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Masakane Yonekura is a Actor Japonais born on 10 july 1934 at Fukuoka (Japon)

Masakane Yonekura

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Nationality Japon
Birth 10 july 1934 at Fukuoka (Japon)
Death 26 august 2014 (at 80 years)

Masakane Yonekura (Japanese: 米倉 斉加年; c. 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator. He was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.

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Filmography of Masakane Yonekura (14 films)

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The Little House, 2h16
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baishō, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yui Natsukawa
Roles Kyoichi
Rating72% 3.63763.63763.63763.63763.6376
The film is set in the 1930s and 1940s in Japan. It is narrated from the memoirs of Taki Nunomiya as an old woman. In 1930, she left Yamagata for Tokyo as an indentured servant to work as a housemaid.
Tora-san's Forbidden Love, 1h47
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Jun Miho, Masakane Yonekura, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Roles Kenkichi
Rating64% 3.2249853.2249853.2249853.2249853.224985
In the midst of Japan's rising economy of the mid-1980s, the itinerant Tora-san becomes drunk with a hard-working company section chief. After an hour commute, the two sleep off their night's revelry at the section chief's home in Ibaraki Prefecture. When the section chief disappears due to the pressure of his job, Tora-san helps his wife to find the man, while secretly hoping they do not, as he has fallen in love with her.
Foster Daddy, Tora!, 1h40
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Ran Ito, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Chishū Ryū, Tatsuo Matsumura
Rating66% 3.313943.313943.313943.313943.31394
Tor-san takes care of the teenage daughter of a friend after he dies. He takes the girl to Tokyo where she wishes to study, and becomes worried over her romantic life.
Tora-san Plays Cupid, 1h35
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Masatoshi Nakamura, Shiho Fujimura, Shinobu Ōtake, Masami Shimojō
Rating65% 3.2702753.2702753.2702753.2702753.270275
Tora-san plays at matchmaker, trying to arrange a romance between Ryōsuke and Sachiko. His advice proves disastrous and Tora-san instead falls in love with Ryōsuke's sister.
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again, 1h30
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Ruriko Asaoka, Eiji Funakoshi, Masami Shimojō, Chishū Ryū
Roles Pirate
Rating71% 3.5530953.5530953.5530953.5530953.553095
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.
Tora-san, the Intellectual, 1h40
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Fumie Kashiyama, Chieko Baishō, Junko Sakurada, Masami Shimojō, Keiju Kobayashi
Rating67% 3.3593053.3593053.3593053.3593053.359305
Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's mother after her husband had left her. Tora-san becomes infatuated with the female archeology student who is staying with his family, and attempts to take up intellectual pursuits to get near her.
Belladonna of Sadness, 1h29
Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Masakane Yonekura
Roles The Priest (voice)
Rating73% 3.650223.650223.650223.650223.65022
Jeanne and Jean are happy newlyweds in a rural village. Their idyll is promptly shattered when Jeanne, on her wedding night, is raped in a ritual deflowering by the local baron and his lackeys. She returns to Jean terrified and in pain, and he calms her, saying, "Let us forget everything in the past". She begins to see visions of a phallic-headed spirit encouraging her to take revenge on the baron; meanwhile, the couple's fortunes rise even as famine strikes the village and the baron raises taxes to fund his war effort. Jean is made tax collector, and the baron cuts off his hand as punishment when he cannot extract enough money from the village. After another visit from the spirit, Jeanne takes out a large loan from an usurer and sets herself up in the same trade, eventually parlaying it into becoming the true power in the village.
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True, 1h35
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Chieko Baishō, Masakane Yonekura, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Matsumura
Roles Okakura
Rating67% 3.3656153.3656153.3656153.3656153.365615
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo. Both lose, and the professor leaves for America while Tora-san returns to his travels.
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, 1h44
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurō Tanba, Masakane Yonekura, Kei Yamamoto, Kiwako Taichi
Roles Kaneko Ichinojo
Rating67% 3.381573.381573.381573.381573.38157
Le film se passe pendant la période des réformes Tenpō conduites et mises en place par Mizuno Tadakuni (1793-1851). Celui-ci était un moraliste qui voulait tout réglementer, voyant dans les plaisirs et l'art une perte de temps réduisant la fibre patriotique. Le film concerne divers personnages vivant dans un quartier des plaisirs se retrouvant impliqués dans l'aventure d'acteurs rebelles...
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, 1h19
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Toshiro Mifune, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shigeru Kōyama
Roles Boss Masagoro
Rating69% 3.493613.493613.493613.493613.49361
Zatoïchi, dont la tête a été mise à prix, vient trouver refuge dans un village qu’il visita 3 ans auparavant. Mais l’endroit est depuis tombé entre les mains du parrain Masagoro, réputé pour avoir dérobé une cargaison d’or du Shogun. Masagoro vient d’embaucher un mystérieux garde du corps (Toshiro Mifune), amoureux de la maîtresse d’un marchand, père et rival de Masagoro. Ichi se fait recruter par ce marchand et commence à entretenir une étrange amitié / rivalité avec le garde du corps. La guerre entre les clans gronde…