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Kenichi Hagiwara
was a Japanese singer and actor. Music career Also known as Sho-Ken, he was the lead singer of The Tempters, which was a blues-rock band connected to the Group Sounds scene, and gained big hits in the late 1960s. Hagiwara was known for his good looks and wild vocals, which appealed to young male and female fans. After The Tempters, he formed the band PYG (band), PYG along with Kenji Sawada, the first true Japanese supergroup, a unit which included members of The Tigers (Japanese band), The Tigers, The Tempters, and The Spiders. He was in the Donjuan R&R Band with Hideki Ishima, formerly of The Flowers Travelln' Band. Acting career After being highly praised for his acting in the film ''The Rendezvous (1972 film), The Rendezvous'' (1972), he appeared in many films and television shows, including many films directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and such hit TV dramas as ''Taiyō ni hoero!'', ''Kizudarake no tenshi'', and ''Zenryaku ofukurosama''. He was still popular as an actor in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yono, Saitama
was a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... On May 1, 2001, Yono was merged with the cities of Urawa and Ōmiya to create the city of Saitama. Since April 1, 2003, the area of former Yono City is only consisted of Chūō-ku of Saitama City. History Modern Yono * On April 1, 1889, the town of Yono was founded. * On July 15, 1958, Yono became a city, which existed between cities of Urawa and Ōmiya. Saitama city era * On May 1, 2001, Yono was merged with the cities Urawa and Ōmiya to create the new capital city of Saitama. * On April 1, 2003, when Saitama became a designated city, the former area of Yono city became known as Chūō-ku, along with small parts of former Urawa and Ōmiya cities. Things of Interest Yon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Katsu Kaishū (TV Series)
is a 1974 Japanese television series. It is the 12th NHK taiga drama. Tetsuya Watari was forced to step down from the role of Katsu Kaishū because of his illness so he appeared in only the first 9 episodes. The average viewing rating was 24.2%, with the highest peaking at 30.9%. Only episodes 6, 7, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 44 have been discovered to still exist. Story Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū ". The story chronicles the life of Katsu Kaishū. Cast * Tetsuya Watari (ep.1-9) / Hiroki Matsukata (ep.10-) as Katsu Kaishū * Onoe Shoroku II : Katsu Kokichi * Reiko Ohara * Yoshiko Kuga : Katsu Nobu * Mitsuko Oka : Katsu Tami * Akiko Nishina : Ito * Naoko Otani : Jun * Rokkō Toura as Takano Chōei * Hiroshi Fujioka as Sakamoto Ryōma * Renji Ishibashi : Yoshida Shōin * Tōru Emori : Sugi * Joe Shishido as Yamaoka Tesshū * Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Yoshinobu * Katsumasa Uchida : Imuda Shōhei * Asao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyō Ni Hoero!
, literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such as Yūsaku Matsuda and Kenichi Hagiwara as well as Hiroshi Katsuno and Masaya Oki. It was a police procedural The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies ... set mostly in a police station. It was one of the most popular and iconic detective dramas in Japanese television history. A sequel was aired from 1986 to 1987, airing for 12 episodes. It was one of the first shows to air on the then-fledgling Nippon Television Network System (NNS). Setting The series takes place in the fictional Nanamagari police station in Shinjuku and portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
"Ashikaga Yoshimasa" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. was the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. His actions led to the Ōnin War (1467–1477), which triggered the Sengoku period. His reign saw a cultural flourishing in the arts, the development of East Asian tea ceremony, tea ceremony, Zen Buddhism and Wabi-sabi, wabi-sabi aesthetics. Biography Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. His childhood name was Miharu (三春). His Seishitsu, official wife was Hino Tomiko. On August 16, 1443, the 10-year-old ''shōgun'' Yoshikatsu died of injuries sustained in a fall from a horse. He had been shōgun for only three years. Immediately, the ''bakufu'' elevated Yoshinari, the young shōgun's even younger brother, to be the new ''shōgun''. Several years after becoming shōgun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Moon (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 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Pub
is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Takayoshi Watanabe. Cast * Kenichi Hagiwara : Sotaro * Shigeru Muroi : Sizuko * Nobuo Yana : Uoharu * Tomoko Yamaguchi : Satoko * Etsushi Toyokawa : Sugimoto * Hidetoshi Nishijima : Koichi Reception 19th Hochi Film Awards * Won: Best Actor - Kenichi Hagiwara * Won: Best Supporting Actress - Shigeru Muroi * Won: Best Newcomer - Tomoko Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tochigi. She is the lead actress for the classic dorama series Long Vacation, starring alongside Takuya Kimura. Filmography Television *Asadora ''Jun-chan no ōenka'' (1988–89), Junko On ... References External links * 1994 films Films directed by Takayoshi Watanabe Japanese ghost films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triple Cross
(a.k.a. ''The Day's Too Bright'') is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot Kanzaki, Shiba, and Imura are a trio of robbers who commit a series of bank robberies, making off with hundreds of millions of yen. They lay low for a year until Imura falls into serious debt and begs to be a part of another robbery. Shiba introduces them to Kadomachi, the young owner of a rock club. Following Kadomachi's plan, they rob an armored car expected to be transporting 200 million yen from a hotel at Lake Tōya to a bank in Sapporo. When they discover that the armored car was only carrying 50 million yen, Imura attempts to rob the others at gunpoint but is overcome with guilt and drops the gun. Kadomachi grabs the gun and shoots at the others, killing Imura before stealing the money and blowing up the safe house with dynamite. Kanzaki and Shiba are injured but Kanzaki's girlfriend Misato arrives and drives them away. Kadomachi sneaks into Shiba's home and meets up with Shiba's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirō Nonaka
was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the 26 February Incident in 1936. His final rank was Captain. Career Nonaka was born in the city of Okayama, in a family of career military officers. He enrolled in Tokyo Fourth Middle School (now Toyama High School in the Shinjuku City),''日本陸海軍総合事典 General Dictionary of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan'', edited by Ikuhiko Hata (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, in Japanese) and graduated in the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1924. Later, he became an Infantry Captain in 1933. During the February 26 Incident, he led 500 soldiers to take over Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, but committed suicide on 29 February when the coup d'état failed. Portrayals Film * Eiichi Sugasawara (『叛乱]』, 1954, Shin Saburi) *Asao Matsumoto (『重臣と青年将校 陸海軍流血史』, 1958, Michiyoshi Doi) * Fumitake Omura (『銃殺 2・26の叛 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami E Hashire, Umi No Michi O!
, also known as ''South to the Horizon'', is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Seiji Izumi. Awards 8th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actor - Kōichi Iwaki *Won: Best Actress - Narumi Yasuda is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Inujini seshi mono'', '' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o!'' and '' Sorobanzuku''. She also won the award for best actress at the 13th Hochi Film ... *Won: Best Cinematography References 1986 films Films directed by Seiji Izumi 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Letter (1985 Film)
is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro. Cast *Kenichi Hagiwara *Mitsuko Baisho *Tomoyoshi Wada *Keiko Takahashi * Kaoru Kobayashi *Noboru Nakaya *Tokie Hidari *Isao Hashizume *Eiichi Kudo Awards and nominations 10th Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Actress - Mitsuko Baisho is a Japanese actress whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2010. Baisho has also appeared in films directed by Akira Kurosawa. She won awards for best actress at ... References 1985 films Films directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seburi Monogatari
is a 1985 Japanese drama film directed by Sadao Nakajima. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Kenichi Hagiwara as Hajime Kinoshita * Yumiko Fujita as Kuni * Michiko Kohno as Hide * Takashi Naitô as Kazuo * Ai Saotome as Hana * Eiko Nagashima as Mitsu * Taiji Tonoyama as Kamezo * Ken Mitsuishi as Jiro * Hideo Murota as Kuzushiri * Rei Okamoto as Tome * Asao Uchida as Ayutachi * Nenji Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for ''Poppoya''. Kobayashi signed with Toei in 1961 and started his acting career with small roles. Filmography Film * '' Soshiki Bōryoku'' (19 ... as Army * Yoshio Ichikawa as Imasuke References External links * 1985 films 1980s Japanese-language films 1985 drama films Films directed by Sadao Nakajima Japanese drama films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
