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Yoshi Katō
was a Japanese stage and film actor who appeared in nearly 180 films between 1948 and 1988. Biography After leaving Keiō Gijuku High School prematurely, Katō gave his stage debut in 1934. He later joined the Shinkyo Theatre Company, which was forced to disband by the authorities in 1940. After the war, he first became a member of the Mingei Theatre Company before moving to the Bungakuza Theatre Company. In 1948, Katō gave his film debut in Kōzaburō Yoshimura's ''Waga shōgai no kagayakeru hi''. In the following years, he worked for directors such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Kaneto Shindō and Satsuo Yamamoto, and regularly starred in films of Tadashi Imai. Katō was married to actress Isuzu Yamada from 1950 to 1953. Selected filmography Film * ''Apostasy'' (1948) * ''Vacuum Zone'' (1952) * ''Hiroshima (1953) * ''Tower of Lilies'' (1953) * '' Dobu'' (1954) * '' Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) * '' The Rice People'' (1957) * '' Night Drum'' (1958) * ''The River Fuefuki'' (1960) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiba, Tokyo
Shiba (芝) is an area of Minato, Tokyo, Minato ward in Tokyo, Japan and one of districts in the Shiba area. Shiba area Shiba was a wards of Japan, ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947. It was merged with Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka and Azabu, Tokyo, Azabu wards to form Minato ward on March 15, 1947. The Shiba area (芝地域) is located in the eastern and southern parts of Minato ward and consisting of a number of districts including Atago, Tokyo, Atago, Kaigan, Kōnan, Shiba, Shiba Park, Shiba-kōen, Shibaura, Shiba-daimon, Shirokane, Shirokanedai, Shinbashi, Odaiba, Daiba, Takanawa, Toranomon, Nishi-Shinbashi, Hamamatsuchō, Higashi-Shinbashi (aka Shiodome) and Mita, Minato, Tokyo, Mita. The main office of Minato ward and Zōjō-ji temple, the Great Main Temple of the Chinzai sect of Shingon Buddhism, are located in Shiba-kōen. Shiba area (administrative) Minato City Office has 5 regional city offices: Shiba, Azabu, Akasaka, Takanawa and Shiba Kōnan. The Shiba Regional Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River Fuefuki
is a 1960 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Hideko Takamine. It is based on a novel by Shichirō Fukazawa. Plot The film is set in the Sengoku period in Japan, spanning in time from the Battle of Iidagawara and the birth of Takeda Shingen in 1521 to the Battle of Tenmokuzan and fall of the Takeda clan in 1582. It follows five generations of a farming family, who live in a house on the banks of the Fuefuki River, Fuefuki river, and whose fate is inseparably linked to the Takedas. The main protagonists are farming couple Sadahei and Okei, whose two oldest sons join the ranks of the warriors, while the daughter becomes a servant at the court. After the final battle, Sadahei is the sole survivor of the family. He discovers a flag of the destroyed Takeda clan floating near the river bank, picks it up, and eventually throws it back into the river. Cast * Takahiro Tamura: Sadahei * Hideko Takamine: Okei * Ichikawa Somegorō VI: Sozo, 1st son * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Profound Desire Of The Gods
is a 1968 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. The culmination of the director's examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, the film was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature. Plot Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well for a sugar mill on the island – an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways. Cast Source: * Kazuo Kitamura as Engineer Kariya, a modern-day married man from Tokyo who gets entangled in the Futori family. Kariya is sent to Kurage Island by his boss at the sugar cane corporation to find a water source for a sugar mill on the island. Eventually he is seduced by Toriko. * Kanjūrō Arashi as Yamamori Futori, the patriarch of the Futori family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Chieko
is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It is based both on the 1941 poetry collection ''Chieko-shō'' by Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura, dedicated to his wife Chieko (1886–1938), and on the 1957 novel ''Shōsetsu Chieko-shō'' by Haruo Satō. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Plot In 1909, during the war, Kotaro Takamura joins the "Bread Club" and lives extravagantly. Through mutual friends, the Tsubaki couple, he meets Chieko Naganuma, an art student, and they quickly become close. After a year, they marry. Kotaro focuses on poetry while Chieko pursues oil painting. In 1915, Chieko's painting is rejected from the Bunte Exhibition, leading to disappointment. They visit Chieko's hometown, Nihonmatsu, where her parents welcome them warmly. After a fire takes Chieko's father's life, she abandons painting for weaving. In 1931, her niece Fumiko moves in after becoming a nurse. When Chieko's family go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiroi Kyotō
is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. Summary The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both associate professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research. Cast (1966 film) Cast * Jiro Tamiya - Goro Zaizen * Eijirō Tōno - Professor Azuma * Takahiro Tamura - Shuji Satomi *Eitaro Ozawa - Professor Ugai * Eiji Funakoshi - Professor Kikukawa * Osamu Takizawa - Professor Funao * Kenjiro Ishiyama - Mataichi Zaizen * Yoshi Katō - Professor Ōkouchi * Teruko Kishi - Masako * Mayumi Ogawa - Keiko Hanamori * Shiho Fujimura - Saeko * Toshio Takahara - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Fugitive From The Past
is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida and starring Rentarō Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Ken Takakura and Junzaburō Ban. It is based on the 1963 novel ''Kiga Kaikyō'' by Tsutomu Minakami. Plot In 1947, two ex-convicts on parole murder pawnbroker Sasada and his family in Iwanai, Hokkaido, take his money and set fire to the house to cover their tracks. They escape together with a third man, Takichi Inukai, to Shimokita Peninsula during a typhoon. The murderers' dead bodies later wash up on the shore after a ferry sinks, but policeman Yumisaka becomes suspicious because they are not listed as passengers. He believes that the missing Inukai killed his two accomplices while crossing the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the two islands. Meanwhile, Inukai is sheltered in Ominato by a prostitute, Yae Sugito, and gives her a large sum of money in return, which enables her to start a new life. When Yumisaka questions Yae, she lies and claims that the customer was not In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Legend Or Was It?
, also known as ''Legend of a Duel to the Death'', is a 1963 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Cast * Shima Iwashita as Koeko Sonobe * Gō Katō as Hideyuki Sonobe * Mariko Kaga as Yuri Shimizu * Tsutomu Matsukawa as Norio Sonobe * Kinuyo Tanaka as Shizuko Sonobe * Bunta Sugawara as Goichi Takamori * Yoshi Katō as Shintaro Shimizu * Kikue Mōri as Umeno Sonobe * Tokue Hanazawa as Yamanosuke * Tatsuya Ishiguro as Kimbei Takamori Legacy ''A Legend or Was It?'' was screened at the 2012 Filmex as part of its retrospective on Keisuke Kinoshita, and at the Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ... in 2013 in the "Forum" section. References External links * 1963 films 1960s Japanese films Japanese war dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushido, Samurai Saga
, also titled ''Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai'' and ''Cruel Tale of Bushido'', is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. It continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the better samurai pictures ever filmed. Plot The story covers seven generations of a family, from the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate to the early 1960s, and the extremes its members take out of devotion and unswerving loyalty to lord, country or company, at the cost of their lives and those of close relatives. Susumu, the last in line of male heirs, finally decides against this stance after his fiancée's suicide attempt. Cast * Kinnosuke Nakamura as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu * Eijirō Tōno as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori * Kyōko Kishida as Lady Hagi * Masayuki Mori as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori * Shinjirō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang Vs
A gang is a group or society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime. Etymology The word ''gang'' derives from the past participle of Old English , meaning . It is cognate with Old Norse , meaning . While the term often refers specifically to criminal groups, it also has a broader meaning of any close or organized group of people, and may have neutral, positive or negative connotations depending on usage. History In discussing the banditry in American history, Barrington Moore, Jr. suggests that gangsterism as a "form of self-help which victimizes others" may appear in societies which lack strong "forces of law and order"; he characterizes European feudalism as "mainly gangsterism that had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Fox
, also titled ''Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow'', is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film directed by Tomu Uchida. It is based upon a 1734 bunraku play. Plot During Heian period, well-renowned fortune-teller Kamo no Yasunori reads his oracle scroll ''The Golden Crow'' and learns he should adopt a particular girl. His two disciples, Abe no Yasuna and Absiya Doman, search separately for this girl. Yasuna discovers identical twin girls born to Lord Shoji of Izumi at the correct time and returns with the older one, Sakaki. Ten years later strange omens and ''The Golden Crow'' tell Yasunori that the heirless crown prince is cursed and the country will soon be in turmoil. A second prediction is made but Yasunori can tell this only to his successor. Doman arrives late, saying he went to the royal court to urge them to consult with Yasunori. This action was disrespectful and Yasunori publicly denounces Doman and says Doman will not be his successor. Yasunori starts a journey to the Imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Catch (1961 Film)
''The Catch'' () is a 1961 Japanese war drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is based on the prize-winning novella ''Shiiku'' (translated as ''The Catch'' or ''Prize Stock'') by Kenzaburō Ōe. Plot During the summer of 1945, a U.S. plane crashes in a rural Japanese area. The villagers capture the surviving black pilot and lock him in a stable, awaiting official instructions how to proceed with their prisoner. While waiting, seething conflicts in the community come to the surface. Takano, the domineering and abusive local landlord, uses the villagers' anger and frustrations, which they blame on the captive, to turn the attention away from his own misdeeds and eventually kills him. Shortly after, Japan's defeat is declared. The community decides to make deserter Jirō, who had been hiding in the woods to escape his draft, responsible for the incident. Jirō first agrees, but then rebels against the plan, and is accidentally killed in a subsequent fight. The last scene shows t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal Love
''Immortal Love'' ''Bitter Spirit'' () is a 1961 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Masakazu Tamura made his official debut in the film. Plot Over a time span of 30 years, the film tells the story of Sadako, who is pressured into a marriage with Heibei, the crippled war veteran son of the local landlord, although she loves Takashi, a young man from the same village. Takashi later marries Tomoko, but neither he nor Sadako can forget their past mutual affection. Cast *Hideko Takamine as Sadako *Keiji Sada as Takashi *Tatsuya Nakadai as Heibei *Nobuko Otowa as Tomoko, Takashi's wife *Akira Ishihama as Yutaka, Takashi's son * Yukiko Fuji as Naoko, Sadako's daughter * Kiyoshi Nonomura as Rikizo, Takashi's brother *Yoshi Katō as Sojiro, Sadako's father * Yasushi Nagata as Heizaemon, Heibei's father * Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Koshinuma *Masakazu Tamura as Eiichi, Sadako's son * Masaya Tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
