "Hojo Masako", "Enkan" etc. The story chronicles the lives of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako. As the drama producers found it difficult to create a solo female protagonist, they made the drama with dual protagonists in mind. Minamoto no Yoritomo's story ends halfway with his death, then Masako takes over the leading role for the last half. However, even with this structure, the first half emphasizes on Masako's perspective of events, making her essent ...
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Daitsuiseki
was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Yūzō Kayama, Masaya Oki, Tatsuya Fuji, Naomi Hase, and Kyohei Shibata, with Fumio Watanabe as a semi-regular. It ran for twenty-six episodes in 1978 and won popularity. It is noted for the ad-libbing and jokes by the cast and staff, which became more frequent as the show wore on. Kyohei Shibata appeared as regular cast for the first time in TV drama series. The final episode was directed by Toru Murakawa who was simultaneously directing the film ''Satsujin Yūgi'' featuring Yūsaku Matsuda and Yutaka Nakajima, and thus pulled them in for cameo roles. Cast *Yūzō Kayama as Eiichi Nitta *Tatsuya Fuji as Shinsuke Mizuhara *Masaya Oki as Shiro Yabuki * Kyōhei Shibata (actor) as Minoru Takimoto *Naomi Hase as Kayoko Yuki * Fumio Watanabe as Iwao Takaoka Episodes *1. Haienaga Atsumatta directed by Yasuharu Hasebe *2. Snaipah no Megahikaku directed by Yasuharu Hasebe *3. Akujo ga Odoru directed by Tōru Murakaw ...
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Kunitori Monogatari
is a historical novel by Japanese novelist Ryōtarō Shiba. It was serialised in Sunday Mainichi (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing Inc.) from August 1963 to June 1966. It consists of a first part starring Saito Dōsan and a second part starring Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide. Initially, Shiba planned to write only the story of Dōsan, but the series was too popular to be finished and Shiba was forced to write the second part, the story of Nobunaga and Mitsuhide. Shiba skilfully incorporated the results of post-war historical studies into his novels, positioning Nobunaga as a revolutionary with a clear will, a rarity in Japanese history, and establishing an image of Nobunaga in which light and shadow coexist by not only evaluating his innovativeness but also criticising his brutality. Thanks in part to Shiba's contributions, Nobunaga, who had not always been popular before, became one of the most popular historical figures in Japan. Two TV drama adaptations have been produced by NHK ...
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Love Song Of Vengeance
Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment to a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, or the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food. Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another"—and its vice representing a morality, moral flaw akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, oneself, or animals. In its various forms, love acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships, a ...
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