Taizô Kawashima was nominated for an Academy Award for the war film released in what year?
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Taizô Kawashima Taizô Kawashima is a Japanese production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "Tora! Tora! Tora!".
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Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese: トラ・トラ・トラ ) is a 1970 Japanese-American war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku and stars an ensemble cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore, and Jason Robards.
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Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei (桃太郎 海の神兵 , ""Momotarou: God Warriors of the Sea"" or ""Momotaro, Sacred Sailors"") is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on April 12, 1945. It is a sequel to "Momotarō no Umiwashi", a 37-minute film released in 1943 by the same director. It is in black and white.
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Children of Hiroshima Children of Hiroshima (原爆の子 , Genbaku no Ko , lit. "Children of the Atomic Bomb") also released as Atom-Bombed Children in Hiroshima, is a 1952 Japanese feature film directed by Kaneto Shindo, a docudrama made with extreme emotions, having "the capacity to wound".
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First to Fight (film) First to Fight is a 1967 American Technicolor Warner Bros. war film starring Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, making her film debut, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup and James Best. Based loosely on the story of United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant John "Manila" Basilone, who later went back into action and died at Iwo Jima.
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Space Amoeba Space Amoeba ("Gezora, Ganime, Kamēba: Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijū" (ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦! 南海の大怪獣 , lit. "Gezora, Ganimes, and Kamoebas: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas") , is a 1970 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, and featuring special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa. The film tells the story of extraterrestrial amoeba-like aliens that hijack a probe and, after crash landing on a small South Pacific atoll, create gigantic monsters from native lifeforms (a kisslip cuttlefish, stone crab and mata mata) with plans of conquering the Earth.
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Battle Royale (film) Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル , Batoru Rowaiaru ) is a 2000 Japanese dystopian film adapted from the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami. It is the final film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, the screenplay written by his son Kenta, and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film takes place in a dystopian Japan and it follows the story of Shuya Nanahara, a high-school student, and his classmates. Their class has been chosen by the government to take part in an annual game where all the students of the class must fight to the death until only one remains alive. The film aroused both domestic and international controversy and was either banned outright or deliberately excluded from distribution in several countries.
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Bad Boys (1961 film) Bad Boys (不良少年 , "Furyō shōnen" ) is a Japanese film directed by Susumu Hani in 1961 about juvenile delinquents. Since Hani had a background in documentary, he shot "Bad Boys", his first feature-length fiction film, in a documentary style, using "nonprofessional actors, black and white, hand-held cinematography, and location shooting." It was voted the best film of 1961 in the poll of film critics by "Kinema Junpo" and has been considered one of the films to launch the Japanese New Wave. Hani was given the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for directing the film, and Toru Takemitsu was given the Mainichi Film Award for best film score for his work on "Bad Boys" and "Mozu".
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The Emperor in August The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日 "literally" Japan's Longest Day ) is a 2015 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masato Harada. It was released on August 8, 2015.
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The Little House (film) The Little House (小さいおうち , Chiisai Ouchi ) is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada and based on a novel by Kyoko Nakajima. It was released in Japan on 25 January 2014.
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Kaze ni Tatsu Lion The Lion Standing in the Wind (風に立つライオン , Kaze ni Tatsu Lion ) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on March 14, 2015.
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Design for Death Design for Death is a 1948 American documentary film that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was based on a shorter U.S. Army training film, "Our Job in Japan", that had been produced in 1945–1946 for the soldiers occupying Japan after World War II. Both films dealt with Japanese culture and the origins of the war.
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In the Bosom of the Enemy In the Bosom of the Enemy (Tagalog: "Gatas... Sa dibdib ng kaaway" ) is a 2001 Filipino war drama film directed by Gil Portes.
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Kukan Kukan (1941) is a documentary film produced by Li Ling Ai and directed by Rey Scott about the Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression during the early part of World War II (see Second Sino-Japanese War). The film, subtitled "The Battle Cry of China", was given an Honorary Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards. Considered lost for many years, an extant print was located and is in the process of being restored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Robin Lung is producing a documentary about finding the copy, named "Finding Kukan".
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Oba: The Last Samurai , also known as Miracle of the Pacific, Battle of the Pacific and Codename: Fox, is a 2011 Japanese World War II Pacific War drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama and based on the true story of Captain Sakae Ōba, who together with his survivors held out on the island of Saipan for 512 days.
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Storm Over the Pacific Storm Over the Pacific (ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐 , Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi ) (literally, "Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm in the Pacific Ocean") is a 1960 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi. The story is an account of a young Japanese bombardier, Lt. Koji Kitami (Yosuke Natsuki) stationed aboard the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiryu" and his participation in two battles in the Pacific during World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.
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Little Boy (film) Little Boy is a 2015 American war-drama film directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde. The screenplay is by Monteverde and Pepe Portillo, and the film was produced by Eduardo Verástegui and Leo Severino, edited by Joan Sobel and Fernando Villena. The film stars Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Rapaport, David Henrie, Ben Chaplin, Eduardo Verástegui, Ted Levine, Abraham Benrubi, Tom Wilkinson. The title is a reference to Little Boy, the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima as well as a reference to Pepper, the main character's height. The film was co-produced by Metanoia Films and Santa Fé Films and was released on April 24, 2015, by Open Road Films. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 18, 2015 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The film received negative reviews from mainstream critics and it earned $17 million on a $20 million budget. An Indian adaptation of the film "Tubelight" starring Salman Khan in the lead role, opened to mixed reviews. .
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G.I. Joe (film series) G.I. Joe is a military science fiction action film series, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy, comic and media franchises. Development for the first film began in 2003, but when the United States launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Hasbro suggested adapting the "Transformers" instead. In 2009, the first film was released under the title, "". A second film, "" was released in 2013. A third film in the series has been confirmed to be in early development, while a possible crossover with the "Transformers" franchise is being considered.
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A Midnight Clear A Midnight Clear is a 1992 American war drama film written and directed by Keith Gordon and starring an ensemble cast that features Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon and Arye Gross. It is based on the eponymous novel by William Wharton. Set towards the end of World War II, the film tells the story of an American intelligence unit which finds a German platoon that wishes to surrender.
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A Home Too Far A Home Too Far is a 1990 Taiwanese war drama film directed by Kevin Chu starring Andy Lau, Tou Chung-hua and Ko Chun-hsiung. The film is based on Bo Yang's novel, "The Alien Realm", which is based on the true story of the Republic of China Army's 93rd Division taking refuge in Santikhiri (Mae Salong) on northern border between Myanmar and Thailand.
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The 47 Ronin (1941 film) The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵 , Genroku Chūshingura , "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era") is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin.
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The Face of Jizo (film) The Face of Jizo (父と暮せば , Chichi to Kuraseba ) is a 2004 Japanese war drama film directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano. It is based on the play of the same name by Hisashi Inoue. It was filmed as the 3rd and concluding volume of Kazuo Kuroki's "Trilogy works for War Requiem".