WebCareer. Yakusho was born in Isahaya, Nagasaki, the youngest of five brothers.After graduation from Nagasaki Prefectural High School of Technology in 1974, he worked at the Chiyoda municipal ward office, or kuyakusho, in Tokyo, from which he later took his stage name.In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was …

WebMishima nació el 14 de enero de 1925 en Tokio, hijo de Shizue y Azusa Hiraoka, secretario de Pesca del Ministerio de Agricultura.Pasó los primeros años de su infancia bajo la sombra de su abuela, Natsu, quien se lo llevó y lo separó de su familia inmediata durante varios años. [22] Natsu provenía de una familia vinculada a los samurái de la era Tokugawa …

WebPre-production began in February 1984. Cinematographer John Bailey instructed the Japanese crew to set up a screening of Hideo Gosha's film Goyokin, which was screened as an important reference for the "look" of the film. Roy Scheider was the narrator in the original movie version and on the early VHS release. On the 2001 DVD release, Scheider ...

WebTakashi Miike (三池 崇史, Miike Takashi, born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly movies.

WebKinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二, Fukasaku Kinji, 3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking," Fukasaku worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976).

WebThe Japan Academy Film Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademii-shou), often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai) for excellence in …

WebShinji Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 真嗣, Hepburn: Higuchi Shinji, born September 22, 1965) is a Japanese filmmaker and storyboard artist. He is one of the most successful Japanese filmmakers and the top tokusatsu film director.. Higuchi became known for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, for which he won the Special Technology Award at …

WebHitokiri is a 1969 film directed by Hideo Gosha and starring Shintaro Katsu as Okada Izo and Yukio Mishima as Tanaka Shinbei. The manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin is about a former hitokiri named Himura Kenshin, who is based loosely on Kawakami Gensai. Kenshin is also known as Hitokiri Battousai (人斬り抜刀斎), or "Sword-drawing ...

WebSamurai film directors. Daisuke Itō and Masahiro Makino were central to the development of samurai films in the silent and prewar eras.. Akira Kurosawa is the best known to western audiences, and similarly has directed the samurai films best known in the West. He directed Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo and many others. He had a long …

WebJidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan.Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868.Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular setting. ...