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English: His father was famous as a poet, and wrote the lyrics of the Aioi City Song while working for Harima Dock (current Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries).
Japanese: 父は歌人としても有名で、播磨造船（現・石川島播磨重工業）に勤めるかたわら、相生市歌を作詞した。
English: He applied for a position as assistant director of Shochiku, and he failed the physical exam, although he made high scores on the written exam.
Japanese: 松竹の助監督応募に募集し、筆記試験では高得点をとるが、身体検査でおとされる。
English: Seijun SUZUKI, the examiner at this time, suggested that he take the Nikkatsu employment exam with Yamada, but he didn't pass and Yamada did.
Japanese: その時の試験官だった鈴木清順に誘われ、日活の入社試験を山田と共に受け、不合格となり、山田は合格する。
English: However, because Yamada was accepted as a backup candidate by Shochiku, he was able to be a backup for Nikkatsu as well, and he joined the company as an assistant director in 1954.
Japanese: しかし、山田が松竹に補欠合格したため、日活に補欠合格することができ、1954年に助監督として入社。
English: In 1962, he made his debut as a director with "Kyupora no aru machi" (Foundry Town), based on Chiyo HAYAFUNE's novel, and featuring Sayuri YOSHINAGA.
Japanese: 1962年、早船ちよ原作、吉永小百合主演の『キューポラのある街』で監督デビューする。
English: This film, depicting the life of poor youngsters living in a foundry town, won great popularity and gained a high reputation, receiving the New Director Award from the Directors Guild of Japan and the second prize in the top ten of Kinema Junpo (academic film magazine).
Japanese: 鋳物の町に暮らす貧しい若者の生き方を描いたこの作品は大好評となり、日本映画監督協会新人賞、キネマ旬報ベストテン第2位など高い評価を受けた。
English: In 1963, he made "Hiko Shojo" (Bad Girl) featuring Masako IZUMI, and it received the Moscow International Film Festival Golden Prize.
Japanese: 1963年には和泉雅子主演の『非行少女』を撮り、モスクワ国際映画祭金賞を受賞。
English: He left Nikkatsu after making "Watashi ga suteta onna" (The Girl I Abandoned), an attempt at experimental direction based on Shusaku ENDO's novel, and he directed "Seishun no mon" (The Gate of Youth) as Shinobu OTAKE'S debut, "Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen" (The Gate of Youth Part 2) and TV drama "Kiga kaikyo" (Straits of Hunger).
Japanese: 遠藤周作の原作をもとに実験的演出を試みた『わたしが・棄てた・女』を撮ったのち日活を離れ、大竹しのぶのデビュー作となった『青春の門』、『青春の門・自立篇』、テレビドラマ『飢餓海峡』などを演出する。
English: After making several films for children, a cartoon film "Tatsu no ko Taro" (Taro the Dragon Boy) and "Taiyo no ko" (Teda No Fua) based on Kenjiro HAITANI's novel, in 1983 he attracted public attention by releasing "Anshitsu" (Dark Room) featuring Rie KIMURA, an adult movie from Nikkatsu (written as にっかつ instead of 日活 at that time), where he used to belong.
Japanese: アニメーション『龍の子太郎』、灰谷健次郎原作の『太陽の子』と子ども向けの作品が続いたのち、1983年には古巣日活（当時にっかつ）のロマンポルノ作品で、木村理恵主演の『暗室(映画)』を発表して話題を呼ぶ。
English: Though he was expected to produce further great works, he died of cardiac failure in 1985 after finishing "Yumechiyo nikki" (Diary of Yumechiyo) featuring Sayuri YOSHINAGA.
Japanese: さらなる活躍が期待されたが、吉永小百合主演で『夢千代日記』を完成させた1985年、心不全により死去。
English: It is said that Shohei IMAMURA, the host of the funeral, ordered Toshiro ISHIDO to 'keep a close watch because we never know what kind of women come today,' thinking of numerous love affairs Urayama had while alive.
Japanese: 石堂淑朗は葬儀委員長・今村昌平から、生前の浦山の女性遍歴の豊かさから、「今日、どんな女が来るかわからないから、しっかり見張れ」と命じられたという。
English: The episode in which he coached Toshie KOBAYASHI in acting for "Watashi ga suteta onna" at home is especially famous.
Japanese: とくに、『わたしが・棄てた・女』に出演する小林トシエを自宅において特訓したエピソードは有名である。
English: It is said that "Seishun no mon" dissatisfied the author Hiroyuki ITSUKI because of its directional issues.
Japanese: 演出上の問題から、『青春の門』は原作者五木寛之の不満を招いたといわれる。
English: Five out of only nine films in his life won the top 10 of Kinema Junpo, (four out of five if limited to the early years), and he was respected as a great director representing Japanese movies, although he didn't make many.
Japanese: 生涯わずか9本の映画のうち5本がキネマ旬報ベストテンに入賞し（前半に限れば5本中4本）寡作ながら日本映画を代表する名監督としての尊敬を集め続けた。
English: His glory and misery are described in the biography 'Shosetsu Urayama Kirio Natsukusa no michi' (The novel, Kirio URAYAMA, the road of summer grass) by Rikiya TAYAMA.
Japanese: その栄光と悲惨は田山力哉の伝記「小説浦山桐郎　夏草の道」に描かれている。
English: From the mid 1970s, he published a lot of essays that strongly criticized Japanese professional baseball in baseball magazines.
Japanese: 1970年代半ば頃から日本プロ野球を鋭く斬る手記を野球雑誌に多数発表した。
English: His motto was to be active until death, and he always wanted to 'make a dozen films,' but he died after nine films without fulfilling his ambition.
Japanese: 生涯現役が座右の銘で「1ダース映画を撮る。」というのが持論であったという志半ばの9本で終わった。
English: Masaki KOBAYASHI (February 14, 1916 - October 4, 1996) was a prominent film director with a lot of outstanding works including 'Ningen no joken' (The Human Condition), 'Seppuku' (Harakiri) and 'Kaidan' (Ghost Stories).
Japanese: 小林正樹（こばやしまさき、1916年2月14日-1996年10月4日）は「人間の條件」「切腹」「怪談」など多くの代表作を持つ、日本の著名な映画監督である。
English: He joined filming of "Kuwa no mi wa akai" (Mulberries Are Red, directed by Hiroshi SHIMIZU) for a month while in school, at the invitation of Kinuyo TANAKA.
Japanese: 在学中に田中絹代に誘われて映画『桑の實は紅い』（清水宏監督）のロケ現場に1ヶ月参加する。
English: Although he asked Kinuyo TANAKA, his second cousin, to recommend him for the employment exam, she advised him that 'nobody can survive in the movie industry without talent,' and he kept hiding the fact that he was related to Tanaka.
Japanese: 入社試験に際しては、親しい間柄であった田中絹代に紹介を頼んだが、「映画界は実力がなければ通用しない」と諭され、田中の縁者であることを隠し通したという。
English: In the same year, he worked as an assistant director for "Akatsuki no gassho" (Dawn Chorus, directed by Hiroshi SHIMIZU) and "Kaze kaoru niwa" (Garden with Fresh Breeze, directed by Hideo OBA), and then he was called up for military service.
Japanese: 同年、『暁の合唱』（清水宏監督）、『風薫る庭』（大庭秀雄監督）に助監督として就いたのち、応召する。
English: In 1945, he greeted the end of the war in Miyako-jima Island, but he was placed in Kadena Prisoner's Camp in the main island of Okinawa.
Japanese: 20年、宮古島で終戦を迎えるが、労働要員として沖縄本島嘉手納捕虜収容所に収容される。
English: In 1946, he was demobilized and went back to Shochiku Ofuna Studios, and in 1947 he worked as an assistant director for Keisuke KINOSHITA.
Japanese: 21年に復員して、松竹大船撮影所に戻り、22年助監督として木下恵介監督につく。
English: He worked as the chief assistant for 11 films from 'Hakai' (Apostasy) in 1948 to 'Nihon no higeki' (A Japanese Tragedy), and he was called the best pupil of Kinoshita.
Japanese: 23年の「破戒」から「日本の悲劇」まで11作品でチーフを務め、木下門下の優等生と呼ばれた。
English: In 1952, he directed a short film 'Musuko no seishun' (My Son's Youth), and he was officially promoted to a director with 'Magokoro' (Sincerity), the script of which Kinoshita wrote, in 1953.
Japanese: 27年中編「息子の青春」を監督し、28年木下が脚本を手がけた「まごころ」で正式に監督に昇進。
English: Although he directed 'Kabe atsuki heya' (The Thick-Walled Room), a film describing class B/C war criminals imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit, by Kobo ABE's script in the same year, it was held to be released out of consideration to the U.S. (it was released in 1956).
Japanese: 同年安部公房の脚本で無実の罪で投獄されたBC級戦犯を描いた重厚な作品「壁あつき部屋」を監督するが、米国への配慮から公開が見送られた(公開されたのは31年)。
English: Later, his films such as 'Anata kaimasu' (I'll Buy You), which revealed the inside stories of professional baseball, and 'Kuroi kawa' (Black River) in 1957, which described the degeneration of a city with a base, were valued.
Japanese: その後、プロ野球の内幕を暴露した「あなた買います」や、基地の町の退廃を描写した32年「黒い河」などが評価される。
English: With long-term shooting and huge production costs, he made a full-length antiwar film "Ningen no joken" based on Junpei GOMIKAWA's novel, as a huge film in 6 parts with 9 hours 38 minutes, which was released over three years from 1959 to 1961.
Japanese: 長きに渡る撮影期間と莫大な制作費をつぎ込み、34年から36年の3年間かけて公開された五味川純平原作の大長編反戦映画『人間の條件』を映画化し、6部作、9時間38分の超大作に仕上げた。
English: It excellently depicted the massacre by the Japanese army during the war and the adversity of the intellectual soldier resisting it, and defeat, escape and death, and it received a Mainichi Art Prize, Mainichi Film Awards best director award and Venice International Film Festival Prix de Saint-Georges.
Japanese: 戦時中の日本軍の暴虐と、それに反抗したインテリ兵の逆境と敗戦、逃亡、死を見事に描ききり、毎日芸術賞、毎日映画コンクール監督賞、ベネチア国際映画祭サン・ジョルジュ賞を受賞する。
English: Moreover, in 1962, his first period drama 'Seppuku' by Shinobu HASHIMOTO's, which he himself described as 'the densest among my films' received a Jury Special Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Japanese: さらに37年橋本忍の脚本を得、自身でも「自作の中で最も密度が高い」と豪語した初の時代劇「切腹」でカンヌ国際映画祭審査員特別賞を受賞。
English: Next, his first color motion picture, 'Kaidan,' which was based on Yakumo KOIZUMI's novel and adapted to film in an omnibus style, was a huge film of three hours that created an unearthly fantasy world, received another Jury Special Prize from the Cannes International Film Festival, and was then nominated for the Academy Awards, Best Foreign Film, and highly praised as one of the best Japanese films ever.
Japanese: 続いて小泉八雲の原作をオムニバス方式で映画化した初のカラー作品「怪談」は3時間の大作で、この世のものとは思えぬ幻想的な世界を作り上げ、二度目のカンヌ国際映画祭審査員特別賞を受けた他、アカデミー賞外国語映画賞にノミネートされ、日本映画史上屈指の名作と絶賛された。
English: The shooting was done in an abandoned car warehouse, where the stage and grand-scale set were built, and Shigemasa TODA, in charge of art, had his flashes of brilliance in pictures including the sky drawn on the horizon, and Toru TAKEMITSU, in charge of music, fully produced the sound effects as if they were a duet with the picture and acting.
Japanese: 撮影は廃屋となっていた自動車倉庫にステージを設け大規模なセットを組んで行われ、ホリゾントに描かれた空の絵などに、美術を担当した戸田重昌の才気が光り、武満徹による音楽は、画や演技との掛け合いを行う音響のような効果を存分に発揮。
English: Due to the large scale set, long term shooting and large team of 800 staff and cast, the production costs ballooned and the independent studio "Ninjin kurabu" (Carrot club), which produced lots of blockbuster films, went bankrupt under the burden of huge debts.
Japanese: 大規模なセット、長期に亘る撮影、スタッフ・キャストほか800名にもおよぶ大編成のため、製作費が大幅に膨らみ、多くのヒット作を世に送ってきた独立プロダクション『にんじんくらぶ』は、多額の負債を抱えて倒産するという憂き目に合う。
English: In 1967 he directed 'Joiuchi Hairyo tsuma shimatsu' (Samurai Rebellion), his first film for Mifune Productions, which received a Venice International Film Festival FIPRESCI prize and was chosen as the best film in the top 10 of Kinema Junpo (academic film magazine).
Japanese: 42年三船プロ第一作となる「上意討ち拝領妻始末」を監督して、ヴェネチア国際映画祭批評家連盟賞を受賞、キネマ旬報ベストテンでも1位となった。
English: In 1968 he turned freelance after 'Nihon no seishun' (Hymn to a Tired Man), and in 1969 he formed 'Yonki no kai' (Team Four Riders) with Akira KUROSAWA, Keisuke KINOSHITA and Kon ICHIKAWA.
Japanese: 43年「日本の青春」のあとフリーとなり、44年には黒澤明、木下恵介、市川崑とともに四騎の会を結成。
English: In 1971 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award as one of the world's 10 greatest directors at the 25th anniversary of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Japanese: 46年にはカンヌ国際映画祭で25周年記念として世界10大監督の一人として功労賞を受賞。
English: From that year forward, he released popular films including 'Inochi bo ni furo' (At the Risk of My Life) directed with Haiyuza Theatre Company, Film and Broadcast Production, and 'Kaseki' (The Fossil) based on Yasushi INOUE's full-length novel and produced at the same time as the television version in 1975.
Japanese: 同年から俳優座映画放送製作「いのちぼうにふろう」を監督や井上靖の長編小説をテレビドラマ化と同時に映画も製作した50年の「化石」などといった話題作を発表。
English: In 1982 he finished a full-length documentary film 'Tokyo Saiban' (Tokyo Trial), which took about 5 years to piece together from films stored in the U.S. Defense Department, and domestic and international news footage.
Japanese: 57年には足掛け5年の歳月をかけて米国国防省の保管フィルムや内外のニュース映像などをつなぎ合わせ、長編記録映画「東京裁判」を完成させた。
English: Although he planned the movie project of 'Dun-Huang' based on Yasushi INOUE's novel and finished its script during this period, he had to give it up due to a disagreement over policy with Yasuyoshi TOKUMA, president of the new Daiei film company.
Japanese: この間、井上靖原作の「敦煌」の映画企画を長年温め、脚本も完成していたが、製作を決定した新生大映社長の徳間康快とのあいだで方針の食い違いを生じ、断念せざるをえなかった。
English: In 1985 he directed 'Shokutaku no nai ie' (Family Without a Dinner Table) featuring the United Red Army Incident based on Fumiko ENCHI's novel.
Japanese: 60年円地文子原作の連合赤軍事件を題材にした「食卓のない家」を監督。
English: In 1985, when Kobayashi himself fell sick, he hurried to establish the Tanaka Kinuyo Award in the Mainichi Film Awards, to be given to an actress contributing to the development of Japanese movies.
Japanese: 1985年に小林自身が病気で倒れた際には急遽、彼の働きで毎日映画コンクールに田中絹代賞が創設され、日本映画界の発展に貢献した女優に授与されることとなった。
English: In his later years he worked on a film biography of Yaichi AIZU, his teacher in college, but on October 4, 1996, he died of cardiac infarction at home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.
Japanese: 晩年は大学時代の恩師会津八一の伝記映画の準備をしていたが、1996年10月4日、心筋梗塞のため東京都世田谷区の自宅で死去。
English: Shinobu HASHIMOTO (April 18, 1918 -) is a screenwriter and film director who was active during the Showa period.
Japanese: 橋本忍（はしもとしのぶ、1918年4月18日-）は、昭和期の脚本家、映画監督。
English: He was born in Tsurui-mura, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo Prefecture (currently Tsurui, Ichikawa-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo Prefecture).
Japanese: 兵庫県神崎郡(兵庫県)鶴居村（現・神崎郡(兵庫県)市川町鶴居）に生まれる。
English: After graduating from junior high school, he was drafted into the army in 1938 but developed military tuberculosis and spent time recuperating.
Japanese: 中学校卒業後、1938年に応召したものの、粟粒性結核に罹り、療養生活に入る。
English: After Itami's death, his widow gave the script that Hashimoto's had initially given to her husband to Saeki who in turn passed it on to Akira KUROSAWA.
Japanese: 伊丹死後、寡婦が伊丹の手元にあった橋本脚本を佐伯に渡し、黒澤明がそれを譲り受ける。
English: Kurosawa focused on the "Yabu no Naka" adaptation and, acting on his advice, Hashimoto completed an adaptation of another Akutagawa's short novel "Rashomon" (Rasho-mon Gate).
Japanese: 黒澤は『藪の中』の脚色作品に注目、黒澤の助言により芥川の同じ短編小説『羅生門(小説)』も加えて完成。
English: Based on this adaption, Kurosawa's "Rashomon" (film) was released in the following year of 1950 and Shinobu HASHIMOTO made his screenwriting debut.
Japanese: この脚本を基に、翌1950年に黒澤が演出した映画『羅生門(映画)』が公開され、橋本忍は脚本家としてデビュー。
English: This film was showered with accolades and received the Grand Prix at the Venice International Film Festival.
Japanese: 同作品はヴェネチア国際映画祭グランプリを受賞するなど高い評価を受けた。
English: As a member of the Kurosawa-gumi (production team) screenwriting group, he co-wrote screenplays including those for "Ikiru" (To Live) and "Shichinin no Samurai" (Seven Samurai) with Hideo OGUNI.
Japanese: 以後、黒澤組のシナリオ集団の一人として、小国英雄とともに『生きる(映画)』、『七人の侍』などの脚本を共同で執筆する。
English: However, his participation in Kurosawa's films ended in 1960 with "Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru" (The Bad Sleep Well) returning only once 10 years later to work on "Dodesukaden."
Japanese: しかし黒澤映画への参加は60年の『悪い奴ほどよく眠る』で終わっており、あとはその10年後に『どですかでん』で一度だけ復帰しているのみである。
English: The reason he gave for leaving the Kurosawa-gumi was that 'no matter how much he contributed to a Kurosawa film, it was only director Kurosawa who received credit.'
Japanese: この黒澤組からの離脱理由に「どんなに自分が黒澤映画へ貢献しても結局、黒澤監督一人の手柄となるから。」としている。
English: Although this was not sour grapes on his part, since Hashimoto went on to become famous as one of Japan's principal screenwriters.
Japanese: しかし、この離脱理由が負け惜しみとならないほど、その後、橋本は日本を代表する脚本家の一人として名声を高める事となる。
English: He successively worked on screenplays for major projects including "Mahiru no Ankoku" (Darkness at Noon), "Harikomi" (Stakeout), "Zero no Shoten" (Zero Focus), "Seppuku" (Harakiri), "Kiri no Hata" (Flag in the Mist), "Joi-Uchi" (Samurai Rebellion), "Shiroi Kyoto" (The White Tower), "Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi" (Japan's Longest Day), and "Nihon Chinbotsu" (Japan Sinks); and was highly praised for his ability to write logical and solid pieces.
Japanese: 代表作に挙げられる『真昼の暗黒』、『張込み』、『ゼロの焦点』、『切腹』、『霧の旗』、『上意討ち』、『白い巨塔(映画)』、『日本のいちばん長い日』、『日本沈没』などの大作の脚本を次々と手がけ、論理的で確固とした構成力が高い評価を得る。
English: In 1958, he wrote the script for the drama "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" (I'd Rather Be a Shellfish) which was included in the KRT (Kabushikigaisha Radio Tokyo, now the Tokyo Broadcasting Company) Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Japanese: 1958年、KRT（現・東京放送）の芸術祭(文化庁)参加ドラマ『私は貝になりたい』の脚本を手がける。
English: This tragedy portraying a private who failed to stab an American prisoner of war to death after being ordered to do so by his superior officer was executed as a war criminal became very popular and won the Arts Festival award.
Japanese: 上官の命令で、米兵捕虜を刺殺しそこなった二等兵が、戦犯として死刑に処せられる悲劇を描いたこのドラマは、大好評となり、芸術祭賞を受賞した。
English: However, the final will and testament that appeared in the film closely resembled that in Tetsutaro KATO's "Kurueru Senpan Shikeishu" (lit. "Mad War Criminal Condemned") and Kato demanded that he be included in the credits for writing the draft, but Hashimoto rejected this by maintaining that he had referenced it from Shukan Asahi magazine and added as follows.
Japanese: しかし、作品中に登場する遺書が加藤哲太郎による『狂える戦犯死刑囚』のそれと酷似していたことから加藤に原案者としてのクレジットを入れるよう要求されるも、橋本は『週刊朝日』からの引用であると主張し拒否、その上次のように突き放したとされる。
English: Because he later re-broadcasted the film without contacting Kato, Kato submitted a criminal complaint to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office but Hashimoto was not indicted.
Japanese: その後も、加藤に連絡なく再放送が行われたことから、加藤は刑事告訴状を東京地検に提出したが、起訴はされなかった。
English: In 1973, he established 'Hashimoto Productions' to tackle new possibilities for movie production outside the control of distributors.
Japanese: 1973年、これまで配給会社主導で行われていた映画制作の新しい可能性に挑戦するため、「橋本プロダクション」を設立。
English: Figures including Yoshitaro NOMURA from Shochiku, Shiro MORITANI from Toho and Katsumi OYAMA from Tokyo Broadcasting joined the company and provided a breath of fresh air to the film industry.
Japanese: 松竹の野村芳太郎、東宝の森谷司郎、東京放送の大山勝美などが参加し、映画界に新風を吹き込んだ。
English: In 1974, Hashimoto co-wrote the script for 'Hashimoto Productions' first film "Suna no Utsuwa" (Castle of Sand) with Yoji YAMADA
Japanese: 1974年、「橋本プロダクション」の第1作として、山田洋次との共同脚本で『砂の器』を製作。
English: It was a masterpiece that was said to have surpassed the original work by Seicho MATSUMOTO, the original author, and was a major box office success that went on to sweep the film awards of the year.
Japanese: 原作者の松本清張に原作を上回る出来と言わしめる傑作で、興行的にも大成功をおさめ、その年の映画賞を総なめにした。
English: In the following year of 1977, the company released "Hakkodasan" (Mt. Hakkoda), directed by Shiro MORITANI and starring Ken TAKAKURA which was a major hit that broke the distribution records of the time.
Japanese: 続いて1977年に、森谷司郎監督、高倉健主演で『八甲田山(映画)』を発表し、当時の配給記録新記録を打ち立てる大ヒットとなった。
English: This year showed Hashimoto to be a hit film maker of unprecedented greatness when "Yatsuhaka Mura" (Village of the Eight Tombs) (1977 film on which Hashimoto worked as screenwriter) was released by Shochiku only three months later and achieved numbers close to his previous film.
Japanese: 僅か3ヵ月後に松竹で公開された『八つ墓村(1977年の映画)』（脚本担当）もこれに迫る数字をはじき出し、この年の橋本はまさに空前絶後の大ヒットメーカーぶりを示す。
English: However, compared Toho's Kindaichi series which were composed as logical puzzle-solving films, 'Yatsuhaka Mura' exhibited obvious occult tendencies which clearly demonstrated the characteristics of Hashimoto's work.
Japanese: 但し「八つ墓村」は、合理的な謎解き映画として構成された東宝の金田一ものに比べてオカルティズムへの傾斜が顕著であり、橋本の作家的特質を如実に示している。
English: However in 1982, he worked on Toho's 50th anniversary film "Maboroshi no Mizuumi" (Lake of Illusions) as not only a screenwriter but also as producer, original author and director but had the bitter experience of seeing the film being pulled after only one week.
Japanese: しかし1982年、脚本だけでなく製作、原作、監督もこなした東宝創立50周年記念映画『幻の湖』がわずか1週間で興行打ち切りと言う憂き目にあう。
English: He went on to write two more screenplays before entering into virtual retirement partially due to health reasons.
Japanese: その後、二本の脚本を書いた後、体調不良もあり事実上引退した状態であった。
English: However, with the recovery of his health, he released his autobiography "Fukugan no Eizo: Watashi to Kurosawa Akira" (lit. "Multifacet Images: Akira Kurosawa and I") in 2006 in which he wrote of his relationship with Akira KUROSAWA.
Japanese: しかし、体調回復に伴い、2006年に黒澤明との関係を語った自著『複眼の映像私と黒澤明』を発表。
English: In 2008, he rewrote his own screenplay for a theatrical version of "I'd Rather Be a Shellfish" starring Masahiro NAKAI.
Japanese: そして、2008年に中居正広主演でリメイクされることになった劇場版『私は貝になりたい』で、自らの脚本をリライトすることになった。
English: In 2000 the 'Shinobu Hashimoto Memorial Museum' opened in his home town of Ichikawa Town in Hyogo Prefecture.
Japanese: 2000年、故郷である兵庫県市川町に「橋本忍記念館」がオープンした。
English: Due to the many years that he spent working in dark rooms, he suffers from an occupational disease in which he becomes dizzy in the presence of strong light this is taken into account when he appears on television programs.
Japanese: ちなみに、暗い部屋で長年作業をしていた為、強い光に当たると眩暈がする職業病を持ち、番組出演でも配慮される。
English: Heinosuke GOSHO (actual name: Heiemon, January 24, 1902 – May 1, 1981) was a movie director during the Showa Period.
Japanese: 五所平之助（ごしょへいのすけ、本名・平右衛門、1902年1月24日－1981年5月1日）は、昭和期の映画監督。
English: He was born in Nabe-machi, Kanda Ward, Tokyo (currently, 3-chome, Uchikanda, Chiyoda Ward) as the son of a dried foods wholesaler.
Japanese: 東京神田区鍋町（現・千代田区内神田3丁目）に、乾物問屋の息子として生まれる。
English: With the recommendation of his father's friend's son, Yasujiro SHIMAZU, he entered Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1923.
Japanese: 父の友人の息子である島津保次郎の口添えもあり、1923年、松竹蒲田撮影所へ入社する。
English: After serving as Shimazu's assistant director, he made his directorial debut in 1925 with "Nanto no Haru" (lit. "Spring in the Southern Islands"), for which he was also writer and screenwriter.
Japanese: 島津の助監督を経て、1925年、原作、脚本も手がけた『南島の春』で監督デビューした。
English: We went on to successively release works overflowing with humor and rich in lyricism such as "Kanojo" (Girlfriend), "Hazukashii Yume" (Shameful Dream) and "Mura no Hanayome" (Village Bride).
Japanese: 引き続き、『彼女』、『恥しい夢』、『村の花嫁』など、ユーモアあふれたそれでいて叙情性豊かな作品を次々と発表する。
English: This style peaked in "Madamu to Nyobo" (Madame and the Courtesan) which humorously depicted lifestyle of the lower middle class.
Japanese: この作風は、小市民の生活をユーモラスに描いた『マダムと女房』において頂点に達する。
English: "Ikitoshi Ikeru Mono" (lit. "All Living things"), originally written by Yuzo YAMAMOTO, focused strongly on social aspects, and "Shinsetsu" (lit. "New Snow"), filmed during the war, was a box office hit.
Japanese: また、山本有三原作の『生きとし生けるもの』においては社会派的側面を強く打ち出し、戦時中に撮った『新雪』は興行的にも大ヒットとなった。
English: After the war, he released "Entotsu no mieru basho (Where Chimneys Are Seen)," a movie based on Rinzo SHIINA's "Mujaki na hitobito (ingenuous people)." This movie provided a 'new style of laughter.'
Japanese: 戦後になると、椎名麟三の『無邪気な人々』を映画化した『煙突の見える場所』を発表し、「新スタイルの笑い」を提供した。
English: Gosho also created a film adaptation of Yasuko HARADA's bestseller "Banka" (Elegy) starring Yoshiko KUGA, which was a major hit.
Japanese: また、ベストセラーとなった原田康子の『挽歌』を久我美子主演で映画化し、大ヒットさせた。
English: The puppet film "Meiji Haruaki" (Seasons of Meiji) created in cooperation with a Takeda Ningyo doll shop is a well known example of a filmed puppet play.
Japanese: また、竹田人形店の協力によって作られた人形映画『明治はるあき』は本格的な人形映画として有名である。
English: Gosho is also known as a haiku poet who writes under the pseudonym 'Goshotei' as a colleague of 'Mantaro KUBOTA.'
Japanese: 俳人としても知られており、「久保田万太郎」同人として「五所亭」という俳号で活躍した。
English: After dropping out of Rikkyo University, he entered the Tokyo Professional School of Photographic Industry (currently Tokyo Polytechnic University).
Japanese: 立教大学中退後、東京写真工業専門学校（現・東京工芸大学）に入学する。
English: After graduation in 1949, he entered Oizumi Films (currently Toei Movie Studios) as a still photographer, and he won the 1st prize of the 'Kinema Junpo magazine Award for Still pictures' with a still photo he took called "Himeyuri no To" (The Tower of Lilies) of Tadashi IMAI.
Japanese: 卒業後、1949年、太泉映画（現・東映東京撮影所）にスチルマンとして入社し、今井正の『ひめゆりの塔』で「キネマ旬報スチールコンテスト」で一位入賞する。
English: In 1954, he was recruited by Nikkatsu corporation and put in charge of the stills for many films including those of Ko NAKAHIRA, Shohei IMAMURA and Kon ICHIKAWA.
Japanese: 1954年、日活に引き抜かれ、中平康、今村昌平、市川崑など多くの作品のスチルを担当する。
English: However, as he became gradually more disappointed with the disparity between his own image and the finished result, he established 'Koichi SAITO Production Co., Ltd.' using his own private funds in 1967.
Japanese: しかし次第に自身のイメージと作品とのあまりのずれに失望し、1967年、私財を投じて「斎藤プロダクション」を設立する。
English: In 1972, he improved his reputation with "Yakusoku" (The Rendezvous), a film depicting the brief love between a female prisoner on parole played by Keiko KISHI and a burglar played by Kenichi HAGIWARA.
Japanese: 1972年、岸惠子扮する仮釈放の女囚と萩原健一扮する強盗犯との短い恋を描いた『約束』で評価を高めた。
English: Saito released successive films including "Tabi no Omosa" (Journey Into Solitude) and "Tsugaru Jongarabushi" (Jongara) which was included in the Kinema Junpo magazine top ten, making him one of Japan's most renowned directors.
Japanese: 『旅の重さ』、キネマ旬報ベストワンにかがやいた『津軽じょんがら節』と次々と発表し、日本を代表する映画監督のひとりとなる。
English: This movie is based on the true story of the 'Wakkanai Minami Junior High School' which was reported by the media as 'the most troubled school in Japan' at the time, and won first prize in the Zenkoku Minyo Minbu Taikai (National Convention of Folk Songs and Dance).
Japanese: これは、当時「日本一荒れた学校」と報道された「稚内南中学校」が全国民謡民舞大会で日本一になった実話をもとに作られた