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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Sanjuro | | | |  Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Sanjuro - Plot summaryBased on Shugoro Yamamoto's novel Peaceful Days, the film tells the story of a group of loyal but hapless samurai who are trying to rescue their master, the Chamberlain, from the clutches of a ruthless rival. Their initial impulsive rescue attempts fail, and they seem to be doomed until the scruffy but brilliant swordfighter Sanjuro (played by Mifune) offers his help. Mifune's Sanjuro is an anti-hero — a shabby, cynical character, who perplexes the samurai to whose aid he comes, chal ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Jidaigeki - Roles in Jidaigeki Jidaigeki are a parade of people with occupations unfamiliar to modern Japanese, and especially to foreigners. Here are a few.
Jidaigeki - Warriors.
The warrior class included samurai, hereditary members in the military service of a daimyo or the shogun (themselves samurai). Rōnin, samurai without masters, were also warriors, and like samurai, wore two swords; they were, however, without inherited employment or status. Bugeisha were men who aimed to perfect their martial arts, often by trave ...
See also:Jidaigeki, Jidaigeki - Kinds of Jidaigeki, Jidaigeki - Roles in Jidaigeki, Jidaigeki - Warriors, Jidaigeki - Craftsmen, Jidaigeki - Merchants, Jidaigeki - Governments, Jidaigeki - Conventions, Jidaigeki - Clichés and catchphrases, Jidaigeki - Famous Jidaigeki, Jidaigeki - Films, Jidaigeki - Television series, Jidaigeki - Famous Directors, Jidaigeki - Famous Actors and Actresses, Jidaigeki - Trivia Read more here: » Jidaigeki: Encyclopedia II - Jidaigeki - Roles in Jidaigeki |
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Popularity His imposing bearing, acting range, facility with foreign languages and lengthy partnership with acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa made him the most famous Japanese actor of his time, and easily the best known to Western audiences. He often portrayed a samurai or ronin, who was usually coarse and gruff (Kurosawa once complained about Mifune's "rough" voice), inverting the popular stereotype of the genteel, clean-cut samurai. In such films as The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, he played characters who were often comically lacking in ...
See also:Toshiro Mifune, Toshiro Mifune - Childhood, Toshiro Mifune - Entry into show business, Toshiro Mifune - Marriage, Toshiro Mifune - Popularity, Toshiro Mifune - Later life, Toshiro Mifune - Filmography, Toshiro Mifune - Television Appearances Read more here: » Toshiro Mifune: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Popularity |
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Akira Kurosawa - Characteristics Kurosawa is best-known for his period pieces or jidaigeki (時代劇, jidaigeki?) like Seven SamuraiSee also: Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa - Early Career, Akira Kurosawa - Characteristics, Akira Kurosawa - Influences, Akira Kurosawa - His influence, Akira Kurosawa - Collaboration, Akira Kurosawa - Later films, Akira Kurosawa - Trivia, Akira Kurosawa - Awards, Akira Kurosawa - Filmography Read more here: » Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia II - Akira Kurosawa - Characteristics |
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Zatoichi - The original series of films The original series of 26 films featured Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi. The first film was made in 1962 in black and white. The third film, in 1963, was the first to be filmed in color. The twenty-fifth film was made in 1973, and there was a pause of some 16 years before Katsu's last film, in 1989, which he directed himself.
The original series of movies features other popular fictional characters of the genre on two occasions: Zatoichi and the One Armed Swordsman (1971) connects with the Shaw Brothers series of Hong Kong produced ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - List of Japan-related topics L-Z - L L'Arc~en~Ciel, La Blue Girl, La Perouse Strait, Lacqerware, Lafcadio Hearn, Lake Biwa, Lake Hylia, Lakitu, Lan Di, Lansing-Ishii Agreement, Laputa - The Castle in the Sky, Late Tokugawa shogunate, Lavos, Legend of the Overfiend, Legend of Zelda, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Plus, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest, Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Legend ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Entry into show business In 1947, one of Mifune's friends who worked for the Photography Department of Toho Productions suggested Mifune try out for the Photography Department. He was accepted for a position as an assistant cameraman. However, the union was affiliated with the Communist party, which made Mifune, a religiously conservative man, very uncomfortable.
At this time, a large number of Toho actors, after a prolonged strike, had left to form their own company. The studio organized a "new faces" contest to find new talent. Mifune's friends submitted an ...
See also:Toshiro Mifune, Toshiro Mifune - Childhood, Toshiro Mifune - Entry into show business, Toshiro Mifune - Marriage, Toshiro Mifune - Popularity, Toshiro Mifune - Later life, Toshiro Mifune - Filmography, Toshiro Mifune - Television Appearances Read more here: » Toshiro Mifune: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Entry into show business |
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Zatoichi - The television series The television series of Zatoichi ran for four seasons, with Shintaro Katsu in the lead role:
26 episodes, in 1974
29 episodes, in 1976
19 episodes, in 1978
26 episodes, in 1979
See also: List of Zatoichi episodes
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Later life In a 1984 magazine poll, Mifune was voted the "most Japanese Man among men. The One whose face expressed the Best of Japanese Pride, Power & Virility." In his native land and overseas, he is still often viewed as the epitome of Japanese manhood.
Early in the 1980s, Mifune founded an acting school, Mifune Geijutsu Gakuin (三船芸術学院). The school failed after only three years, due to mismanaged finances.
Mifune received wider audience acclaim in the West than he had ever had before after playing Toranaga in the 1980 m ...
See also:Toshiro Mifune, Toshiro Mifune - Childhood, Toshiro Mifune - Entry into show business, Toshiro Mifune - Marriage, Toshiro Mifune - Popularity, Toshiro Mifune - Later life, Toshiro Mifune - Filmography, Toshiro Mifune - Television Appearances Read more here: » Toshiro Mifune: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Later life |
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Zatoichi - Production companies The majority of the films were produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company: from the first film, The Tale of Zatoichi, to the 22nd film, Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman, released in 1971 when Daiei went bankrupt. However, starting with Zatoichi the Outlaw in 1967, Shintaro Katsu's own company, Katsu Productions, coproduced the films (as well as producing the TV series and his last Zatoichi film). After Daiei was out of commission, Toho Company took over the films in 1972 starting with Zatoichi at Large, the 23 ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Zatoichi - The 2003 film In 2003, Takeshi Kitano produced a new high-budget Zatoichi film, called Zatoichi (座頭市 Zatōichi). Kitano plays the role of the blind swordsman himself. The film's plot follows a traditional theme, with Zatoichi coming to the defense of townspeople caught up in a local gang war, and being forced to pay excessive amounts of protection money. Zatoichi befriends a local farmer, helping her gambling nephew and two geishas who are seekin ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Marriage One of Mifune's fellow performers, one of the 32 women chosen during the new faces contest, was Sachiko Yoshimine. Eight years Mifune's junior, she came from a respected Tokyo family. They fell in love and Mifune soon proposed marriage.
Yoshimine's parents were strongly opposed to the idea of marriage. Mifune was doubly an outsider, being a non-Buddhist as well as coming from Manchuria (which, to mainland Japanese, was associated with misfits and eccentrics). His profession also suggested financia ...
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| | | | Sanjuro: Encyclopedia II - Toshiro Mifune - Childhood Mifune was born on April 1, 1920 in Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China to Japanese parents, and he grew up in Dalian with his parents and two siblings. In his youth, Mifune worked in the photography shop of his father Tokuzo, a commercial photographer and importer who had emigrated from northern Japan. Tokuzo was a Methodist, and there is evidence that he was also a missionary, ministering to the ethnic Japanese in Dalian.
Although the young Toshiro spent the first 19 years of his life in China, and could even speak Mandarin, as a Japanese ...
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