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Sanshiro Sugata Part II
is a 1945 Japanese action drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo. It was filmed in early 1945 in Japan towards the end of World War II. Unlike the original ''Sugata Sanshiro'', the sequel is in part considered a propaganda film. It is believed by some to be the earliest known film sequel whose title is simply the original title followed by a number, predating the likes of ''French Connection II'' (1975) by decades, although possibly mistaken as the added kanji (''Zoku'') is not a numeral but simply means "''Continuation''" or "''Sequel''" sort of in the style of '' Another Thin Man'' or '' The Invisible Man Returns''. Plot In the 1880s, a martial arts student continues his quest to become a judo master, from that discipline's founder. Eventually, he learns enough to demonstrate his skill in a boxing match between American and Japanese fighters at the end of the movie. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film '' Sanshiro Sugata''. After the war, the critically acclaimed '' Drunken Angel'' (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films. '' Rashomon'' (1950), which pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senses Of Cinema
''Senses of Cinema'' is a quarterly online film magazine founded in 1999 by filmmaker Bill Mousoulis. Based in Melbourne, Australia, ''Senses of Cinema'' publishes work by film critics from all over the world, including critical essays, career overviews of the works of key directors, and coverage of many international festivals. Its contributors have included Raphaël Bassan, Salvador Carrasco, Barbara Creed, Wheeler Winston Dixon, David Ehrenstein, Thomas Elsaesser, Valie Export, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Dušan Makavejev, Edgar Morin, Joseph Natoli, Murray Pomerance, Berenice Reynaud, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Sanjek, Sally Shafto, David Sterritt, Robert Dassanowsky Robert von Dassanowsky FRHistS, FRSA (born January 28, 1965) is an Austrian-American academic, writer, film and cultural historian, and producer. He is usually known as Robert Dassanowsky. Education, career and publications Dassanowsky was b ..., and Viviane Vagh. The magazine's current editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Lights Film Journal
''Bright Lights Film Journal'' is an online popular-academic film magazine, based in Oakland, California, United States. It is edited and published by Gary Morris. Originally a print publication established in 1974, it was discontinued in 1980 to be restarted and re-discontinued in 1993 and 1995 respectively. The magazine moved to online publishing exclusively in 1996 and has continued publication ever since. It is indexed in academic research databases such as MLA (Modern Language Association) ProQuest and the Film & Television Literature Index.Film & Television Literature Index: Coverage list In 2009, select interviews from the journal were compiled in a print anthology, ''Action!: Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran'', publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiro Sugai
was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1930 and 1971. Sugai often worked with Kaneto Shindo, Kenji Mizoguchi and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Selected filmography * '' The Water Magician'' (1933) * ''Spring on Leper's Island'' (1940) * ''Sanshiro Sugata'' (1943) * '' The Most Beautiful'' (1944) * ''Sanshiro Sugata Part II'' (1945) * '' Minshū no Teki'' (1946) * '' Aru yo no Tonosama'' (1946) * ''Apostasy'' (1948) * ''Stray Dog'' (1949) * '' Waga koi wa moenu'' (1949) * '' Story of a Beloved Wife'' (1951) * '' Early Summer'' (1951) * ''Avalanche'' (1952) * '' The Life of Oharu'' (1952) * ''Epitome'' (1953) * '' Life of a Woman'' (1953) * ''Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) * '' The Crucified Lovers'' (1954) * ''Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiji Miyaguchi
was a Japanese actor who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and many others. He succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 71. Distinctions One of Kurosawa's iconic '' Seven Samurai'', Miyaguchi won the 1955 Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actor award for his role. In 1983 he was awarded Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon. A character designed as a caricature of Miyaguchi is regularly featured in the cat-oriented manga ''Mon-chan and Me'', published in Fusosha's popular webzine ''Joshi Spa!'' (Women's Spa!). Selected filmography *1945: '' Sanshiro Sugata Part II'' - Kohei Tsuzaki *1946: ''Urashima Tarô no kôei'' *1947: ''Sanbon yubi no otoko'' *1951: '' The Good Fairy'' - Editor-in-chief *1951: '' Early Summer'' - Nishiwaki *1951: ''Fireworks over the Sea'' - Gunzô Ishiguro *1951: ''Inochi uruwashi'' - Oshima *1952: '' Ikiru'' - Yakuza Boss *1953: ''The Last Embrace'' - Gangster *1953: ''Senkan Yamato'' *1953: ''An Inlet o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Mori (actor)
was a Japanese actor and son of novelist Takeo Arishima. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as '' Rashomon'', '' The Idiot'' and '' The Bad Sleep Well''. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi ('' Ugetsu''), Mikio Naruse (''Floating Clouds is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi, published just before her death in 1951. The film received numerous national awards upon its release and remai ...'') and other prominent directors. Selected filmography Films Television External links * * Japanese male film actors People from Sapporo 1911 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki ( ''Todoroki Yukiko''; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter. History and personal life In 1931, she left Kyoto Prefectural Suzaku Senior High School to join the Takarazuka Revue. Shidare Itoi and Tomiko Hattori also joined the company at the same time. These Japanese beauties became very popular. In 1937, she left Takarazuka and had her debut as Otsu in the Nikkatsu production ''Musashi Miyamoto: Earth Scroll''. It is said this was revenge by the four existing film companies (Shochiku, Nikkatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akitake Kōno
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973. Career Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include '' The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), '' The Life of Oharu'' (1952), '' Uge ... as well on television. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kono, Akitake 1911 births 1978 deaths People from Nagasaki Japanese male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Man Returns
''The Invisible Man Returns'' is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Joe May. The film stars Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey and John Sutton. The film is a sequel to the 1933 film ''The Invisible Man'', and the second film in the ''Invisible Man'' film series. The film is about Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe (Price) who is condemned for a murder he did not commit, which leads to him begging Dr. Frank Griffin (Sutton) to inject him with the invisibility serum despite Griffin's warning that the serum will drive him mad. Following the commercial success of ''Son of Frankenstein'', Universal Studios announced the development of ''The Invisible Man Returns'' in March 1939. The film went through a few screenwriters and directors before choosing Joe May to direct and Lester K. Cole and Curt Siodmak to write the script. Production went behind schedule early into the production and led to late night filming and production ending in November. The film was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Thin Man
''Another Thin Man'' is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the ''Thin Man'' series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "The Farewell Murder." The Charles' son Nicky Jr. is introduced for the first time. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited role as Wacky. The film was unable to be called ''Return of the Thin Man'' because The Thin Man from the original film was "completely dead" according to newspapers in 1939. It was followed by ''Shadow of the Thin Man'' (1941). Plot Nick and Nora Charles are back in New York with Asta and their son Nicky Jr. They are invited by Colonel Burr MacFay to spend the weekend at his house on Long Island. MacFay, the former busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of '' hiragana'' and '' katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3,000 kanji used in Japanese names and in comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne State University Press
Wayne State University Press (or WSU Press) is a university press that is part of Wayne State University. It publishes under its own name and also the imprints Imprint or imprinting may refer to: Entertainment * ''Imprint'' (TV series), Canadian television series * "Imprint" (''Masters of Horror''), episode of TV show ''Masters of Horror'' * ''Imprint'' (film), a 2007 independent drama/thriller film ... Painted Turtle and Great Lakes Books Series. History The Press has strong subject areas in Africana studies; fairy-tale and folklore studies; film, television, and media studies; Jewish studies; regional interest; and speech and language pathology. Wayne State University Press also publishes eleven academic journals, including ''Marvels & Tales'', and several trade publications, as well as the ''Made in Michigan Writers Series''. WSU Press is located in the Leonard N. Simons Building on Wayne State University's main campus. An editorial board approves the Wayne State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
