- Gendai-geki (現代劇) is a
genre of film and
television or
theater play in ****an.
Unlike the jidai-geki
genre of
period dramas,
whose stories are set in the...
- jidai-geki
genre of
period dramas,
whose stories are set in the Edo period,
gendaigeki stories are
contemporary dramas set in the
modern world.
Lists of historical...
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samurai leave unsaid... Each of Kurosawa's
later jidaigeki, and many of his
gendaigeki as well,
would use
characters of
different castes and
classes to achieve...
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before eventually going freelance. He
appeared in over 250 films, both
gendaigeki and jidaigeki, by
directors such as Yasujirō Ozu,
Kenji Mizoguchi, Sadao...
- May 1985) was a ****anese film
actor most
famous for
starring roles in
gendaigeki of the
silent era.
Suzuki was born in
Tokyo and was a
championship swimmer...
- 1897 – 20 May 1985) was a ****anese film
director most
famous for his
gendaigeki of the
silent era. Born in
Kumamoto Prefecture and
graduating from Tokyo...
- cut back. The Pure Film
Movement was
central in the
development of the
gendaigeki and scriptwriting. New
studios established around 1920, such as Shochiku...
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social prejudice,
films about contemporary subjects eventually were
called gendaigeki in
opposition to
historical jidaigeki by the 1920s, even
though shinpa...
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films of
jidaigeki stars like Tsumasaburō Bandō and Kanjūrō
Arashi or
gendaigeki stars such as
Takako Irie. For a time,
directors such as
Kenji Mizoguchi...
- ****an New
Directors Award in 1966 for
Yakuza (893) gurentai, the
first gendaigeki shot at Tōei's
Kyoto studio. He
directed such po****r film
series as Kogarashi...
