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Stunt actor Yukio Kato was killed on the set of the 26th Zatoichi film by Katsu's son, who was co-starring, when an actual sword was mistaken for a prop, fatally wounding Kato. In her book, Geisha, A Life , Kyoto geisha Mineko Iwasaki claimed to have had a long time affair with Katsu, whom she calls by his given name, Toshio.
In the music video for Wednesday Campanella's song Inca, singer KOM_I plays a Zatoichi inspired character. The character of Zatoichi also finds homage in 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , where Chinese actor Donnie Yen appears as Chirrut Îmwe, a blind transient wanderer who is secretly a highly skilled warrior who believes in, and has a ...
5 The Heartless Man, Touched By Compassion 情知らずが情に泣いた October 31, 1974 () 6 Pouring Rain どしゃぶり November 7, 1974 () 7 A Bird Lands On Ichi 市に鳥がとまった November 14, 1974 () 8 An Unforgettable Flower 忘れじの花 November 21, 1974 () 9 The Second Zatoichi
In 2005, Takashi Miike directed a Kabuki-style play titled Demon Pond. The DVD recording of the performance was released by Cinema Epoch. [28] [29] Takashi Miike directed the play Zatoichi based on the character Zatoichi. The stage production was performed and filmed on December 12, 2007, and the DVD was released on May 30, 2008.
Miike Takashi × Aikawa Show: Zatoichi (三池崇史 × 哀川翔 『座頭市』), also known as Zatoichi Live, is a filmed stage production of Zatoichi, a play co-written by Takashi Miike and Masa Nakamura based on the character created by Kan Shimozawa. It was Miike's second filmed stage production, following Demon Pond in 2005. The stage ...
In 2003, he had his screen debut in Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman (2003) as Seitaro Naruto under the disguise of a Geisha named Osei. [3] His performance as Osei earned him the 13th Tokyo Sports Film Awards - Japanese Arts and Entertainment Division Grand Prize (第13回 東京スポーツ映画大賞 エンターテイメント部門 日本芸能大賞, Dai 13-kai Tōkyō ...
Matsudaira is also famous as a singer. His most popular song "Matsuken Samba II" (マツケンサンバII) [3] was released in 2004 and became popular with his fanbase.The song gained national attention because his appearance in the likeness of a person in Edo period with glittery kimono and a hip-swiveling dance became the topic of some television programs, including parodying him on an idol ...
Akinobu Ogata (緒形 明伸, Ogata Akinobu, 20 July 1937 – 5 October 2008), better known by his stage name Ken Ogata (緒形 拳, Ogata Ken), was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and 25 television series. [1] For his merits and contribution to arts in 2000 received Japan's Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.