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Midnight Eye feature: Japanese Anime and the Animated Cartoon The rhetoric of neutrality holds no water in regards to films like Anju To Zushiomaru (1961 / US version: The Littlest Warrior, 1962) or Wanpaku Oji No Orochi Taiji (1962 / US version: The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, 1964), both of which featured stories and characters drenched in stereotypically Japanese images. Heavily orientalized as many of the prewar shorts and early Toei films were, Legend of the White Serpent is a remake of a Japanese version of a Chinese folk tale, a romantic look back at a fertile colonial territory that suddenly became inaccessible to Japanese citizens after the war. Manga Entertainment surely does, their website justly boasting of "cultivat[ing] the international theatrical market for Japanese animated feature films." The incredible international success of Spirited Away (2001) came only five years after Tokuma Publishing signed an international distribution contract with Disney's Buena Vista Entertainment. www.midnighteye.com /features/animated_cartoon.shtml   (1509 words)

DVD Savant Guest Review: Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Dyna: The Battle in Hyperspace 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. 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. 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)

Bruce Baillie Characteristics Hayashi (1961), a type of "cinematic haiku ", is a three minute black and white film in which the main character, a Japanese gardener, tends to his garden. Baillie's body of work, which is comprised primarily of films in the lyrical form, also includes two structural films. Bruce Baillie, co-founder of Canyon Cinema began making films in the early sixties. people.wcsu.edu /mccarneyh/fva/B/BBaillie_char.html   (2852 words)

japantml4 The films Kurosawa directed in the 1960s were very popular, and Yojimbo (1961) remains one of his major box office successes in Japan (information courtesy of Anne Wasserman, MIT, who references Donald Ritchie's Films of Akira Kurosawa [Rev. ed. Rashomon Film commentary/notes by Brett Johnson, Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cjs/films/reviews/rashomon.html His Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of blood (1957) and Yajimbo (1961), to name only four of his remarkable creations, are glorious monuments to his imagination, sensitiveness and ability to handle his chosen themes and establish his particular cinematic style." From "Akira Kurosawa: A Tribute," web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum210/tml/japantml/japantml4.htm   (1998 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)

Toshiro Mifune Although he had originally planned to work in films as an assistant cameraman, Toshiro Mifune was auditioned as an actor instead, a fortuitous career shift which helped change the course of Japanese cinematic history. He has appeared in many of the great post-war Japanese films, most notably those of director Akira Kurosawa. Collaborations between Kurosawa and Mifune began with the film "Drunken Angel" (1948) and continued with such notable works as "Rashomon" (1950), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "Yojimbo" (1961) and "Red Beard" (1965).... www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/id/196404   (583 words)

Filmkultúra: Essays: The Twenties As director of spectacular nationalistic war films, Abe was banned till 1961. His films displayed some of the (Ernst) Lubitsch touch but his main service to Japanese film art was an innovative portrayal of love scenes. The master of refined eroticism and modern morals, Abe Yutaka (1895-1977) worked in Hollywood from 19l1 to 1924, then in his two hits developed the style of light comedy so much missing from Japanese cinema (7;59). www.filmkultura.hu /articles/essays/twenties.en.html   (3279 words)

DVD Verdict: Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996) The next two films in the trilogy, Road to Eternity (1959) and A Soldier's Prayer (1961), follow Kaji on his harrowing odyssey through military training (Kubrick borrows elements from this for the first half of Full Metal Jacket), a brutal Russian prison camp, and finally, his lonely death wandering the icy wastes of Manchuria. His 1983 film, The Tokyo Trials, is a documentary which chronicles the war crimes trials against Japanese officers following World War II (bringing him full circle back to the territory covered in The Human Condition). In his films, Masaki Kobayashi explores the boundaries of storytelling, and the consequences facing those who expose the truth. www.dvdverdict.com /columns/deepfocus/kobayashi.php   (3279 words)

PointBlank: Anime Reviews - Kaze no Yojimbo While Yojimbo, according to many, can be considered one of the greatest Kurosawa films, and perhaps one of the best films in all of Japanese cinema, the anime adaptation is far from it. Yojimbo is one of my all time favorite samurai films about a wandering ronin who stumbles upon this town that is being torn apart by two groups of gangs who rule over it. Kaze no Yojimbo is based off of the 1961 classic film "Yojimbo" by the legendary director Akira Kurosawa. www.point-blank.cc /reviews/index.php?ident=198   (3279 words)

The Fall of Daiei Despite a good run in the early 1960's for many of the film studios, the "Golden Age of Japanese Cinema" was already starting to show signs of weakening as Shintoho, a company comprised of ex-Toho employees in 1947 who literally called themselves "the New Toho," filed for bankruptcy in 1961. In July of 2002, Daiei would finally be bought out by the Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Company, as Kadokawa stated that they will take over production and distribution of Daiei films under the name Kadokawa-Daiei Pictures. The "Golden Age of Japanese Cinema," a glorious period from the 1950's through the 1960's when Japanese studio output was substantial and attendance sizes were even larger. www.tohokingdom.com /web_pages/articles/art_01.htm   (3279 words)

Gamera VS. Monster X/Monster From A Prehistoric Planet Long considered an unofficial Japanese retelling of the British film GORGO (1961), the story concerns a group of Japanese adventurers who travel to a remote Pacific island to bring back exotic animals for a zoo/amusement park their magazine magnate employer plans to open. The familiar TITAN SOUND (formerly TITRA SOUND) voices can be heard throughout featuring many of the performers from SPEED RACER, and various Godzilla/Gamera/AIP "sword and sandal" films. Of course, the baby monster is taken back to Japan to be exhibited while back on the island, the little reptile's parents emerge from the cave and quickly high-tail it to Japan to get their son back. www.dvddrive-in.com /reviews/e-h/gameramonsterfrom7067.htm   (730 words)

:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: Yojimbo (xhtml) Richie believes "Yojimbo" is the best-photographed of Kurosawa's films (by Kazuo Miyagawa, who also shot "Rashomon" and such other Japanese classics as Ozu's "Floating Weeds" and Mizoguchi's "Ugetsu"). In "Yojimbo" (1961), director Akira Kurosawa combines the samurai story with the Western, so that the main street could be in any frontier town, the samurai could be a gunslinger, and the locals could have been lifted from John Ford's stock company. In between, the townspeople cower behind closed shutters and locked doors, and the film's visuals alternate between the emptiness of the windswept street, shots looking out through the slats of shutters and the chinks in walls, and shots from outdoors showing people peering through their shutters. rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050410/REVIEWS08/504100301   (1157 words)

japanesehorror Scores of Japanese kaibyo (or ghost-cat) films have been made since the silent era. Ghost-cats – avenging spirits, usually of wronged handmaidens, incarnated after their cats lap up their spilt blood (!) – are a staple of Japanese ghost stories as well as the nation’s classic horror cinema. When Shintoho went belly-up in 1961 from financial woes, other studios like Daiei, Toho and Toei expanded their horror film output to fill the gap. www.americancinematheque.com /archive1999/2004/japanesehorror.htm   (1157 words)

Toshiro Mifune A personal rift during the filming of Akahige (1965) ended the Mifune-Kurosawa collaboration, but Mifune continued to perform leading roles in major films both in Japan and in foreign countries. Beginning with Yoidore Tenshi (1948), Mifune appeared in sixteen of Kurosawa's films, most of which have become world-renowned classics. In Kurosawa's pictures, especially Rashomon (1950), Mifune would become most famous Japanese actor in the world. www.movietreasures.com /main/Toshiro_Mifune/toshiro_mifune.html   (1157 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   (1157 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 Side A: TV Show Film Odyssey presents Jules and Jim (1961) by Francois Truffaut, Frame of Reference (Charles Champlin) interview with Jean Renoir 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. www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /holland/masc/finders/cg438c2.htm   (6169 words)

Ring of Steel - Toshiro Mifune Requiem Mifune appeared in many foreign films, first as a drunken peasant in the 1961 award-winning Mexican film, "Animas Trujano: El Hombre Importante," and as a warlord in the American television series "Shogun" in 1980. The ordinary Japanese actor might need 10 feet of film to get across an impression: Mifune needed only 3 feet..." Mifune, 77, also starred in the popular 1980 television series "Shogun." A spokesman for his family had no immediate details on the cause of his death, but he had been ill for some time. www.deathstar.org /groups/ros/reference/mifune2.html   (797 words)

Nagisa Oshima Oshima's Empires Nagisa Oshima - a one-man 'New Wave' at the start of his career - is now regarded as the father of a revolutionary young generation of Japanese film-makers. But between these two films came a remarkable change of course, as if Oshima was trying to find some way of appealing to a wider audience. These Oshima read in the solitude of a lonely childhood, and by the time he left high-school he was ready to become a fully-fledged student activist as well as embryo writer and dramatist. www.leninimports.com /nagisa_oshima.html   (1762 words)

Midnight Eye feature: Japanese Anime and the Animated Cartoon Production of short films, including a handful of foreign releases, continued for years until theatrical features became possible in the early 40s thanks to sponsorship by government forces on a very ambitious transnational project: war. By the time Toei had proven the speed and effectiveness of its low-cost cartoon production with its third film, Journey to the West (Saiyuki 1960 / Alakazam the Great, 1961), the company was receiving offers for overseas co-productions. Most of Toei's early features were sold internationally, and when Osamu Tezuka developed his rival Mushi Productions and created the first animated Japanese TV series Tetsuwan Atomu (1963~ / Astro Boy, 1963~), that was picked up overseas as well. www.midnighteye.com /features/animated_cartoon.shtml   (1762 words)

SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Yojimbo True, "Yojimbo" (1961) and "Tsubaki Sanjuro" (1962) were strikingly similar in the way the crafty samurai hero (played in both films by Toshiro Mifune) outwitted his enemies -- but Kurosawa made "Yojimbo" from an original script, while "Tsubaki Sanjuro" was based on a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto... "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964, directed by Sergio Leone) -- An Italian filmmaker working in Spain, lifting a plot from a Japanese movie ("Yojimbo"), and casting a semi-famous American TV star, Clint Eastwood, in the lead. It's a little of "Yojimbo," a little of "Sanjuro," a little of "Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance." I could sum it up more precisely for you, but really, what would be the point. movies.surfwax.com /files/Yojimbo_Movie.html   (1704 words)

Harvard Film Archive: Breaking the Mirror: The Films of Maya Deren Dancer, ethnographer, philosopher, and “visual poet” Maya Deren (1917—1961) gave birth to the American avant-garde film movement of the postwar era in America, and her work remains key to our understanding of the modern cinema. The Very Eye of Night features a mesmerizing soundtrack by Japanese composer Teiji Ito, the director’s third husband. Deren’s advocacy and the example of her own productions were catalytic to the critical recognition of experimental cinema in this country and to the emergence of an entire generation of young practioners who, through the vitality of their work, expanded her singular vision and passion. www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/03janfeb/deren.htm   (729 words)

Last Man Standing trivia "Last man standing" is actually the third remake of the 1961 Kurosawa film "Yojimbo" (Japanese for "The Bodyguard"). The second remake of the film was in 1967 called "A Fistful Of Dollars", starring Clint Eastwood. Ruined Endings - movie spoilers and plot summaries for over 1,500 films www.moviemistakes.com /film725/trivia   (131 words)

Indbazaar.com - FamilyTime There were two Tintin films: Tintin and the Golden Fleece in 1961 and Tintin and the Blue Oranges in 1964, as well as two full length animated cartoons, Prisoners of the Sun in 1969 and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks in 1972. Tintin is Tim in German, Tintti in Finnish, Ten-Ten in Greek, Tainetaine in Iranian, Tinni in Iceandic, Tan Tan in Japanese, Tintin in Portuguese, French, Spanish, Danish, Indonesian, Italy, Malay, Norwegian, Swedish and Bangla. Whatever the perspective, the Tintin phenomenon is remarkable; from the point of view of sales, durability, range of appeal, or critical interest. www.indbazaar.com /family/subcategory.asp?artid=942&cid=11   (519 words)

Hideo Nakata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961, in Okayama) is a Japanese film director. Nakata is most familiar works to Western audiences with spooky horror films such as Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002). Ringu was later remade in America as The Ring (2002). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hideo_Nakata   (108 words)

Star Wars Origins - Akira Kurosawa The second major direction for Star Wars (used in the 1973 synopsis) was to use the Flash Gordon "vocabulary" to create an outer-space version of the Samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, primarily Kakushi toride no san akunin (The Hidden Fortress, 1958), Tsubaki Sanjûrô (Sanjuro, 1962) and Yojimbo (1961). Kurosawa had become famous partially for telling stories about Japanese samurai using ideas he borrowed from American Westerns and detective stories. Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces eventually gave Lucas a third and final major story direction, but many elements from Kurosawa's work remain, including the two bickering peasants (who evolved into the droids), elements of the Obi-Wan/Luke relationship and the queen who often switches places with her handmaiden. www.jitterbug.com /origins/kurosawa.html   (631 words)

Japanese Eleki and the Ventures Influence - Yuzo Kayama and Takeshi Terauchi on DVD - The VIDEO BEAT! Yuzo Kayama first came to fame in 1961 as the dashingly handsome young star of the "Wakadaisho" ("Young Captain") series of teen films. Two of Yuzo Kayama's best known instrumentals, "Black Sand Beach" and "Yozora No Hoshi," were even covered by the Ventures, who were so impressed with Kayama and the Launchers that they presented him with one of their own signature-model Mosrite guitars! In Yuzo Kayama's second "Wakadaisho" film, the 1965 feature, "Eleki No Wakadaisho" ("Young Captain of the Electric Guitar"), Kayama and Takeshi Terauchi perform together backed by the Launchers and they really blast the place to pieces! www.thevideobeat.com /eleki-yuzo-kayama.htm   (437 words)

Japanese Film Festival 2003 This year at the 7th Japanese Film Festival in Sydney, audiences will be treated to special screenings of films by veteran Japanese director, Aged 91, Kaneto Shindo is regarded as an icon of the Japanese film industry. Shindo’s latest film, The Owl (2003), will be shown along with The Island (1960), which won the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. filmfestival2003.jpf-sydney.org /index2.html   (190 words)

Toshiro Mifune He has been brash and reckless inThe Seven Samurai (1954), stoic and droll inYojimbo (1961) and its sequel Sanjuro (1962), paranoid and irrational inThrone of Blood (1957), and swashbucklingly heroic inThe Hidden Fortress (1958). In 1951, Akira Kurosawa (1910 — 1998) single-handedly introduced the Occident to Japanese cinema, and throughout the West has remained the most famous director from the Land of the Rising Sun. Mifune had originally planned a film career behind the camera as a cinematographer, but wound up before the lens in 1946'sShin Baka Jidai he first worked with Kurosawa in 1948's Drunken Angel He made one attempt at directing in 1963,Goju Man-nin no Isan which was a failure; his production company now makes films for TV. www.movietreasures.com /main/Toshiro_Mifune/toshiro_mifune.html   (190 words)

Nan Hai Co.,Inc.,U.S.A. - Historical Films In the spring of 1938, General Li Zongren of the KMT army under Chiang Kai-shek led the 5th Army to a bloody victory against the Japanese at the Battle of Tai'erzhuang. Liu Shaoqi, president of China, spent 44 days in Hunan Province in 1961 investigating the rural situation in the post-Great Leap Forward period. He survived many years of battle to end the long time division of the Mongol nation, and went on to construct the Mongol Kingdom, which served as a solid foundation for the rise of the Yuan dynasty. www.nanhai.com /history.html   (190 words)

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