Tōki Rakujitsu
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is Japanese film released in 1992 that was directed by Seijirō Kōyama
. It stars Hiroshi Mikami
and is based on an biographical novel
written by Kaneto Shindō
about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi
.
Seijirō Kōyama
is a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Gifu Prefecture, Kōyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyōkai, where he worked as an assistant director under such directors as Kaneto Shindō, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Tadashi Imai...
. It stars Hiroshi Mikami
Hiroshi Mikami
is a Japanese actor.-Selected filmography:* Tōki Rakujitsu * Swallowtail Butterfly * Parasite Eve * Tsuki no sabaku aka Desert Moon -External links:...
and is based on an biographical novel
Biographical novel
The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional and usually entertaining account of a person's life. This kind of novel concentrates on the experiences a person had during his lifetime, the people he met and the incidents which occurred are detailed and sometimes...
written by Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindo
, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb...
about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...
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