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Tetsu Komai is a Actor Japonais born on 23 april 1894
Tetsu Komai est un acteur japonais, né le 23 avril 1894 à Kumamoto (Kyūshū) et mort le 10 août 1970 à Gardena (Californie).
Entretemps, mentionnons Bulldog Drummond de F. Richard Jones (1929, avec Ronald Colman et Claud Allister), C'est pour toujours d'Henry Hathaway (1934, avec Gary Cooper et Carole Lombard), La Lettre de William Wyler (1940, avec Bette Davis et Herbert Marshall), ou encore Japanese War Bride de King Vidor (1952, avec Shirley Yamaguchi et Don Taylor).
En outre, pour la télévision américaine, il apparaît dans cinq séries de 1954 à 1960, dont Alfred Hitchcock présente (deux épisodes, 1958-1959).
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Installé aux États-Unis, Tetsu Komai y fait carrière au cinéma et contribue ainsi à soixante-cinq films américains dès 1925 (donc durant la période du muet), comme second rôle de caractère ou dans des petits rôles non crédités. Son dernier film est Celui qui n'existait pas de William Castle (avec Barbara Stanwyck et Robert Taylor), sorti en 1964.Entretemps, mentionnons Bulldog Drummond de F. Richard Jones (1929, avec Ronald Colman et Claud Allister), C'est pour toujours d'Henry Hathaway (1934, avec Gary Cooper et Carole Lombard), La Lettre de William Wyler (1940, avec Bette Davis et Herbert Marshall), ou encore Japanese War Bride de King Vidor (1952, avec Shirley Yamaguchi et Don Taylor).
En outre, pour la télévision américaine, il apparaît dans cinq séries de 1954 à 1960, dont Alfred Hitchcock présente (deux épisodes, 1958-1959).
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The Night Walker (1964)
, 1h26Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Judi Meredith, Lloyd Bochner
Roles Gardener
Rating63%
The film chronicles the ordeal of Irene Trent (Stanwyck), who is unhappily married to a blind, pathologically possessive millionaire inventor, Howard Trent (Rorke). Howard and Irene's palatial mansion is packed with an endless assortment of cuckoo clocks, all in perfect synchronization, and Howard tape records all conversations in the house for later reference, hoping to catch Irene plotting an illicit liaison.
Japanese War Bride (1952)
, 1h31Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Cameron Mitchell, Marie Windsor, James Bell, Philip Ahn
Roles Japanese servant
Rating65%
The film tells the story of a wounded Korean War veteran, Jim Sterling (Don Taylor), who returns to his California home with his Japanese wife. The couple had met and fallen in love in a Japanese hospital where Tae Shimizu (Shirley Yamaguchi) was working as a nurse. Back in America, the two face racism and bigotry from their neighbors and family, particularly their sister-in-law, Fran (Marie Windsor).
Task Force (1949)
, 1h56Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Noir, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Bruce Bennett
Roles un délégué japonais
Rating65%
As a 1917 graduate of the Naval Academy, Naval Aviator Jonathan L. "Scotty" Scott (Gary Cooper) spends 28 years, from 1921 to 1949, promoting U.S. Naval Aviation and the power of the aircraft carrier. During that period, he antagonizes powerful people in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Congress, and marries Mary Morgan (Jane Wyatt), the widow of a fellow flier who died in a crash during a carrier takeoff aboard the USS Langley. Throughout, Scott has the help and friendship of his mentor and superior officer, Pete Richard (Walter Brennan).
Tokyo Joe (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Sessue Hayakawa, Alexander Knox, Teru Shimada, Florence Marly, Harold Goodwin
Rating62%
After World War II, ex-serviceman Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart) returns to Tokyo to see if there is anything left of his pre-war bar and gambling joint ("Tokyo Joe's") after all the bombing. Amazingly, it is more or less intact and being run by his old friend Ito (Teru Shimada). Joe is shocked to learn from Ito that his wife Trina (Florence Marly), who he thought had died in the war, is still alive. Believing her to be dead, Joe inadvertently deserts her and she has divorced Joe and is now married to Mark Landis (Alexander Knox), a lawyer working in the U.S. Occupation HQ. She has a seven-year-old child, Joe's daughter Anya (Lora Lee Michel), born when Trina was in an internment camp after Joe's departure from Japan just before Pearl Harbor.
Tokyo Joe (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Stuart Heisler
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Marly, Jerome Courtland, Gordon Jones
Rating62%
L'action du film se déroule dans le contexte du Japon d'après-guerre. Joe Barrett retourne à Tokyo où il tenait un bar, le Tokyo Joe's.
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
, 2h21Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn
Roles un chinois
Rating67%
In the 1840s, on an island in the English Channel, two sisters, Marguerite (Donna Reed) and Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn), fall in love with the same man, William Ozanne (Richard Hart).
Sundown (1941)
, 1h30Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey, Joseph Calleia, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Kuypens' Shenzi Aide (uncredited)
Rating57%
Près de Nairobi, durant la seconde guerre mondiale, une garnison commandée par Crawford, que vient renforcer Coombes, est aux prises avec des tribus armées par les Allemands. Crawford reçoit la visite d'une métisse, Zia, accompagnée d'un trafiquant d'armes. En voulant les rejoindre, Crawford est fait prisonnier. Il est libéré par Coombes qui sera tué. Crawford épousera Zia.
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan, Jr., William Benedict, Louise Currie, Bryant Washburn, John Davidson
Roles Chan Lai
Rating71%
During an archaeological expedition to Siam's volcanic Valley of the Tombs to find the lost secret of the Scorpion Kingdom, a device of great power, the Golden Scorpion, is discovered hidden inside a sealed crypt. While examining it, the device's quartz lenses are aligned and powerful energy beam erupts, causing an explosion, resealing the crypt. This allows young radio broadcaster and expedition member Billy Batson, who obeyed the warning on the crypt's seal not to enter, to be chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam. The wizard grants Billy the powers of Captain Marvel whenever he repeats the wizard's name. Captain Marvel's powers can only be used to protect those in danger from the curse of the Golden Scorpion. The crypt's entrance is quickly cleared, then Captain Marvel utters "Shazam"! and quickly resumes his Billy Batson alter ego.
They Met in Bombay (1941)
, 1h29Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Political films, Heist films
Actors Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph, Reginald Owen, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles le second du capitaine Chang
Rating65%
Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) and Anya von Duren (Rosalind Russell) are a pair of rival jewel thieves at large in India. Both parties are after the same prize, a priceless diamond owned by the Duchess of Beltravers (Jessie Ralph). To inveigle their way into the Duchess' confidence, Gerald poses as a Lloyd's of London detective, while Anya pretends to be an aristocrat. After working at cross purposes, they decide to team up, keeping one step ahead of a diligent police inspector (Matthew Boulton) and mercenary freighter captain Chang (Peter Lorre). Both Gerald (joining the Winnipeg Grenadiers) and Anya betray the nobler sides of their natures in the end, fighting in a pitched battle in Hong Kong against the invading Japanese army.
The Letter (1940)
, 1h35Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Gale Sondergaard, Cecil Kellaway, Bruce Lester
Roles Head Boy
Rating74%
On a moonlit, tropical night, the native workers are asleep in their outdoor barracks. A shot is heard; the door of a house opens and a man stumbles out of it, followed by a woman who calmly shoots him several more times, the last few while standing over his body. The woman is Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis), the wife of a British rubber plantation manager in Malaya; the man whom she shot her manservant recognizes as Geoff Hammond, a well-regarded member of the European community. Leslie tells the servant to send for her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall), who is working at one of the plantations. Her husband returns, having summoned his attorney and a British police inspector. Leslie tells them that Geoff Hammond "tried to make love to me" and that she killed him to save her honor.
The Real Glory (1939)
, 1h35Directed by Henry Hathaway, Stuart Heisler, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford, Kay Johnson
Roles Alipang
Rating64%
In 1906, Alipang (Tetsu Komai) and his Muslim Moro guerrillas are terrorizing the people of the Philippine island of Mindanao, raiding villages, killing the men, and carrying off the women and children for slaves. Instead of maintaining garrisons indefinitely to protect the Filipinos, the U.S. army tests out a new tactic at Fort Mysang. The army detachment is replaced by a handful of officers – Colonel Hatch (Roy Gordon), Captains Manning (Russell Hicks) and Hartley (Reginald Owen), and Lieutenants McCool (David Niven) and Larsen (Broderick Crawford) - who are to train the native Philippine Constabulary to take over the burden. Army doctor Lieutenant Canavan (Gary Cooper) is sent along to keep them healthy. They are welcomed by a skeptical Padre Rafael (Charles Waldron).
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Henry O'Neill, Patric Knowles, James Stephenson
Roles Lem Kee (uncredited)
Rating60%
History is Made at Night (1937)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Borzage, Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Charles Boyer, Colin Clive, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Frank Borzage, Ivan Lebedeff
Rating72%
Irene Vail (Jean Arthur) decides to divorce her husband, the rich ship owner Bruce Vail (Colin Clive), after he falsely accuses her of having an affair. Bitterly jealous and possessive of Irene, Vail learns that he can prevent the divorce from being finalized if he can provide evidence that she has been involved with another man within six months of filing for divorce. Vail pays his driver, Michael (Ivan Lebedeff), to go to Irene's hotel room in Paris and pretend to be her lover, with the intention of having a private detective catch them in a compromising position. However, an unknown man overhears Irene's startled cry upon finding Michael in her room. A struggle ensues when the man defends Irene against Michael's unwanted advances, and ends with Michael on the floor, unconscious. When Vail and the detective burst into the room, the man threatens them with a gun, demands Irene's jewelry, and takes Irene hostage.
The Singing Marine (1937)
, 1h45Directed by Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Lee Dixon, Hugh Herbert, Jane Darwell, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston
Roles Chang
Rating58%
West of Shanghai (1937)
, 1h4Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Boris Karloff, Beverly Roberts, Ricardo Cortez, Gordon Oliver, Sheila Bromley, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff
Roles Général Ma
Rating59%
On a train bound for lawless northern China, businessman Gordon Creed (Ricardo Cortez) encounters acquaintance Myron Galt and his attractive daughter Lola (Sheila Bromley). Galt is on his way to foreclose on a very promising oilfield built up by Jim Hallet (Gordon Oliver). Creed, on the other hand, wants to offer Hallet enough money to pay off his loan from Galt (for a tidy share of the oilfield).