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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� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita-ku, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is City of Kita. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 340,287, and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total area is 20.61 km2. Districts and neighborhoods ;Akabane-Iwabuchi Area * Akabane, Tokyo, Akabane * * * * * * * * * * ;Ōji Area * * * * * * * * * * ;Takinogawa Area * * * * * * * * * ;Notes: History The area was a collection of rural villages and towns until the 1880s, when it was connected by rail to central Tokyo (Ōji Station (Tokyo), Oji Station opening in 1883). Parts of the area joined Tokyo City in 1932 as the Ōji (former Ōji and Iwabuchi towns) and Takinogawa (former Takinogawa town) Wards. Kita was officially formed in 1947 by the merger of these wards. Geography The name ''Kita,'' meaning "north," reflect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Who Causes A Storm
, or ''A Storming Drummer'', or ''The Stormy Man'', is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Umetsugu Inoue. The film is one of the most famous films for Yujiro Ishihara, who plays the main role of Kokubun Eiji, an unknown drummer. Cast * Yujiro Ishihara : Kokubun Eiji * Mie Kitahara : Fukushima Miyako * Izumi Ashikawa : Shima Midori * Nobuo Kaneko : Sakyo * Tatsuya Fuji * Kyoji Aoyama * Kaku Takashina * Mari Shiraki : Merry Oka * Masumi Okada * Jūkei Fujioka : Mochinaga * Kaku Takashina was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 9th Hochi Film Award and at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Mahjong hōrōki''. Selected filmography *''Tekken no machi'' (1947) *''Arabiya monogatari'' (1951) *''Koi ... : Ken References External links * 1957 films Films directed by Umetsugu Inoue Nikkatsu films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Film Actresses
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Living People
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1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's Colonial empire, colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of . * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangster VIP
is a 1968 Japanese crime film directed by Toshio Masuda. The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman ( Machida Kyosuke) who belonged to the rival gang called the Aokis. On his release from prison, Goro finds out his gang is in decline and learns that the hitman he stabbed is still alive. Production ''Outlaw: Gangster VIP'' is based on the writings of Goro Fujita, an ex-gangster who wrote the novel the film was based on. The film was the first in a six-part series of films based on Goro Fujita's character. Release The film was released in Japan on January 13, 1968. The film was released by Toho International in an English-subtitled version in the United States in May 1968. ''Outlaw: Gangster VIP'' was shown at the Udine Far East Festival in 2005. The film had its Canadian premier at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 14, 2008. ''Outlaw: Gangster VIP'' was released by Arrow Video on Blu-ray and DVD in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man With A Shotgun
is a 1961 Japanese Western film directed by Seijun Suzuki in the vein of the Nikkatsu Studio's "borderless action cinema". Hideaki Nitani stars as a singing cowboy and trucker who seeks revenge after his girlfriend is raped and murdered. Cast * Hideaki Nitani as Watari * Izumi Ashikawa as Setsuko Okumura * Toshio Takahara as Okumura * Jun Hamamura as president * Asao Sano as Kuronuma References External links * * Man with a Shotgun' at the Japanese Movie Database The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. ... 1961 films 1961 Western (genre) films 1960s Japanese-language films Japanese Western (genre) films Films directed by Seijun Suzuki Japanese films about revenge Rape and revenge films Nikkatsu films 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutekiga Ore O Yondeiru
also known as ''The Call of the Foghorn'' is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Yamazaki Tokujirō. It was the final film of young star Akagi Keiichiro before his death, and considered his most famous work. Plot Sugi is a navigator of the ship Suzuran Maru. He returns to Yokohama while his she is under repairs, and after getting into a brawl over a prostitute who calls herself "Sally," is informed of the death of his old friend, Hamasaki. Police call it suicide, but Sugi doubts it, and he starts to investigate by himself. Detective Morimoto tells Sugi that his friend was a drug dealer. When he returns home, he discovers that Sally had called him, but when he goes to her apartment, he discovers that she has been murdered. Sugi goes to speak with Hamazaki's girlfriend, Miyako. She tells him that she and Hamazaki were being targeted by the manager of the nightclub "35 Knots," where he had brawled and met Sally the day before. His name was Watanabe, and had also been targeting Sally, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurenai No Tsubasa
''Kurenai no Tsubasa'' (, lit. "Crimson Wings") is a 1958 black and white Japanese film directed by Kō Nakahira. Plot On Hachijojima island, a child suffers from tetanus and urgently needs serum delivered. The pilot Ishida Yasuji ends up flying a small Cessna after a larger airplane breaks down. Newspaper reporter Yukie and Ohashi, who originally chartered the Cessna, accompany him, but Ohashi, who has just killed a man, forces Ishida to land the plane on a small island along the way in an attempt to escape capture. Cast * Yujiro Ishihara : Ishida Yasuji * Izumi Ashikawa : Ishida Shinobu * Hideaki Nitani : Ohashi Kazuo * Masumi Okada : * Kō Nishimura : Mizutani Tetsuji * Sanae Nakahara : * Shinsuke Ashida : Sasaki * Shirō Osaka * Kyosuke Machida * Hisano Yamaoka : * Keiichirō Akagi : (extra) * Toru Abe : Iwami Takeshi * Masami Shimojō Sekine Junzō References Japanese black-and-white films 1958 films Films directed by Kō Nakahira Japanese aviation films Nikkatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
