Jirō Yabuki
also known as Jirō Chiba is a retired Japanese actor. His older brother was Sonny Chiba. He is known for playing the role of Kazuya Taki in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Kamen Rider (1971 TV series), Kamen Rider''. He started his acting career at the Bungakuza theatre company in 1967. In 1970, he joined Sonny Chiba's production company and often co-starred with Sonny in many films. His first starring role in the film was in ''Gekitotsu! Aikidō''. In 1976, he changed his stage name from Jirō Chiba to Jirō Yabuki. He announced his retirement as an actor in 1982. Filmography Film *''The Assassin'' (1970) as Jirō *' (1971) *''Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishōgai'' (1971) *''Kamen Rider (1971 TV series), Kamen Rider vs. Shocker'' (1972) as Kazuya Taki *''Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell'' (1972) as Kazuya Taki *''The Street Fighter'' (1974) as Gijun Shikenbaru *''The Bullet Train'' (1975) as Officer *''Champion of Death'' (1975) as Ogano Genpachirō *''The Return of the Sister Street ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kimitsu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 83,058 in 39,138 households and a population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Overview The area along Tokyo Bay is in the Kimitsu district of Kisarazu Port, and it is a heavy industrial area centered around Nippon Steel (formerly Yahata Steel and Nippon Steel). The city area is mostly located along the coast around Kimitsu Station. In the inland Kururi area, the JR Kururi Line runs through, and it was a castle town of the Kururi Domain during the Edo period, with historical streets still remaining. The underground water from the Kiyosumi and Mitsuishi mountain ranges was chosen as one of the "Top 100 Famous Waters of Heisei" and is called "Living Water of Kururi." Kururi is the top producer in Japan of kallos (wetland plants) using the spring water. In the late 1960s, about 20,000 people from Kyushu moved to the area when the Yahata Steel fact ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yakuza Graveyard
''Yakuza Graveyard'', known in Japan as , is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay by Kazuo Kasahara is based on a concept by Norimichi Matsudaira, Naoyuki Sugimoto and Kyo Namura. ''Complex'' named it number 17 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Kino International released the film on DVD in North America in 2006. Plot Kuroiwa, a police investigator born in Manchukuo, is cracking down on yakuza business but his rough methods often get him in trouble with his superiors and he is transferred to a new beat in Osaka. Kuroiwa is sleeping with the widow of a man he killed and she demands that he give her enough money to open up her own bar. When Kuroiwa humiliates and beats a group of young yakuza from the Nishida family, the Nishida family offers him money to be on their side in a turf war against the Yamashiro family, but he refuses. The Nishida family tells underboss Matsunaga's half-Korean wife Keiko to convince Kuroiwa to take their sid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robot Detective
is a tokusatsu superhero TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and broadcast on Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ... from April 5 to September 27, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. It stars Jirō Chiba. The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality. The main antagonist is . Along with '' Android Kikaider'' ''Robot Detective'' was one of the early predecessors to what would become the '' Metal Hero Series'' of programs featuring human-sized cyborg heroes. Episode List # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Cast *: **Suit Actor: , **Suit Actor (battle sce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kikaider 01
(Pronounced as ''Kikaider Zero One''), is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, and a sequel series to '' Android Kikaider''. Produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, it was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from May 12, 1973 to March 30, 1974, with a total of 46 episodes. Its title in Hawaii is ''Kikaida 01'' (based on the Japanese title). Kikaider 01 made an appearance alongside Kikaider, Inazuman, and Zubat in the 2011 movie OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders. Plot The noted robotics expert Dr. Kohmyoji created a powerful android to protect Japan from evil forces. When Hakaider starts his evil organization, Dr. Kohmyoji's android, Kikaider 01, awakens to fight Hakaider. Hakaider has three assistants, Red Hakaider, Blue Hakaider, and Silver Hakaider. Together, they devise various schemes to cause destruction, but Kikaider 01 stops them all. Kikaider appears to assist Kikaider 01. Their chief goal is to capture a young boy, named Akira. After Hakaider's a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ōedo Sōsamō
and are long-running prime time television ''jidaigeki'' programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as " Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the second series). Early on, it carried the subtitle "Ōedo Untouchables." Characters The central characters are a ninja group who serve as secret police agents in Edo. They work undercover under the direction of a hatamoto A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the Shōgun, shogunates in History of Japan, Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred ..., and later, under Matsudaira Sadanobu. * Jūmonji Koyata, masquerading as a vagrant from Sagami, Sanjirō. The male lead, Koyata was played by Ryōtarō Sugi, Kōtarō Satomi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shirō Namiki, and Jun Hashizume. * Isaka Jūzō, masquerading as a r� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tattoo Ari
is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa. Cast * Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda * Keiko Sekine as Michiyo * Misako Watanabe as Sadako Takeda * Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko * Yoshiko Osimi (忍海よしこ) as Satoko * Jirō Yabuki as Teruya Shimada * Shirō Shimomoto as Sato * Hitoshi Ueki as President * Kazuhiro Yamaji as Michiyo's new lover * Maiko Kazama as Sanae Background Director Banmei Takahashi was at this point a veteran director of pink films with a resume of about 40 movies. This film in the action genre represents a new direction for Takahashi. ''Tattoo Ari'' was a critical and box-office hit and with his award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival launched Takahashi on a mainstream career. The female lead in ''Tattoo Ari'', Keiko Sekine, was Banmei Takahashi's wife and later acted under the name Keiko Takahashi. Awards and nominations 4th Yokohama Film Festival The is an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Farewell To The Land
is a 1982 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Jinpachi Nezu as Yukio Yamazawa * Kumiko Akiyoshi as Junko * Jirō Yabuki also known as Jirō Chiba is a retired Japanese actor. His older brother was Sonny Chiba. He is known for playing the role of Kazuya Taki in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Kamen Rider (1971 TV series), Kamen Rider''. He started his acting car ... as Akihiko Yamazawa (as Jirō Yabuki) * Miyako Yamaguchi as Fumie Yamazawa * Gō Awazu as Driver * Sumiko Hidaka as Ine Yamazawa * Yudai Ishiyama as Manager * Keizō Kanie as Daijin * Nenji Kobayashi as Farmer * Kōjirō Kusanagi as Takejirō Yamazawa * Seiji Matsuyama as Fumie's brother * Yuichi Minato as Office worker * Aoi Nakajima as Fumiko * Rei Okamoto as Taiwanese woman * Kiminobu Okumura as Koichirō Yamazawa References External links * 1982 films 1982 drama films Japanese drama films 1980s J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Part 2
Part Two, Part 2 or Part II may refer to: Music Albums * ''Part 2'' (Brix & the Extricated album), 2017 * ''Part II'' (Brad Paisley album), 2001 * ''Part II'' (Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz album), 2003 * ''Part Two'' (Throbbing Gristle album), 2007 Songs * "Part II" (Method Man & Redman song), a 2001 single by Method Man & Redman from the soundtrack to ''How High'' * " "Part II" (Paramore song), a 2013 song by Paramore from ''Paramore'' * " Part II (On the Run)", a 2014 single by Jay-Z and Beyoncé * "Pt. 2", a 2016 single by Kanye West, the second part of " Father Stretch My Hands" Television * "Part 2" (''True Detective''), an episode of ''True Detective'' * "Part 2" (''Twin Peaks''), an episode of ''Twin Peaks'' * "Part II" (''Lawmen: Bass Reeves''), an episode of ''Lawmen: Bass Reeves'' * "Part II" (''Obi-Wan Kenobi''), an episode of ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' * "Part Two" (''Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy''), an episode of ''Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy'' * "Part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eijanaika (film)
is a 1981 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry " Ee ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society. Cast * Kaori Momoi - Ine * Shigeru Izumiya - Genji * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi - Kinzo * Masao Kusakari - Itoman * Mitsuko Baisho - Oko * Yōhei Kōno - Hara Ichinoshin * Taiji Tonoyama * Junzaburō Ban - Toramatsu * Nenji Kobayashi - Matakichi * Hideo Takamatsu - Koide Yamato no Kami * Ako - Oyoshi * Kazuo Kitamura - Koide Yamatonokami * Jirō Yabuki - Senmatsu * Ya ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Battle Of Port Arthur
is a 1980 Japanese war film directed by Toshio Masuda. The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means Hill 203. The film depicts the fiercest battles at Hill 203 in the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. Cast * Tatsuya Nakadai as General Baron Nogi Maresuke * Tetsuro Tamba as General Baron Kodama Gentarō * Teruhiko Aoi as Koga Takeshi * Kenji Niinuma as Kinoshita * Toshiyuki Nagashima as Nogi Yasusuke * Makoto Satō as Ushiwaka Toratarō * Isao Tamagawa as Matsumura Kanetomo * Hiroshi Nawa as Lieutenant General Nakamura Satoru * Yoko Nogiwa as Nogi Shizuko * Masako Natsume as Matsuo Sachi * Shigeru Kōyama as Marshal Marquess Yamagata Aritomo * Shigeru Amachi as Baron Kaneko Kentarō * Nobuo Kawai as Baron Komura Jutarō * Yoshio Inaba as Major General Ijichi Kōsuke * Jirō Yabuki as Kuji * Kastutoshi Arata as Ainoda * Kunio Murai as Oki Teisuke * Akihiko Hirata as Major General Nagaoka Gaishi * Go Wakabayashi as Kamiizumi T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kagemusha
is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying ''daimyō'' Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. ''Kagemusha'' is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino. ''Kagemusha'' was released to critical acclaim. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival (tied with '' All That Jazz''). It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received other honours. In 2009 the film was voted at No. 59 on the list of ''The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time'' by Japanese film magazine '' Kinema Junpo''. Plot During the Sengoku period, in 1571, Takeda Shingen, ''daimyō'' of Kai province from the Takeda clan, meets a thief his brother Nobukado has spa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shogun's Samurai
''Shogun's Samurai'', known in Japan as , is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two unrelated Fukasaku films to star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the other being '' Samurai Reincarnation''. The film was adapted into a 39-episode TV series, '' The Yagyu Conspiracy'' (1978–1979), and two TV film remakes were released in 2008 and 2020. Plot In 1624, shogun Tokugawa Hidetada dies suddenly. His food taster kills himself, leading to a suspicion of poisoning. Hidetada's first son, Iemitsu, was heir but his father, disliking his large facial birthmark and stammer, had favoured his popular second son, Tadanaga. Hidetada's widow is influencing ministers such as Lord Owari and Chief Chamberlain Doi, to back Tadanaga; Chamberlain Matsudaira and Lady Kasuga, leader of the harem, back Iemitsu. Scheming nobles Sanjo Saneeda and Ayamaro Karasumasu see an opportunity to overthrow t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |