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Masaharu Ueda
Shoji Ueda (; 1 January 1938 – 16 January 2025) was a Japanese cinematographer. He worked several times with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the film ''Ran (film), Ran'' (1985). Ueda died from a heart attack on 16 January 2025 in Yokohama, at the age of 87. Selected filmography References External links * 1938 births 2025 deaths Japanese cinematographers {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funabashi
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after passing Kawaguchi, Saitama, Kawaguchi, Hachioji and Chiba (city), Chiba), and second largest in Chiba Prefecture. Geography Funabashi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture approximately 20 kilometers in either direction from the prefectural capital at Chiba (city), Chiba and downtown Tokyo. The central area forms a flat diluvial upland of the Shimōsa Plateau. The city sits at an elevation of 20 to 30 meters above sea level, and is relatively flat. The highest point is 32.3 meters in Narashino 3-chome, and the lowest point is 0.2 meters in Minatomachi 1-chome. Funabashi is crossed by the Tone River, and the small Ebi River is located entirely within city limits. Funabashi formerly had wide, shallow beaches, but much of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Grasshoff
Alexander Grasshoff (December 10, 1928 – April 5, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker and director who received three Oscar nominations. Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn, he is perhaps best known for writing and directing the documentary ''Young Americans (1967 film), Young Americans'', which won an Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Feature during the 1969 ceremony. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus making it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar was revoked. (This marks the only time, as of 2022, where an Academy Award was first awarded and then revoked.) Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-nominated films ''The Really Big Family'' (1966) and ''Journey to the Outer Limits'' (1973). He also directed the award-winning ''The Wave (TV special), The Wave'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Births
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Shinjō
Taku may refer to: Places North America * the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia ** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River ** the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau ** Taku Towers, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Harbor, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Inlet, in Alaska ** the Taku Plateau, in British Columbia * Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in British Columbia ** Taku, British Columbia, a locality on Tagish Lake Asia * Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China * Taku, Saga, a city in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan * Taku, India, a town in India Oceania * Taku, Kiribati, a village in Kiribati. Peoples * The Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a ''kwaan'' or tribe of the Tlingit *Taku River Tlingit First Nation, government in British Columbia People Surname * Moses Taku, a rabbi, 13th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Those We Love (2007 Film)
''For Those We Love'' is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by and starring Betty Compson, and featuring Lon Chaney and Richard Rosson. Written and directed by Arthur Rosson, the film was based on a story by Perley Poore Sheehan (who later co-wrote the script for Chaney's '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. The film was distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Some sources list the release date as being in March 1921. This is unlikely since the film was only copyrighted in July, but the exact release date has not been confirmed. It is now considered a lost film. A still exists showing Chaney holding the heroine. Plot Beatrice Arnold (Betty Compson) cares for her father George and her younger brother Jimmy (Richard Rosson). She is saved from drowning by a local card shark named Trix Ulner (Lon Chaney) who decides to pursue her romantically, much to the chagrin of her longtime sweetheart, Johnny Fletcher. Beatrice is shocked to learn that Jimmy's been embezzling funds from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Wishes For Tomorrow
''Best Wishes for Tomorrow'' ( ) is a Japanese film by director Takashi Koizumi Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史 ''Koizumi Takashi'') (born November 6, 1944, in Mito) is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Waseda University, he served as an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa for many years. Filmography Award ... and based on the novel '' Nagai Tabi'' ("A long journey") by Shōhei Ōoka. It stars Makoto Fujita as Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials. Plot summary The film depicts the war crimes trial of Lieutenant General Tasuku Okada, who ordered the execution of 38 captured US prisoners of war, after he considered them to be war criminals for the war time fire bombing of Nagoya. The movie seeks to call attention to supposed American war crime culpability in the fire and atomic bombings of Japan.Morio, NoriJapanese film a poetic look at a WWII war crime trial March 9, 2008 '' Stars and Stripes'' Retrieved February 23, 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letters From The Mountains
is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Takashi Koizumi. The film was adapted from the novel ''Amidadō Dayori'' written by Keishi Nagi. It stars Akira Terao. Letters from the Mountains was nominated for 13 awards at the 26th Japan Academy Film Prize. The film depicts a couple moving from a big city to the countryside. Cast * Akira Terao as Takao Ueda * Kanako Higuchi as Michiko Ueda * Takahiro Tamura as Shignaga Kōda * Kyōko Kagawa as Yone Kōda * Hisashi Igawa as Sukeyaku Ishino * Hidetaka Yoshioka as Doctor Nakamura * Manami Konishi as Sayuri Ishino * Tanie Kitabayashi as Oume Honors Japan Academy Film Prize *Won:Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Tanie Kitabayashi. *Won:Newcomer of the Year - Manami Konishi. Blue Ribbon Awards *Won:Best Newcomer - Manami Konishi. Mainichi Film Awards *Won:Best Music - Takashi Kako (born 31 January 1947) is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms. Early life Kako was born in Osaka. He began playing pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Koizumi
Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史 ''Koizumi Takashi'') (born November 6, 1944, in Mito) is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Waseda University, he served as an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa for many years. Filmography Awards Nominations * AFI Fest 1999: ** Grand Jury Prize for '' After the Rain'' * 24th Japan Academy Film Prize (2001) ** Best Director for '' After the Rain'' * 26th Japan Academy Film Prize (2003) ** Best Director for '' Letters from the Mountains'' ** Best Screenplay for '' Letters from the Mountains'' Won * Venice International Film Festival 1999: ** CinemAwenire Award in Best Film on the Relationship of Man-Nature for '' After the Rain'' * São Paulo International Film Festival The São Paulo International Film Festival (), also known internationally as Mostra, is an annual film festival held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South Ame ... 1999: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Rain (film)
is a 1999 Japanese and French film. The story is based on the last script written by Akira Kurosawa and is directed by his former assistant director of 28 years, Takashi Koizumi. It was awarded a Japanese Academy Award in 1999. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It was Japan's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Synopsis A group of travelers are stranded in a small country inn when the local river floods. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the travelers trapped at the inn. A traveling rōnin (masterless samurai), Ihei Misawa, takes it upon himself to cheer everyone up by arranging a splendid feast. Unfortunately he has no money and in order to pay for the feast he visits the local dojos and challenges the masters there for payment, termed in the film as prize fighting. Later, after breaking up a duel between two young retainers of the local clan, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madadayo
is a 1993 Japanese comedy-drama film. It is the thirty-first and final film to be completed by Akira Kurosawa before his death. It was screened out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot The film is based on the life of Japanese academic and author Hyakken Uchida (1889–1971). While playfully teaching a class as a professor of German in the period immediately before the Second World War, Uchida tearfully announces his retirement to his crestfallen students. In 1943, he moves into a spacious house but his wife is concerned about the safety of the neighborhood. Two students arrive to pretend to burglarize the home, but instead find a series of directions written by Uchida on how to break in to the house. He hosts a dinner for several of his students, but as a result of wartime shortages he is embarrassed that he and his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhapsody In August
is a 1991 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa based on the novel ''Nabe no naka'' by Kiyoko Murata. The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies. American film star Richard Gere appears as Suzujiro's son Clark. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ''Rhapsody in August'' is one of only three sole-directed Kurosawa movies to feature a female lead, and the first in nearly half a century. The others are ''The Most Beautiful'' (1944) and '' No Regrets for Our Youth'' (1946). However, Kurosawa also directed most of the female-led ''Uma'' (1941), on which he was credited as assistant director. Plot ''Rhapsody in August'' is a tale of three generations in a post-war Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams (1990 Film)
, also known as ''Akira Kurosawa's Dreams'', is a 1990 magical realism, magical realist anthology film of eight vignettes written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Inspired by actual recurring dreams that Kurosawa had, it stars Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada and Mitsuko Baisho. It was the director's first film in 45 years in which he was the sole author of the screenplay. An international co-production of Japan and the United States, ''Dreams'' was made five years after ''Ran (film), Ran'', with assistance from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and funded by Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. The film was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, and has consistently received positive reviews. ''Dreams'' addresses themes such as childhood, spirituality, art, death, and mistakes and transgressions made by humans against nature. Plot The film does not have a single narrative, but is episodic in nature, following the adventures of a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
