Japanese films of 1979
Encyclopedia
A list of films released in Japan
in 1979 (see 1979 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 1979 (see 1979 in film
1979 in film
The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
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1979
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| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
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| Ah! Nomugi Toge Ah! Nomugi Toge is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.-Awards:34th Mainichi Film Award*Won: Best Film-References:... |
Satsuo Yamamoto Satsuo Yamamoto was a Japanese film director.Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after... |
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| Grass Labyrinth Grass Labyrinth is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama.... |
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... |
Juzo Itami Juzo Itami , born , was an actor and a popular modern Japanese film director. Many critics came to regard him as Japan's greatest director since Akira Kurosawa. His 10 movies, all of which he wrote himself, are comic satires on elements of Japanese culture.... |
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| Hokkyoku no Muushika Miishika | Chikao Katsui | Anime | No Notes | |
| Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is one of the films featuring master thief Arsène Lupin III.The second animated Lupin III movie and arguably the best known, Castle of Cagliostro was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who also co-directed the first... |
Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,... |
Yasuo Yamada Yasuo Yamada was a Japanese voice actor born in Tokyo, Japan.Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University, and had performed in many stage, radio, and television productions. His most famous role was Arsène Lupin III from the Lupin III series, starting in 1971 and ending in 1995... |
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| Jūkyūsai no Chizu Jūkyūsai no Chizu is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi.-Awards:1st Yokohama Film Festival*Best Supporting Actor - Keizō Kanie*Best New Director - Mitsuo Yanagimachi*Best Newcomer - Yūji Honma*7th Best Film... |
Mitsuo Yanagimachi Mitsuo Yanagimachi Mitsuo Yanagimachi is an award-winning Japanese screenwriter and film director.-Career:... |
Yūji Honma, Keizō Kanie Keizō Kanie is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for Angel Guts: Red Classroom and Jūkyūsai no Chizu and at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Ware ni utsu yoi ari and Boku to, bokura no natsu.... |
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| Rope and Skin Rope and Skin is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Shōgorō Nishimura and starring Naomi Tani.-Synopsis:Okoma is a female yakuza and gambler who returns to her hometown after a two year absence. She finds that her old boss has been killed and a rival gang is taking over her own... |
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... |
Naomi Tani Naomi Tani is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M theme during the 1970s.-Early career:Born October 20, 1948, in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka, Naomi Tani moved to Tokyo at the age of 18. After arrival in Tokyo, she was featured in a photo layout... |
Roman porno | Naomi Tani's final film |
| Tora-san, the Matchmaker Tora-san, the Matchmaker aka Tora-san Riding High is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Kaori Momoi 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... |
23rd 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 |
| Tora-san's Dream of Spring Tora-san's Dream of Spring aka Torasan Dreams Springtime is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Kyōko Kagawa 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... |
24th 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 |
| Vengeance is Mine Vengeance is Mine (1979 film) Vengeance Is Mine is a 1979 film directed by Shohei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryuzo Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi .It stars Ken Ogata as Enokizu, with Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa and Chocho Miyako... |
Shohei Imamura Shohei Imamura was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's filmsThe Eel , Dr... |
Ken Ogata Ken Ogata Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama... |
Japan Academy Prize for Best Film | |
| Wet Weekend Wet Weekend is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi and starring Junko Miyashita.-Synopsis:Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss... |
Kichitaro Negishi Kichitaro Negishi is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong... |
Junko Miyashita Junko Miyashita is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.... , Ako Ako (actress) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for Woman with Red Hair and Wet Weekend.-Filmography:* Pink Tush Girl * Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack... |
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| Woman with Red Hair Woman with Red Hair is an award-winning Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.-Wins:* Best Actress, Junko Miyashita - Hochi Film Awards* Best Actress, Junko Miyashita - Kinema Jumpo* Best Supporting Actress, Ako - Yokohama Film Festival... |
Tatsumi Kumashiro Tatsumi Kumashiro was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair... |
Junko Miyashita Junko Miyashita is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.... |
Roman porno | Best Actress, Kinema Jumpo & Hochi Film Awards |
| Ultraman Ultraman (1979 film) is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's episodes of the original Ultraman TV series.- Cast :*Akiji Kobayashi*Susumu Kurobe*Sandayū Dokumamushi*Masanari Nihei*Hiroko Sakurai... |
Akio Jissoji Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside of Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy , , and .... |
Susumu Kurobe Susumu Kurobe , given the birth name of , was born on in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan.He is commonly known for having played the character role Shin Hayata in the Ultraman series, a role he reprised in episode 47 of the 2006 television series Ultraman Mebius and its theatrical film adaption, Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman... , Akiji Kobayashi Akiji Kobayashi , sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana in the 1971 series, Kamen Rider... , Sandayū Dokumamushi, Masanari Nihei Masanari Nihei Masanari Nihei is a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Movie:* 1962 - Gorath* 1965 - Samurai* 1970 - Dodesukaden* 1977 - Shirauo* 1996 - Revive! Ultraman* 1996,97 - Ultraman Zearth... , Hiroko Sakurai Hiroko Sakurai is a Japanese actress and producer at Tsuburaya Productions.-Movie:-TV:-Books by Sakurai: ISBN 4093871280 ISBN 4093874646. ISBN 404853853.... |
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.... |
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| Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman.- Cast :*Akiji Kobayashi*Susumu Kurobe*Sandayū Dokumamushi*Masanari Nihei*Hiroko Sakurai-Monsters:... |
Noriko Anakura | Susumu Kurobe Susumu Kurobe , given the birth name of , was born on in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan.He is commonly known for having played the character role Shin Hayata in the Ultraman series, a role he reprised in episode 47 of the 2006 television series Ultraman Mebius and its theatrical film adaption, Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman... , Akiji Kobayashi Akiji Kobayashi , sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana in the 1971 series, Kamen Rider... , Sandayū Dokumamushi, Masanari Nihei Masanari Nihei Masanari Nihei is a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Movie:* 1962 - Gorath* 1965 - Samurai* 1970 - Dodesukaden* 1977 - Shirauo* 1996 - Revive! Ultraman* 1996,97 - Ultraman Zearth... , Hiroko Sakurai Hiroko Sakurai is a Japanese actress and producer at Tsuburaya Productions.-Movie:-TV:-Books by Sakurai: ISBN 4093871280 ISBN 4093874646. ISBN 404853853.... |
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.... |
External links
- Japanese films of 1979 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...