Mickey Curtis
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is a Japan
ese actor
, singer, and TV celebrity. He began his entertainment career in 1958 as an actor, and later became a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known through his avant-garde
rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai fluently. His birth name was Brian Kachisu, from a Japanese father, and Canadian mother.
Japan
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ese actor
Actor
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, singer, and TV celebrity. He began his entertainment career in 1958 as an actor, and later became a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known through his avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai fluently. His birth name was Brian Kachisu, from a Japanese father, and Canadian mother.
Selected filmography
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| 1959 | Fires on the Plain Fires on the Plain (film) is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, starring Eiji Funakoshi. The screenplay, written by, Natto Wada, is based on the novel Nobi by Shohei Ooka, translated as Fires on the Plain. It initially received mixed reviews from both Japanese and international critics concerning its... (野火 Nobi) |
Nagamatsu |
| 1963 | Brave Records of the Sanada Clan Brave Records of the Sanada Clan is a Japanese film directed by Tai Kato in 1963. It is a jidaigeki musical about Sasuke Sarutobi and the Sanada Ten Braves who, under the leadership of Yukimura Sanada, try to defend Toyotomi Hideyori during the siege of Osaka Castle by the Tokugawa armies... (真田風雲録 Sanada fūunroku) |
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| 1989 | Gunhed Gunhed (film) is a 1989 Japanese live-action mecha film. It is an adaptation of the manga "Gunhed" by Kia Asamiya.-Plot:In 2038, a gang of scavengers infiltrate an industrial complex on a island within a prohibited zone. They are looking for the element Texmexium, which is rare and very valuable... |
Bansho |
| 1992 | 8 Man 8 Man or is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, predating even Kamen Rider , and was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop.The manga was published in Weekly... (8マン すべての寂しい夜のために Eitoman - Subete no sabishii yoru no tame ni) |
Sniper |
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly Swallowtail Butterfly (film) Swallowtail , also known as Swallowtail Butterfly or Yentown, is a 1996 movie by Japanese film director Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito.... (スワロウテイル Suwarōteiru) |
Doctor |
| Fudoh: The New Generation Fudoh: The New Generation Fudoh: The New Generation is a Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike. Two sequels followed, neither of which was directed by Miike. The film is based on a manga. Time Magazine listed Fudoh as one of its ten best movies of 1997.-Plot:Riki Fudoh's brother was killed by his father at the request... (極道戦国志 不動 Gokudō sengokushi: Fudō) |
Yasha Gang Assassin | |
| 1998 | Blues Harp Blues Harp (film) Blues Harp is a 1998 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot summary:Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang... |
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| Hana no O-Edo no Tsuribaka Nisshi Tsuribaka Nisshi ' is a fishing manga by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kenichi Kitami that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983... (花のお江戸の釣りバカ日誌) |
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| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Cowboy Bebop: The Movie , known internationally as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, is a 2001 animated film directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. The screenplay was written by Keiko Nobumoto, based on the Cowboy Bebop television series created by Sunrise. The plot centers on Spike Spiegel and his crew as they find a criminal who is... |
Rasheed |
| Lily Festival Lily Festival is a 2001 Japanese movie. It based on the novel "Yurisai" by Houko Momotani.- Cast :*Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Rie Miyano*Mickey Curtis as Terujiro Miyoshi*Utae Shoji as Umeka Mariko*Kazuko Shirakawa as Renako Yokota*Sanae Nakahara as Teruko Satoyama... (百合祭 Yurisai) |
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| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a 2001 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :... (赤い橋の下のぬるい水 Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu) |
Nobuyuki Ohnishi | |
| 2002 | Agitator Agitator (film) Agitator is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.-Cast:*Mickey Curtis*Kenichi Endo*Yoshiyuki Daichi*Hakuryu*Masatô Ibu*Renji Ishibashi*Masaya Kato*Aya Kawamura... (荒ぶる魂たち Araburu tamashii-tachi) |
Yokomizo |
| The Laughing Frog The Laughing Frog is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.-Awards:24th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Director - Hideyuki Hirayama*Won: Best Cinematography*Won: Best Actor - Kyōzō Nagatsuka... (笑う蛙 Warau Kaeru) |
Kiichiro Aisawa | |
| Aiki Aiki (film) Aiki is a film about a martial artist in a wheelchair. The film is from Japan and was released in 2002. It is loosely based on the life of a Danish practitioner of the Roppokai branch of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Ole Kingston Jensen, who started training in Daitō-ryū after he was handicapped in an... |
Miyaji | |
| 2003 | Kikoku Kikoku is a Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. The film reunites Miike with Riki Takeuchi, who stars as the main character.-Plot:Seiji grew up as an orphan who was raised by Boss Muto, whom Seiji considers his father. The Muto family is composed only of Boss Muto, Seiji and Yoshi. However... (鬼哭) |
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| 2004 | Izo Izo IZO is a 2004 Japanese film, directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada , the historical samurai and assassin in 19th century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa.... |
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| 2005 | Custom Made 10.30 CUSTOM MADE 10.30 is a 2005 Japanese film about an 18-year-old high school student in Hiroshima, and the film is collaborated with a concert of Tamio Okuda on October 30, 2004, at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium for the 10th anniversary of his solo performance.-Plot:... |
A god |
| 2008 | SS SS (manga) is a manga by Shohei Harumoto which has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior between 2000 to 2003 over nine volumes. The manga has since been adapted into a live action movie by Toho.-Plot:... |
Nishiyama President |
| Kurosagi Kurosagi (film) Kurosagi is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series Kurosagi.After the finale of the TV series in June, TBS received many questions about whether there would be a new season or a film. TBS decided to shoot a film, beginning in August 2007.... (映画 クロサギ Eiga Kurosagi) |
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| Cafe Isobe Cafe Isobe is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It was in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival.... (純喫茶磯辺 Junkissa Isobe) |
Hongo | |
| 2011 | Deadball Deadball is a 2011 Japanese splatter comedy film directed by Yudai Yamaguchi. The film stars Tak Sakaguchi as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen year old who accidentally kills his father with his extra powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is a juvenile delinquent and is sent to a reform school after killing over... (デッドボール Deddobōru) |
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