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A Slope In The Sun
aka ''A Slope in the Sun'' is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第四章言語のユートピア-裕次郎の青春ドラマの意味 2「一緒にいるためには嘘が必要だわ」-「乳母車」「陽のあたる坂道」p.90-113 The film is based on the novel by Yōjirō Ishizaka. The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best director and also won 1959 Mainichi Film Concours for best cinematography. Cast * Yujiro Ishihara as Shinji Tashiro * Mie Kitahara as Takako * Koreya Senda as Tamakichi Tashiro * Yukiko Todoroki as Midori Tashiro * Izumi Ashikawa as Kumiko Tashiro * Tamio Kawachi as Tamio Takagi * Isamu Kosugi was a Japanese actor and film director. Career Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He came to prominence in tendency films such as '' Ikeru n ... as Shiosaw ...
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Tomotaka Tasaka
was a Japanese film director. Career Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as '' Robō no ishi'' and '' Mud and Soldiers'', both of which starred Isamu Kosugi. His war film, '' Five Scouts'', was screened in the competition at the 6th Venice International Film Festival. Tasaka was a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and spent many years recovering. He eventually resumed directing and won the best director prize at the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from th ... for '' A Slope in the Sun'', which starred Yūjirō Ishihara. His brother, Katsuhiko Tasaka, was also ...
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Mie Kitahara
is a Japanese actress who appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960. Biography Born in Meguro, Tokyo, Kitahara gave her screen debut in Keisuke Kinoshita's 1952 '' Carmen's Pure Love''. In 1954, she moved from the Shochiku film studios to Nikkatsu. She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yūjirō Ishihara, starting with ''Crazed Fruit'' in 1956. They married in 1960 and she retired from acting, assuming her married name, Makiko Ishihara . Selected filmography * ''A Hole of My Own Making'' (1955) * ''Midori haruka ni'' (1955) * ''The Moon Has Risen'' (1955) * ''The Balloon'' (1956) * ''Ryūri no Kishi'' (1956) * ''Crazed Fruit'' (1956) * '' This Day's Life'' (1957) * '' I Am Waiting'' (1957) * ''Man Who Causes a Storm'' (1957) * ''A Slope in the Sun aka ''A Slope in the Sun'' is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第四章言語のユートピア-裕次郎の� ...
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Nikkatsu Films
is a Japanese film studio located in Bunkyō. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures". Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%). History Founding in 1912 Nikkatsu is Japan's oldest major movie studio, having been founded on September 10, 1912, when several production companies and theater chains, Yoshizawa Shōten, Yokota Shōkai, Fukuhōdō and M. Pathe, consolidated under the name Nippon Katsudō Shashin. The company enjoyed its share of success. It employed such notable film directors as Shozo Makino and his son Masahiro Makino. During World War II, the government ordered the ten film companies that had formed by 1941 to consolidate into two. Masaichi Nagata, founder of Daiei Film and a former Nikkatsu employee, counter-proposed that three companies be formed and the suggestion was approved. Nikkatsu, set to merge with the two weakest companies, Shinkō ...
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Films Directed By Tomotaka Tasaka
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ...
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1958 Films
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals '' South Pacific'' and '' Gigi'', the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – '' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' was an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. '' Le Beau Serge'' is credited as the first French New Wave feature. * February 16 – ''In the Money'' by William Beaudine is released. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946. * February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies. * The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's ''Ivan the Terrible'' is officially released, having previously been shelved for political re ...
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Japanese Black-and-white Films
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Isamu Kosugi
was a Japanese actor and film director. Career Born in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosugi first studied at the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He came to prominence in tendency films such as '' Ikeru ningyō'' (1929). He was the lead player in a series of critically acclaimed realist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the 1930s, particularly Tomu Uchida's '' Jinsei gekijō'' (1936) and '' Tsuchi'' (1939) and Tomotaka Tasaka's war films, '' Gonin no sekkōhei'' (1938) and '' Mud and Soldiers'' (1939). In 1937, he starred in the German-Japanese co-production, '' Atarashiki tsuchi'' (aka ''Die Tochter des Samurai''), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. He was renowned at the time as a skilled actor with an individual style. After World War II, he moved into directing, working primarily at Nikkatsu, where he filmed comedy series and action films starring Jō Shishido, while still appearing in films as an actor. His son wa ...
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Tamio Kawachi
was a Japanese actor. Career Kawachi was a student at Kanto Gakuin University when Yujiro Ishihara, one of his neighbors in Zushi, Kanagawa, invited him to join the Nikkatsu studio. He made his debut in ''A Slope in the Sun'' (1958) playing Ishihara's younger brother. The studio initially sold him as one of the "Bad Trio" along with Akira Kobayashi and Tadao Sawamoto. He appeared in films by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki and is probably most known abroad for his starring roles in Kurahara's ''The Warped Ones'' (1960) and ''Black Sun (1964 film), Black Sun'' (1964). Kawachi eventually left Nikkatsu for the Toei Company, and co-starred in the 9-film ''Mamushi kyōdai'' series with Bunta Sugawara in the 1970s. He also acted on television, with his last acting appearance being a TV mystery in 2017. He was also known for his recurring role as Inspector General Sawaii in ''Ultraman Tiga''. Selected filmography Film *''A Slope in the Sun'' (1958) - Tamio Takagi *''Chi to ai no ...
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Izumi Ashikawa
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress. Ashikawa was called the Japanese Audrey Hepburn. In 1953, Ashikawa was scouted by director Yuzo Kawashima and joined the Shochiku studio. She made her film debut with ''Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin'' directed by Yuzo Kawashima. In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio and gained popularity. In 1968, Ashikawa married actor Tatsuya Fuji and retired. She made her final film appearance in the 1968 film ''Koto no Taiyo''. Selected filmography *''Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin'' (1953) * '' The Baby Carriage'' (1956) * ''The Balloon'' (1956) * ''Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate'' (1957) * '' Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō'' (1957) * ''Man Who Causes a Storm'' (1957) * ''The Perfect Game'' (1958) * ''Kurenai no Tsubasa'' (1958) * ''A Slope in the Sun aka ''A Slope in the Sun'' is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第四章言語のユートピア-裕� ...
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Yukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki ( ''Todoroki Yukiko''; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese people, Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of Japanese idol, idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter. History and personal life In 1931, she left Kyoto Prefectural Suzaku Senior High School to join the Takarazuka Revue. Shidare Itoi and Tomiko Hattori also joined the company at the same time. These Japanese beauties became very popular. In 1937, she left Takarazuka and had her debut as Otsu in the Nikkatsu production ''Musashi Miyamoto: Earth Scroll''. It is said this was revenge by the four existing film co ...
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Koreya Senda
was a Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture.CITWF. Koreya Senda
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He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1936 and 1970.


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He was born in , Japan, in 1904 to Kamiye Iijima, and his father Tamekicki Ito, an architect, under ...
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