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Blind Woman's Curse
''Blind Woman's Curse'' (, ''Kaidan Nobori Ryū'', lit. Ghost Story Rising Dragon) is a 1970 Japanese ero guro yakuza film directed by Teruo Ishii. Plot Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trail of dead yakuza girls with their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies. Cast * Meiko Kaji - Akemi Tachibana * Hoki Tokuda - Aiko Goda * Makoto Satō - Tani * Hideo Sunazuka - Kantaro * Shirō Otsuji - Senba-tatsu * Ryōhei Uchida as Aozora * Toru Abe - Dobashi * Tatsumi Hijikata - Ushimatsu, Hunchback dancer Release ''Blind Woman's Curse'' was released in Japan on 20 June 1970. It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Toho International on 6 August 1971. Home Video ''Blind Woman's Curse'' was released on DVD in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruo Ishii
was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the ''Super Giant'' series, and for his films in the ''ero guro'' ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of sexploitation such as '' Shogun's Joy of Torture'' (1968). He also directed the 1965 film '' Abashiri Prison,'' which helped to make Ken Takakura a major star in Japan. Referred to in Japan as "The King of Cult", Ishii had a much more prolific and eclectic career than was generally known in the West during his lifetime. Early life Born in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood in 1924, Ishii developed a love of cinema early. His parents would often take him to see foreign films, particularly French movies. Ishii worked at Toho Studios as an assistant director beginning in 1942. His film career was interrupted when he was sent to Manchuria during World War II to take aerial photographs for bombing runs. Shintoho In March, 1947 Ishii joined the newly founded Shintoho studios. Ishii would later recall his time with Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōhei Uchida (actor)
was a Japanese actor. Uchida appeared in nearly 300 films between 1950 and 1984. Kinema Junpo 1984 August vol.1 p.73 追悼 内田良平 He specialized in playing villains and yakuza roles. He got acquainted with film director Masaki Kobayashi through a friend's introduction. He was able to sign his contract with Shochiku film company with the help of Kobayashi. In 1953, he made his film debut with ''Kabe Atsukiheya'' directed by Masaki Kobayashi. His first starring role in a film was playing Kazama in '' League of Gangsters'' (1963) directed by Kinji Fukasaku. He died of myocardial infarction on 15 June 1984 at the age of 60. Filmography Films * ''Kabe Atsukiheya'' (1953) as Brother of Yokota * ''Somewhere Under The Broad Sky'' (1954) as Shinkichi * ''Fountainhead'' (1956) as Komine * ''Anata Kaimasu'' (1957) as Newspaper reporter A * ''Stakeout'' (1958) as Yamada * '' The Human Condition Road to Eternity'' (1958) as Hashiya * '' Take Aim at the Police Van'' (1960) as Kuji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Action Films
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1970 Films
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career. * February 11 – '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. * March 12 – Film debut of Ornella Muti in '' La moglie più bella'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.IMDB * March 17 – The controversial film '' The Boys in the Band'', directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters. * July – Stanley R. Jaffe appointed as president of Paramount Pictures, succeeding Charles Bludhorn who remained chairman a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Action Films
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Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video ( HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs, resulting in an increased capacity. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional (or "pre-BDXL") Blu-ray discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50GB) being the industry standard for feature-length video discs. Triple-layer discs (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DVD Region Code
DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region. This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus those without any region code). The American DVD Copy Control Association also requires that DVD player manufacturers incorporate the Regional Playback Control (RPC) system. However, region-free DVD players, which ignore region coding, are also commercially available, and many DVD players can be modified to be region-free, allowing playback of all discs. DVDs may use one code, multiple codes (multi-region), or all codes (region free). Region codes and countries Any combination of regions can be applied to a single disc. For example, a DVD designated Region 2/4 is suitable for playback in Europe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsumi Hijikata
was a Japanese choreographer, and the founder of a genre of dance performance art called Butoh. By the late 1960s, he had begun to develop this dance form, which is highly choreographed with stylized gestures drawn from his childhood memories of his northern Japan home. It is this style which is most often associated with Butoh by Westerners. Life and Butoh Tatsumi Hijikata was born Kunio Yoneyama on March 9, 1928 in Akita prefecture in northern Japan, the tenth in a family of eleven children. After having shuttled back and forth between Tokyo and his hometown from 1947, he moved to Tokyo permanently in 1952. He claims to have initially survived as a petty criminal through acts of burglary and robbery, but since he was known to embellish details of his life, it is not clear how much his account can be trusted. At the time, he studied tap, jazz, flamenco, ballet, and German expressionist dance. He undertook his first Ankoku Butoh performance, ''Kinjiki'', in 1959, using a novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Abe
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Hideo Sunazuka
Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田 英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * Hideo Fukui (福井 英郎, born 1977), Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon * Hideo Fukuyama (福山 英朗, born 1955), Japanese NASCAR driver * Hideo Gosha (五社 英雄, 1929–1992), Japanese film director * Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist *, Japanese marathon runner * Hideo Hashimoto (橋本 英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer * Hideo Higashikokubaru (東国原 英夫, born 1957), Japanese comedian, best known for his role in ''Takeshi's Castle'' and the current governor of Miyazaki Prefecture * Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫, born 1954), Japanese politician *, Japanese sprinter and baseball player * Hideo Ishikawa (石川 英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor * Hideo Itokawa (糸川 英夫, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiko Kaji
is a Japanese actress and singer. Since the 1960s, she has appeared in over 100 film and television roles, most prominently in the 1970s with her most famous roles as outlaw characters, best known for her performances in the film series '' Stray Cat Rock'', '' Wandering Ginza Butterfly'', '' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion'' and '' Lady Snowblood''. Kaji also performed as a singer, releasing records concurrently with her film career and beyond, even providing the official feature theme song tracks to a few of the films in which she also starred. Career Acting career Meiko Kaji was born Masako Ōta in the Kanda area of Tokyo and graduated from the Yakumo Academy high school in Meguro, Tokyo. She began to work in the film industry under her real name at Nikkatsu studio in 1965 after graduating from high school. Her first supporting film role was in 1968 in '' Retaliation''. In 1969 she appeared in ''Nihon Zankyoden'', one of a series of films directed by Masahiro Makino, who recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Satō (actor)
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008. Filmography Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Makoto 1934 births 2012 deaths Actors from Saga Prefecture Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
