Yoshioka, Gunma

Kuro no honryû (2002)

Actors: Ichirô Ogura (actor), Sôichirô Kitamura (actor), Masato Furuoya (actor), Tsunehiko Watase (actor), Nagisa Katahira (actress), Seichô Matsumoto (writer), Tamao Satô (actress), Naoya Makoto (actor), Koshirô Asami (actor), Masayuki Itô (actor), Meikyô Yamada (actor), Narumi Kayashima (actress), Isao Kawase (editor), Risa Junna (actress), Hitoshi Nakajima (producer),

Genres: Mystery,

The Last Emperor (1987)

Actors: David Byrne (composer), Ryûichi Sakamoto (composer), Ric Young (actor), Joan Chen (actress), Bernardo Bertolucci (writer), John Daly (producer), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Hideo Takamatsu (actor), Ryûichi Sakamoto (actor), Jeremy Thomas (producer), Vivian Wu (actress), Maurice Binder (miscellaneous crew), Bernardo Bertolucci (director),

Plot: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Keywords: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, abdication, actual-animal-killed, adultery
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change.

Quotes:

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Words are important.::Pu Yi, at 15: Why are words important?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

Pu Yi, at 15: Where are your ancestors buried?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: In Scotland, your majesty.::Pu Yi, at 15: But then, where's your skirt? In your country, men wear short skirts, do they not?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: No, your majesty, Scotmen do not wear skirts. They wear kilts.

Pu Yi, at 15: Who is this George Washington?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: A famous American, your majesty. A revolutionary general, the first American president.::Pu Yi, at 15: Ah, like Mr. Lenin in Russia?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Not quite.::Pu Yi, at 15: Does he have a car?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: He lived a long time ago, your majesty.::Pu Yi, at 15: *I* want a car.

Pu Yi, at 15: Is it true, Mr. Johnston, that many people out there have had their heads cut off?::Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: It is true, your majesty. Many heads have been chopped off. It does stop them thinking.

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace since the day that he was crowned, and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door. I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on Earth.

Pu Yi, at 15: [in heavily accented English] I know that you know that I know that you know that that is a dialogue between Confucius and Chuang Tzu.

The Governor: [Confronting Puyi in the prison gardens, where Puyi works alone] Perhaps you think we're here to teach men to lie in a new way?::The Governor: [Puyi continues working as if trying to ignore the Governor] Why did you sign every accusation made against you? I didn't stop you from killing yourself to see you like this! Someone who will sign anything to please his enemies... to please me!::The Governor: [Puyi continues working] You knew about a lot of things in Manchukuo... even the secret agreements. But you couldn't possibly have known about the Japanese biological warfare experiments in Harbin! Could you? So why did you sign these papers?::Emperor Pu Yi: I was responsible for everything.::The Governor: You are responsible for what you do! All your life you thought you were better than everyone else. Now you think you're the worst of all!::Emperor Pu Yi: [sighs] Why can you not leave me alone? You saved my life to make me a puppet in your own play. You saved me because I am useful to you.::The Governor: Is that so terrible? To be useful?

The Governor: [bidding farewell to Pu Yi as he is released from reform camp] You see, I will end up living in prison longer than you!

The Governor: [setting a recurring theme of imprisonment throughout the film] Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!... Open the door!

Chen Pao Shen: [as Puyi is heading off to become the Emperor of Manchukuo] If you go you betray your country!::Emperor Pu Yi: [pause, at a distance] Which country?

Atami satsujin jiken (1986)

Actors: Akiko Nomura (actress), Kenjirô Ishimaru (actor), Morio Kazama (actor), Tôru Masuoka (actor), Noboru Mitani (actor), Tatsuya Nakadai (actor), Joe Hisaishi (composer), Etsushi Takahashi (actor), Hideji Ôtaki (actor), Daisuke Ryû (actor), Etsuko Shihomi (actress), Kaori Takahashi (actress), Jun Etô (actor), Michio Suwa (editor), Kôhei Tsuka (writer),

Genres: Comedy, Mystery,

Do-re-mi-fa-musume no chi wa sawagu (1985)

Actors: Jûzô Itami (actor), Yoriko Dôguchi (actress), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (director), Jun'ichi Kikuchi (editor), Usagi Asô (actress), Makoto Shinozaki (actor), Kazuya Konaka (actor), Kunitoshi Manda (writer), Susumu Miyasaka (producer), Kensô Katô (actor), Mitsuhiro Kamifuji (actor), Kenji Takahashi (actor), Akira Tsunoda (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Musical,

Yuki no dansho - jonetsu (1985)

Actors: Takaaki Enoki (actor), Toki Shiozawa (actress), Chigusa Takayama (actress), Kei Ijichi (producer), Yôzô Tanaka (writer), Machiko Naka (actress), Yuki Saitô (actress), Michiko Ikeda (editor), Momoko Kôchi (actress), Shogo Tomiyama (producer), Leonard Kuma (actor), Shinji Sômai (director), Mai Okamoto (actress), Kyôko Fujimoto (actress), Marumi Sasaki (writer),

Genres: ,

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983)

Actors: Chieko Baishô (actress), Tanie Kitabayashi (actress), Masami Shimojô (actor), Hidetaka Yoshioka (actor), Tomiko Ishii (actress), Hatsuo Yamaya (actor), Kiyoshi Atsumi (actor), Gin Maeda (actor), Bengaru (actor), Takuya Fujioka (actor), Chishû Ryû (actor), Hisao Dazai (actor), Gajirô Satô (actor), Sakae Umezu (actor), Chieko Misaki (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Shikijo sanshimai: hizakuzushi (1979)

Actors: Kôji Yashiro (actor), Ichirô Kijima (actor), Kenji Shimamura (actor), Hajime Tanimoto (actor), Keiko Aikawa (actress), Izumi Shima (actress), Koshirô Asami (actor), Nobuaki Shirai (director), Yuri Risa (actress), Akiko Hyûga (actress), Tarô Bonten (actor), Yumi Fukazawa (actress), Taro Ishi (actor),

Genres: ,

Ai no senshi Reinbôman (1972)

Actors: Hiroshi Koizumi (actor), Akihiko Hirata (actor), Takehiko Ono (actor), Gorô Naya (actor), Ishirô Honda (director), Toki Shiozawa (actress), Kôhan Kawauchi (writer), Tsunehisa Itô (writer), Akifumi Inoue (actor), Machiko Soga (actress), Yôko Takahashi (actress), Michio Kida (actor), Megumi Itô (actress), Masao Murata (actor), Kakuko Motoyama (actress),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi,

Niji no naka no lemon (1968)

Actors: Daisuke Katô (actor), Sadako Sawamura (actress), Muga Takewaki (actor), Jin Nakayama (actor), Kôichi Saitô (director), Yutaka Hayashi (actor), Takeo Hori (producer), Yôichirô Mikawa (actor), Keiko Amaji (actress), Nana Ozaki (actress), Kinen Masumoto (producer), Shinji Maki (actor), Tetsuo Koike (actor), Kazuomi Sasai (actor), Michio Shimizu (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Onna no kyôshitsu (1959)

Actors: Kunio Watanabe (director), Kumeko Urabe (actress), Hiroaki Fujii (producer), Keizô Kawasaki (actor), Kunio Watanabe (writer), Ken'ichi Miyajima (actor), Junko Kanô (actress), Hitomi Nozoe (actress), Kimiyuki Hasegawa (writer), Kiyoko Hirai (actress), Eiichi Yamada (composer), Yuko Hamada (actress), Kazuyoshi Takeda (producer), Nobuko Yoshiya (writer), Kazuko Ichikawa (actress),

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