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Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (The Street Fighter, 1974)

"But don't worry, Mutaguchi, there's an evil code of conduct - and I'm very tight-lipped."

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Toshiaki Tsushima - TOEI FUNK

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Toshiaki Tsushima

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Last week was James Hiroyuki Liao’s (Toshiaki’s voice actor from “Frankenweenie” ) birthday - February 6th. 

As I looked up on Wikipedia, James Hiroyuki Liao was in most crime shows, such as “Unforgettable” (which I didn’t watch but saw a clip for James’ role). He was in a game, “Ghost of Tsushima” (which I never played, but look at the walkthrough videos soon), as a character, Kenji. As I was watching the clips, Kenji almost sounded like Toshiaki. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALeoB2-C5I

But all I know was that he was well-known for the voice of Toshiaki in “Frankenweenie.” Even though I’m not a fan of Toshiaki because of his personality (especially stealing Victor F’s ideas), James did a good job for voicing this competitive character. 

Happy late-Birthday to James Hiroyuki Liao. 

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity Collection Soundtrack Toshiaki Tsushima 1975

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Toshiaki Tsushima – Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Soundtrack Collection（1995）

　やくざ社会を鋭利に切り取った実録映画シリーズ深作欣二監督『仁義なき戦い』のサントラ。音楽担当は津島利章、多い時で年間420曲も作曲しており、譜面は手元に残さず「忘れる事も仕事」と云う。やくざ映画は友人に教えてもらい映画に最もひきこまれたのがこの『仁義なき戦い』だった。まず俳優の顔立ちや目つきが現代と全く別物だった事にドキドキと総毛立つ。同じ人間だとは到底思えない程。それは苦労の連続から顔は強張るのかと思う。さらに俳優達は獣性の身ごなしで一触即発のスリルや緊張感がある。画面の粗さからか土臭さや汗臭さは増し、より獣の臭いがした。他のやくざ映画では『まむしの兄弟』、『関東テキヤ一家』、『網走番外地』、『緋牡丹博徒』、『現代やくざ』などのシリーズ物から単発物ベスト3をあげるなら『北陸代理戦争』、『県警対組織暴力』、『大阪電撃作戦』。今から12,3年前まだレンタルビデオ屋にビデオテープでギリギリ残っていたがその一年後ぐらいには全て処分された。俳優では若山富三郎、菅原文太、松方弘樹、渡瀬恒彦、安藤昇とやくざ映画には好きな俳優が多い。何故か高倉健は別枠の感あり、好きですが。

https://youtu.be/mo5Zws32OdM

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津島利章「惑星大戦争」オリジナルサウンドトラック（THE WAR IN SPACE Soundtrack by TOSHIAKI TSUSHIMA）（CINEMA-KAN 2CD） 数多くの特撮映画や怪奇映画の音源を発掘し、CDをリリースしてきたdiskunionのCINEMA-KANレーベルから2月19日にリリースされた、福田純監督「惑星大戦争（THE WAR IN SPACE）」（東宝1977）の音源を収録した2枚組CD。 東宝の着ぐるみ特撮を一気に過去のものにした「STAR WARS」が世界中を席巻していた時に本家東宝がSTAR WARS人気に便乗して公開した脱力感満載のOLD特撮MOVIEです。 出演者はというと、千葉県知事の森田健作に沖雅也、プレイボーイや平凡パンチのグラビアで燻っていたブレイク前の浅野ゆう子、仮面ライダーV3の宮内洋、東宝特撮に結構出ていた池部良、芹沢博士の平田昭彦と豪華な顔ぶれです。 DVDも出ていますので、是非ご覧になってて下さい。3枚目はCD���DVDのツーショットです。 #thewarinspace #toshiakitsushima #dotengo #tokusatsu #tohotokusatsu #惑星大戦争 #津島利章 #轟天号 #東宝特撮 #cinemakan https://www.instagram.com/p/B8xF14Tn4ib/?igshid=e8d53exmojq6

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Toshiaki Tsushima - The Street Fighter

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Oh, and hey, just in case Arrow Video hasn’t already made your day by posting the cover art for Unchained Melody: The Films Of Meiko Kaji, today they also announced via Twitter that they’ll be releasing a box set of the three New Battles Without Honor And Humanity films.

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) appears in the second of these, Head Of The Boss (新仁義なき戦い 組長の首). All three filmes were directed by Kinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二) and star Bunta Sugawara (菅原 文太).

Here are the details:

In the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku’s five-film Battles Without Honor and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan, and kicked off a boom in realistic, modern yakuza films based on true stories. Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series, Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director’s chair for this unconnected, follow-up trilogy of films, each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate, but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan.

In the first film, Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub’s Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.

In the second entry, The Boss’s Head, Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo’s Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance.

And in Last Days of the Boss, Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members, Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals, but a suspicious relationship with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw: Gangster VIP) taints his relationship with his fellow gang members.

Making their English-language home video debut in this limited edition set, the New Battles Without Honor and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku’s career and his later exploration of other genres. Each one is also a top-notch crime action thriller: hard-boiled, entertaining, and distinguished by Fukasaku’s directorial genius, funky musical scores by composer Toshiaki Tsushima, and the onscreen power of Toei’s greatest yakuza movie stars.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• High Definition digital transfers of all three films • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Original uncompressed mono audio • New optional English subtitle translation for all three films • Beyond the Films: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity, a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane • New Stories, New Battles and Closing Stories, two new interviews with screenwriter Koji Takada, about his work on the second and third films in the trilogy • Original theatrical trailers for all three films • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist • Illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing on the films, the yakuza genre and Fukasaku’s career, by Stephen Sarrazin, Tom Mes, Hayley Scanlon, Chris D. and Marc Walkow

Currently set for release on July 17.

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Okayama University Research: Improving the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

OKAYAMA, Japan, June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In a recent study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology researchers at Okayama University report a method to identify specific cases of pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common causes of mortality worldwide. A new class of drugs which combat the condition, immune-checkpoint inhibitors, has recently emerged. Immune-checkpoint inhibitors, such as atezolizumab or avelumab, bind to a protein called as PD-L1 found on the pancreatic cancer cells of certain patients. However, correctly identifying patients with PD-L1 remains a challenge for oncologists. Such a diagnosis can help clinicians identify PD-L1-positive patients so that checkpoint inhibitor therapy can be initiated early-on. Researchers at Okayama University recently investigated a technique to diagnose this subgroup of patients.

A common, minimally-invasive method to diagnose cancer is fine needle aspiration (FNA). FNA is an advanced technique that involves sliding a thin needle through the skin to suck out suspected cancerous tissue, which is subsequently tested in the laboratory for cancer markers. Professor Hiroyuki Okada and Assistant Professor Kazuyuki Matsumoto’s research team sought out to gauge whether FNA is advanced enough to help detect the presence of PD-L1. Cancer patients often undergo surgery to have their cancerous mass removed. The study was conducted on such patients who had also previously undergone FNA for diagnosis. Analyzing surgically-removed cancerous tissues often gives the most accurate depiction of their characteristics. Therefore, the cancerous tissue resected during surgery and during FNA were analyzed under a microscope for the presence or absence of PD-L1, and both results were compared. If a patient’s tissue contained > 5% or >10% of PD-L1, that patient was considered PD-L1 positive. As the results, approximately half of the patients with PD-L1 expression positive and almost all of patients with PD-L1 expression negative could be diagnosed on FNA specimens.

This study reports the usefulness of identifying PD-L1 at the time of diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and shows that FNA can prove to be a useful method in facilitating this diagnosis. “These results have potential utility in the field of precision medicine for patients with pancreatic cancer”, conclude the researchers. Such an accurate diagnosis, if performed early on, can help oncologists provide customized treatment to patients and greatly improve their chances of survival.

Background

The PD-1–PD-L1 axis: PD-1 is a protein found on T-cells, or the safe-keeping cells, in the human body. Normal cells in the body express a protein called as PD-L1, which binds to PD-1 and deactivates the T-cells. Several types of cancer cells have also devised a mechanism to express PD-L1, thereby bypassing the surveillance of T-cells and safeguarding themselves from attack. Drugs such as checkpoint inhibitors can deactivate the PD-L1 protein so that the cancer cells are not safe anymore.

Reference

Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toshiaki Ohara, Masayoshi Fujisawa, Akinobu Takaki, Masahiro Takahara, Noriyuki Tanaka, Hironari Kato, Shigeru Horiguchi, Ryuichi Yoshida, Yuzo Umeda, Soichiro Fushimi, Takahito Yagi, Akihiro Matsukawa, Hiroyuki Okada. The relationship between the PD-L1 expression of surgically resected and fine-needle aspiration specimens for patients with pancreatic cancer. Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019 Apr 29.

DOI : 10.1007/s00535-019-01586-6.

Okayama University Medical Research Updates （OU-MRU）

Vol.1：Innovative non-invasive ‘liquid biopsy’ method to capture circulating tumor cells from blood samples for genetic testing

Vol.67：Technology to rapidly detect cancer markers for cancer diagnosis

About Okayama University

Okayama University is one of the largest comprehensive universities in Japan with roots going back to the Medical Training Place sponsored by the Lord of Okayama and established in 1870. Now with 1,300 faculty and 13,000 students, the University offers courses in specialties ranging from medicine and pharmacy to humanities and physical sciences. Okayama University is located in the heart of Japan approximately 3 hours west of Tokyo by Shinkansen.

Website: http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/index_e.html 

Further information Okayama University 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka , Kita-ku , Okayama 700-8530, Japan Public Relations Division E-mail: www-adm[at]adm.okayama-u.ac.jp  Website: http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/index_e.html  Okayama Univ. e-Bulletin: http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/ 

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Toshiaki Tsushima - Yakuza Papers (Battles Without Honor & Humanity Soundtrack)

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Toshiaki Tsushima - Army of the Apes (Record Full Size)

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Toshiaki Tsushima

Yakuza Papers

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Toshiaki Tsushima - Title Theme

The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy | Released: 1978

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Ongaku 70: Vintage Psychedelia in Japan - 10 - Toshiaki Tsushima - Ape S...