Japanese films of 1971
Encyclopedia
A list of films released in Japan
in 1971 (see 1971 in film
).
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in 1971 (see 1971 in film
1971 in film
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
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| Sympathy for the Underdog Sympathy for the Underdog is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Koji Tsuruta and Noboru Ando.This film was director Kinji Fukasaku's last film featuring Koji Tsuruta as the main character... |
Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer... |
Koji Tsuruta Koji Tsuruta was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 260 feature films.-Career:Born in Shizuoka Prefecture as Eiichi Ono, Tsuruta was studying at Kansai University when he was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Navy. After the war he joined Kōkichi Takada's theater troupe and made his film debut at Shochiku... , Noboru Ando Noboru Ando Noboru Ando is a Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles.In fact, Ando was a real-life yakuza gang boss before becoming a movie star in 1965, when he appeared in a film about himself, "Chi to Okite"... |
Yakuza Yakuza film is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, also referred to as the Japanese Mafia.-Ninkyo eiga:... |
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| Tora-san's Shattered Romance Tora-san's Shattered Romance aka Tora-san in Love is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Ayako Wakao as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Shattered Romance is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.-Synopsis:A girl who... |
Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy .... |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor.... |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
6th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans... series |
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| Dōbutsu Takarajima Dobutsu Takarajima is a 1971 Japanese animated feature film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The film was produced by Toei Animation and released on the studio's 20th anniversary.... |
Hiroshi Ikeda Hiroshi Ikeda Hiroshi Ikeda is a Japanese aikido teacher in the United States. He holds the rank of 7th dan from the Aikikai. He is the most senior student of Mitsugi Saotome of Aikido Schools of Ueshiba .... |
Minori Matsushima Minori Matsushima , born December 1, 1940, in Chiba Prefecture, is a veteran female seiyū. She currently works for Aoni Production.She is most known for the roles of Candice White , Meat-kun , Sayaka Yumi , Hiroshi , Dororo , and Gyopi .-Notable voice roles:*Candice "Candy" White in Candy Candy *Alexandria Meat in... , Asao Koike, Hitoshi Takagi Hitoshi Takagi was a Japanese voice actor. He died at age 78 due to partial ischemic heart disease.He was most well known for providing the voice of Totoro.-Anime:*Galaxy Express 999 *Gregory Horror Show... |
Anime Anime is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons.... |
Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.... 's Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the... |
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| Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Tora-san, the Good Samaritan is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Rumi Sakakibara as his love interest or "Madonna"... |
Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy .... |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor.... |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
7th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans... series |
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| To Love Again To Love Again (film) is a 1971 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Renaud Verley - Niko* Ruriko Asaoka - Miya* Tetsuo Ishidate - Kee chan* Yôko Kosono* Graciela López Colombres - Maria... |
Kon Ichikawa Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department... |
Renaud Verley, Ruriko Asaoka Ruriko Asaoka born 2 July 1940 in Xinjing, Manchukuo , is a Japanese actress.- Filmography :* * * Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific... , Tetsuo Ishidate |
Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
Entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival 21st Berlin International Film Festival The 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 6, 1971.-Jury:* Bjørn Rasmussen * Ida Ehre* Walter Albuquerque Mello* Paul Claudon* Kenneth Harper* Mani Kaul* Charlotte Kerr* Rex Reed* Giancarlo Zagni... |
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| The Ceremony The Ceremony is a 1971 film from Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. The film takes place in postwar Japan, following a Japanese clan through their wedding and funeral ceremonies, and the lengths the family goes to preserve their traditions in spite of the damage it causes to the younger generations.- Plot summary... |
Nagisa Oshima Nagisa Oshima is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature A Town of Love and Hope in 1959.... |
Kenzo Kawarasaki, Kei Sato, Atsuko Kaku | ||||
| A Soul to Devils A Soul to Devils A Soul to Devils is a 1971 Japanese drama film directed by Kō Nakahira. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Nobuko Tashiro - Ikezoe's wife* Ai Sasaki - Kinu* Toru Emori - Takeda* Koji Nambara - Karino* Taiji Tonoyama - Hachizo... |
Kō Nakahira Ko Nakahira - Filmography as assistant director :* Ojōsan shachō, lit. "Madame Company President" - Filmography as director :* Kurutta kajitsu * Gyūnyū-ya furanki * Bitoku no yoromeki * Kurenai no tsubasa)... |
Nobuko Tashiro | Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
Entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival 1971 Cannes Film Festival - Jury :*Michèle Morgan *Pierre Billard *Michael Birkett *Anselmo Duarte *István Gaál *Sergio Leone *Aleksandar Petrović *Maurice Rheims *Erich Segal... |
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| Gamera vs. Zigra Gamera vs. Zigra is a 1971 kaiju film starring Gamera created by Daiei Motion Picture Company. Unlike previous Gamera sequels, Gamera vs. Zigra was not released by AIP-TV. Sandy Frank released the film to television and home video in the 1980s. It is one of five Gamera films featured on Mystery Science Theater... |
Noriaki Yuasa Noriaki Yuasa was a Japanese director, most notable for his involvement in the Gamera film series. Yuasa was a special guest at G-Fest in 1999, 2000, and 2003, and was the recipient of the Mangled Skyscraper Award at the latter. He died on June 14, 2004 after suffering a stroke.-Directing Credits:* Shiawasa nara... |
Gloria Zoellner, Arlene Zoellner, Koji Fujiyama | Kaiju Kaiju is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment.... |
Part of the Gamera Gamera is a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own... series |
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| Go! Go! Kamen Rider Kamen Rider , is a weekly science fiction story created by Japanese manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV . A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine... |
Hidetoshi Kitamura | Hiroshi Fujioka Hiroshi Fujioka , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro. Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka, discovered by Akimasa... |
Tokusatsu Tokusatsu is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects .... |
Movie version of Kamen Rider Kamen Rider , is a weekly science fiction story created by Japanese manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV . A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine... episode 13 |
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| Godzilla vs. Hedorah Godzilla vs. Hedorah , also known as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, is a 1971 science fiction kaiju film. The eleventh film in Toho Co. Ltd.'s Godzilla series , it was directed by Yoshimitsu Banno with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. It was the first film to feature Hedorah. The score was composed by Riichiro Manabe... |
Yoshimitsu Banno Yoshimitsu Banno is a Japanese director, best known for the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which he directed and co-wrote. Banno was a special guest at G-Fest XII in 2005. He is currently co-producing a new Godzilla film with Legendary Pictures.-Directing Credits:... |
Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase | Kaiju Kaiju is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment.... |
Part of the Godzilla Godzilla is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,... series |
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| Silence Silence (1971 film) Silence is a 1971 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda based on the novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo on the entry of Jesuit missionaries to seventeenth century Japan. Mainly with Japanese dialogue, it has short sequences in English... |
Masahiro Shinoda Masahiro Shinoda is a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s.-Career:... |
Shima Iwashita | Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women... |
Entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival 1972 Cannes Film Festival - Jury :*Joseph Losey *Bibi Andersson *Georges Auric *Erskine Caldwell *Mark Donskoi *Miloš Forman *Giorgio Papi *Jean Rochereau *Alain Tanner... |
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| Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon aka From 3 to Sex is a 1971 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series. The first film in this successful new direction for the studio, it was directed by Shōgorō Nishimura and starred Kazuko Shirakawa.-Synopsis:... |
Shōgorō Nishimura Shōgorō Nishimura -Filmography:* Zankoku onna jōshi * Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon * Affair at Twilight * Drifter's Affair * Sigh of Roses * Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous... |
Kazuko Shirakawa Kazuko Shirakawa is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife , and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s... |
Roman porno | Nikkatsu Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:... 's first Roman porno |
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| Castle Orgies Castle Orgies aka Eros Schedule Book: Concubine Secrets and Sensual History: Shogun's Harem Secret Story is a 1971 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Isao Hayashi and starring Setsuko Ogawa and Yoichi Nishikawa... |
Isao Hayashi | Setsuko Ogawa | Roman porno | Double-billed with Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon | ||
| Tora-san's Love Call Tora-san's Love Call aka Tora-san's Love Song is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Junko Ikeuchi as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Love Call is the eighth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.-Synopsis:Hoping to find... |
Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy .... |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor.... |
Comedy Comedy film Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences... |
8th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans... series |
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| Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts aka Yuko's White Breasts and High School Girl Report: Yūko's White Breasts is a 1971 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Yukihiko Kondo and starring Yūko Katagiri.-Synopsis:... |
Yukihiko Kondo | Yūko Katagiri | Roman porno | |||
| |Emperor Tomato Ketchup Emperor Tomato Ketchup (film) Emperor Tomato Ketchup is a Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama in 1971.-Plot summary:A youngboy is the emperor of a country in which children have overthrown the adults.... |
Shūji Terayama Shuji Terayama was an avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. According to many critics and supporters, he was one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. He was born December 10, 1935, the only son of Hachiro and Hatsu Terayama in... |
Goro Abashiri, Tarô Apollo, Shiro Demaemochi |
External links
- Japanese films of 1971 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...