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Yūsaku Matsuda
was a Japanese actor. In Japan, he was best known for roles in action films and a variety of television series in the 1970s as well as a switch to a wider range of roles in the 1980s. His final film appearance was as the villain Sato in Ridley Scott's '' Black Rain''. He died in 1989 at the age of 40. He is considered one of Japan's most important film actors. Several manga, anime and video game characters are based on him, including Kenshiro in ''Fist of the North Star'', Spike Spiegel in ''Cowboy Bebop'', Rikiya Busujima in ''Zombie Revenge'', Aokiji in ''One Piece'', Wabisuke in ''Summer Wars'', and Jubei Yagyu in '' Onimusha 2''. Career He began acting after graduating from high school, moving through several theatre companies before joining the Bungakuza theatre group at around the same time as Kaori Momoi. His career as a screen actor started in 1973 with a role as a junior police officer in a TV detective drama called ''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' He went on to appear in variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
260px, Shimonoseki city hall is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,193 in 128,762 households and a population density of 350 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region in terms of population. It is nicknamed the "Fugu Capital" for the locally caught pufferfish, and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan. History Shimonoseki is part of ancient Nagato Province. It has prospered since ancient times as the gateway to Honshu island from the Asian continent, including Kyushu, China, and the Korean peninsula. According to the ''Nihon Shoki'', the semi-legendary Emperor Chuai constructed a palace at the location of what is now the Shimonoseki city hall during the Kofun period. The name of "Shimonoseki" appears in Heian period documents from 869 AD as the location of a checkpoint controlling maritime access to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Wars
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, and Ayumu Saitō. The film tells the story of Kenji Koiso, a timid eleventh-grade math genius who is taken to Ueda by twelfth-grade student, Natsuki Shinohara to celebrate her great-grandmother's 90th birthday. However, he is falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world by a self-aware, sadistic artificial intelligence named Love Machine. Kenji must repair the damage done, and find a way to stop the rogue computer program from causing any further chaos. After producing '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'', Madhouse was asked to produce something new. Hosoda and writer Satoko Okudera created a story about a social network and a stranger's connection with strange family. The real-life city of Ueda was chosen as the setting for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Homansu
is a 1986 Japanese film. It stars Yūsaku Matsuda, who also directed it after the planned director Yonosuke Koike dropped out due to differences with Matsuda. It is based on a manga by Marley Caribu. The title of the film is a combination of the two words '' aho'', meaning "fool", and "performance". Plot A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. Cast * Yūsaku Matsuda as Kaze *Ryo Ishibashi is a Japanese actor and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese horror films '' Suicide Club'' and '' Audition.'' He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in '' Th ... as Michio Yamazaki * Yoko Aki as Kanako * Susumu Terajima ReferencesReview of "A Homansu" by Tom Mes at Midnight Eye External links * Live-action films based on manga Japanese action drama films Films about amnesia 1980s Japanese films Films based on works by Marley Caribu [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorekara (film)
is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, based on the novel by Natsume Sōseki. Cast Awards and nominations 7th Yokohama Film Festival *: Best Music Score - Shigeru Umebayashi (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credi ... *6th Best Film References External links * 1985 films Films directed by Yoshimitsu Morita 1980s Japanese-language films Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners 1980s Japanese films Films based on Japanese novels Films based on works by Natsume Sōseki {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ja:それから#映画 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Game
is a 1983 Japanese comedy and family drama film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. It follows the story of a nuclear family of four whose father hires a tutor for the younger son, a distracted and low-ranking middle school student who will soon be taking his high school entrance exam. The idiosyncratic tutor soon becomes a father figure for the boy, as the father is distant and unfeeling. Through his interactions with the family, he shakes up the emotional shallowness and artificiality that ties them together. The "game" of the title refers to family interactions based on the roles that each member is expected to play and not on genuine emotional ties. It was the first major film by the director and is an example of postmodern cinema. The film contains elements of black humor and social satire. The Family Game is considered one of the best Japanese films by film critics. Kinema Junpo, the premiere film magazine of Japan, ranked it as the 10th best Japanese film of all time (in 2009), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Story (1983 Film)
is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Synopsis Naomi is a rich university student about to leave on a trip to America. Her father hires detective Shuichi Tsujiyama to watch over her, a situation that pleases neither Naomi or Shuichi. Things get complicated when Shuichi's ex-wife is suspected in the murder of a love hotel manager. Naomi and Shuichi join up to investigate the murder which may involve yakuza gangsters. Cast * Hiroko Yakushimaru as Naomi Arai * Yūsaku Matsuda as Shuichi Tsujiyama * as Yukiko Naoki * Kyōko Kishida as Kimie Hasenuma * as Yutaka Nagai * as Masako Shindo * as Wada * as the Love hotel manager * Susumu Fujita as Gozo Kunizaki Background ''Detective Story'', director Negishi's third mainstream film, was based on a novel by mystery writer Jirō Akagawa. Lead actor Yūsaku Matsuda also played the role of a detective (Shunsaku Kudo) in the 1979-1980 TV series '' Tantei Monogatari'' (''Detective Story'') but the film is unrelated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist *Special Award *Best Director Winner References External links Hochi Film Awards official site List of awards on IMDB {{Cinema of Japan 1976 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1976 Japanese film awards Recurring events established in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagerō-za
is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) and followed by '' Yumeji'' (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato. Cast * Yūsaku Matsuda as Shunko Matsuzaki * Michiyo Okusu as Shinako * Katsuo Nakamura as Tamawaki * Yoshio Harada as Wada * Eriko Kusuda as Ine * Mariko Kaga as Miyo * Asao Sano * Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Shishō References External links * * Kagerō-za' at the Japanese Movie Database The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. ... 1981 films 1980s Japanese-language films 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantei Monogatari
, or ''Detective Story'', is an action Japanese TV series starring Yūsaku Matsuda that was originally broadcast on Nippon TV in 27 forty-five-minute episodes from September 18, 1979 to April 1, 1980. The show had various directors including Toru Murakawa, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Yukihiro Sawada and Yasuharu Hasebe. Plot Shunsaku Kudō sets up office in a rundown building as a private detective after spending five years as a cop in San Francisco where he became familiar with firearms. Kudō was originally envisioned as a standard hard-boiled type but star Yūsaku Matsuda looked too much like a rebel so the character ended up riding a Vespa scooter, smoking Camel cigarettes and dressing in a black or white suit and sunglasses. Also living in the building are two young girls (American actress Nancy Cheney and Kahori Takeda) who fuss over the detective. Cast * Yūsaku Matsuda as Shunsaku Kudo * Mikio Narita as Chief Detective Hattori * Mitsuko Baisho as Masako * Michihiro Yamanishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyō Ni Hoero!
, literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such as Yūsaku Matsuda and Kenichi Hagiwara as well as Hiroshi Katsuno and Masaya Oki. It was a police procedural The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies ... set mostly in a police station. It was one of the most popular and iconic detective dramas in Japanese television history. A sequel was aired from 1986 to 1987, airing for 12 episodes. It was one of the first shows to air on the then-fledgling Nippon Television Network System (NNS). Setting The series takes place in the fictional Nanamagari police station in Shinjuku and portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Momoi
is a Japanese actress. Life and career Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After three years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's '' Ai Futatabi'' (To Love Again). Her career has spanned 52 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with directors including Akira Kurosawa (''Kagemusha'', 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (''Seishun no Satetsu'', 1974), Yoji Yamada (''The Yellow Handkerchief'', 1977 and ''Otoko wa Tsuraiyo'', 1979), Shohei Imamura (''Why Not?'', 1981), Shunji Iwai (''Swallowtail Butterfly'', 1996), Jun Ichikawa (''Tokyo Yakyoku'', 1997), Mitani Koki ('' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'', 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (''Like Asura'', 2003) and Takashi Miike ('' Izo'', '' Sukiyaki Western Django''). She performed in ''The Sun'' (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
