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The Three Treasures was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on November 1, 1959. [1] The film was Toho's most profitable film of the year and second highest grossing domestic film of 1959. [1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International Company with English-language subtitles on December 20, 1960. [1]
March 7 – Ichirō Hatoyama, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1883) April 30 – Kafū Nagai, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (b. 1879) June 20 – Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887) August 9 – Noboru Ishizaki, admiral (b. 1893)
Japanese films released in 1959; Title Director Cast Genre Notes Battle in Outer Space: Ishirō Honda: Ryō Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru Takada: Science fiction [1] [2]Beauty Is Guilty
Eiichi Ono (小野 榮一, Ono Eiichi, December 6, 1924 – June 16, 1987), better known by his stage name Kōji Tsuruta (鶴田 浩二, Tsuruta Kōji), was a Japanese actor and singer. He appeared in almost 260 feature films and had a unique style of singing. His daughter, Sayaka Tsuruta, is an actress.
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'This Day in History': 10/21/1959 - The Guggenheim Opens ... Margaret Sanger opened first birth control clinic in U.S. 99 years ago ... Take a look through some of our favorite photos of the ...
Lumière cameramen were the first to shoot films in Japan. [14] Moving pictures, however, were not an entirely new experience for the Japanese because of their rich tradition of pre-cinematic devices such as gentō (utsushi-e) or the magic lantern. [15] [16] The first successful Japanese film in late 1897 showed sights in Tokyo. [17]
Japan is confronting a depopulation crisis because of a precipitously falling birth rate, but one mountain town has bucked the trend — spectacularly. Inside Japan's 'miracle town,' where the ...