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Tanie Kitabayashi
was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre Company, founded in 1950. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for ''Kiku to Isamu''. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in ''Rainbow Kids'' (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from ''Kinema Junpo''. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98. Filmography Films *''Children of Hiroshima'' (1952) *''Epitome'' (1953) *''Life of a Woman'' (1953) *''Wolf'' (1955) *''Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) *''Shirogane Shinjū'' (1956) *''An Actress'' (1956) *'' The Hole'' (1957) *'' Yūrakuchō de Aimashō'' (1957) *''Enjō'' (1958) *''Kiku to Isamu'' (1959) *'' My Second Brother'' (1959) *''Odd Obsession'' (1959) *''Sle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Actress
is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast * Nobuko Otowa as Kakuko Mori * Chikako Hosokawa as Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother * Shinsuke Ashida as Shinichirō Yagi * Sen Hara as Chiyo, Akio's mother * Sumiko Hidaka as Yugiku Yoshiya * Tanie Kitabayashi * Kei Taguchi as Tabata * Taketoshi Naitō as Akio Satomi * Eitarō Ozawa as Tarō Fujie * Zenpei Saga as Sugisaburō * Koreya Senda as Yasuda * Ichirō Shimizu as Kunijirō Matsukawa * Taiji Tonoyama * Eijirō Tōno as Tadao Inoue * Jūkichi Uno (real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa and others. Personal life He is the father of musician Akira Terao. Filmography Honours *Medals of Honor (Japan), Medal wi ... as Toshirō Yamashita References External links * 1956 films 1956 drama films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Films directed by Kaneto Shindo Films scored by Akira Ifukube Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomugi Pass
is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. Cast * Shinobu Otake as Mine Masai * Mieko Harada as Yuki Shinoda * Chikako Yūri as Hana Mishima * Yūko Kotegawa as Kiku Shoji * Rentarō Mikuni as Tokichi Adachi Plot An indictment of the treatment of Meiji period silkworkers by their employers. Production The film was one of the last made by director Satsuo Yamamoto and was followed by a 1982 sequel, his final work, ''Nomugi Pass II'' (''Ā, Nomugi tōge: Shinryoku hen''). Release A roadshow version of the film was released in Japan on June 9, 1979 where it was distributed by Toho. It received a general release on June 30, 1979. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and was the second highest grossing among domestic releases. The film was released in the United States with English-subtitles by Toho International on December 28, 1979. Reception In Japan, at the 34th Mainichi Film Awards, ''Nomugi Pass'' won the awards for Best Film, Best Cinematography, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof Of The Man
is a Japanese film from 1977 directed by Junya Satō, starring George Kennedy and Yūsaku Matsuda. It was produced by Haruki Kadokawa. Plot A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) receives a sum of money. He buys new clothes and takes a flight to Japan. After he arrives, he is found fatally stabbed in a lift in a Tokyo hotel at the same time as a fashion show by designer Kyōko Yasugi (Mariko Okada) is being held. The police department, including Munesue (Yūsaku Matsuda) and his partner (Hajime Hana), come to investigate. The only clue is the dying man's last words "straw hat". At the same time, a woman having an extramarital affair, Naomi (Bunjaku Han), is accidentally run over by Yasugi's son (Kōichi Iwaki). He and his girlfriend dump her body in the sea, but drops his watch at the scene. He is haunted by his actions and confesses to his mother, Kyōko, who suggests he flee to New York with his girlfriend. Munesue starts to suspect that Ky� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apart From Life
''Apart from Life'' ( ja, 地の群れ, translit. Chi no mure) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Mizuho Suzuki as Unami * Hiroko Kino as Noriko Fukuji * Mugihito as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada) * Sen Hara as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother * Tanie Kitabayashi as Matsuko Fukuji * Noriko Matsumoto as Eiko, Unami's wife * Tomoko Naraoka as Mitsuko * Asao Sano as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband * Jūkichi Uno (real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa and others. Personal life He is the father of musician Akira Terao. Filmography Honours *Medals of Honor (Japan), Medal wi ... as Shigeo Miyaji References External links * 1970 films 1970 drama films Japanese black-and-white films Films directed by Kei Kumai 1970s Japanese-language films Japanese drama films 1970s Japanese films {{1970s-Japan-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Human Bullet
is a 1968 Japanese satiric anti-war film about a soldier who becomes assigned to a suicide mission against the US Forces during the late stage of World War II. It was written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Plot During the last days of the war, a nameless young cadet is assigned to a suicide mission, ordered to blow himself up with an ammunition crate under the expected enemy tanks. While awaiting the enemy's invasion, he makes the acquaintance of a young orphaned woman, who runs a brothel formerly owned by her parents, and two kid brothers. He falls in love with the young woman, who is later killed in an air raid, as is the elder of the brothers. Vowing revenge for the dead, he receives new orders from the deteriorating commanding staff, ordering him to manually steer a torpedo into the awaited enemy battleships. Twenty years after the war has ended, his skeletal remains float in an oil drum off the beach, his offscreen voice shouting "rabbit", the nickname he had given the gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Girl (1963 Film)
is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Kirio Urayama. Kinema Junpo 1963 April vol.2 p.80 It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Golden Prize. Cast * Masako Izumi as Wakae * Mitsuo Hamada as Saburo * Jun Hamamura * Tanie Kitabayashi as Shizue Kita * Toshiko Kobayashi * Asao Koike as Taro Sawada * Minako Kozuki * Densuke Mitsuzawa * Shoichi Ozawa * Fukuko Sayo * Toshio Takahara was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were '' Seven Samurai'' and ''Twenty-Four Eyes''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger''. He started his acting ... as Takeda References External links * 1963 films 1963 drama films Japanese drama films 1960s Japanese-language films Films directed by Kirio Urayama 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Insect Woman
is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes. Plot The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover, but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune. Cast * Sachiko Hidari as Tome Matsuki * Jitsuko Yoshimura as Nobuko * Emiko Aizawa as Rui * Masumi Harukawa as Midori * Emiko Higashi as Kane * Daizaburo Hirata as Kamibayashi * Seizaburo Kawazu as Karasawa * Teruko Kishi as Rin * Tanie Kitabayashi as Madam * Kazuo Kitamura as Chuji * Asao Koike as Sawakichi * Masakazu Kuwayama as Owagawa En's Lover * Hiroyuki Nagato as Matsunami * Shoichi Ozawa as Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundry Town
is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Kirio Urayama. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and won the Blue Ribbon Awards in 1962. Cast * Sayuri Yoshinaga as Jun * Mitsuo Hamada as Tsukamoto, Katsumi * Eijirō Tōno as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) * Shoichi Ozawa * Tokuko Sugiyama as Tomi (Jun's mother) * Takeshi Katō * Tanie Kitabayashi * Akiji Kobayashi as Heisan * Kin Sugai * Yoshio Ichikawa * Taiji Tonoyama * Kawai Okada is a Japanese former actress and businesswoman. Filmography Films * 1962 ''Foundry Town'' - Kaori * 1963 '' A Legend or Was It?'' * 1969 '' Red Lion'' * 1972 ''Gecko Kung Fu'' * 1973 ''A Man Called Tiger'' - Yoshida Ayako. * 1974 ''Karafut ... as Kaori References External links * 1962 films 1962 drama films Japanese black-and-white films Japanese drama films 1960s Japanese-language films Films directed by Kirio Urayama 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cursed by an evil fairy to sleep for a hundred years before being awoken by a handsome prince. A good fairy, knowing the princess would be frightened if alone when she wakes, uses her wand to put every living person and animal in the palace and forest asleep, to waken when the princess does. The earliest known version of the tale is found in the narrative ''Perceforest'', written between 1330 and 1344. Another was published by Giambattista Basile in his collection titled ''The Pentamerone'', published posthumously in 1634 and adapted by Charles Perrault in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' in 1697. The version collected and printed by the Brothers Grimm was one orally transmitted from the Perrault. The Aarne-Thompson classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Obsession
is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. It was based on the novel '' The Key'', by Japanese novelist Junichirō Tanizaki. Plot A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughter's fiancé places the two in dangerous situations in order to satisfy his voyeuristic curiosity. Cast * Machiko Kyō as Ikuko Kenmochi * Nakamura Ganjirō II as Kenji Kenmochi * Junko Kano as Toshiko Kenmochi * Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura * Jun Hamamura as Dr. Sōma * Tanie Kitabayashi as Hana * Mayumi Kurata as Koike * Kyū Sazanka as Curio dealer * Ichirō Sugai was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1930 and 1971. Sugai often worked with Kaneto Shindo, Kenji Mizoguchi and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Selected filmography * '' The Water Magician'' (1933) * '' Spring on Leper's Isla ... as Masseur * Mantarō Ushio as Dr. Kodama See also * '' The Key'' (1983) Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Second Brother
is a 1959 Japanese drama film by Shōhei Imamura. The screenplay is based on the diary of ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) Sueko Yasumoto, which became a bestseller upon publication. Plot The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. Cast * Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother * Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister * Takeshi Okimura as Kōichi, second brother * Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister * Kō Nishimura as Gorō Mitamura * Yoshio Ōmori as Seki * Toshio Takahara as shop assistant (bicycle shop) * Taiji Tonoyama as Gengorō Henmi * Shinsuke Ashida as Sakai * Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kanako Hori * Shōichi Ozawa as Haruo Kanayama Reception Film scholar Alexander Jacoby called ''My Second Brother'' an "uncharacteristically tender film" for the director. Awards * Mainichi Film Award – Best Supporting Actress (Kanako Hori), Best Sound (Fumio Hashimoto) * Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
