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Eiji Funakoshi is a Actor Japonais born on 17 march 1923 at Tokyo (Japon)
Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, Funakoshi Eiji, 17 March 1923 – 17 March 2007) was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.
Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. Perhaps their most notable film was the World War II drama Fires on the Plain (Nobi, 1959). Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Fires on the Plain won awards in Japan and overseas, including prizes for Kon Ichikawa from the Blue Ribbon in Japan and the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
For several years, Funakoshi portrayed Tanokura Magobei, a close associate of the shogun, on Abarenbō Shōgun.
Son Eiichirō Funakoshi is also a famous actor in Japan.
Eiji Funakoshi died of a stroke at 10:57pm on March 17, 2007, on his 84th birthday.
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Birth name Eijiro Funakoshi
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 march 1923 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 17 march 2007 (at 84 years) at Shizuoka Prefecture (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 march 1923 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 17 march 2007 (at 84 years) at Shizuoka Prefecture (Japon)
Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, Funakoshi Eiji, 17 March 1923 – 17 March 2007) was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.
Biography
Born Eijirō Funakoshi on March 17, 1923 in Tokyo, Eiji Funakoshi signed up for the Daiei Motion Picture Company in 1947 and made his acting debut the following year with Beautiful Enemy. In a career that spanned three decades Funakoshi starred in a variety of genres and worked for directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura.Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. Perhaps their most notable film was the World War II drama Fires on the Plain (Nobi, 1959). Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Fires on the Plain won awards in Japan and overseas, including prizes for Kon Ichikawa from the Blue Ribbon in Japan and the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
For several years, Funakoshi portrayed Tanokura Magobei, a close associate of the shogun, on Abarenbō Shōgun.
Son Eiichirō Funakoshi is also a famous actor in Japan.
Eiji Funakoshi died of a stroke at 10:57pm on March 17, 2007, on his 84th birthday.
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Jūdai no yūwaku (2009)
Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu
Actors Ayako Wakao, Fujiko Yamamoto, Yōko Minamida, Jun Negami, Eiji Funakoshi
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Teruo Ishii
Genres Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tetsurō Tanba, Eiji Funakoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Sion Sono, Mako Midori
Rating37%
Monzo Kobayashi is a dime-novel writer. He goes to see the stage of Ranko Mizuki, a star of an all-girls'-operetta company known as Asakusa Revue. Monzo notices a creepy man sitting beside him who keeps his head slumped down and does not even look up when Ranko appears on stage. On the way home from the theater, Monzo encounters another creepy situation. A dwarf (inch-high samurai) with a child-sized body and a grown-up's head passes right by him and is carrying a woman's arm that has been sliced off from the shoulder. Being a writer, this strangely enhances his interest of this dwarf and he begins an investigation about dwarfs.
, 1h30Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Ruriko Asaoka, Eiji Funakoshi, Masami Shimojō, Chishū Ryū
Roles Hyodo
Rating71%
Tora-san meets an old girlfriend on his travels. When she returns home with him, his family attempts to arrange a marriage between the two. After a misunderstanding occurs, the woman leaves, and the family is left regretting that they interfered.
Blind Beast (1969)
, 1h24Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Noriko Sengoku, Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori
Roles Michio
Rating70%
Un sculpteur aveugle enlève et séquestre dans son atelier un modèle pour la soumettre à l'empire des sens afin qu'elle devienne une statue idéale. Comprenant après plusieurs vaines tentatives qu'elle ne pourra fuir ce cauchemar, la victime est peu à peu attendrie et envoûtée par son bourreau...
Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
, 1h22Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Musical films, Gamera, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Eiji Funakoshi
Roles Dr. Shiga
Rating43%
While scanning the skies through their telescope, two young boys, Akio and Tom, spy a spaceship descending into a nearby field. Stunned, bewildered, and bemused, they tell Akio's mother what they have seen, but she dismisses their story as childish nonsense. The next day, the two boys—with Akio's younger sister, Tomoko, in tow—bicycle to the site to investigate. Enthralled, Akio and Tom manage to steal into the spaceship. But then, without warning, the ship takes off, leaving Tomoko behind. It soars into outer space toward a field of asteroids, which sends the boys into panic. However, Gamera (obviously aware of the boys' plight) appears and clears a path for the ship through the asteroids. The spaceship, flying near the speed of light, leaves Gamera behind and transports the boys to an unknown planet, where it lands on the outskirts of an alien city. Suddenly, a silver "Space" Gyaos appears, menacing the ship and the two young boys. Just before the creature attacks, a second, bizarre monster—whose head resembles a ginzu knife—emerges from an underground lair and attacks the Space Gyaos. The Gyaos emits a beam that reflects off the new creature's blade-shaped head and cuts off its own leg. After a short battle, the knife-headed creature lunges and chops off one, then the other, of the Gyaos' wings. The creature cuts the helpless Gyaos' head off and brutally cuts the body into smaller pieces and then retreats back to its lair.
The Great White Tower (1966)
, 2h30Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Eijirō Tōno, Takahiro Tamura, Eitarō Ozawa, Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mayumi Ogawa
Rating72%
Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
, 1h19Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Musical films, Gamera, Reptile, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Eiji Funakoshi, Bokuzen Hidari, Michiko Sugata, Jun Hamamura, Kenji Ōyama, Albert Dekker
Roles Dr. Hidaka
Rating52%
In an icy North American region, an unknown aircraft is shot down by an American fighter jet. The aircraft crashes and its cargo, a low-level atomic bomb, explodes. The resulting cataclysm awakens a giant, prehistoric monster called "Gamera", who has the appearance of a giant turtle with large tusks. Japanese scientists on an expedition (including Dr. Hidaka, Kyoko, and Aoyagi) nearby are given a "devil stone" by an Eskimo chieftain, who explains that the creature is called Gamera.
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
, 1h53Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Kazuo Hasegawa, Ayako Wakao, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Shintarō Katsu, Eiji Funakoshi
Roles Heima Kadokura
Rating73%
Three men, Sansai Dobe (Ganjirō Nakamura), Kawaguchiya (Saburō Date) and Hiromiya (Eijirō Yanagi) are responsible for the deaths of seven-year-old Yukitarō’s mother and father. Yukitarō is adopted and brought up by Kikunojō Nakamura (Chūsha Ichikawa), the actor-manager of an Osaka kabuki troupe. The adult Yukitarō (Kazuo Hasegawa) becomes an onnagata, a male actor who plays female roles. He takes the stage name Yukinojō. Like many of the great onnagata, particularly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, he wears women’s clothes and uses the language and mannerisms of a woman offstage as well as on. Many years later, the troupe pays a visit to Edo, where the three men responsible for his parents’ deaths now live. Yukinojō brings about their deaths by means of various stratagems, then, apparently overcome by what he has done, retires from the stage and disappears, no-one knows where. The events of the film are coolly observed and sardonically commented on by the Robin-Hood-like thief Yamitarō, also played by Hasegawa.
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
, 1h28Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Eiji Funakoshi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kumeko Urabe, Misako Watanabe, Kyōko Kishida, Jun Hamamura
Roles Goro
Rating68%
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Keiko Kishi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Jūzō Itami, Eiji Funakoshi, Kyōko Kishida, Jun Hamamura
Roles Kaze
Rating68%
Un producteur de télévision projette de se débarrasser des dix femmes avec lesquelles il a entretenu une liaison. Bien mal lui en prend : celles-ci, maîtresses trompées et malheureuses, se solidarisent et trament un complot afin de l'assassiner. Une comédie grinçante…
Ten Dark Women (1961)
, 1h45Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jūzō Itami, Fujiko Yamamoto, Eiji Funakoshi, Kyōko Kishida, Keiko Kishi, Tamao Nakamura
Roles Kaze
Rating68%
A married television executive has many mistresses. Nine of the mistresses and his wife band together and plan to kill him. His wife tells him they are planning to kill him and they fake his death at a meeting of all ten women using a pistol loaded with blanks and a tomato.
The Wandering Princess (1960)
, 1h43Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Romance
Actors Machiko Kyō, Eiji Funakoshi, Sadako Sawamura, Chieko Higashiyama, Ken Mitsuda, Mitsuko Mito
Roles Futetsu (Fuketsu Aishinkakura)
Rating65%
Tokyo, 1937. Ryūkō est une jeune fille insouciante d'origine noble qui se rêve en artiste peintre et vit auprès de ses parents et de sa grand-mère dans une luxueuse demeure familiale. Lorsque le général Asabuki se fait l'ambassadeur de l'Armée pour proposer un mariage entre Ryūkō et Futetsu, le frère cadet de l'empereur du Mandchoukouo, la famille est dans un premier temps réticente. Mais la raison politique, le prestige et une première rencontre où Futetsu fait bonne impression finissent de convaincre la famille et le mariage est célébré le 3 avril 1937.
Afraid to Die (1960)
, 1h36Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Yukio Mishima, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Takashi Shimura, Ken Mitsuda, Shigeru Kōyama
Roles Susumu Aikawa
Rating63%
Takeo, un jeune yakuza, sort de prison pour réintégrer un monde de kidnappings et meurtres prémédités. Partagé entre le devoir familial, l’instinct de survie et son amour pour sa nouvelle conquete Yoshie, Takeo suit la route de la trahison jusqu’à se rendre compte qu’il n’échappera pas à son destin.
A Woman's Testament (1960)
, 1h40Directed by Kon Ichikawa, Yasuzō Masumura, Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Genres Drama
Actors Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Sachiko Hidari, Fujiko Yamamoto, Eiji Funakoshi
Roles Yasushi
Rating66%
This is a series of three stories revolving around women. The first story is about a young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. She has what seems like a good plan for a strong financial future; she is investing in a company on the one hand, and on the other, taking action to snare the son of the company's owner in marriage. In the second story, a young woman is employed by a real estate agent in order to convince male clients to invest in worthless property, usually by bathing with them. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no financial worries. But when she falls in love with a forger, she opts to wait for him after he is sent to prison. This causes trouble for her in family and society, but she ignores them despite the pressure.
The False Student (1960)
, 1h34Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Genres Drama
Actors Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Jūzō Itami, Sachiko Murase, Nobuo Nakamura, Ken Mitsuda
Roles Kyosuke Kuniyuki
Rating73%