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Etsushi Takahashi
was a Japanese actor from Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture. Takahashi often worked with Kihachi Okamoto and Satsuo Yamamoto. After graduating from Rikkyo University, Takahashi joined NHK acting school. In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company's acting school and became an official member in 1967. In the same year, he gave his film debut with ''Watashi Machigatterukashira?''. He received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1968. He appeared in '' Onihei's Detective Records,'' although he was fighting against cancer, and the film became his final film appearance. Selected filmography * ''Watashi Machigatterukashira?'' (1966) as Koike * ''Japan's Longest Day'' (1967) as Masataka Ida * '' The Human Bullet'' (1967) * ''The Affair'' (1967) * '' Kill!'' (1968) as Hanji * ''One Day at Summer's End'' (1968) as tetsuya * '' Red Lion'' (1969) as Ichinose * ''Eros + Massacre'' (1970) as Jun Tsuji * ''Men and War'' (1979) as Godai * ''Battle of Okinawa'' (1971) as Yokichi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishiwada, Osaka
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,853 in 88,598 households and a population density of 2,600 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is well known for its Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri, Danjiri Matsuri. Geography Kishiwada is located southwestern part of Osaka Prefecture, and forms a long and narrow area (7.6 km east–west, 17.3 km north–south) from Osaka Bay to the Izumi Mountains. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture *Izumi, Osaka, Izumi *Kaizuka, Osaka, Kaizuka *Tadaoka, Osaka, Tadaoka Wakayama Prefecture *Katsuragi, Wakayama, Katsuragi *Kinokawa, Wakayama, Kinokawa Climate Kishiwada has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kishiwada is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumō Chitai
is a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It was serialized in the weekly magazine ''Sunday Manichi'' from 1973 to 1978. The novel was partially adapted into a film starring Tatsuya Nakadai and directed by Satsuo Yamamoto in 1976. It was later adapted into two television miniseries in 1979 and 2009. Synopsis Tadashi Iki is captured during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria and returns to Japan after being interned for over a decade in Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union, Soviet labor camps. Owing to his former position in the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, Imperial General Staff, he is offered a position at the expansive Kinki Corporation. 1976 film is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. Cast *Tatsuya Nakadai - Tadashi Iki *Tetsurō Tamba - Isao Kawamata *Isao Yamagata - Ichizo Daimon *Jūkei Fujioka - Army Chief General of Kwantung Army *Kin'ya Kitaōji *Takashi Yamaguchi (actor, born 1936), Takashi Yamaguchi *Kaoru Yachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-Men '75
was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men '82'', followed, as did the specials. It had also been broadcast in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since Hong Kong was one of the filming locations, it was very popular there. With several updates and cast changes, it ran for 7 years. Selected episodes are available on DVD. Plot The story revolved around a special detective agency, the eponymous G-Men. The principal character, who spanned the entire series (and continued into the sequel and specials), was Superintendent Tetsuya Kuroki, who was portrayed by Tetsurō Tamba. Kuroki directed the members of the group. The original cast also included Yasuaki Kurata as Detective Yasuaki Kusano, trained in karate. Gō Wakabayashi joined in Episode 105, and remained to the end of the series (and the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven". Nobunaga was an influential figure in Japanese history and is regarded as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, along with his Affinity (medieval), retainers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Nobunaga paved the way for the successful reigns of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu by consolidating power, as head of the very powerful Oda clan, through a series of wars against other ''daimyō'' beginning in the 1560s. The period when Nobunaga and Hideyoshi were in power is called the Azuchi–Momoyama period. The name "Azuchi–Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga; while Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi lived after his retirement, was located in Momoyama. Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsho Taikōki
''Taiko'' (Japanese: 新書太閤記, Hepburn: ''Shinsho Taikōki''), also known as ''Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan'', is a Japanese epic novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa about the life and rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods of Feudal Japan. The book is a semi-biographical work depicted through the style of an epic fiction novel, and follows Hideyoshi from his childhood to his death. ''Taiko'' consists of eleven newspaper serials originally published in the Japanese newspaper ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' throughout the late 1930s. In 1967, the volumes were compiled by Yoshikawa's wife, Fumiko () and published under the name ''Shinsho Taikōki''. In 1992, ''Shinsho Taikōki'' was translated and abridged into English with consent from the author's estate by William Scott Wilson. It was released in the United States, the United Kingdom and continental Europe as ''Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Hunter
is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and its affiliates from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. ''Key Hunter'' was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in ''Key Hunter''. Charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuroda Nagamasa
was a ''daimyō'' during the late Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and adviser. Biography Nagamasa's childhood name was Shojumaru (松寿丸). In 1577 his father was tried and sentenced as a spy by Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was kidnapped and nearly killed as a hostage. With the help of Yamauchi Kazutoyo and his wife, Yamauchi Chiyo and Takenaka Hanbei rescued him. After Nobunaga was killed in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, Nagamasa served Toyotomi Hideyoshi along with his father and participated in the invasion of Chūgoku. In 1583 Nagamasa participated in the Battle of Shizugatake. In 1587, Nagamasa subdued Takarabe castle in Hyuga during Kyūshū campaign. During the campaign Ki Shigefusa, a local daimyo, responded to Hideyoshi's orders ambivalently, incurring Hideyoshi's anger. On April 20th 1588, Nagamasa invited Shigefusa to Nakatsu Castle with the pretence of hospitality. Shigefusa en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haru No Sakamichi (TV Series)
is a 1971 Japanese television series. It is the ninth NHK taiga drama. Average viewership rating: 21.7%, with highest rating peaking at 27.5%. No footage in full color is said still exist, however only the 52nd episode still remains in black and white due to recording technology at the time. Story Haru no Sakamichi deals with the late Sengoku period to early Edo period. Based on Sōhachi Yamaoka's novel by the same title. The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori Production Production Credits *Original story – Sōhachi Yamaoka *Music – Akira Miyoshi Cast Yagyū Clan * Nakamura Kinnosuke as Yagyū Munenori *Chitose Kobayashi as Orin *Rumi Matsumoto as Karasuma Junko * Hiroshi Akutagawa as Yagyū Munetoshi *Yoshio Harada as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi * Ryo Tamura as Yagyū Samon *Koji Shimizu as Yagyū Munefuyu Tokugawa Clan * So Yamamura as Tokugawa Ieyasu * Tetsuya Aoyama as Tokugawa Hidetada * Ichikawa Ebizō X as Tokugawa Iemitsu * Yoko Tsukasa as Lad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten To Chi To (TV Series)
is a 1969 Japanese television series. It is the 7th NHK taiga drama and the 1st to be televised in color. Average viewership rating was 25.0% with the peak of 32.4%. Story Ten to Chi to deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji's novels "Ten to Chi to". Now only episode 50 and a fragment of episode 2 exist. The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora from childhood until the climax of Battle of Kawanakajima against his rival, Takeda Shingen. Cast Nagao/Uesugi clan * Kōji Ishizaka as Nagao Kagetora * Osamu Takizawa as Nagao Tamekage * Takashi Yamaguchi as Nagao Masakage * Takashi Shimura as Nagao Fusakage * Jukichi Uno as Usami Sadamitsu * Etsushi Takahashi as Usami Sadakatsu * Yū Fujiki as Kakizaki Yajirō * Hideo Takamatsu as Kanazu Shinbei * Shirō Itō as Naya Tatsuzo * Ineko Arima as Mats as Naya Tatsuzoue * Goichi Yamada as Tokura Yohachiro * Akira Nagoya as Kakizaki Yosaburo * Noboru Nakaya as Sugihara Noriie * Shunya Shimazaki as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Meets West (1995 Film)
''East Meets West'' is a 1995 Japanese Western film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Plot The story, set in the year 1860, begins with an old man in the desert. Two signs are shown: one marked East, the other West. Japan's government has sent men on a mission to San Francisco. In San Francisco, the Japanese are surprised by American culture. One American, Gus Taylor, and his gang steal all the gold from the mission and make their way into the desert. One of the samurai on the mission chases after the gang into the desert. He is joined by a young American boy, Sam, whose father was killed by the gang leader. The group picks up a variety of people along the way to New Mexico. The Japanese and the Americans on the trip share parts of their cultures with each other. The group of vigilantes eventually makes it to New Mexico and finds the gang. They take back their stolen gold and return to San Francisco. Cast * Christopher Mayer as Gus Taylor * Hiroyuki Sanada as Kamijo Kenkichi * Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River With No Bridge
is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi based on the novel by Sue Sumii. Cast * Naoko Otani as Fude Hatanaka *Tamao Nakamura as Nui Hatanaka * Tetta Sugimoto as Seitaro Hatanaka * Masato Hagiwara as Sadao Shimura *Etsushi Takahashi as Iseda *Saki Takaoka as Nanae Minemura Awards and nominations 17th Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Director - Yōichi Higashi is a Japanese film director. He began his career working on documentary, documentaries at Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''Yasashii Nipponjin' ... References External links * 1992 films Films directed by Yōichi Higashi 1990s Japanese-language films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ja:橋のない川#映画版 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return From The River Kwai
''Return from the River Kwai'' is a 1989 British film directed by Andrew McLaglen and starring Edward Fox, Chris Penn and Timothy Bottoms. It is not a sequel to ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (1957), though it also deals with POWs of the Japanese in World War II. Cast * Edward Fox as Major Benford *Chris Penn as Lieutenant Crawford * Denholm Elliott as Colonel Grayson *Timothy Bottoms as Seaman Miller *Tatsuya Nakadai as Major Harada (Japanese: 陸軍少佐原田, ''Rikugun-Shōsa Harada'') *Etsushi Takahashi as Ozawa *George Takei as Lieutenant Tanaka (Japanese: 陸軍中尉田中, ''Rikugun-Chūi Tanaka'') *Nick Tate as Lt. Commander Hunt *Michael Dante as Commander Davidson Production The film is based on a 1979 factual book with the same name about a 1944 Japanese prisoner transport of 2,217 British and Australian POWs, who had been working as forced labour on the Burma Railway, building the bridge over the River Kwai. They were taken by railway to Singapore, and from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
