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Mitsuko Mito
was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973 under the direction of filmmakers like Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Kaneto Shindō. Selected filmography * ''Wakadanna haru ranman'' (1935) – Girl student * ''Sendō kawaiya'' (1935) * ''Mr. Thank You'' (1936) * ''Hanayome karuta'' (1937) – Emako * ''Kōjō no tsuki'' (1937) – Keiko * ''Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu'' (1937) – Ohatsu * ''Koi mo wasurete'' (1937) – Woman at hotel * ''Suigō jōka – Kojō no reikon'' (1937) – Machiko * ''Hanagata senshu'' (1937) – Girl at hiking * ''Shingun no uta'' (1937) * ''Haha to ko'' (1938) * ''Aizen katsura'' (1938) – Kimura's Wife / Kimura's child * ''Minamikaze'' (1939) – Keiko Kita * ''Imōto no haregi'' (1939) – Kiyoko Sudō * ''Zoku aizen katsura'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ''Shin josei mondo'' (1939) * ''Kuwa no mi wa akai'' (1939) * ''Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niitsuru, Fukushima
was a List of villages in Japan, village located in Ōnuma District, Fukushima, Ōnuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 3,874 and a population density of 95.56 persons per km2. The total area was 40.54 km2. On October 1, 2005, Niitsuru, along with the towns of Aizuhongō, Fukushima, Aizuhongō and Aizutakada, Fukushima, Aizutakada (all from Ōnuma District, Fukushima, Ōnuma District), was merged to create the town of Aizumisato, Fukushima, Aizumisato. References External linksAizumisato official website Dissolved municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture Aizumisato, Fukushima {{Fukushima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Inn At Osaka
is a 1954 Japanese drama and shōshimin-eiga film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is based on the novel of the same name by Takitarō Minakami and was produced by Gosho's own production company Studio Eight. Film historians regard ''An Inn at Osaka'' as one of Gosho's major, but also darker works. Plot After his reassignment to Osaka due to an argument with his superior, Tokyo businessman Mita is residing in a cheap inn as his salary won't allow for better accommodation. Though rather a reclusive person, he tries to help the housemaidens with their monetary problems (including a solitary mother and the wife of an unemployed worker), while geisha Uwabami tries to awaken his interest, but to no avail. In the end, Mita, who is critical of his new superior's reckless business practices which result in a business partner's suicide, is transferred again. During the goodbye ceremony, Mita reminds the participants, who have all missed their intended goals in one way or another, to "hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Film Actresses
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1981 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz following his death on December 24. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Bratislava, Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY Iolaire, HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2–January 22, 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Faisal I of Iraq, Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionism, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (region), Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men And War (film Series)
is a trilogy of epic war films directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled ''Prelude to Destiny'' (1970), ''Land of Love and Sorrow'' (1971), and ''The Final Chapter'' (1973). Part I was also released internationally under the title ''The Battle of Manchuria''. The trilogy follows the rise of the Godai family conglomerate and its involvement in the Second Sino-Japanese War, from the Jinan incident in 1928 to the Nomonhan incident in 1939. Yamamoto had conceived a five-part series, and the story was to continue through the Pacific War to the Tokyo Trials, but Nikkatsu reduced the series to a trilogy after the release of the second film for financial reasons. Synopsis Part I Shimegi Kohei's brother, suborbinate to an engineer at a factory owned by the upstart Godai zaibatsu, is arrested during the March 15 police raids. Kohei is adopted by the engineer and introduced to the Godai family. In the family salon, Yus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wandering Princess
is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, based on the memoir of Hiro Saga. It was Tanaka's first film in colour and CinemaScope format. Cast * Machiko Kyō as Ryuko (Hiro Saga) * Eiji Funakoshi as Futetsu (Pujie) * Yomei Ryu as Fubun (Puyi) * Sadako Sawamura as Kazuko Sugawara * Shozo Nanbu as Hidesato Sugawara * Chieko Higashiyama as Nao Sugawara * Ryozo Yoshii as Kosuke Takahashi * Kiyoko Hirai as Tsuruko Takahashi * Tatsuya Ishiguro as Furuya * Ken Mitsuda as Asabuki * Mitsuko Mito as Izumi * Chishū Ryū was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions. Early life Ryū was born in Tamamizu Village, Tamana, Kumamoto, Tamana County, a rural area of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu ... as Kinoshita References External links * * 1960 films Films directed by Kinuyo Tanaka 1960s Japanese-language films 1960 drama films Japanese drama films 1960s Japanese films {{romantic-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballad Of The Cart
is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It was written by Yoshikata Yoda, based on a novel by activist Tomoe Yamashiro. Plot In Hiroshima Prefecture during the Meiji era, simple housemaid Seki accepts the proposal of Moichi, an educated mail carrier, who has decided to quit his job and save money for a warehouse by transporting goods with his wooden cart. Seki's parents disown her for not asking for their approval, and also Moichi's mother, a widow, does not accept her as her daughter-in-law, treating her disdainfully. The couple borrows money for a second cart, and Seki joins her husband in his hard labour life. The film follows Seki through familial and financial difficulties and her raising five children over the next 50 years, and ends with the post-war agrarian reform. Cast * Yūko Mochizuki as Seki * Rentarō Mikuni as Moichi * Teruko Kishi as Moichi's mother * Sachiko Hidari as Otoyo * Mitsuko Mito as Natsuno * Kō Nishimura as Hatsuzo * Yoshio Inaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Buy You
is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. Plot Kishimoto is a talent scout for the Toyo Flowers baseball club, one of three competitors who try to buy new promising hitter Kurita for their team. While Kurita's shadowy benefactor and manager Kyuki, who financed the student's education, is making negotiations, Kurita's girlfriend Fudeko tries to talk him out of entering the professional baseball league. The competitors finally meet at the countryside home of Kurita's family, who have their own plans for their son and brother. Cast * Keiji Sada as Kishimoto * Yūnosuke Itō as Kyuki * Keiko Kishi as Fudeko, Kurita's girlfriend * Minoru Ōki as Kurita * Eijirō Tōno as Ogushi * Mitsuko Mito as Ryuko, Kyuki's mistress * Kōji Mitsui as Tamekichi * Jun Tatara as Yusuke Shima * Akio Isono as Saburō Reception Film historians Donald Richie and Joseph L. Anderson wrote in their 1959 compendium ''The Japanese Film – Art & Industry'' that "Kobayashi lacked the power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel At Ichijoji Temple
is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Toshiro Mifune. Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the second film of Inagaki's ''Samurai Trilogy''. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel '' Musashi'', originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper ''Asahi Shimbun'', between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. The first part of the trilogy is '' Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'' (1954) and the third is '' Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island'' (1956). The film's production designer was Kisaku Itō, the set decoration was made by Makoto Sono, the consultant of art department was Kisaku Itō, the sound technician was Chōshichirō Mikami, the lighting technician was Shigeru Mori, and the choreographers were Tokuho Azuma and Yoshio Sugino. Plot Musashi is walking alone "in search of knowledge and to complete his character as a respectable samurai". He stops by a hut and prepares a bandan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musashi Miyamoto
, was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a '' kensei'' (sword saint) of Japan. He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū (or Nito Ichi-ryū) style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored and ''Dokkōdō'' (獨行道, ''The Path of Aloneness''). Both documents were given to Terao Magonojō, the most important of Miyamoto's students, seven days before Musashi's death. ''The Book of Five Rings'' focuses on the character of his Niten Ichi-ryū school in a concrete sense; his own practical martial art and its generic significance. ''The Path of Aloneness'', on the other hand, deals with the ideas that lie behind it, as well as his life's philosophy in a few short aphoristic sentences. It is believed that Miyamoto was a friend of Mizuno Katsunari, a Tokugawa shogunate general. They fought together in the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
