[memories]

I regret to inform you I’m #ryuji harada trash.

[tsurumiluva]

[alkhawarizmi]

(original post on x/twitter. loosely translated by me)

"​this is our first time working together. it’s no exaggeration to say i took this job just because i'd get to do a fight scene with tachi-san. i mean, i got to see him holding his sword from the best seat in the house, right? even though the camera was at an angle, i was watching from right in front of him thinking, 'man, he’s so cool!'

— kazuki kitamura on hiroshi tachi

he really meant every word… and honestly same, tachi-san is just that cool 😆

[alkhawarizmi]

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from KIBAKICHI SFX MAKING + PANEL DISCUSSION at HMV SHIBUYA (2003)

[incurablyromanticsblog]

Happy Mifune Monday!

1953’s Motion Picture Times included Toshiro Mifune in its Faces of Film.

The photo of Mifune is captioned:

Toshiro Mifune (actor)

Impressive. A brilliant selection.

It was Akira Kurosawa who truly "knew" this man—Toshiro Mifune. One might say, one man knew another. Kurosawa sent Mifune into the world with his own screenplay, "The End of the Silver Mountains," entrusted to his protégé, Senkichi Taniguchi, and then completely mastered him with "Drunken Angel." Mifune lived within the presence of this great director who knew him so well, while simultaneously being under his control.

Mifune's Zatopek-esque rise could be attributed to his talent, luck, or even sheer fortune. Of course, even today, when he's considered a great star, his acting ability is still far from being unquestionable. His nasal low voice still doesn't register on Japanese recording equipment. However, he has an oblivion that transcends these limitations. Behind the oblivion is humor. In other words, he's human. That's what Kurosawa recognized in him.

The fine young man is reportedly heading to Italy. Let us bless his new journey and see how his humor will blossom.

[fishbphotography]

Hornbill lights

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

[easterndelights]

Ryuichi Sakamoto in Otoko no Shouzou (1981) Photographed by Koichi Inakoshi

[alkhawarizmi]

L'ARC-EN-CIEL

[ithurtstolookatwhatitusedtobe]

Tetsuya Bessho

「あの日に帰りたい」 Fuji TV

1993/01/11～1993/03/22

[ithurtstolookatwhatitusedtobe]

B'z ‣ LIVE GYM Pleasure '93 "JAP THE RIPPER"

[hikarisbeam]

The darkness of the night is like a neighborhood you don't know. Until the light has returned, sleep on your mother's chest.

Fallen Angel (2012)

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[alkhawarizmi]

learning that yasuharu hasebe told shun sugata he played villains well during abunai deka and suddenly a lot of his later filmography makes sense #

[girljeremystrong]

[juliesresort]

Julie Rock'n' Tour posters:

[iamtomhiddles]

[ithurtstolookatwhatitusedtobe]

男闘呼組, 1991