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Kihachi Okamoto is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Assistant Director Japonais born on 17 february 1924 at Yonago (Japon)
Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, Okamoto Kihachi, February 17, 1924 – February 19, 2005) was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres.
Kihachi Okamoto est principalement connu pour ses jidai-geki violents, dont Le Sabre du mal et Samouraï.
Il réalise près de 40 films et est l'auteur de 25 scénarios de 1958 à 2002.
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Kihachi Okamoto
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 february 1924 at Yonago (Japon)
Death 19 february 2005 (at 81 years) at Kawasaki City (Japon)
Birth 17 february 1924 at Yonago (Japon)
Death 19 february 2005 (at 81 years) at Kawasaki City (Japon)
Biography
Kihachi Okamoto intègre la Tōhō immédiatement après ses études. Son premier succès est La Bande des têtes brûlées en 1959, une parodie burlesque du western américain, abordant le sujet de la guerre sur le front chinois et qui devient par la suite une série à succès.Kihachi Okamoto est principalement connu pour ses jidai-geki violents, dont Le Sabre du mal et Samouraï.
Il réalise près de 40 films et est l'auteur de 25 scénarios de 1958 à 2002.
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Filmography of Kihachi Okamoto (17 films)
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Shin Godzilla (2016)
Directed by Hideaki Anno
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Kaiju films, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Disaster films
Actors Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Kengo Kora, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto
Roles Dr. Goro Maki
Rating68%
Le retour du célèbre monstre Godzilla.
Shin Godzilla (2016)
, 2hDirected by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kengo Kora, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto
Roles Dr. Goro Maki
Rating68%
Une créature géante se manifeste dans la baie de Tokyo, avant de faire surface et de terroriser la ville. Le cabinet ministériel se réunit d'urgence, mais le Premier Ministre est incapable de prendre une décision. Les radiations mesurées sur le passage de la créature démontrent qu'elle est le triste produit d'une contamination. Plus tard, elle évolue et revient sous une forme encore plus monstrueuse, réduisant Tokyo en poussière. Devant l'ampleur de la menace, les États-Unis décident d'utiliser l'arme nucléaire sur le Japon si ce dernier échoue à éradiquer la menace, réveillant le spectre des bombardements d'Hiroshima et de Nagasaki. Une équipe de chercheurs se regroupe alors en marge des décisions du Cabinet pour déterminer comment éliminer le monstre, surnommé "Godzilla". La France et l'Allemagne finiront par s'en mêler à leur tours.
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Rainbow Kids (1991)
, 2hDirected by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Heist films
Actors Tanie Kitabayashi, Ken Ogata, Kumi Mizuno, Kirin Kiki, Ittoku Kishibe, Minori Terada
Rating66%
Three recently released criminals decide to kidnap an 82-year-old woman, Toshiko Yanagawa (Tanie Kitabayashi), the wealthiest woman in the Osaka prefecture. They stake out her mansion, observing her for two months. During that time, Toji occasionally leaves the mansion to go on mountain hikes with her chambermaid Kimi. It is on one of those hikes that the three kidnappers make their move. Toji calmly negotiates with the kidnappers to let Kimi go.
Blood Type: Blue (1978)
, 2h13Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Eiji Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Takeshita, Hiroshi Katsuno, Masaya Oki, Kunie Tanaka
Rating61%
The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
, 2h29Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūzō Kayama, Tetsurō Tanba, Kenji Sahara, Ryō Ikebe
Rating68%
7 Août 1942. L'armée américaine envoie une grande flotte navale à l'assaut de Guadalcanal. Cela a marqué le début du Pacifique la contre-offensive de l'armée américaine. Guadalcanal devait être défendu jusqu'à la mort! Après six mois de bataille mortelle les munitions et vivres de la garnison japonaise étaient épuisés Souffrant de la faim, des blessures, le paludisme et la dysenterie amibienne, ils ont finalement été vaincus la contre-offensive de l'armée américaine qui a conquis Guadalcanal propagation d'île en île comme une avalanche:.. Bougainville, l'archipel Bismarck, Nouvelle-Guinée, Makin, Tarawa et enfin, en 1944, le 7 Juillet, les défenseurs de Saipan ont choisi le chemin de la "gyokusai". (Gyokusai = honorable mort plutôt que de se rendre, soit en luttant contre la mort ou le suicide.
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
, 1h19Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Toshiro Mifune, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shigeru Kōyama
Rating69%
Zatoïchi, dont la tête a été mise à prix, vient trouver refuge dans un village qu’il visita 3 ans auparavant. Mais l’endroit est depuis tombé entre les mains du parrain Masagoro, réputé pour avoir dérobé une cargaison d’or du Shogun. Masagoro vient d’embaucher un mystérieux garde du corps (Toshiro Mifune), amoureux de la maîtresse d’un marchand, père et rival de Masagoro. Ichi se fait recruter par ce marchand et commence à entretenir une étrange amitié / rivalité avec le garde du corps. La guerre entre les clans gronde…
Red Lion (1969)
, 1h55Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shima Iwashita, Toshiro Mifune, Minori Terada, Nobuko Otowa, Shigeru Kōyama, Hideyo Amamoto
Rating68%
Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune), a member of the Imperial Restoration Force, is being asked by the emperor to deliver official news to his home village of a New World Order. Wanting to pose as a military officer, he dons the Red Lion Mane of Office. Upon his return, his attempt to tell the village about a brand-new tax cut is quashed when the townfolk mistakenly assumes that he is there to rescue them from corrupt government officials. He learns that an evil magistrate has been swindling them for years. Now, he has to help the village, ward off Shogunate fanatics, along with the fact that he can't read his own proclamations.
Kill! (1968)
, 1h50Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuriko Hoshi, Akira Kubo, Shigeru Kōyama, Eijirō Tōno, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rating73%
Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Genta, a former samurai who became disillusioned with the samurai lifestyle and left it behind to become a wandering yakuza (gang) member. He meets Hanjirō Tabata (Etsushi Takahashi) a farmer who wants to become a samurai to escape his powerless existence. Genta and Tabata wind up on opposite sides of clan intrigue when seven members of a local clan assassinate their chancellor. Although the seven, led by Tetsutarō Oikawa (Naoko Kubo) rebelled with the support of their superior, Ayuzawa (Shigeru Kōyama), he turns on them and sends members of the clan to kill them as outlaws.
The Human Bullet (1968)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Minori Terada, Yūnosuke Itō, Hideyo Amamoto, Masumi Harukawa, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai
Rating72%
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.
The Sword of Doom (1966)
, 1h59Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Yūzō Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshiro Mifune, Ryosuke Kagawa, Kei Satō
Rating78%
The story follows the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue (Tatsuya Nakadai), an amoral samurai and a master swordsman with an unorthodox style. Ryunosuke is first seen when he kills an elderly Buddhist pilgrim who he finds praying for death. He appears to have no feeling. Later, he kills an opponent in self-defense in a fencing competition that was intended to be non-lethal, but became a duel after he coerced his opponent's wife to have sex with him in exchange for throwing the match and allowing her husband to win. His opponent finds out about the affair prior to the match, and is shown giving his wife a notice of divorce. His rage at Ryunosuke during the match causes him to take an illegal lunging attack after the judge proclaims a draw, and Ryunosuke, the better swordsman, parries and kills him with one stroke of his bokken. Ryunosuke flees town after killing the man, and cuts down many of the dead opponent's clansmen who attack him as he is leaving. His opponent's ex-wife asks to go along with him. To make a living, Ryunosuke joins the Shinsengumi, a sort of semi-official police force made up of rōnin that supports the Tokugawa shogunate through murder and assassinations.
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.
Warring Clans (1963)
, 1h38Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Pirate films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Yūzō Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Kumi Mizuno, Makoto Satō, Hideyo Amamoto
Rating69%
Floating Clouds (1955)
, 2h3Directed by Mikio Naruse, Kihachi Okamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada, Chieko Nakakita, Daisuke Katō, Isao Yamagata
Rating75%
The film follows Yukiko Koda, a woman who has just returned to Japan from French Indochina, where she has been working as a secretary. Yukiko seeks out Kengo, with whom she had an affair in Da Lat during the war. They renew their affair, but Kengo tells Yukiko he is unable to leave his wife. Brightly lit flashback of their time in Indochina contrasts with the sombre tones of the film's present.
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Rainbow Kids (1991)
, 2hDirected by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Heist films
Actors Tanie Kitabayashi, Ken Ogata, Kumi Mizuno, Kirin Kiki, Ittoku Kishibe, Minori Terada
Rating66%
Three recently released criminals decide to kidnap an 82-year-old woman, Toshiko Yanagawa (Tanie Kitabayashi), the wealthiest woman in the Osaka prefecture. They stake out her mansion, observing her for two months. During that time, Toji occasionally leaves the mansion to go on mountain hikes with her chambermaid Kimi. It is on one of those hikes that the three kidnappers make their move. Toji calmly negotiates with the kidnappers to let Kimi go.