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Shadow Of China
''Shadow of China'' is a 1989 drama film directed and co-written by Mitsuo Yanagimachi and starring John Lone, Sammi Davis and Vivian Wu. It is based on the novel ''Snake Head'' by Masaaki Nishiki. It was the first Japanese-American co-production financed entirely in Japan, and the first English-language film by director Yanagimachi. Plot summary A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong, while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him. Cast *John Lone as Henry * Kōichi Satō as Akira *Sammi Davis as Katharine *Vivian Wu as Moo-Ling * Roland Harrah III as Xiao Niu *Roy Chiao as Lee Hok Chow *Constantine Gregory as Jameson * Colin George as Burke *Kenneth Tsang as Mr. Lau *Dennis Chan as Mr. Wu *Frédric Mao as Chi Fung *Simon Yam as Po Kok *Junko Takazawa as Phantom Mother * Justina Vail as Caroline *Sam Neill Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. Career Born in Namegata District, Ibaraki, Yanagimachi attended the Faculty of Law at Waseda University but began studying filmmaking. Working as a freelance assistant director after graduating, he started his own production company in 1974 and produced the documentary film '' God Speed You! Black Emperor'' (1976) about bōsōzoku. He made his fiction film debut in 1979 with ''Jūkyūsai no Chizu''. That and the later '' Himatsuri'' were based on novels by Kenji Nakagami. His 1982 work '' Saraba Itoshiki Daichi'' showed in the Competition at the Berlin Film Festival. His films have often focused on youth ('' Who's Camus Anyway?''), on ethnic minorities in Japan ('' Ai ni Tsuite, Tokyo''), as well as on Asia ('' Shadow of China'' and the documentary '' Tabisuru Pao-jiang-hu''). Yanagimachi was awarded the Geijutsu Senshō Prize in 1985 by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Filmography as director # '' God Speed You! Black Emperor'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Harrah III
Roland Edward Harrah (January 20, 1973 – January 3, 1995) was an American film and television child actor, actor, songwriter, musician, singer, and artist.Obituary, ''The Press-Enterprise'', Riverside, California, January 6, 1995. Biography Harrah co-starred in adventure dramas, particularly related to Vietnam, which included '' Braddock: Missing in Action III'' (1988) with Chuck Norris and in two episodes of the television series ''Airwolf'' (1984–1987) with Jan-Michael Vincent. Born in Denver, Colorado, Harrah moved and lived in Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ... for 15 years and acted for 12 years. He died at home in Riverside and was interred at Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, California. Filmography Awards and nominations Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s English-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Mitsuo Yanagimachi
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
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Japanese Drama Films
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Neill
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. Neill's near-50 year career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 film '' Sleeping Dogs'', which he followed with leading roles in '' My Brilliant Career'' (1979), '' Omen III: The Final Conflict'', '' Possession'' (both 1981), '' A Cry in the Dark'' (1988), ''Dead Calm'' (1989), '' The Hunt For Red October'' (1990), and '' The Piano'' (1993). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in '' Jurassic Park'' (1993), a role that he reprises in '' Jurassic Park III'' (2001) and '' Jurassic World Dominion'' (2022). Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series, including '' Reilly, Ace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justina Vail
Justina Vail Evans (née Vail, previously credited as Justina Vail) (born 20 August 1963) is a British actress, life coach, author and hypnotherapist. Early life Vail Evans was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1963 to British parents. She moved to Hong Kong in 1971 and to England in 1975 where she attended Beechwood Sacred Heart School and the Kent Institute of Art & Design (formerly Canterbury College of Art) to study fine art. She acquired her first acting role in Hong Kong where a British television show was filming. Career Vail Evans is co-owner and Director of Training at Envision Coach Training, an executive coach training program accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) and provides life coaching, executive coaching, hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) in her private practice. Vail Evans retired as an actor in 2001 in order to pursue her current career. Her most notable acting role w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Yam
Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election'', '' Election 2'' , '' Exiled'', '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life'' and '' The Thieves''. Career Yam started off as a model before becoming an actor in the mid 1970s. He then signed with the Hong Kong television network TVB, starring and co-starring in a number of television series prior to "apply his trades" in the film industry in 1987. His elder brother is Yam Tak-wing, a retired former Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police. In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production of ''Bloodfight''. This was the first of its kind in which English was spoken throughout the entire film. In 1992, Yam gained critical acclaim for his role as the maniacal Judge in the crime film ''Full Contact'', where he faced off in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Tsang
Kenneth Tsang Kong (; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Early life and education Tsang Koon-yat was born in Shanghai with family roots in , Zhuhai, Guangdong. Tsang attended high school in Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and then Wah Yan College, Kowloon. He attended McMurry College, Abilene, Texas for his freshman year and transferred to University of California, Berkeley, where he received a degree in architecture. Career Tsang returned to Hong Kong in the early 1960s as an architect but was unsatisfied by the work. His younger sister by 2 years, Jeanette Lin (), was a film star at the time and provided Tsang with several connections in the industry which boosted his acting career. Tsang's film debut was in the movie ''The Feud'' (1955) when he was 16, which was followed by a role in ''Who Isn't Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin George
Colin George (20 September 1929 – 15 October 2016) was a Welsh actor and director, who was the founding Artistic Director of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (1971). Colin George was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during the years 1994–1999, in plays such as ''Peer Gynt'', ''Coriolanus'', ''Measure for Measure'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Tempest'' and a stage musical adaptation of the French film ''Les Enfants du Paradis''. Television work has included '' The Doctors'' in 2005. George also directed many plays including ''Antony and Cleopatra'' and '' A Man For All Seasons'', ''Richard III'', ''Autumn Crocus'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''The Chairs'' and ''The Persians'', '' The Boy Friend'' and ''The Heiress'' and ''The Stirrings in Sheffield on Saturday Night''. He died on 15 October 2016 at the age of 87. Early life Colin George (20 September 1929 – 15 October 2016) was born in Pembroke Dock, Wales. His father was a Congregational mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
