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	UCLA Asia Institute: Godzilla and Postwar Japan
		Tsutsui argued that the Godzilla films reflect the concern among the people of Japan with the country’s vulnerability: "Godzilla is portrayed, from the original 1954 feature on, as an unpredictable and uncontrollable force of nature, much like the earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons, and tidal waves that batter a helpless Japan.
		The American version of the movie -- Godzilla, Kind of the Monsters -- opened in the U.S. in 1956.
		Godzilla is the world’s oldest and longest film franchise, as well as one of Japan’s most enduring and pervasive cultural exports.
	www.international.ucla.edu /asia/article.asp?parentid=24850 (2374 words)

	YIDFF: YIDFF News
		On the second and fourth Fridays of each month the YIDFF Organizing Committee holds screenings films which are not shown at the commercial theater, such as documentary films including the Film Library Collection films, pre-war Japanese films, masterpieces, independent works, experimental films, and animation at the 40-seat theater.
		In commemoration of its 10-year anniversary in 1956, the Yamagata Prefecture Women’s Organization raised funds from its members to facilitate the Sakura Eigasha production of The Bride of a Farmhouse (“Imadoki no Yome”), a look at ingrained friction between wives and mothers-in-law in rural communities, set against the backdrop of Yamagata’s Mt. Gassan.
		This notable work, which also gained critical praise for its quality, will be screened with two other films that depict children and families of the same era.
	www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp /yidff/news/03/030602-2-e.html (2374 words)

	YIDFF: YIDFF News
		On the second and fourth Fridays of each month the YIDFF Organizing Committee holds screenings films which are not shown at the commercial theater, such as documentary films including the Film Library Collection films, pre-war Japanese films, masterpieces, independent works, experimental films, and animation at the 40-seat theater.
		In commemoration of its 10-year anniversary in 1956, the Yamagata Prefecture Women’s Organization raised funds from its members to facilitate the Sakura Eigasha production of The Bride of a Farmhouse (“Imadoki no Yome”), a look at ingrained friction between wives and mothers-in-law in rural communities, set against the backdrop of Yamagata’s Mt. Gassan.
		This notable work, which also gained critical praise for its quality, will be screened with two other films that depict children and families of the same era.
	www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp /yidff/news/03/030602-2-e.html (2374 words)

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		Nakajima played Godzilla in 13 Japanese films through 1972, including "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (1956), "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1963), "Monster Zero" (1966) and "Son of Godzilla" (1967).
		Nakajima is asked about the tone of the first film (Japanese title: "Gojira"), which is much more serious than later, lighthearted Godzilla films.
		Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima doesn't speak English, but knows he's among friends during a recent convention appearance in East Rutherford.
	www.injersey.com /pagex/story/0,2506,296467,00.html (424 words)

	Akira Kurosawa - MSN Encarta
		Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Japanese motion-picture director, known worldwide for the variety and visual beauty of his films.
		Kurosawa also directed motion pictures with contemporary settings, such as Ikiru (1952; To Live, 1960) and Akahige (Red Beard, 1965), but his historical films, including Shichinin o samurai (1954; The Seven Samurai, 1956), Yojimbo (1961; The Bodyguard, 1962), and Sanjuro (1962), attracted his largest following.
		Deeply rooted in the Japanese samurai code of behavior, which extols working for the good of others and the subordination of selfish desires, Kurosawa's motion pictures were thought to possess universal appeal, and European and American filmmakers openly imitated them.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568412/Akira_Kurosawa.html (473 words)

	The Asian Reporter - Special A.C.E Section
		Even the titles of his films from this era were related, such as Late Spring (1950), Early Summer (1951), Early Spring (1956), Late Autumn (1960), Early Autumn (End of Summer) (1961), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962), all using seasons as metaphors for the varying stages of adult life.
		The silent films are particularly difficult to screen because of the cost of finding live accompaniment, compounded by the lack of original scores.
		Originally filmed in 1953, the movie is now widely recognized by critics as Ozu’s seminal masterpiece and one of the finest films ever made.
	www.asianreporter.com /arts/05-05filmfest.htm (473 words)

	Alexander Dovzhenko
		Acknowledgements: "Landscapes of the Soul: The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko" was organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Seagull Films in collaboration with the Ukrainian National Centre of Alexander Dovzhenko and the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Ukraine.
		A motley assortment of rogues, adventurers and hard-luck cases, engaged in the epic construction of the glittering city of tomorrow, are opposed by reactionary Old Believers and infiltrated by a team of Japanese saboteurs bent on destroying the project.
		The Ukrainian Alexander Dovzhenko (1894-1956) stands with Eisenstein, Pudovkin and Vertov as one of the giants of the Soviet silent era.
	www.cinematheque.bc.ca /dovzhenko.html (473 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Doihara Kenji
		Mizoguchi Kenji (1898-1956), Japanese motion-picture director, best known for making films that explored the social condition of women.
		Doihara Kenji (1883-1948), Japanese military leader, instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, China, in the 1930s.
		Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933), Japanese poet, writer, and Buddhist evangelist.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Doihara_Kenji.html (473 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Miyazawa Kenji
		Mizoguchi Kenji (1898-1956), Japanese motion-picture director, best known for making films that explored the social condition of women.
		Doihara Kenji (1883-1948), Japanese military leader, instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, China, in the 1930s.
		Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933), Japanese poet, writer, and Buddhist evangelist.
	encarta.msn.com /Miyazawa_Kenji.html (73 words)

	11th Brisbane International Film Festival
		Pistol Opera is an elegant rewrite of Branded to Kill (1967), the last of the more than forty films that Suzuki made for the Nikkatsu Corporation between 1956 and 1967.
		From 1956 to 1967 he made dozens of B-movie yakuza thrillers with the Nikkatsu Corporation, until he was fired for his mix of violence and sex in Branded to Kill (1967).
		Just as Suzuki Seijun's career might be thought to have ended (it's been eight years since his last film), the grandest of Japanese masters returns for yet another variation on the hitman thrillers that brought him a lasting reputation.
	www.pftc.com.au /biff_2002/programme/film_review.asp?flmID=147 (378 words)

	Tadahito Mochinaga: The Japanese Animator Who Lived In Two Worlds
		All of these films were geared to the child audience, and were mostly shown at elementary schools.
		Utilizing his experience in China, the commercial films were stop-motion puppet animation, and they became the first of their kind in Japan.
		During the civil war, the two older brothers, Lai-Ming and Ku-Chan moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong, but Zhao-Chan, the youngest of the three, remained, and joined the Animation Department after the war as Technical Supervisor.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue4.09/4.09pages/onomochinaga3.php3 (579 words)

	DVD Savant Guest Review: Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Dyna: The Battle in Hyperspace
		By the early 1960s, Toho Studios' special effects mastermind Eiji Tsuburaya had achieved success, acclaim and a degree of international fame for his work on Godzilla (Gojira, 1954), Rodan (Sora no daikaiju Radon, 1956), Mothra (Mosura, 1961) and a host of other films in the kaiju eiga (monster movie), science-fiction and war genres.
		A lively blend of kaiju eiga, science fiction and Japanese superhero films like Invasion of the Neptune Men (Uchu kaiso-sen, 1961), Prince of Space (Yusei oji, 1959) and the "Starman" (Supaajyantsu) movies, Ultraman was, unlike its predecessor, intended chiefly for young children.
		However, since then, American fans have been deprived of most of the numerous Ultraman follow-up series and feature films that Tsuburaya Productions has been creating almost non-stop since the original series went off the air.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s497ultra.html (2852 words)

	Sexploitation
		Im Gegensatz zum ursprünglich geplanten Titel "THRILLING ALL'ITALIANA 1963 - 1982" (siehe Bild links), wird aber zunächst "JAPANESE ERO GRO & PINKU EIGA, 1956 - 1979" (Bild rechts) veröffentlicht.
		Related: cult films - erotic horror - erotic film - exploitation films - euro trash - grindhouse - horror film - lesbian vampire - nudie film - nudity - nunsploitation - pinku eiga (pink film) - porn film - roughie - shock - sex report films - snuff film - trash - women in prison
		Es geht um den japanischen Sexfilm (Pinku Eiga) und den sogenannten Ero-Gro (Erotic-Grotesque), einem Genre, in dem sich klassischer Chambara- und Samurai-Film mit Sex- und Horrorelementen mischt.
	www.jahsonic.com /Sexploitation.html (943 words)

	Canton Public Library: In The Spotlight
		It is no coincidence, then, that the fire breathing reptile who gained fame in 1956’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, an American re-make of the Japanese original, Gojira, is now receiving attention from scholars interested in the movie monster’s impact on both Japanese and American pop cultures.
		More recently, graphic novels and anime films, especially popular with teens and young adults, are another very popular trend coming out of Japan.
		In a poll asking Americans to name a famous Japanese person, the name "Godzilla" came out as one of the top responses.
	www.cantonpl.org /in_the_spotlight.html (16485 words)

	Gapers Block, Chicago, IL - Airbags: Seijun Suzuki
		Seijun Suzuki worked as a director in the Japanese studio system from 1956 to 1967, until, after filming Branded to Kill, he was fired for making an "incomprehensible" film, and, after having seen four of his films, it's pretty hard to argue that claim.
		Seijun Suzuki's films are shockingly innovative on a visual level, and his characteristic narrative tangles have been a huge influence on modern-day filmmakers from Wong Kar Wai to Quentin Tarantino.
		Suzuki's use of color and the film's picture perfect shot framing make Kanto Wanderer a must-see for any cinema buff, and, devoid of "weird for weird's sake" moments, the story is more immediately accessible than his later work and less inconsequential as his earlier work.
	www.gapersblock.com /airbags/archives/seijun_suzuki (1180 words)

	Filmbib.html
		"The Films of Heinosuke Gosho," Sight and Sound 26 (Autumn 1956): 77-81.
		Nolletti, Arthur, J., "Woman of the Mist and Gosho in the 1930s," in Reframing Japanese Cinema: Authorship, Genre, History, ed.
		"To Love Is to Suffer: Reflections on the Later Films of Heinosuke Gosho," Sight and Sound 55 (Summer 1986): 198-202.
	eas.lib.ohio-state.edu /Markus/1995/Filmbib.html (6170 words)

	revel subwoofer
		These four classic films, from four masters of Japanese cinema, turn a genre upside down, redefining for a modern generation the meaning of loyalty and honor, as embodied by the iconic figure of the samurai.....
		The Complete James Dean Collection includes two-disc special editions of the three major films Dean made during his meteoric career: East of Eden (1955, never before available on DVD), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956).
		Equip your soldiers from a huge arsenal of weapons and equipment, including sniper rifles, missile launchers, chain guns, laser rifles and a variety of explosives.
	www.sheet-metal-tools.com /kwp/revel_subwoofer.html (6170 words)

	Tokyo Olympiad
		Ichikawa is perhaps best known for his antiwar films, including The Burmese Harp (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), as well as for his somewhat quirky films based on famous Japanese literary works, such as Odd Obsession (1959), The Broken Commandment (1962), I Am a Cat (1975), and The Makioka Sisters (1983).
		Stunned by Ichikawa's unconventional documentary of what was perhaps Japan's proudest moment in the 20th century, the Board asked Ichikawa if he couldn't redo the film more to their liking.
		But Ichikawa had shown considerable adaptability, so perhaps the committee felt he could do the job after Kurosawa's budget demands proved to be too much even for the lavish Olympic effort planned to celebrate Japan's (re)emergence into the community of nations.
	academic.evergreen.edu /curricular/japan/Olympiad.htm (454 words)

	AsianWeek.com: A&E: Real to Real
		Among Ichikawa’s few films widely and consistently exhibited in the West, The Burmese Harp (1956) is an anti-war drama of outstanding humanism, set in Burma as World War II is ending in 1945.
		At the advanced age of 86, Japanese director Kon Ichikawa may be experiencing something of a renaissance.
		The script, by Ichikawa’s collaborator and wife Natto Wada (based on Michio Takeyama’s 1946 novel), occasionally verges on sentimentality, but avoids the overly maudlin by maintaining an authenticity of character and tone too often exaggerated as self-righteousness in other anti-war films.
	www.asianweek.com /2001_07_06/ae3_realtoreal.html (902 words)

	Library of Congress Presents Toru Takemitsu Tribute
		S.E., Washington, D.C. From his first film in 1956 to his death in 1996, Takemitsu was closely linked to a generation of directors who have forcefully challenged both the established norms of Japanese society and the traditional modes of filmmaking.
		The festival marks the 75th anniversary of Toru Takemitsu’s birth with a chamber music concert, screenings of 10 films with scores by the composer, and a roundtable discussion of his music with scholars, composers and film experts.
		Masatoshi Mitsumoto is the conductor and artistic director for the project, which is titled “Mirror of Tree, Mirror of Field: The Life and Music of Toru Takemitsu.” Presented in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, the tribute opens the 80th anniversary season of the historic Concerts from the Library of Congress series, founded in 1925.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2005/05-193.html (578 words)

	Fantasy Encyclopedia Updates, I to L
		Thus, there is even a direct family linkage between the US films and the Japanese films.
		(1957), Haredevil Hare (1948), One Froggy Evening (1956), Duck Amuck (1953), Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century (1953), Rabbit Fire (1951), Frigid Hare (1949), Rabbit Seasoning (1952), The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950), For Scent-imental Reasons (1949), and Hare-Raising Hare (1946).
		In fact, the origin of the first movie was a Willis O'Brien proposal for a movie entitled King Kong vs. Frankenstein; but the US producer he approached couldn't get financing and took the project to Japan, where Godzilla got involved.
	www.dcs.gla.ac.uk /SF-Archives/Misc/fec_i2l.html (4144 words)

	Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: George Takei
		Provided voice for American versions of Japanese films: Gigantis, the Fire Monster (Motoyoshi Oda 1955); Rodan (Inoshiro HONDA 1956).
		Indeed, his deep, articulate voice (first heard in the American versions of 1950s Japanese monster movies) remains his only real asset as a performer.
		Other than inconsequential dramatic roles and Star Trek-related guest appearances, Takei has most recently been visible, so to speak, as the voice of characters in animated television series and the Disney film Mulan.
	www.sfsite.com /gary/take01.htm (437 words)

	Filmtracks: Godzilla (1954) (Akira Ifukube)
		Godzilla (1954): (Akira Ifukube) To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the original Japanese Godzilla (Gojira) film directed by Ishiro Honda, a remastered and expanded soundtrack CD is hitting the shelves in the summer of 2004.
		Surviving the legacy of dozens of sequels, as well as two notable American adaptations in 1956 and 1998, the original Godzilla remains a cult classic around the world, but especially in Japan, where the creature to this day stands as a historical relic of an age during which post-war nuclear fears were their greatest.
		Japanese composer Akira Ifukube's career will forever be remembered as one of massive creature battles and other fantasy adventure, and remarkably, Ifukube was honored on this Godzilla anniversary in 2004, just as the retired composer turns 90 years old.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/godzilla54.html?page=print (1119 words)

	James Donald - The films, movies, cinema, biography of British movie actor,James Donald
		Donald began making films in 1941, hitting his stride with his portrayal of Theo Van Gogh in 'Lust for Life' (1956).
		James Donald - The films, movies, cinema, biography of British movie actor,James Donald
		Curiously whilst Nicholson is portrayed at the classic straight down the middle british officer, as the film progresses he ends up unwittingly working for the japanese.
	www.britishcinemagreats.com /Actors_page/james_donald/james_donald_page_1.htm (398 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Kamatari Fujiwara : Biography
		Japanese actor Kamatari Fujiwara was not the sort of performer who'd make the fan magazines or gossip columns, but still he enjoyed a stellar reputation among international art-film enthusiasts.
		In most of his films, the very able Kamatari Fujiwara tended to be overshadowed by more charismatic actors like Shimura and Toshiro Mifune, but he was always dedicated and unwaveringly professional.
		Fujiwara was a member of director Akira Kurosawa's stock company, first appearing in this capacity as the assistant to dying bureaucrat Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952).
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/22270/bio.jhtml (398 words)

	Humphrey W. Leynse Collection Films and Papers, 1916-1977
		Harp of Burma (1956) by Kon Ichikawa, From TV series "The Japanese Film,"January 23, 1975
		The 1937 Hindenburg disaster, the eruption of Mount Etna in 1923, and the Russian Revolution are among the headline stories recalled in the first show of a series tracing the history of movie new reels.
		Side A: TV Show Film Odyssey presents Jules and Jim (1961) by Francois Truffaut, Frame of Reference (Charles Champlin) interview with Jean Renoir
	www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /holland/masc/finders/cg438c2.htm (6169 words)

	Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: George Takei
		Provided voice for American versions of Japanese films: Gigantis, the Fire Monster (Motoyoshi Oda 1955); Rodan (Inoshiro HONDA 1956).
		(1995); “Dr. Strange” (1995), episode of Spider-Man ; Jonny Quest (tv series) (1996); Mulan (Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 1998); Hercules (tv series) (1998); “Rebirth” (1999), two-part episode of Batman Beyond.
		Provided voice for animation: Star Trek (tv series) (1973-75); “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish” (1991), “Thirty Minutes over Tokyo” (1994), “Simpson Tide” (1998), episodes of The Simpsons ; episode of Freakazoid!
	www.sfsite.com /gary/take01.htm (6169 words)

	Runner-Up
		The Awards of the Japanese Academy are the main film awards in a country with a long and storied film history.
		On the day when the rich and famous are hobnobbing at the Academy Awards, here’s a tip of the hat to the Independent Spirit Awards, who continue to honour films that are either overlooked by the Oscars, or which get nominated but never win.
		The main film awards in Italy are the David di Donatello awards, the “Davids”, which have been awarded since 1956.
	www.runner-up.org (6169 words)

	Festival Products: IFFG
		Celebrating his 100th anniversary, the VIENNALE presents eight films of a great master of Japanese cinematograpy: KENJI MIOZOGUCHI (1898-1956).
		More info on the Viennale Film Festival can be found in the 1998 IFFG on page 172.
		On the occasion of the VIENNALE press conference on October 2, 1998, the entire program will be presented.
	www.festivalproducts.com /IFFG/8_26_98_6.html (6169 words)

	Pelleas.net Yasuji Mori Filmography
		Born in Tottori Prefecture and raised in Taiwan, Yasuji Mori (森康二) obtained his degree in architecture from the Tokyo Art School, and was hired by animation studio Nihon Dogasha (AKA Nichido) in 1947, which in 1956 was acquired by film studio Toei and officially re-named to Toei Doga.
		As a teacher, according to Isao Takahata, Mori's influence on the world of Japanese animation was "incalculable".
		After helping to create the Toei Doga style over the decade and a half which followed in films such as Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958) and Puss 'n Boots (1969), Mori left Toei to join Nippon Animation, where he worked for the remainder of his life.
	www.pelleas.net /mori (6169 words)

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