Makoto Satō

biography: Makoto Satō (18 March 1934 – 6 December 2012) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008.

The Water Margin

overview:
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.  The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu.

The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""

character: Yang Zhi

original_name: 水滸伝

Kogarashi Monjiro

overview: Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents

character: Kinzo

original_name: 木枯し紋次郎

Shinjuku Shark

overview: Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.

original_name: 新宿鮫

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Makoto Satō

biography: Makoto Satō war ein japanischer Filmschauspieler. Von 1953 bis 2008 trat er in über hundert Filmen auf.

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biography: Makoto Satō (18 mars 1934 – 6 décembre 2012) était un acteur japonais. Il a joué dans plus d'une centaine de films entre 1953 et 2008.

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Makoto Satô
Makoto Sato

title: The Hidden Fortress

overview: In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

character: Soldier (uncredited)

original_title: 隠し砦の三悪人

title: The Eel

overview: A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking  to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.

character: Jukichi Takada

original_title: うなぎ

title: The Killing Machine

overview: Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.

character: Kentaro Otaki

original_title: 少林寺拳法

title: The H-Man

overview: When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.

character: Uchida

original_title: 美女と液体人間

title: Ninja Hunt

overview: It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only does that, but has created an even better piece. While the original from 1964 starred the great old-time actor Konoe Jushiro, this version is perfectly cast with his son Matsukata Hiroki in the lead as Wadakuro, one of four ronin hired to fight against the Shogunate's plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, who are struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord. Facing the threat of the Koga Ninja, Wadakuro shows his own cruelty while on a personal vendetta. This is a very brutal film, with lots of realistic ninja action, violent deaths, a dark story line and is completely without any light-hearted 'humor' elements that Toei used to incorperate back in the golden era. And with Matsukata Hiroki's outstanding martial skills, the swordplay is even better in this one. This is definitely one of the best ninja movies ever made!

original_title: 忍者狩り

title: Chûshingura

overview: After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

character: Kazuemon Fuwa

original_title: 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻

title: The Crimson Sky

overview: 1962 Japanese movie

original_title: 紅の空

title: Operation Mad Dog

overview: Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

original_title: のら犬作戦

title: Outpost of Hell

overview: The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

original_title: 独立機関銃隊未だ射撃中

title: Ant Hell War

overview: The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

original_title: 蚁地狱作战

title: Shikoku

overview: Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori, died several years ago and that Sayori's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayori's ghost several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayori's mother has something planned for her daughter...

character: Sendo

original_title: 死国

title: Attack Squadron

overview: Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.

character: Teppei Yano

original_title: 太平洋の翼

title: Samaritan Zatoichi

overview: Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

character: Yasaburo Kashiwazaki

original_title: 座頭市喧嘩太鼓

title: Adventure in Kigan Castle

overview: Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

character: Gorjaka

original_title: 奇巌城の冒険

title: The Incident at Takanodai

original_title: 非情学園ワル　教師狩り

title: The Youth Killer

overview: Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

original_title: 青春の殺人者

title: Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

overview: The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict between old and new morals, and the lives of young people.

original_title: 青春白書 大人には分らない

title: The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

overview: When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. But a double-cross leads to a risky high-security bank heist and loads of martial arts mayhem.

character: Takeshi Hayabusa

original_title: 直撃地獄拳　大逆転

title: The Witness Killed

overview: Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

original_title: 暗黒街撃滅命令

title: Mission to Annihilate the Underworld

overview: The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

original_title: 暗黒街全滅作戦

title: Woman Boss

original_title: 女組長

title: Desperado Outpost

overview: When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.

character: Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki

original_title: 独立愚連隊

title: I, the Executioner

overview: Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

character: Kawashima

original_title: みな殺しの霊歌

title: Typhoon Club

overview: Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.

title: I Are You, You Am Me

overview: 9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

title: The Weed of Crime

overview: Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

title: The Storm of the Pacific

overview: Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

original_title: ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐

title: Fort Graveyard

overview: Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

title: Golden Eyes

overview: A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

original_title: 100発100中 黄金の眼

title: Blueprint of Murder

overview: Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.

title: Green Lovers

overview: Two innocent high school girls, Aki Shindo, nicknamed Ako, and Mineko Mayama, nicknamed Neko, run away from home and, along with Kaori Yashiro, whom they meet while hitchhiking, arrive at a certain beach. There, at a yacht harbor, they find Daisuke Sakuma, whom they met in town. Daisuke had come there to head to the Galapagos Islands at the request of his seniors, Yamamuro and Akira Kanno.

title: Battle of the Japan Sea

overview: Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

title: Blind Woman's Curse

overview: Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.

title: Samurai Pirate

overview: An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.

title: Moscow, My Love

overview: A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.

original_title: Москва, любовь моя

title: The Mad Atlantic

overview: Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and exhaustion. Just when the ship has taken a huge catch of tuna in its nets, Murakami learns that his ship is the only one in position to rescue the crew of another ship, sinking in a storm. He must choose between saving the catch or saving lives. Either choice may mean his ruin.

title: Shogun's Ninja

overview: In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.

title: The Executioner

overview: Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.

title: Admiral Yamamoto

overview: As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.

original_title: 連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六

title: Rise Against the Sword

overview: Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.

title: Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

overview: During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

title: What's Up, Tiger Lily?

overview: In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.

title: Ai・Mai・Me

overview: Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely anxious about the future. She's even more scared when her friend Natsumi invites her to membership-based prostitution club.

title: University Bandits

overview: A youth drama set in the Japanese alps.  Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is on full display. Tsuruta Koji makes a special appearance as a senior member of the mountain club.

title: Princess Mononoke

overview: Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

title: Bandits on the Wind

title: The Merciless Trap

overview: Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

title: Zero Fighter

original_title: ゼロ・ファイター 大空戦

title: Fireflies: River of Light

overview: After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.

title: A Keg of Powder

overview: In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".

title: The Killing Bottle

overview: In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.

title: The Falcon Fighters

overview: In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.

title: The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

overview: Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

title: Lonely Heart

overview: Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?

title: Westward Desperado

overview: In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.

title: The Big Boss

overview: Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

title: The Last Gunfight

overview: Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.

title: Siege of Fort Bismarck

title: Operation Enemy Fort

overview: Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

title: 風来忍法帖　八方破れ

overview: The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

title: 風来忍法帖

overview: The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

title: Interpol Code 8

overview: Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

original_title: 国際秘密警察　指令第８号

title: Rise and Fall of Chivalry

overview: A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

title: Amagi Pass

overview: Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.

title: The Retreat from Kiska

overview: In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.

original_title: 太平洋奇跡の作戦　キスカ

title: Whirlwind

overview: Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army.  Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed.  One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai.  The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

title: Warring Clans

overview: A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack...

title: Bonds of Love

overview: Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi".  Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love.  Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

title: Blood and Diamonds

overview: A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

title: Flames of Blood

overview: The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind musician who offers him kindness and shelter. As their lives become intertwined, they attempt to find a sense of peace and domesticity while caught in the crossfire of the violent Bakumatsu revolution.

title: Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

overview: A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

original_title: 狼やくざ　殺しは俺がやる

title: Diary of Early Winter Shower

overview: Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.

title: Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

overview: The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.

original_title: トラック野郎　御意見無用

title: The Imperial Navy

overview: A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

title: Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

overview: Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

title: The Beast Shall Die

overview: A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.

title: Blood for Blood

overview: The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.

title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

overview: A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

title: The Okinawa War of Ten Years

overview: After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.

title: Prison Tales

title: Thugs of Shinjuku

overview: Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.

title: Kazoku no sentaku

overview: A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

title: First Love

overview: This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

title: Port Arthur

overview: Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

title: The Daphne

overview: Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

title: A Man in Red

overview: Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running  a dope ring. Battling  gangsters all the way, Takashi searches for his former girlfriend, now a drug addict.

title: Blood on the Sea

overview: Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

title: Yun’s Town

overview: A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

title: The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

original_title: 淀川長治物語神戸篇 サイナラ

title: Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

overview: After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

original_title: 新宿酔いどれ番地 人斬り鉄

title: The Imperial Japanese Empire

overview: Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

title: Miyamoto Musashi

overview: In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

title: The Cross of Vengeance

title: Zero

overview: Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.

title: Cute Devil

overview: Ryoko visits brother-in-law Koji to recover from her time at a mental hospital. But she becomes increasingly convinced that Koji's eight year old niece Alice was responsible for her sister Fuyuko's death. Several horrific deaths follow.

title: Message from Space

overview: The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.

title: The Stupid Teacher

overview: Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.

title: Operation Sewer Rats

overview: Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

title: The Human Revolution

title: Legend of the Cat Monster

overview: A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.

title: Shomuni

overview: The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the accounting department of Manpan Trading Co., is dispatched as a helper to General Affairs Section 2. General Affairs Section 2, nicknamed "Shomuni," is the company's cesspool department where underachieving office ladies are gathered.  The members of the General Affairs Department are Chinatsu Tsuboi (Reiko Takashima), who is in charge of the department; the femme fatale Kana Miyashita (Michiko Kawai); the self-disciplined Yumiko Maruhashi (Asako Kobayashi); the boastful Kayoko Tokunaga (Mari Hamada); the unremarkable Section Chief Inoue (Masao Komatsu); and the stray cat, Butcha.

title: Counterstroke

overview: Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yasuhiko, who was a bouncer at the cabaret "Three Cats" and Junko's lover who worked at the same restaurant. Of course, Ryusuke did not commit this crime...

title: Japan's Longest Day

overview: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

character: Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

title: Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip

overview: 14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

title: Four Sisters

overview: Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.

title: The Summit of Mt. Fuji

overview: The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy.

title: Zoku izuko e

overview: Sequel to  "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

title: 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

overview: Police detective Amachi fights against those who banished him from his job-both cops and criminals.

original_title: 殺すまで追え 新宿25時

title: Who Is the Informer?

overview: After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

title: Kigeki yūwaku ryokō

title: Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep

overview: A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayals lead to a final showdown that shifts the balance of power. The swordsman departs, leaving a lasting impact on those he helped.

original_title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 泣きとうござんす

title: In Self-Defense

overview: A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

original_title: 昭和刑事物語 俺にまかせろ

title: Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa

overview: When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against corruption. Teaming up with a rogue monk, bold tea-picking girls, and even a reformed thug, he battles a violent crime boss exploiting local families. Amid betrayals and brawls, justice and solidarity triumph.

original_title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 有難や三度笠

title: Vengeance for Sale

overview: In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.

title: The Young Boss is Third Generation

overview: A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned grandfather.

title: Modern Salaryman: Bushido  Romance

overview: Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social expectations.

original_title: 現代サラリーマン  恋愛武士道

title: Start Here

overview: Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead her to rethink happiness and relationships.

title: The College Ruggers

overview: Story of love, friendship, and college sports.

title: The Last Challenge

title: The Decoy

overview: Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.

title: Bot-chan

overview: 1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

title: Summer in Eclipse

overview: Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while finding little happiness when he begins a liaison with an older woman.

title: A Man in the Storm

overview: Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

title: The 36 Passengers

overview: A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest him. Each of the passengers acts independently, and the incident takes an unexpected turn that goes beyond the detective's intentions.

title: All About Marriage

overview: Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

title: Tiger Flight

overview: A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

title: Urban Marine Resort Story

overview: A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mariko thinks she's just in for a fun vacation when she and her friend Tomoyo discover a missing Korean War plane while scuba diving. Who will find the buried treasure first? Number two in the Hoy Choy Productions trilogy.

title: The Man from the East

overview: Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to develop. Kenta befriends a wandering poet and the younger sister (Hoshi) of a boxer Keota killed in the ring.

title: We Will Remember

overview: Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.

title: Ex Convict: Sword Storm

title: He's the Killer

overview: Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

title: The Entrapped Gangster

overview: Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become  involved in a complex murder investigation.

title: Three Dolls and Three Guys

overview: Punch, Pinch, and Sench become involved in a murder mystery centering on a Chinese billionaire (Mihashi), actually a Japanese yakuza, who claims to be developing a tourist's paradise on the island of Oshima.

title: A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment

overview: A young man from a family photo studio becomes a newspaper photojournalist, learning the risks and demands of the job through repeated setbacks. His growing dedication strains his relationship with Keiko, and on the eve of their wedding he puts everything on the line to cover a devastating typhoon.

original_title: 写真記者物語 瞬間に命を賭けろ

title: The Young Beast

overview: Story of a textile designer-turned featherweight boxer (Kubo) who, a la Champion ( 1949), loses everything as he battles his way to the top.

title: Tell It to the Dolls

overview: Punch, Pinch, and Sench participate in a Tokyo-to-Osaka auto race but their car is stolen, and so get jobs in a cabaret where they pose in bathing suits.

title: Trigger-Happy

overview: A 72-hour story about a group of rookie police officers and detectives who are candidates for the Mexican Olympic team and are in training camp for shooting competition, as they hunt down a violent criminal.

title: This Is Youth!

title: The Men of Toho-ku

overview: Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote,  mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to  marry and have children.

title: The Wicked Boy

title: The Imitation Lords

title: Reporters from the Sky

place_of_birth: Kanzaki District, Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan

title: The Hidden Fortress

title: The Eel

title: The Killing Machine

title: The H-Man

title: Ninja Hunt

title: Chûshingura

title: The Crimson Sky

title: Operation Mad Dog

title: Outpost of Hell

title: Ant Hell War

title: Shikoku

title: Attack Squadron

title: Samaritan Zatoichi

title: Adventure in Kigan Castle

title: The Incident at Takanodai

title: The Youth Killer

original_title: 青春白書 大人には分らない

title: The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

title: The Witness Killed

title: Mission to Annihilate the Underworld

title: Woman Boss

title: Desperado Outpost

title: I, the Executioner

title: Typhoon Club

title: I Are You, You Am Me

title: The Weed of Crime

title: The Storm of the Pacific

original_title: ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐

title: Fort Graveyard

title: Golden Eyes

original_title: 100発100中 黄金の眼

title: Blueprint of Murder

title: Green Lovers

title: Battle of the Japan Sea

title: Blind Woman's Curse

title: Samurai Pirate

title: Moscow, My Love

original_title: Москва, любовь моя

title: The Mad Atlantic

title: Shogun's Ninja

title: The Executioner

title: Admiral Yamamoto

original_title: 連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六

title: Rise Against the Sword

title: What's Up, Tiger Lily?

title: Ai・Mai・Me

title: University Bandits

title: Princess Mononoke

title: Bandits on the Wind

title: The Merciless Trap

title: Zero Fighter

original_title: ゼロ・ファイター 大空戦

title: Fireflies: River of Light

title: A Keg of Powder

title: The Killing Bottle

title: The Falcon Fighters

title: The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

title: Lonely Heart

title: Westward Desperado

title: The Big Boss

title: The Last Gunfight

title: Siege of Fort Bismarck

title: Operation Enemy Fort

title: 風来忍法帖　八方破れ

title: 風来忍法帖

title: Interpol Code 8

original_title: 国際秘密警察　指令第８号

title: Rise and Fall of Chivalry

title: Amagi Pass

title: The Retreat from Kiska

original_title: 太平洋奇跡の作戦　キスカ

title: Whirlwind

title: Warring Clans

title: Bonds of Love

title: Blood and Diamonds

title: Flames of Blood

title: Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

original_title: 狼やくざ　殺しは俺がやる

title: Diary of Early Winter Shower

title: Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

original_title: トラック野郎　御意見無用

title: The Imperial Navy

title: Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

title: The Beast Shall Die

title: Blood for Blood

title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

title: The Okinawa War of Ten Years

title: Prison Tales

title: Thugs of Shinjuku

title: Kazoku no sentaku

title: First Love

title: Port Arthur

title: The Daphne

title: A Man in Red

title: Blood on the Sea

title: Yun’s Town

original_title: 淀川長治物語神戸篇 サイナラ

original_title: 新宿酔いどれ番地 人斬り鉄

title: The Imperial Japanese Empire

title: Miyamoto Musashi

title: The Cross of Vengeance

title: Zero

title: Cute Devil

title: Message from Space

title: The Stupid Teacher

title: Operation Sewer Rats

title: The Human Revolution

title: Legend of the Cat Monster

title: Shomuni

title: Counterstroke

title: Japan's Longest Day

title: Four Sisters

title: The Summit of Mt. Fuji

title: Zoku izuko e

title: 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku

original_title: 殺すまで追え 新宿25時

title: Who Is the Informer?

title: Kigeki yūwaku ryokō

original_title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 泣きとうござんす

title: In Self-Defense

original_title: 昭和刑事物語 俺にまかせろ

original_title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 有難や三度笠

title: Vengeance for Sale

title: The Young Boss is Third Generation

title: Modern Salaryman: Bushido  Romance

original_title: 現代サラリーマン  恋愛武士道

title: Start Here

title: The College Ruggers

title: The Last Challenge

title: The Decoy

title: Bot-chan

title: Summer in Eclipse

title: A Man in the Storm

title: The 36 Passengers

title: All About Marriage

title: Tiger Flight

title: Urban Marine Resort Story

title: The Man from the East

title: We Will Remember

title: Ex Convict: Sword Storm

title: He's the Killer

title: The Entrapped Gangster

title: Three Dolls and Three Guys

original_title: 写真記者物語 瞬間に命を賭けろ

title: The Young Beast

title: Tell It to the Dolls

title: Trigger-Happy

title: This Is Youth!

title: The Men of Toho-ku

title: The Wicked Boy

title: The Imitation Lords

title: Reporters from the Sky


Elena Satine

biography: Elena Marié Satine (born November 24, 1987) is an American film actress and singer.

Cold Case

overview: The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

character: Nadia Koslov (1989)

original_name: Cold Case

original_language: en

Smallville

overview: The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

character: Mera

original_name: Smallville

Gemini Division

overview: NYPD undercover detective Anna Diaz is a streetwise and tough-as-nails New York cop forced to live dual lives. Diaz’s deep undercover persona drives her to keep people at a distance as a blown cover would mean death.

original_name: Gemini Division

Melrose Place

overview: In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. However, when a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, the police soon discover that almost everyone had a reason to want the deceased out of the way.

character: Abby Douglas

original_name: Melrose Place

Magic City

overview: Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ensure the success of his glitzy establishment.

character: Judi Silver

original_name: Magic City

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

overview: Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

character: Lorelei

original_name: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Twin Peaks

overview: The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

character: Rhonda

original_name: Twin Peaks

Timeless

overview: A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

character: Judith Campbell

original_name: Timeless

NCIS

overview: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

character: Adriana Gorgova

original_name: NCIS

The Gifted

overview: A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

character: Sonya Simonson / Dreamer

original_name: The Gifted

Cowboy Bebop

overview: Long on style and short on cash, bounty hunters Spike, Jet and Faye trawl the solar system looking for jobs. But can they outrun Spike's past?

character: Julia

original_name: Cowboy Bebop

Revenge

overview: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

character: Louise Ellis

original_name: Revenge

Agatha Christie's Poirot

overview: From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

character: Countess Andrenyi

original_name: Agatha Christie's Poirot

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biography:
Elena Marié Satine ist eine Georgisch-Amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin.

Bereits als Fünfjährige tritt Elena Satine in ihrer Heimat Georgien und in Osteuropa mit dem Kinderensemble Nergebi auf und startet eine Solokarriere als Kinderstar. 1998 wird sie an der Professional Performing Arts School in New York angenommen, wo sie mit 16 Jahren ihren Abschluss macht. Danach studiert sie an der Moskauer Art Theatre School und besucht Kurse an der Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

Ihr Fernsehdebüt gibt Elena Satine 2008 in einer Episode der Krimiserie Cold Case, in der sie eine russische Sängerin spielt. Es folgen Rollen in Melrose Place (2009), Smallville (2010) und NCIS (2011).

In Magic City erhält sie 2012 eine Hauptrolle als Judi Silver. Nach dem Ende der Showtime-Serie erscheint sie 2014 in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. bevor sie eine Hauptrolle als Louise in der letzten Staffel der Rachesaga Revenge übernimmt.

2016 ist sie in der Serie Timeless mit dabei, im Jahr darauf ergattert sie eine große Rolle als Dreamer in der Serie The Gifted. Außerdem zeigt sie sich in zwei Episoden des Twin Peaks-Revivals als Rhonda.

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埃琳娜·萨汀

biography: 埃琳娜·玛丽·萨汀（Elena Marié Satine，1987年11月24日-），美国电影女演员、歌手。

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埃琳娜·薩汀

biography: 埃琳娜·瑪麗·薩汀（Elena Marié Satine，1987 年 11 月 24 日-），美國電影女演員、歌手。

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title: Payback

overview: Mike Markovich, a young stockbroker at a Mob-controlled Wall Street firm, is betrayed and imprisoned for six years. When he is released, his deadly quest for vengeance begins.

character: Kat

original_title: Payback

title: Don't Look Up

overview: While filming in Transylvania, a crew unearths celluloid images of a woman’s murder and unleashes the wrath of evil spirits.

character: Anca

original_title: Don't Look Up

title: The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert

overview: Desire and addiction form the confluence of bad choices and unintended consequences for Veronica Lambert. Her desperation to see her desires fulfilled is palpable as she acclimatizes to big city life, while assuaged by the good intentions of Mr. New York, an old-time movie hustler who befriends the new arrival to the Hollywood scene. Her interest in true love and naivete in life becomes fodder for her married lover, who ultimately seduces her into a criminally-sociopathic and brutal act. Similar to Crash or Pulp Fiction, each character's progressively egocentric motives juxtapose one another, form a cross-hatch of competing elements to complicate and in the end, clarify the outcome of a long path toward betrayal and loss.

original_title: The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert

title: The Sixth Gun

overview: Failed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that give dark powers and are tied to its owners until their deaths. A heroine and an antihero are after the sixth gun that grants visions.

character: Missy Hume

original_title: The Sixth Gun

title: Zipper

overview: Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.

character: Ellie Green

original_title: Zipper

title: A Beautiful Now

overview: A beautiful dancer hangs on the razor's edge between reality and fantasy as she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationships that have shaped who they are and who they will become.

character: Jacki

original_title: A Beautiful Now

title: Ripple Effect

overview: Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvation -- with unexpected results -- in this indie drama. Pushed to the edge of financial disaster and facing marital woes, Atrash resolves to right a wrong he committed years earlier when his car accidentally struck Philip Blackman (Forest Whitaker), leaving him paralyzed.

character: Atrash Staff

original_title: Ripple Effect

title: Holier Than Thou

overview: A young man is recruited by a secret cult of VIPs to battle the infestation of an ultra-exclusive New York City lounge. As their utopian plans teeter between success and failure, a sycophantic stranger forces them to make the ultimate decision.

character: Ainka

original_title: Holier Than Thou

title: Picture Wheel

overview: In an alternate reality where memories are literally worn about one's head, a jilted lover wrestles with the image of his ex.

character: Red

original_title: Picture Wheel

place_of_birth: Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [Republic of Georgia]

title: Payback

media_type: movie

title: Don't Look Up

title: The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert

title: The Sixth Gun

title: Zipper

title: A Beautiful Now

title: Ripple Effect

title: Holier Than Thou

title: Picture Wheel


Ben Lokey

biography: Ben Lokey is known for his work on Breakin' (1984), Staying Alive (1983) and Captain EO(1986).

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Ben Lokey

biography: Ben Lokey ist bekannt für seine Arbeit an Breakin' (1984), Staying Alive (1983) und Captain EO (1986).

title: Michael Jackson's Thriller

overview: A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.

character: Zombie (uncredited)

original_title: Michael Jackson's Thriller

title: A Picture Perfect Holiday

overview: Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.

character: Robert

original_title: A Picture Perfect Holiday

title: Breakin'

overview: A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

character: Franco

original_title: Breakin'

title: Pinocchio

overview: This musical adaptation of Pinocchio from 1976 features the incomparable talents of Danny Kaye, Sandy Duncan, Flip Wilson, and Clive Revill. Framed by the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work apart from her father, the story of Pinocchio is presented as a subplay with the young girl as Pinocchio (Sandy Duncan) and her father as Geppetto (Danny Kaye). The famous Carlo Collodi story of a lonely woodcutter whose marionette comes to life is presented faithfully and engagingly.

character: Dancer (uncredited)

original_title: Pinocchio

title: American Nobody

overview: Andrew mans up and provides for his family, but learns that his job at a locally-owned business is closing down. Down on his luck, he is tempted to make quick illegal cash and is pulled into the dark world of drug trafficking, only to discover secrets from his past.

character: Lt. Jim Holloway

original_title: American Nobody

title: The Last Descent

overview: In 2009 John Jones entered Nutty Putty Cave with his brother Josh. What happened next has been a topic of much discussion and controversy ever since. Over 127 rescuers responded to the call for aid, and each one has their own take on the events. A story about love, life, and human connection. Ultimately it is the story about how clearly you can see what matters most when you are at the edge of life and death. Made with cooperation from members of John's immediate family.

character: Old Man in Dark

original_title: The Last Descent

title: A Crafty Christmas Romance

overview: Mandy, the owner of a craft and hobby store, discovers an old copy of “A Christmas Carol” among donations for a book drive. In the book is a letter to Santa from 70 years ago along with a valuable coin. Mandy sets out to find the owner of the book, letter and coin with the help of Jonah, a contractor who first came upon and donated the book. Along the way, they find clues that lead them closer to the author, and to each other, but can Mandy return everything to the book owner in time for Christmas and make her own Christmas wish come true?

character: Andre

original_title: A Crafty Christmas Romance

title: Christmas Tree Lane

overview: Music store owner Meg spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate, a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.

character: Fr. John

original_title: Christmas Tree Lane

title: Sweet Pecan Summer

overview: Amanda must work with her ex-boyfriend, J.P., to sell her favorite aunt’s pecan farm. Putting aside their differences, old feelings start to rekindle, and they question their life paths.

character: Walter

original_title: Sweet Pecan Summer

title: Staying Alive

overview: It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

character: Dancer

original_title: Staying Alive

job: Casting

title: Rivals

overview: After the death of his father, Adam moves (with his family) from their sheep farm in Wyoming to Los Angeles. Soon after arriving, Adam gets mixed up with Clyde, a mannerless bully who enjoys pulling pranks on Adam and putting him down for his rural image. Adam, in turn, gets back at Clyde on a number of occasions, and the two soon become rivals. When Clyde starts taking a fancy to Adam's sister, and his girfriend starts hanging out with Adam, relations between the two rapidly come to a head.

department: Production

original_title: Rivals

title: Michael Jackson's Thriller

title: A Picture Perfect Holiday

title: Breakin'

title: Pinocchio

title: American Nobody

title: The Last Descent

title: A Crafty Christmas Romance

title: Christmas Tree Lane

title: Sweet Pecan Summer

title: Staying Alive

title: Rivals

known_for_department: Acting


Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Pусский

Иван Иванов-Вано

biography: Иван Петрович Иванов-Вано (урождённый Иванов; 1900-1987) - советский режиссёр, художник и сценарист мультипликационного кино, один из основателей советской мультипликации, педагог. Народный артист СССР (1985). Иван Петрович Иванов родился 27 января (8 февраля) 1900 год в Москве в крестьянской семье, приехавшей на приработки из Калужской губернии и поселившейся на Манежной площади, в те годы заселённой бедным людом. Иван Петрович был младшим из четырёх выживших детей. Тогда же он получил от родителей прозвище Вано. Его отец работал сапожником и вскоре покинул семью. Мать Елизавета Митрофановна была неграмотной, работала белошвейкой - стирала и чинила бельё в купеческих семьях, таская сына с собой. В конце концов мальчика взяли на воспитание старшая сестра Евдокия и её муж, художник Константин Спасский, оказавший на него большое влияние. С дошкольных лет Иванов увлёкся кукольным театром, для которого рисовал декорации. Окончив два класса церковно-приходской школы, в 14 лет поступил в Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества (с 1918 года - Вторые государственные свободные художественные мастерские, с 1920 года - ВХУТЕМАС), где преподавал муж его сестры. Вначале обучался у В. А. Фаворского, затем перешёл на курс И. И. Машкова. В 1923 году окончил училище и через год начал работать художником-мультипликатором, а затем и режиссёром в Государственной школе кинематографии. Вместе с сокурсниками по ВХУТЕМАСу участвовал в создании первых советских мультфильмов. Снимали на голом энтузиазме, при помощи самодельных станков. Эти мультфильмы отличал особый авангардистский стиль тех лет, основанный на школе конструктивизма. Параллельно Иванов иллюстрировал книги и обложки спортивных журналов, изготавливал эскизы костюмов для театра. В 1927 году примкнул к коллективу студии «Межрабпомфильм», где профессионально занялся мультипликацией. В качестве художника участвовал в создании одного из самых известных ранних советских фильмов в технике рисованной мультипликации «Каток» (1927). Вместе с художником Вадимом Лазурским изготовил мультипликационную заставку для популярной кинокомедии «Весёлые ребята».  В 1936 году он поступил на трёхмесячные курсы повышения квалификации при «Союзмультфильме» и вскоре стал одним из ведущих режиссёров студии. Кроме того, рисовал диафильмы. В 1939 был уволен за опоздание. По пути домой он встретил в трамвае режиссёра, профессора ВГИК Льва Кулешова, который предложил ему организовать отделение по подготовке художников мультипликационного фильма при художественном факультете института. В том же году был набран первый курс, состоявший из четырёх человек. Вскоре Иванов-Вано был восстановлен на студии. В 1941 с началом войны вместе с «Союзмультфильмом» был эвакуирован в Алма-Ату, где продолжил режиссёрскую и преподавательскую деятельность. В 1943 студия вернулась в Москву. В 1944 году начался новый набор на кафедру ВГИК под его руководством. В 1952 году Ивано-Вано получил звание профессора. Всего за почти что полвека он обучил множество известных мультипликаторов, среди которых были Лев Мильчин, Евгений Мигунов, Анатолий Сазонов, Александр Петров, Марина Соколова, Алина Спешнева, Франческа Ярбусова, Сергей Алимов, Станислав Соколов, Аркадий Тюрин, а также Тодор Динов. Могила Ивана Иванова-Вано на Новодевичьем кладбище Москвы.

iso_639_1: ru

iso_3166_1: RU

english_name: Russian

Český

iso_639_1: cs

iso_3166_1: CZ

english_name: Czech

also_known_as:
Ivan Vano
I. Vano
Ivanov-Vano
I. Ivanov-Vano
I. Ivanov
Иван Петрович Иванов
Иван Иванов
И. Иванов-Вано

title: Our Cinema

character: (archive footage)

original_title: Наше кино

original_language: ru

title: Miracle Factory. Animation Director

overview: The history of Russian animated films.

original_title: Фабрика чудес. Режиссер-мультипликатор

job: Director

title: The Magic Lake

overview: Baba Yaga steals a young maiden, and her groom-to-be goes off to rescue her.

department: Directing

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: The Twelve Months

overview: A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

original_title: Двенадцать месяцев

job: Production Design

title: The Seasons

overview: A delicate stroll through the nature‘s wilderness at different times of the year.

department: Art

original_title: Времена года

title: The Seasons

original_title: Времена года

title: Animated Soviet Propaganda

overview: A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984), and have never been available before in the U.S.

original_title: Советская мультипликационная пропаганда

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

overview: Tale - this is what is everyone from childhood. Give yourself a chance to once again return to the magical world created by Alexander Pushkin.  Adventures brave Tsarevich Guidon, beautiful Swan-Tsar Saltan reminded of that love, loyalty and the spirit always wins!

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: Go There, Don't Know Where

original_title: Поди туда, не знаю куда

title: The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights

overview: Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...

original_title: Сказка о мёртвой царевне и о семи богатырях

title: The Battle of Kerzhenets

overview: The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols.

original_title: Сеча при Керженце

job: Writer

title: The Battle of Kerzhenets

department: Writing

original_title: Сеча при Керженце

title: Wash-'em-Clean

overview: Based on the poem by Korney Chukovskiy, about a boy who would not clean himself, so all his belongings ran away from him.

original_title: Мойдодыр

title: Geese-Swans

overview: With a help of good nature a young brave girl goes to the dark forest for saving her youngest brother abducted by Baba Yaga.

original_title: Гуси-лебеди

title: Geese-Swans

title: The Adventures of Buratino

overview: A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.

original_title: Приключения Буратино

title: Someone Else's Voice

overview: An obnoxious magpie returns to the forest from abroad and finds a most unenthusiastic audience for her jazz music.

original_title: Чужой голос

title: The Humpbacked Horse

overview: Remake of the 1947 Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.

original_title: Конёк-Горбунок

job: Screenplay

title: The Seasons

original_title: Времена года

title: The Snow Maiden

overview: The tale about a girl with a cold heart who is dying in agony because of joy and love.

original_title: Снегурочка

title: Black and White

overview: The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.

original_title: Блэк энд уайт

title: The Hunchedback Horse

overview: Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.

original_title: Конек-Горбунок

title: Journal of Political Satire No. 2

overview: Anti-Nazi cartoon, in 4 parts, exhorting Soviets to resist "Fascist pirates."

original_title: Журнал политсатиры No. 2

title: Fascist Boots Shall Not Trample Our Motherland

overview: Soviet propaganda cartoon made shortly after the German invasion, promising victory against the fascist invaders.

original_title: Не топтать фашистскому сапогу Нашей Родины

title: The Three Musketeers

overview: Soviet animated story of The Three Musketeers by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.

original_title: Три мушкетёра

title: Senka the African

overview: After visiting the zoo and reading Chukovsky's book, pioneer Senya falls asleep. In a dream, he flies to Africa with Crocodile Crocodilovich.

original_title: Сенька-африканец

title: The Rooster and the Boyar

overview: A smart rooster overcomes a greedy boyar (noble) who stole an old couple's magic millstones. Based on a Russian folk tale.

original_title: Петух и боярин

title: The Magic Lake

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: Left-Hander

overview: Surprising master Lefty, who grounded a steel flea. This feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmult film studio.

original_title: Левша

title: Ave Maria

overview: The horrors of war in Asia by Americans are set to the music of Ave Maria.

title: Cat Catovich

overview: Cat Catovich and his friends teach a lesson to the treacherous fox, who goes after the collar of the cat's wife.

original_title: Котофей Котофеевич

title: A Brave Hare

overview: The tale about the brave hare - long ears, slanting eyes, short tail. He was so authoritative like a boss of all forests that even the wolf scared him.

original_title: Храбрый заяц

title: Once Upon a Time

overview: The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.

original_title: В некотором царстве...

title: A Brave Hare

original_title: Храбрый заяц

title: Wash-’em-Clean

overview: Based on the popular Russian child poem story about the advantages of being neat and clean for children.

title: Ivas

overview: Fairy tale about heavy bondage of the Belarus people which is under the Polish yoke. Athlete Ivas, the farm laborer of the Polish seigniors, does wonderful affairs and doesn’t receive any gratitude from them. The red Army releases Ivas from bondage.

title: A Winter Tale

overview: A Soviet musical animated film about how forest animals with Santa Claus decided to celebrate the New Year.

original_title: Зимняя сказка

title: A Winter Tale

original_title: Зимняя сказка

title: Liar

overview: One day the duckling read a book about Munchausen and told his friends about how he, his dachshund and his horse went hunting in winter.

title: Liar

title: The Legend of the Cruel Giant

overview: Once upon a time there lived a poor fisherman in a dilapidated dugout on the seashore. He went to the sea on a boat, he was fishing. And once he caught an old bottle on which was the inscription that the one who opens this bottle, will receive untold treasures, become noble and rich. The fisherman, of course, without hesitation, opened the bottle, and from there the Genie burst out. He laughed at the fisherman, called him a bitch, but he fulfilled the promise, giving him a lot of gold. And the fisherman became the richest and most revered, but this did not bring any treasures to him, because the release on freedom the Genie, caused many troubles - as a result of the storms many fishermen fell. The fisherman, suffering with conscience, went to a wise wizard to ask how to rid the world of the cruel Genie. And he replied that there is only one way out.

original_title: Легенда о злом великане

title: The Legend of the Cruel Giant

original_title: Легенда о злом великане

title: The Flying Proletarian

overview: Animated poetic ode to the bright Soviet Future, based on the poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

original_title: Летающий пролетарий

title: The Three Musketeers

original_title: Три мушкетёра

title: How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

overview: The screen version of the Saltykov-Shchedrin tale about how two complacent generals miraculously found themselves on an uninhabited island. How a peasant was courting the generals, feeding and dressing them, content himself with crumbs from their table. They only slightly thanked him, but in the end they gave him only glass of vodka and a penny of silver.

original_title: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил

title: How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

original_title: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил

title: The Stolen Sun

overview: The sun is shining in the sky. Flowers are revealed, birds sing, animals take care of others. Only an evil crocodile who could not catch anyone, attacks the sun and swallows it. It is darkness. The animals in a panic run to the bear and ask to return the sun to the sky. The bear, who in the dark could not find the cubs, goes to war with the crocodile. The bear engages in battle, wins the crocodile and forces him to free the sun. Happy beasts rejoice in the sun and praise the bear.

original_title: Краденое солнце

title: The Stolen Sun

original_title: Краденое солнце

title: Wash-’em-Clean

title: Wash-'em-Clean

title: Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

overview: Volume 2 (1969-1978): "Ballerina on the Boat", "Seasons", "Armoire", "The Battle of Kerzhenets", "Butterfly", "Island", "Fox and Rabbit", "The Heron and the Crane", "Hedgehog in the Fog", "Crane's Feathers", "Firing Range"  Contact

title: Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

title: The Magic Lake

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: The Boy and The Bird

overview: An allegory of how important it is to develop a sense of beauty at a very young age and not bury your talent in the ground - because he's like a timid, magical bird that can fly up and fly away, and it will be impossible to bring it back.

original_title: Мальчик и птица

title: The Grasshopper and the Ant

overview: An animated film about a hard-working ant and a lazy dragonfly. While the ant was transporting building materials to a multi-level anthill in a truck, the dragonfly was basking in the sun in its manger.

original_title: Стрекоза и муравей

title: Father Frost and the Summer

overview: A story about children showing Father Frost butterflies, green grass, in short, Summer.

original_title: Дед Мороз и лето

title: Tsar Durandai

overview: The tale of the formidable king Durandai, who decided to marry the beautiful Queen Tetyokha, about the blacksmith Sila and the blind girl Talani

original_title: Царь Дурандай

title: Senka the African

original_title: Сенька-африканец

title: Crossroads

original_title: Улица поперёк

title: Telephone

overview: The children's writer Korney Chukovsky gets calls on his new telephone from various forest animals.

title: The Ice Rink

overview: A small skater at a skating rink accidentally pushes a respectable man skating with a lady. Fleeing from pursuit, he gets on the running track and is the first to finish. The enthusiastic spectators give him a standing ovation.

title: The Forest Concert

original_title: Лесной концерт

title: The Snow Maiden

title: Left-Hander

title: The Humpbacked Horse

original_title: Конёк-Горбунок

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: Health Begins at Home

overview: Sickness takes hold of a household when conflict leads the father to begin smoking and drinking.

original_title: Здоровье начинается дома

title: Our Cinema

title: Miracle Factory. Animation Director

original_title: Фабрика чудес. Режиссер-мультипликатор

title: The Magic Lake

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: The Twelve Months

original_title: Двенадцать месяцев

title: The Seasons

original_title: Времена года

title: The Seasons

original_title: Времена года

title: Animated Soviet Propaganda

original_title: Советская мультипликационная пропаганда

title: Go There, Don't Know Where

original_title: Поди туда, не знаю куда

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: The Battle of Kerzhenets

original_title: Сеча при Керженце

title: The Battle of Kerzhenets

original_title: Сеча при Керженце

title: Wash-'em-Clean

title: Geese-Swans

title: Geese-Swans

title: The Adventures of Buratino

original_title: Приключения Буратино

title: Someone Else's Voice

title: The Humpbacked Horse

original_title: Конёк-Горбунок

title: The Seasons

original_title: Времена года

title: The Snow Maiden

title: Black and White

original_title: Блэк энд уайт

title: The Hunchedback Horse

original_title: Конек-Горбунок

title: Journal of Political Satire No. 2

original_title: Журнал политсатиры No. 2

title: The Three Musketeers

original_title: Три мушкетёра

title: Senka the African

original_title: Сенька-африканец

title: The Rooster and the Boyar

original_title: Петух и боярин

title: The Magic Lake

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: Left-Hander

title: Ave Maria

title: Cat Catovich

original_title: Котофей Котофеевич

title: A Brave Hare

original_title: Храбрый заяц

title: A Brave Hare

original_title: Храбрый заяц

title: Once Upon a Time

original_title: В некотором царстве...

title: Wash-’em-Clean

title: Ivas

title: A Winter Tale

original_title: Зимняя сказка

title: A Winter Tale

original_title: Зимняя сказка

title: Liar

title: Liar

title: The Legend of the Cruel Giant

original_title: Легенда о злом великане

title: The Legend of the Cruel Giant

original_title: Легенда о злом великане

title: The Flying Proletarian

original_title: Летающий пролетарий

title: The Three Musketeers

original_title: Три мушкетёра

title: How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

original_title: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил

title: How One Peasant Fed Two Generals

original_title: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил

title: Wash-'em-Clean

title: Wash-’em-Clean

title: The Stolen Sun

original_title: Краденое солнце

title: The Stolen Sun

original_title: Краденое солнце

title: Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

title: Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2

title: The Magic Lake

original_title: Волшебное озеро

title: The Boy and The Bird

original_title: Мальчик и птица

title: The Grasshopper and the Ant

original_title: Стрекоза и муравей

title: Father Frost and the Summer

original_title: Дед Мороз и лето

title: Tsar Durandai

original_title: Царь Дурандай

title: Senka the African

original_title: Сенька-африканец

title: Crossroads

original_title: Улица поперёк

title: Telephone

title: The Ice Rink

title: The Forest Concert

original_title: Лесной концерт

title: The Snow Maiden

title: Left-Hander

title: The Humpbacked Horse

original_title: Конёк-Горбунок

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

original_title: Сказка о царе Салтане

title: Health Begins at Home

original_title: Здоровье начинается дома


Viktor Avilov

Петербургские тайны

character: doctor Kattsel

original_name: Петербургские тайны

character: doctor Katsel

original_name: Петербургские тайны

Palmist

overview: In the center of the story is the fate of a student of the Yaroslavl Technical University, Sergei Ryabinin, who decided to systematize the knowledge of wandering gypsies and turn palmistry into an independent science. To do this, an ambitious young man chooses a non-trivial path. For most of the series, he travels through morgues, hospitals and cemeteries, trying to find out the cause of their death through the lines located on the hands of the dead. Among the piles of corpses, the young talent manages to find even... his future wife…

character: друг отца Сергея Рябинина (Последняя роль в кино)

original_name: Хиромант

Press Center

character: Frenk Po

original_name: Большая игра

Musketeers Twenty Years Later

overview: In turbulent times for France and herself, the first minister of the Kingdom of France, Cardinal Mazarin, asked Queen Anne of Austria to give him the names of four friends who successfully helped her in the fight against Cardinal Richelieu. Under pressure from Mazarin, Queen Anne calls the name D'Artagnan, lieutenant of the royal musketeers. Mazarin calls D'Artagnan and orders him to find Athos, Porthos and Aramis in order to attract them to his service...

character: Mordaunt

original_name: Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя

origin_country: RU UA FR

Winter Cherries

overview: Olga, a single mother in love with her married colleague Vadim, marries Herbert for a business trip abroad. Five years later, she returns to Leningrad with her family and reunites with Vadim, who realizes he still loves her. Both leave their spouses, but Olga struggles in America. Vadim inherits a fortune and a castle in Belgium, where he writes to Olga. She's thinking of returning to him.

original_name: Зимняя вишня

Pусский

Виктор Авилов

biography: Родился в семье рабочих. В 1972 году окончил Московский индустриальный техникум. В 1972-1974 годах проходил службу в Советской Армии. Работал водителем МАЗа в 29-м автокомбинате Мосстройтранса. С 1974 года, продолжая работать водителем, присоединился к самодеятельной театральной труппе Валерия Беляковича, где в следующем году в первом премьерном спектакле выступил в роли Кочкарёва в спектакле «Женитьба». В 1979 году начал профессионально заниматься сценой, поступил на работу в Театр-студию на Юго-Западе. В следующем году получил главную роль в спектакле «Мольер» по пьесе М. Булгакова «Кабала святош». В 1984 году играл в «Гамлете». В 1987 «Гамлет» участвует в Эдинбургском театральном фестивале. Британская пресса назвала спектакль лучшей зарубежной постановкой великой трагедии за последние четыре десятилетия. В театральном музее Эдинбурга должна храниться гипсовая маска, снятая с Авилова - Гамлета. В 1988 году Авилов дебютировал в кино в роли Платона Андреевича в мистическом триллере «Господин оформитель» Олега Тепцова. В 1988 году в широкий прокат выходит «Узник замка Иф» Георгия Юнгвальд-Хилькевича с авиловским графом Монте-Кристо, актёр становится популярен. Летом 1989 года - уже Калигула в спектакле по пьесе А. Камю. Позже Авилов попытался снять фильм по этой пьесе. Одной из самых ярких киноролей Авилова стала роль Мордаунта в четырёхсерийной картине Георгия Юнгвальд-Хилькевича «Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя» (1992). В 1990 году умерла Ольга Авилова-Задохина, младшая сестра Виктора, актриса Театра-студии на Юго-Западе. 1993 год - последняя из больших ролей, Воланд в спектакле «Мастер и Маргарита». В этом же году Виктору Авилову присвоено звание Заслуженного артиста России. В 1995 году во время гастролей в Берлине с «Мастером и Маргаритой» у Авилова произошло прободение язвы. В 1999-2000 боролся с туберкулёзом, получил вторую группу инвалидности. В «Театре на Юго-Западе» имел немного спектаклей, основная площадка - вновь создаваемый театр «Киноспектакль» под руководством Олега Лещинера. В 2001 году снялся в клипе российской певицы Алсу на песню «Осень». Съёмки проводились в Венеции. В 2002 году Авилов пробует себя в качестве хореографа в спектакле «Парфюмер» театра «Арт-Хаус». В этом же году создаёт свою актёрскую школу (при театре «Киноспектакль»). В 2004 году - в театре «Киноспектакль» он - режиссёр-постановщик спектакля «Грешная деревня Далскабаты, или Забытый чёрт» по пьесе чешского драматурга Яна Дрды, одновременно руководит съёмками видеоверсии спектакля «Мольер» в театре на Юго-Западе, в запуске фильм по пьесе Л. Жуховицкого «Последняя женщина сеньора Хуана», утверждён в главной роли в новом спектакле «Куклы» театра на Юго-Западе, гастроли антрепризы - «Русского независимого театра». Умер 21 августа 2004 года в клинике Новосибирского Академгородка, где лечился от рака, по мнению председателя комиссии по борьбе с лженаукой академика Э. П. Круглякова, артист поддался заведомо ложной рекламе. Похоронен в Москве, на Востряковском кладбище, участок 80.

also_known_as:
V. Avilov
В. Авилов

title: Green Goat Fire

overview: One day in the life of a young man named Nikita on his birthday. He is turning twenty-five. At night, Nikita dreams about his childhood, his father, his brother, and his grandmother's gift—a figurine of a goat glowing green. In the morning, it's the usual whirlwind of life, with prostitutes, conversations about eating beets, the dangers of radiation, and various esoteric theories.

original_title: Зелёный огонь козы

title: The Prisoner of If Castle

overview: A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him

character: Edmond Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo

original_title: Узник замка Иф

title: Safari 6

overview: It’s unclear what country there is a civil war going on. An officer, a young captain Ander, arrives at the tent camp on assignment from headquarters; he does not accept the chaos and freedom among the “hairy” fighters, who look like mercenaries. The reliable Sergeant Gez and the experienced Corporal Gredo, with whom the sergeant has an old enmity, are assigned to Ander's special group.

original_title: Сафари №6

title: The Golden Head on a Scaffold

original_title: Золотая голова на плахе

title: Art of Living in Odessa

overview: The plot of the movie is based on books of Isaak Babel about Jewish criminals in city of Odessa before and after the Russian revolution.

character: Vladislav Simyon

original_title: Искусство жить в Одессе

title: Hurt Me

overview: The young talented actress Vera Samarina, has an interesting job, fame, plans for the future and a loving husband Igor, a failed actor. She goes for the shooting, leaving her husband, an unemployed actor, in despair. By agreeing to become a racketeer, he does not even suspect an inevitable tragic end. While the young woman sorts out her emotional experiences on the set by the sea, her husband specializes in knocking out other people's debts and other not very legal and dangerous activities.

character: актер

original_title: Сделай мне больно

title: Musketeers 20 Years Later

overview: The new adventures of four musketeer friends... Based on Alexandre Dumas père novel "20 Years Later".

original_title: Мушкетеры 20 лет спустя

title: Mister Designer

overview: A famous artist strives to find the secret of eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.

character: Platon Andreyevich

original_title: Господин оформитель

title: Through the Grass Barefoot

overview: After the army, Nikolai returned to his native village. Not wanting to put up with the fact that people are leaving their homes, the hero goes to teach at a technical school that trains tractor drivers for the village.

original_title: По траве босиком

title: Dissolved Evil

character: Maniac

original_title: Растворённое зло

title: Столичный сувенир

original_title: Столичный сувенир

title: The Psychic

overview: Due to a brain injury received in a street fight, Gera Romanov begins to fall into parallel worlds, where he dies painfully every time.

character: surgeon

original_title: Экстрасенс

title: Wolfblood

overview: A story of love and hatred set during the Civil War in Russia.

original_title: Волчья кровь

title: The Humble Cemetery

overview: The main character Vorobei is a professional grave digger and alcohol addict, who runs away from hospital to dig graves instead of treating his head broken by his brother. He comes to cemetery and keeps on working, instead of his friends' advice to stay in the hospital. The world of death turns out to be surrounded by corruption, satanic money-making, cemetery mafia and lots of vodka.

character: Stas

original_title: Смиренное кладбище

title: Masquerade

overview: Teleplay based on same-titled drama by M.Yu. Lermontov.

original_title: Маскарад

title: Winter Cherries 2

overview: Olga, married to a reach American businessman, returns to Russia after six years.

original_title: Зимняя вишня 2

title: Winter Cherry 3

overview: The main character, whose life seemed to have lost all meaning, suddenly receives an inheritance abroad. This leads to the most unexpected consequences, the most important of which is a new, this time happy, meeting with your beloved.

original_title: Зимняя вишня 3

title: Love For Your Neighbor

overview: The film consists of two short stories: "Monument" and "Love for Neighbor".

character: Пиджаков, скульптор без звания / незнакомец со скалы

original_title: Любовь к ближнему

title: Dancing Ghosts

overview: Choreographic school, young talents are collected here. Behind eight years of study - three months remain before the final performance. And finally, “Giselle” is appointed, roles are distributed, girls are worried - they are afraid of the wording “professionally unsuitable”, but Yulya’s thoughts are different. She fell in love for the first time. And she has to choose between her beloved and the stage.

character: Zhenya

original_title: Танцующие призраки

title: AntiFaust

overview: The story of the fallen angel Gilbert, who returns to earth with a terrible mission. He must kill his own daughter.

character: Gilbert

original_title: АнтиФауст

title: Василиса

character: Koschey

original_title: Василиса

place_of_birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

title: Green Goat Fire

original_title: Зелёный огонь козы

title: The Prisoner of If Castle

original_title: Узник замка Иф

title: Safari 6

title: The Golden Head on a Scaffold

original_title: Золотая голова на плахе

title: Art of Living in Odessa

original_title: Искусство жить в Одессе

title: Hurt Me

original_title: Сделай мне больно

title: Musketeers 20 Years Later

original_title: Мушкетеры 20 лет спустя

title: Mister Designer

original_title: Господин оформитель

title: Through the Grass Barefoot

original_title: По траве босиком

title: Dissolved Evil

original_title: Растворённое зло

title: Столичный сувенир

original_title: Столичный сувенир

title: The Psychic

title: Wolfblood

original_title: Волчья кровь

title: The Humble Cemetery

original_title: Смиренное кладбище

title: Masquerade

title: Winter Cherries 2

original_title: Зимняя вишня 2

title: Winter Cherry 3

original_title: Зимняя вишня 3

title: Love For Your Neighbor

original_title: Любовь к ближнему

title: Dancing Ghosts

original_title: Танцующие призраки

title: AntiFaust

title: Василиса

Петербургские тайны

original_name: Петербургские тайны

original_name: Петербургские тайны

Press Center

original_name: Большая игра

Musketeers Twenty Years Later

original_name: Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя

Winter Cherries

original_name: Зимняя вишня


Tatyana Voloshina

Pусский

Татьяна Волошина

biography: Татьяна Волошина родилась в городе Свердловск, РСФСР, СССР. Училась в женской средней школе № 22. Наиболее известна по её роли в советском фантастическом фильме «Туманность Андромеды», где играла одну из главных ролей - члена экипажа звездолёта «Тантра» Низы Крит, влюблённой в капитана Эрга Ноора (Николай Крюков). Живёт в Австрии.

title: Andromeda Nebula

overview: Humans on spaceship named "Tantra" are exploring the unknown part of the Universe. The spaceship gets trapped by the mysterious Iron Star, and the Iron Star's powerful force of gravity is to hold the spaceship for 20 years. The humans are facing a very tough survival challenge.

character: Niza Krit

original_title: Туманность Андромеды

title: The Stars Don't Fade

overview: The film consists of several novels reproducing the most vivid pages of the biography of the first Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Azerbaijan Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925).

character: Natasha

original_title: Ulduzlar sönmür

title: Inhuman

overview: Criminals kidnapped the son of the chairwoman of the city administration. Feelings of helplessness and fear follow. A series of checks, mocking calls, humiliating requests for help to colleagues in the "shadow business" goes on and on.

original_title: Нелюдь

place_of_birth: Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR

title: Andromeda Nebula

original_title: Туманность Андромеды

title: The Stars Don't Fade

title: Inhuman