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Matsumoto Kōshirō IX is a Actor Japonais born on 19 august 1942 at Tokyo (Japon)
Matsumoto Kōshirō IX (九代目 松本 幸四郎, Kudaime Matsumoto Kōshirō, born August 19, 1942) is a Japanese kabuki actor, one of the most popular tachiyaku (specialist in male roles) currently performing.
Like many members of the kabuki community, he can trace his lineage back several generations, many members of his family being kabuki actors as well. His father and grandfather were the eighth and seventh, respectively, to hold the name of Matsumoto Kōshirō, and he traces his lineage back to his great-great-grandfather Nakamura Karoku I, if not further. Kōshirō's brother, Nakamura Kichiemon II, and son Ichikawa Somegorō VII are active in the kabuki theater as well, and his daughter, Takako Matsu is an experienced film actress. In addition, Kōshirō has a number of disciples, including Matsumoto Kingo III, Matsumoto Kōemon I, and Ichikawa Komazō XI.
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Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
Like many members of the kabuki community, he can trace his lineage back several generations, many members of his family being kabuki actors as well. His father and grandfather were the eighth and seventh, respectively, to hold the name of Matsumoto Kōshirō, and he traces his lineage back to his great-great-grandfather Nakamura Karoku I, if not further. Kōshirō's brother, Nakamura Kichiemon II, and son Ichikawa Somegorō VII are active in the kabuki theater as well, and his daughter, Takako Matsu is an experienced film actress. In addition, Kōshirō has a number of disciples, including Matsumoto Kingo III, Matsumoto Kōemon I, and Ichikawa Komazō XI.
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, 2h21Directed by Yōjirō Takita
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Kiichi Nakai, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Shota Sometani, Ittoku Kishibe
Roles Hoshina Masayuki
Rating67%
The chronicles the life of Santetsu Yasui's life a s a mathematician and inventor of the Jōkyō calendar. It is an adaptation of the novel Tenchi meisatsu by Tow Ubukata.[1]
13 Assassins (2010)
, 2h21Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yūsuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki, Sōsuke Takaoka, Kazuki Namioka
Rating74%
In the 1840s, Japan, as the Tokugawa Shogunate faces extinction, a corrupt lord named Matsudaira Naritsugu of Akashi freely rapes, tortures, and murders his own citizens. He is protected because the Shogun is his half-brother. However, the Justice Minister realizes the threat he poses if Naritsugu should further ascend, and hires a trusted older Samurai, Shinzaemon, to ambush and murder Naritsugu. Unfortunately, the conversation is overheard by the Samurai Hanbei, a childhood friend of Shinzaemon who has persisted in loyalty toward Naritsugu.
Hero (2007)
, 2h10Genres Drama
Actors Takuya Kimura, Takako Matsu, Nene Ōtsuka, Hiroshi Abe, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kiyoshi Kodama
Roles Issei Gamo
Rating66%
The film begins six years after Kuryu Kohei was transferred to Ishigaki Island (in the TV series finale). We learn in the interim that he has since been transferred to Sapporo and then to a brief tenure in Yamaguchi Prefecture (the events of the 2006 Hero TV Special). Kuryu Kohei returns to the same Tokyo District Prosecutors Office from the TV series and reunites with his old workmates. The events of the film takes him to Korea, wraps up plot threads from the TV special and allows Amamiya and Kuryu to rekindle their relationship which had been in limbo since their date at the 2002 World Cup (5 years).
April Story (1998)
, 1h7Directed by Takeshi Kitano, Shunji Iwai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Kanji Tsuda, Ken Mitsuishi, Yōsuke Eguchi
Roles le père d'Uzuki
Rating70%
Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaidō, leaves her family and gets on a train bound for Tokyo so she can attend the university of her choice; to be near the boy she fell in love with, who moved to Tokyo from her hometown.
Rikyu (1989)
, 2h15Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyōko Kishida, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Tanie Kitabayashi, Akira Kubo
Roles Oda Nobunaga
Rating70%
Le film raconte les dernières étapes de la vie de Rikyū, pendant la période Sengoku du Japon féodal. Il commence à la fin du règne d'Oda Nobunaga et continue dans l'ère Momoyama. Rikyū est montré comme un homme profondément passionné par l'esthétique et la perfection dans l'art du thé. Maître de thé d'Oda Nobunaga puis de Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rikyū, de par sa position privilégiée, est constamment en lien avec les puissants seigneurs et a la possibilité d'influencer leur politique, même s'il évite soigneusement d'y être trop mêlé. Il consacre son énergie à étudier et enseigner la voie du thé. Les tumultes de l'histoire viendront cependant rompre cet équilibre, et ses rapports avec Hideyoshi iront en se dégradant.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
, 2h40Directed by Hideo Gosha
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Tetsurō Tanba, Keiko Matsuzaka, Junko Miyashita
Roles Shikubu Abe
Rating65%
Une force spéciale de la police impériale constituée de samouraïs est mise sur pied pour lutter contre le crime. Son ennemi n° 1 : Nizaemon Kumokiri, un bandit de grand chemin dont personne ne connaît la véritable identité, qui multiplie les cambriolages audacieux dans les demeures des riches commerçants.
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Seiji Miyaguchi, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Kosugi, Chishū Ryū, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō
Rating76%
Après la détonation des bombes atomiques sur Hiroshima et Nagasaki, l'armée japonaise et le gouvernement se sont opposés à la demande des Alliés de se rendre sans condition. Le ministre de l'armée Anami conduit les officiers militaires qui se proposent de se battre, même à la mort de tous les citoyens japonais. L'empereur Hirohito, cependant, se joint à ses ministres pour demander l'impensable, la reddition pacifique du Japon. Lorsque les militaires complotent pour renverser le gouvernement civil de l'Empereur, Anami doit faire face au choix entre ses désirs et sa loyauté envers son Empereur.
Samurai Assassin (1965)
, 2h3Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Yoshio Inaba, Akihiko Hirata, Eijirō Tōno
Rating73%
Le Japon en 1860, à l'aube de l'Ère Meiji. Un groupe d'assassins a pour but d'éliminer un personnage important du pays. Ils suspectent la présence d'un traître parmi eux, et leurs doutes tombent sur Niiro, un ronin, et son ami Kurihara l'aristocrate.
The River Fuefuki (1960)
, 1h57Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, Shima Iwashita, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Yoshi Katō
Roles Sozo, 1st son
Rating70%
XVI siècle : la chronique de cinq générations d'une famille de paysans pauvres au Japon. Dans une époque traversée par de continuelles guerres civiles, le fils aîné se met au service d'un seigneur de la guerre. Ses autres frères le suivent afin d'échapper à leur condition misérable.