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Masayuki Mori (actor)
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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...
ese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji
Meiji period
The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...
and Taishō
Taisho period
The , or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taishō Emperor. The health of the new emperor was weak, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the Diet...
periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
's films such as Rashomon
Rashomon (film)
The bandit's storyTajōmaru, a notorious brigand , claims that he tricked the samurai to step off the mountain trail with him and look at a cache of ancient swords he discovered. In the grove he tied the samurai to a tree, then brought the woman there. She initially tried to defend herself with a...
and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
(Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook...
(Floating Clouds) and other prominent directors.
Filmography
(incomplete)- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailThe Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tailis a 1945 film, written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the kabuki play Kanjinchō, which is in turn based on the Noh play Ataka.The film stars Hanshiro Iwai, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto, and Denjirō Ōkōchi....
(1945) - Sanshiro Sugata Part IISanshiro Sugata Part IIis a 1945 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita.It was filmed in early 1945 in Japan towards the end of World War II....
(1945) - RashomonRashomon (film)The bandit's storyTajōmaru, a notorious brigand , claims that he tricked the samurai to step off the mountain trail with him and look at a cache of ancient swords he discovered. In the grove he tied the samurai to a tree, then brought the woman there. She initially tried to defend herself with a...
(1950) - The Idiot (1951)
- UgetsuUgetsuUgetsu is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Set in 16th century Japan, it stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō, and is inspired by short stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant...
(1953) - Older Brother, Younger SisterOlder Brother, Younger Sisteris a 1953 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse.-Plot:The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata , which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San , in her...
(1953) - Love LetterLove Letter (1953 film)is a 1953 black and white Japanese romance film, the first film directed by the actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who was the first woman to have a career as a film director in Japan...
(1953) - Floating CloudsFloating Cloudsis a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author and poet Fumiko Hayashi....
(1955) - Princess Yang Kwei-feiPrincess Yang Kwei-Feiis a 1955 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Studios and Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio. It is one of Mizoguchi's two color films, the other being Tales of the Taira Clan, made the same year....
(1955) - AruseAruseis a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It was Japan's submission to the 30th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Hideko Takamine* Ken Uehara* Masayuki Mori...
(1957) - The Bad Sleep WellThe Bad Sleep Wellis a 1960 film directed by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival....
(1960) - When a Woman Ascends the StairsWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairsis a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.Keiko, a young widow, becomes a bar hostess in Ginza to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society...
(1960) - Her BrotherHer BrotherHer Brother is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction....
(1960) - Bushido, Samurai SagaBushido, Samurai SagaBushido, Samurai Saga is a 1963 Japanese action film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.-Cast:...
(1963) - Alone on the PacificAlone on the Pacificis a 1963 color Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.The film is based on the book and 1962 first solo voyage across the Pacific by Kenichi Horie.-Cast:* Yujiro Ishihara - The Youth...
aka Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) (1963)