- published: 13 Feb 2013
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A vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held as a fiefdom. The term can be applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. In contrast, a fidelity, or fidelitas, was a sworn loyalty, subject to the king.
In a fully developed vassalage, the lord and the vassal would undertake a commendation ceremony composed of two parts, the homage and the fealty, including the use of Christian sacraments to show its importance. According to Eginhard's brief description, the commendatio made to Pippin the Younger in 757 by Tassillo, Duke of Bavaria, involved the relics of Saints Denis, Rusticus, and Éleuthère, Saint Martin, and Saint Germain, which had apparently been assembled at Compiègne for the event. Such refinements were not included from the outset, however.
Actors: Jean-Marie Winling (actor), Michel Fortin (actor), Jean-Marie Sénia (composer), Janine Souchon (actress), Judith Magre (actress), Nicole Desailly (actress), Christophe Malavoy (actor), Olivia Brunaux (actress), Jean-Louis Tribes (actor), Catherine Alcover (actress), Alain Stern (actor), Joyce Buñuel (director), Elisabeth Rousseau (costume designer), Jean-Louis Loca (actor), Gilbert Levy (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Pak-cheung Chan (actor), Philip Chan (actor), Jacky Cheung (actor), Leslie Cheung (actor), Leslie Cheung (actor), David Chiang (actor), Siu-Tung Ching (actor), Yuen Chor (actor), Stephen Chow (actor), Michael Hui (actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (actor), Eric Kot (actor), Feng Ku (actor), Hoi-Shan Kwan (actor), Anthony Chan (actor),
Plot: Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. The climax of the movie is a banquet/dinner at the end featuring cameos by several Hong Kong movie celebrities.
Keywords: father-son-relationship, kuwaitActors: Pak-cheung Chan (actor), Philip Chan (actor), Jacky Cheung (actor), Leslie Cheung (actor), Leslie Cheung (actor), David Chiang (actor), Siu-Tung Ching (actor), Yuen Chor (actor), Stephen Chow (actor), Michael Hui (actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (actor), Eric Kot (actor), Feng Ku (actor), Hoi-Shan Kwan (actor), Anthony Chan (actor),
Plot: Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. The climax of the movie is a banquet/dinner at the end featuring cameos by several Hong Kong movie celebrities.
Keywords: father-son-relationship, kuwaitActors: Paulo Branco (producer), Jean-Philippe Écoffey (actor), Christian Bouillette (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Nicolas Silberg (actor), Vincent Perez (actor), Mireille Perrier (actress), Jean-Claude Frissung (actor), Christophe Salengro (actor), Marie-Florence Roncayolo (miscellaneous crew), Olivier Perrier (actor), Claire Simon (editor), F.J. Ossang (actor), Christian Cloarec (actor), Vasco Pimentel (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Shinjirô Ehara (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Ryôsuke Kagawa (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Takeshi Katô (actor), Yoshi Katô (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Chôichirô Kawarasaki (actor), Isao Kimura (actor), Ryûji Kita (actor), Masayuki Mori (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Shinjirô Ehara (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Ryôsuke Kagawa (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Takeshi Katô (actor), Yoshi Katô (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Chôichirô Kawarasaki (actor), Isao Kimura (actor), Ryûji Kita (actor), Masayuki Mori (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Gustav Hilmar (actor), Josef Kemr (actor), Radovan Lukavský (actor), Otto Lackovic (actor), Vladimír Hlavatý (actor), Karel Höger (actor), Frantisek Kreuzmann (actor), Ladislav Bohác (actor), Frantisek Kovárík (actor), Milos Kopecký (actor), Frantisek Filipovský (actor), Vlastimil Brodský (actor), Rudolf Hrusínský (actor), Milos Nedbal (actor), Jaroslav Mares (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Mitsuko Mito (actress), Matsutarô Kawaguchi (writer), Masayuki Mori (actor), Machiko Kyô (actress), Masaichi Nagata (producer), Yoshikata Yoda (writer), Kichijirô Ueda (actor), Saburô Date (actor), Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka (actor), Ryôsuke Kagawa (actor), Eitarô Ozawa (actor), Shôzô Nanbu (actor), Kinuyo Tanaka (actress), Kenji Mizoguchi (director), Ichirô Saitô (composer),
Plot: In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune. His neighbor Tobei that is a fool man dreams on becoming a samurai, but he can not afford to buy the necessary outfit. The greedy Genjurô and Tobei work together manufacturing clay potteries, expecting to sell the pieces and enrich; however, their wives Miyage and Ohama are worried about the army of the cruel Shibata that is coming to their village and they warn their ambitious husbands. Their village is looted but the families flee and survive; Genjurô and Tobei decide to travel by boat with their wives and baby to sell the wares in a bigger town. When they meet another boat that was attacked by pirates, Genjurô decides to leave his wife and son on the bank of the river, promising to return in ten days. Genjurô, Tobei and Ohama raise a large amount but Tobei leaves his wife to buy the samurai outfit and seek fame and fortune. Meanwhile the female aristocratic Lady Wakasa and her servant ask Genjurô to bring her shopping to her fancy Kutsuki House. Sooner Genjurô and Tobei discover the price they have to pay for their ambition.
Keywords: 16th-century, ambition, based-on-novel, bigamy, brothel, buddhism, civil-war, decapitation, desire, dress