Gray Sunset
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is a 1985 Japanese film
directed
by Shunya Ito
. It was Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
, but was not accepted as a nominee. It won the award for Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Shunya Ito
Shunya Ito
is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori series of 1970s exploitation films based on Toru Shinohara's manga and starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career...
. It was Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards
58th Academy Awards
The 58th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1985, were held on March 24, 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams. The ceremony was watched by 38.93 million viewers, tying the 78th Academy Awards as...
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, but was not accepted as a nominee. It won the award for Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Cast
- Yukiyo ToakeYukiyo Toakeis a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 23rd Blue Ribbon Awards for Furueru Shita and at the 29th for Gray Sunset.-Filmography:*1974 - Tora-san's Lullaby*1980 - Furueru Shita*1983 - The Catch...
: Keiko Takano - Minoru ChiakiMinoru Chiakiwas a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life, he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to...
: Fuyukichi Takano - Teruhiko SaigoTeruhiko Saigois a Japanese singer and actor. As a singer, he is known as one of the three "Gosanke", referring to gosanke, the three great Tokugawa houses....
: Haruo Takano - Yumiko Nogawa: Nobue Kaneko
- Haruko Kato: Kikuyo Takano
- Yoshiko Nakada: Tomoko Iizuka
- Sayoko Ninomiya: Mitsue Takano
- Ittoku Kishibe: Yoshikazu Ishimoto
See also
- Cinema of JapanCinema of JapanThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film