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Masato Yamanouchi
was a Japanese voice actor. Over the course of his 58-year career, he was reportedly in more than 20,000 works and dubbed more than 3,000 films. He voiced Grandpa in '' Future Boy Conan'' and Dornkirk in '' The Vision of Escaflowne'', and dubbed films for actors including Tyrone Power and Montgomery Clift. Early life and education Yamanouchi was born Mikio Yamauchi () on April 3, 1929 in Tokyo. He attended Shiba Junior High School, Waseda University School of Law, and Kamakura Academia's theatre program. While at Waseda, he founded Jiyu Butai, a theatre troupe. Career In 1945, Yamanouchi joined the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Company, where he hosted a radio show and debuted as a voice actor in ''Fuefuki Dōji'' as Kirino Kojiro. His early training for voice roles centered on dramatic reading, which he initially performed in coffee shops. In 1949, he and linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi started the Broadcast Expression Education Center, where they worked on preserving the Edo language. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meguro
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate head offices, the Komaba campus of University of Tokyo as well as fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. Residential neighborhoods include, Jiyugaoka, Kakinokizaka, and Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Nakameguro. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 277,171 and a population density of 18,890 persons per km2. The total area is 14.67 km2. Meguro is also used to refer to the area around Meguro Station, which is not located in Meguro ward, but in neighboring Shinagawa's Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Kamiōsaki district. History The Higashiyama shell mound in the north of the ward contains remains from the Paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods. The area now kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rascal The Raccoon
is a 1977 Japanese animated series by Nippon Animation. This anime is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel '' Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era'' by Sterling North. As a result of the anime's popularity, many pet raccoons were imported to Japan, which caused them to become an invasive species in the country. Plot The anime revolves around a young boy who decided to provide shelter to a raccoon that was discovered by a hunter. As the boy attempted to domesticate the wild animal as part of his family, he soon realized through trials and tribulations that his efforts were futile and decided to release Rascal back into the wild. Cast * Masako Nozawa as Rascal * Toshihiko Utsumi as Sterling North * Yoshiko Matsuo as Theodora "Theo" North * Michiru Haga as Jessica North * Masato Yamanouchi as Willard North * Kuniko Kashii as Elisabeth North * Yūji Shikamata as Oscar Sunderland * Akio Nojima as Carl * Eken Mine as Federiko * Hisako Kyouda as Clarissa * Ichirô Nagai as Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River (1948 Film)
''Red River'' is a 1948 American Western film, directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It gives a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive between the Texas rancher who initiated it (Wayne) and his adopted adult son (Clift). The film's supporting cast features: Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr. and Paul Fix. Borden Chase and Charles Schnee wrote the screenplay based on Chase's original story (which was first serialized in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1946 as "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail"). Upon its release, ''Red River'' was both a critical and commercial success and was nominated for two Academy Awards. In 1990, ''Red River'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Dive
A crash dive is a maneuver by a submarine in which the vessel submerges as quickly as possible to avoid attack. Crash diving from the surface to avoid attack has been largely rendered obsolete with the advent of nuclear-powered submarines, as they normally operate submerged. However, the crash dive is also a standard maneuver to avoid a collision. A crash dive in a diesel-powered submarine requires careful orchestration of the crew. On German U-boats of World War II, a crash dive began with the Captain or senior lookouts giving the order "Alarm!" which led to a bridge officer activating the alarm bell. All crew members then immediately stopped what they were doing and proceeded to their diving stations. Once the lookouts were below deck and the upper deck hatch was secured, the Captain or Chief Engineer shouted the order, "Fluten" ("flood the tanks"). With the bow planes at a maximum down angle, the crew then flooded the forward ballast tanks. Often, all available crew member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood And Sand (1941 Film)
''Blood and Sand'' is a 1941 American Technicolor film Drama (film and television), drama starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth and Nazimova. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and was based on the 1908 Spanish novel ''Blood and Sand (novel), Blood and Sand'' (''Sangre y arena'') by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves. Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga. Other versions of ''Blood and Sand'' include a Blood and Sand (1922 film), 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Rudolph Valentino, a Blood and Sand (1916 film), 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibanez with the help of Max André, and a Blood and Sand (1989 film), 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone. ''Blood and Sand'' was the fourth and last film in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together. The others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Of Zorro (1940 Film)
''The Mark of Zorro'' is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling film released by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Basil Rathbone. The film is based on the novel '' The Curse of Capistrano'' by Johnston McCulley, originally published in 1919 in five serialized installments in '' All-Story Weekly'', which introduced the masked hero Zorro; the story is set in Southern California during the early 19th century. After the enormous success of the silent 1920 film adaptation, the novel was republished under that name by Grosset & Dunlap. ''The Mark of Zorro'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film was named to the National Film Registry in 2009 by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", and to be preserved for all time. Plot Don Diego Vega is urgently called home by his father. To all outward appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suez (film)
''Suez'' is an American romantic drama film released on October 28, 1938, by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, and Annabella. It is very loosely based on events surrounding the construction, between 1859 and 1869, of the Suez Canal, planned and supervised by French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps. The screenplay is so highly fictionalized that, upon the film's release in France, de Lesseps' descendants sued (unsuccessfully) for libel. Peverell Marley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, an uncredited Louis Silvers for Best Original Music Score and an uncredited Edmund H. Hansen for Best Sound Recording. Plot "Paris in 1850 Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Bonaparte, is president of the French Republic." During a tennis match in Paris between Ferdinand de Lesseps and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour, the enthusiastic admiration of Countess Eugenie de Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Möbius
is a twelve-volume manga series created by manga artist Kia Asamiya. It is heavily influenced by the film ''Blade Runner'' and is centered on the lives of an all-female group of police officers dedicated to protecting Tokyo from an invasion of extra-dimensional creatures called Lucifer Hawks. The series has been adapted into animation twice, first as a pair of films and later as a 26-episode television series. Streamline Pictures originally released the first film in the United States. The entire anime was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment and dubbed in English by Ocean Productions. The series was adapted into the Japan-exclusive J-RPG ''Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi'' for the PlayStation in 1998. It features an original plot. A new manga series, titled ''Silent Möbius QD'', started in 2013 and serves as a sequel to the original series. It completed with the release of the 5th volume in 2019 with the 7th Chapter entitled Chris クリス Plot In 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost In The Shell (1995 Film)
''Ghost in the Shell'' is a 1995 Adult animation, adult Anime, Japanese-animated tech noir cyberpunk Action fiction, action thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii from a screenplay by Kazunori Itō. The film is based on the 1989–90 manga Ghost in the Shell (manga), of the same name by Masamune Shirow. It stars the voices of Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress), Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, and Iemasa Kayumi. It is a Japanese-British international co-production between Kodansha, Bandai Visual and Crunchyroll UK and Ireland, Manga Entertainment, with animation provided by Production I.G. The film is set in 2029 in the fictional New Port City and follows Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg public-security agent who hunts an enigmatic hacker/''ghost'' known as "the Puppet Master". The narrative incorporates philosophical themes that focus on self and identity in a technologically advanced world. The music, composed by Kenji Kawai, includes vocals in classical Japanese. The film's visuals w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catnapped!
, known outside Japan as ''Catnapped!'', is a 1995 Japanese anime fantasy comedy film, directed, created and written by Takashi Nakamura, who was also its character designer. The animation was produced by Triangle Staff. The theme song of the film was performed by Mayumi Iizuka. Plot Toriyasu and his little sister Meeko's pet dog, Papadoll, have been missing for a week. Toriyasu thinks he ran off, but Meeko claims it was an alien abduction. The next night, Toriyasu and Meeko are visited by three feline scientists, Henoji, Suttoboke, and HoiHoi. They take Toriyasu and his sister Meeko on a trip to the cat world of Banipal Witt. Upon arrival, the magical sun of Banipal Witt turns Toriyasu and Meeko into kittens. The children meet Master Sandada, a powerful wizard who explains that Papadoll has been brought to Banipal Witt and turned into a giant, flying monster by the evil Princess Buburina, who hopes to use Papadoll as a weapon. The princess takes Meeko hostage, and things begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An OVA series can run anywhere from a single episode to dozens of episodes in length. Many anime series first appeared as OVAs, and later grow to become televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
