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Isao Natsuyagi
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi .... He eventually left Keio before graduating and entered the Haiyuza actors school. After graduating in 1966, he joined the Toei Company, Toei studio and made his film debut with ''Hone made shaburu''. His first starring role was in Hideo Gosha's ''Kiba Ōkaminosuke'' (1966). Filmography Film Television Anime Dubbing *''The Bridges of Madison County (film), The Bridges of Madison County'' – Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) *''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1974 TBS edition) – Joe (Clint Eastwood) *''Nighthawks (1981 film), Nighthawks'' (1984 Fuji TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter In The Dark (film)
is a 1979 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title. Plot Sasaio Heizaburo is a skilled sword samurai with amnesia. one day he meet Gomyo Kiyoemon. Kiyoemon gave him the name Tanigawa Yataro and starts using him as a hit man. Cast * Tatsuya Nakadai as Gomyo Kiyoemon * Yoshio Harada as Tanigawa Yataro(Sasao Heizaburo) * Tetsuro Tamba as Tanuma Ogitsugu * Mikio Narita as Toramatsu * Makoto Fujita as Kasuke * Hajime Hana as Sukegorō * Tatsuo Umemiya as Yaichi * Kōji Yakusho as Kuwano * Hideo Murota as Sakimatsu * Hideji Otaki as Jihei * Eijirō Tōno as Shōgen * Daisuke Ryu as Bunkichi * Keiko Kishi as Omon * Ayumi Ishida as Oriha * Isao Natsuyagi as Matsu * Sonny Chiba as Shimoguni Samon Production * Yoshinobu Nishioka was a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' production designer, art director, Film producer, producer and set decorator from Asuka, Nara, Asuka, Nara Prefecture who won three Japan Academy Film Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warm Water Under A Red Bridge
is a 2001 Japanese romantic comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ''Warm Water Under A Red Bridge'' focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happiness. Plot Yosuke is a salaryman who has been laid off from his job at an architectural firm in Tokyo and is undergoing marital difficulties. When his old friend dies, he travels to the small fishing town of Himi, Toyama to find a treasure that the old man had hidden in a house there decades before. He does not find what he expects, but takes a job with local fishermen and becomes romantically involved with a woman with an exaggerated proclivity towards female ejaculation. Cast * Kōji Yakusho as Yosuke Sasano * Misa Shimizu as Saeko Aizawa * Mitsuko Baisho as Mitsu Aizawa * Mansaku Fuwa as Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Moon (2001 Film)
is a 2001 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hiroshi Mikami. It was in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film's main theme is the conflict between work and family commitments in modern Japan. It focuses on a successful internet entrepreneur Nagai (Hiroshi Mikami), whose wife Akira (Maho Toyota) and young daughter Kaai ( Yukiko Ikari) left him because he neglected them for his business. A young hustler Keechie (Shuji Kashiwabara), who has emotion problems concerning his own father, becomes involved in the family's drama. Cast * Hiroshi Mikami - Nagai * Maho Toyota - Akira * Shuji Kashiwabara - Keechie * Yukiko Ikari - Kaai * Isao Natsuyagi - Tsuyoshi's father * Kumiko Akiyoshi - Keechie's client * Itsuji Itao - Interviewer Reception Derek Malcolm of ''Screen International'' criticized the film, saying: "the problem with the film is that, instead of letting these sequences speak for themselves, it constantly unders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamamoto Kansuke (general)
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the " Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". Also known by his formal name, Haruyuki (晴幸). He was a brilliant strategist, and is particularly known for his plan which led to success in the fourth battle of Kawanakajima against Uesugi Kenshin. However, Kansuke never lived to see his plan succeed; thinking it to have failed, he charged headlong into the enemy ranks, dying in battle. Biography Kansuke's origins are not known for certain, but he is believed to have originated from Ushikubo, a town in Mikawa Province, which was then under the suzerainty of the Imagawa clan. He came to Kai and began to serve Takeda Shingen in 1543, receiving a position as an infantry commander (''ashigaru-taishō'' 足軽大将). Legend says that Kansuke was blind in one eye and lame, but a fierce warrior and military strategist nevertheless. In various works of art, he is depicted holding a naginata as a support for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven And Earth (1990 Film)
Heaven and Earth may refer to: Film * ''Heaven and Earth'' (1990 film), a Japanese samurai film * ''Heaven & Earth'' (1993 film), directed by Oliver Stone, based on the memoir ''When Heaven and Earth Changed Places'' ** ''Heaven & Earth'' (soundtrack), the official musical score for the film composed by Japanese composer Kitarō * ''Heaven and Earth'', a 2012 film directed by Marleen Gorris Music * "Heaven and Earth", a song on the 1989 Kylie Minogue album '' Enjoy Yourself'' * ''Heaven and Earth'' (Al Jarreau album), 1992 ** "Heaven and Earth", a song from the album which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance * ''Heaven and Earth'', a 1999 album by Stuart Smith (musician) * ''Heaven and Earth'' (ProjeKct X album), 2000 * ''Heaven & Earth'' (Phil Wickham album), 2009 ** "Heaven & Earth" (song), the title song from the above album * ''Heaven and Earth'', a 2010 album by Nathan Haines * ''Heaven and Earth'' (John Martyn album), a 2011 album by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Blackout
(Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda. It is based on Sakyo Komatsu's novel ''Shuto shōshitsu'' which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985. The film's score was composed by Maurice Jarre, and special effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano. Plot One day, Tokyo and its metropolitan area are suddenly covered by a giant dome-shaped and electromagnetic "cloud" for an unknown reason, and the whole thing seemed to disappear and all communications with the outside of "the cloud" are cut off. Therefore, governments and scientific researchers in various places were extremely shocked and hurriedly organized to study countermeasures. But people are unable to cross "the cloud" into the Tokyo metropolitan area. The Soviet Navy fleet is getting close near Hokkaido, and the U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. So an emergency national governor's meeting was held, and made the national governor's meeting a transiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Rhapsody
is a 1984 Japanese musical drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, adapted from the 1979 musical of the same name. It received multiple nominations at the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Director of the Year and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Keiko Matsuzaka). Cast *Keiko Matsuzaka as Madoka Hatano *Morio Kazama as Shiro Hatano * Etsuko Shihomi as Lily * Ryudo Uzaki as Bakumatsu * Mitsuru Hirata as Shinzo Hirota *Noboru Mitani Noboru (written: , , , , in hiragana or katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture *, former professional sumo wrestler and current politician fr ... as Ho-san * Isao Natsuyagi as Shirai Other credits *Writing: **Kinji Fukasaku **Ren Saito: story **Yôzô Tanaka *Art Direction: **Kyohei Morita **Yutaka Yokoyama *Assistant Director: Hideo Nanbu *Sound recordist: Kazuhisa Takahashi References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireflies In The North
is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. The lead star is Tatsuya Nakadai. Plot The film depicts the conflict between the prisoners forced to work as manpower of Hokkaido settlers and the administrators of the Kabato district as well as the love and hate of the women who gathered there during the Meiji era. Cast *Tatsuya Nakadai as Takeshi Tsukigata *Shima Iwashita as Yu Nakamura *Mari Natsuki as Suma *Isao Natsuyagi as Kakumu * Kōichi Satō as Yakichi *Kunihiko Mitamura as Denji Masaki *Masanari Nihei as Kumagai *Hiroshi Miyauchi as Unno *Reiko Nakamura as Hamagiku *Junko Takazawa *Shunsuke Kariya as Tsuyoshi * Arase Nagahide as Yoshida Susumu *Naruse Tadashi as Nakajima Senkichi *Hatsuo Yamane as Marutoku *Kai Atō as Ryuzo * Seizo Fukumoto * Arase Nagahide as Susumu Yoshida *Toru Masuoka as Kanda *Ai Saotome as Setsu Furuya *Yoshio Inaba as Besho Ken *Daisuke Ryu as Nagakura Shinpachi *Asao Koike as Yuhara Tadayoshi * Tetsuro Tamba as Ishikura *Mikio Narita as Kanb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakujasho
is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Shunya Itō. Awards 7th Japan Academy Prize * Won: Best Actress - Rumiko Koyanagi , formerly known as during her Takarazuka Revue days, is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a member of Takarazuka Revue. She won the award for best new artist at the 13th Japan Record Awards and won the Japan Music Award ... References 1983 films Films directed by Shunya Itō 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onimasa
is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel of Tomiko Miyao. It was Japan's submission to the 55th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Tatsuya Nakadai as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa * Masako Natsume as Matsue Kiryuin * Shima Iwashita as Uta Kiryuin * Tetsurō Tamba as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss * Tatsuo Umemiya as Masaru Yamane * Kaori Tagasugi as Hanako Kiryuin * Akiko Kana as Tsuru * Kōji Yakusho as Kondō * Emi Shindō as Emiwaka, 2nd Mistress * Akiko Nakamura as Botan, 3rd Mistress * Mari Natsuki as Akio, Opponent's Mistress * Seizō Fukumoto * Masahiko Tanimura as Shirai Zenhichi * Torahiko Hamada as DR.Katō * Naoya Makoto as Gondō * Ryōhei Uchida as Suenaga * Mikio Narita as Tsujihara * Eitaro Ozawa as Genichiro Tanabe Production Originally, the actress and singer Meiko Kaji wished to make a film adaptation of the novel, so she discussed the idea with the produceGoro Kusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
