Were J. Lee Thompson and Ryūichi Hiroki both film directors?
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J. Lee Thompson John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as "Ice Cold in Alex" and "The Guns of Navarone".
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Ryūichi Hiroki Ryūichi Hiroki (廣木 隆一 , Hiroki Ryūichi , born January 1, 1954) is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for "800 Two Lap Runners". Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character".
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Jun Ichikawa Jun Ichikawa (市川 準 , Ichikawa Jun , 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was "Tony Takitani", an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, "Buy a Suit", was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Ryuhei Kitamura Ryuhei Kitamura (北村 龍平 , Kitamura Ryūhei ) (born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese filmmaker.
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Norifumi Suzuki Norifumi Suzuki (鈴木 則文 , Suzuki Norifumi , November 26, 1933 – May 15, 2014) , also known as Noribumi Suzuki, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the "Torakku Yarō" series.
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Satoru Kobayashi (director) Satoru Kobayashi (小林悟 , Kobayashi Satoru ) was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first "pink film", the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. Japanese sources claim that Kobayashi directed over 400 "pink films" between 1960 and 1990, making him possibly the most prolific Japanese film director.
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Ninja (film) Ninja is a 2009 American martial arts/action thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara and Mika Hijii. The film's plot revolves around an American martial artist named Casey Bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to New York City and protect the "Yoroi Bitsu", an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last "Kōga" ninja.
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Thomas J. Thompson Thomas J. Thompson (sometimes credited as Tommy Thompson) is an American television director.
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Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹 , "Kobayashi Masaki" , February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director, best known for the epic trilogy "The Human Condition" (1959–1961), the samurai film "Seppuku" (1962), and "Ghost Stories" (1964).
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Brian Thompson Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. Thompson has worked in the action adventure and science fiction genres where his stature and unique appearance often lends him to imposing roles, although he has earned many comedic parts as well. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film "The Terminator". His second feature was the hit comedy "The Three Amigos". He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra. His first named role was on "Werewolf", a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the "Star Trek" franchise, the Alien Bounty Hunter on "The X-Files", and Eddie Fiori on "". In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody "The Extendables".
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Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave, released originally as Visitor of America (Hangul: 아메리카 방문객 ; Hanja: 아메리카 訪問客 ; RR: "Amelika bangmungaeg " ), is a 1976 Bruceploitation movie starring Bruce Lee impersonator and tae kwon do instructor Jun Chong (using the alias Bruce K.L. Lea). The film was directed by Lee Doo-yong, though persistent misinformation claims that the movie was directed by Italian horror director Umberto Lenzi. The poster's artwork was very common among exploitation films at the time.
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Ng Wui Ng Wui (December 3, 1913 - March 1, 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor, best known for his films of the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with over 200 films under his direction.
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Ryuzo Hiraki Ryuzo Hiraki (平木 隆三 , Hiraki Ryūzō , October 7, 1931 – January 2, 2009) was a Japanese football player and manager.
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Susumu Hani Susumu Hani (羽仁 進 , "Hani Susumu" , born 10 October 1928) is a Japanese film director, and one of the most prominent representatives of the 1960s Japanese New Wave. Born in Tokyo, he has directed both documentaries and feature films.
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Tadashi Imai Tadashi Imai (今井 正 , Imai Tadashi , January 8, 1912 - November 22, 1991) was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective.
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Jim Thompson (writer) James Myers Thompson (September 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction.
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Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi (御誂治郎吉格子 , Jirokichi the Rat ) is a 1931 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Daisuke Itō. It is the only completely preserved silent film directed by Ito and related the life of a legendary thief, Jirokichi the Rat, in an exquisite original story and through the revolutionary use of dynamic intertitles. The trio composed of director Ito, top-class cinematographer Karasawa and lead actor Denjirō Ōkōchi won great popularity for their masterful work.
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Tokyo Drifter Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者 , Tōkyō nagaremono ) is a 1966 "yakuza" film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows Tetsuya Watari as the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu who is forced to roam Japan avoiding execution by rival gangs.
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Jimmy Thompson (actor) James Edward Thompson (30 October 1925 – 21 April 2005) was an English actor, writer and director.
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Yumeji Yumeji (夢二 , Yumeji ) is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō "Roman Trilogy", preceded by "Zigeunerweisen" (1980) and "Kagero-za" (1981), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912-1926) setting. All three were produced by Genjiro Arato.
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Charles Thompson (jazz) Charles Phillip Thompson (March 21, 1918 – June 16, 2016) was an American swing and bebop pianist, organist, composer, and arranger.
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Jo Ho Jo Ho is an English screenwriter and director of Chinese descent, best known for creating the BBC series "Spirit Warriors".