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57-451: Hana-bi received critical acclaim and won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice International Film Festival , helping to establish Kitano as an internationally acclaimed filmmaker; the film has developed a cult following . Yoshitaka Nishi is a violent former police detective who had to retire after a tragic accident during a botched arrest in which another detective, Tanaka, was killed by

114-611: A Twilight Zone episode named " Two ". Bronson was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in an episode entitled "Memory in White" of CBS's General Electric Theater . In 1962, acted in the Elvis Presley film Kid Galahad . In 1963, in John Sturges's The Great Escape , Bronson was part of an ensemble cast who played World War II prisoners of war . The film received acclaim. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ,

171-430: A Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent. The very large family slept in shifts in their cold-water shack. The coal car tracks that ran out of the mine's mouth passed just a few yards away. His father, Walter Buchinsky ( né Vladislavas Valteris Paulius Bučinskas/Bučinskis), was a Lipka Tatar from Druskininkai in southern Lithuania . Bronson's mother, Mary (née Valinsky), whose parents were from Lithuania,

228-645: A coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains . Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II . After his service, he joined a theatrical troupe and studied acting. During the 1950s, he played various supporting roles in motion pictures and television, including anthology drama TV series in which he would appear as

285-419: A real life gangster Machine-Gun Kelly premiered, in it Bronson plays the lead. Geoffrey M. Warren of The Los Angeles Times said Bronson makes Kelly "a full, three dimensional human being". In June 1958, Showdown at Boot Hill premiered, where he played the lead. The following July Gang War , started its theatrical run. Bronson plays the lead as a Los Angeles high-school teacher, who witnesses

342-502: A cameo appearance playing a nameless girl flying a kite in the film's closing scenes. The film's title is sometimes listed as " Hana-bi ", " hana-bi " or " Hanabi " on the covers of international DVD releases and other references to the film in the West. However, the official title is actually HANA-BI , fully capitalized, and is used on all Japanese licensed products, including theatrical posters, video covers and OST covers. The soundtrack CD

399-668: A central character in Sydney Pollack 's This Property Is Condemned , based on a Tennessee Williams 's play. Elston Brooks of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said "Bronson has never been better as the embittered boarder". Also that year, Bronson acted in Vincente Minnelli 's The Sandpiper . In 1967, in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen , Bronson was part of an ensemble cast who played GI-prisoners trained for

456-437: A conversation with Nishi, Horibe hints at committing suicide , while adding that he would like to paint but cannot afford to buy himself the necessary materials. After a botched suicide attempt, Horibe receives art supplies mailed to him by Nishi. He then takes up painting and creates surreal works of art, and later in a pointillist style. Nishi buys a second-hand taxicab and repaints it in police colors. He arms himself with

513-521: A film at the Venice Film Festival . The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry 's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a second Golden Lion was introduced; this is an honorary award for people who have made an important contribution to cinema. The prize was introduced in 1949 as the Golden Lion of Saint Mark (which

570-569: A film derived from the television series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. Also that year, he acted in Ken Annakin 's in Battle of the Bulge . That year in television, in the 1965–1966 season, he guest-starred in an episode of The Legend of Jesse James . Bronson was cast as Velasquez, a demolitions expert, in the third-season episode "Heritage" on ABC's WW II drama Combat! . In 1966, Bronson played

627-507: A gangland killing and agrees to testify. Not realizing this will cause retaliation. On October 10, ABC 's series Man with a Camera premiered. Bronson played the lead in which he portrayed Mike Kovac, a freelance crime fighting photographer in New York City. The show lasted two season until 1960. In November, When Hell Broke Loose premiered, where he played the lead . In 1958 on television, Bronson appeared as Butch Cassidy on

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684-832: A mute he took a course in sign language . Ben S. Parker of The Commercial Appeal said "Buchinsky adds mute menace as a deaf-and-dumb assistant to the madman". In the US, the film reach the 4th place on the highest box office of that year and made 23 millions. The Library of Congress selected House of Wax for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2014, deeming it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". That same year, he had roles in The Clown , and Off Limits . In 1954, he appeared in Riding Shotgun , starring Randolph Scott , directed by de Toth. It

741-460: A number of non-action television films in which he acted against type. His last significant role in cinema was a supporting one in a dramatic film, The Indian Runner (1991); his performance in it was praised by reviewers. Bronson was born November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania , a coal mining region in the Allegheny Mountains , north of Johnstown . He was the 11th of 15 children born into

798-526: A revolver and robs a bank dressed as a policeman. Using the money, he pays off the yakuza and gives some to Tanaka's widow. Nishi then leaves with his wife for a road trip. Nakamura learns from Tanaka's widow about the gift and advises her to keep the money. He also learns about the paints for Horibe and soon realizes who committed the robbery. Nakamura and his partner attempt to reach Nishi, eventually tracing his route as he and his wife embark on their trip. Meanwhile, even though Nishi has paid his debt to them,

855-486: A ring with Roy Rogers in Rogers' show Knockout . He appeared on an episode of The Red Skelton Show as a boxer in a skit with Skelton playing "Cauliflower McPugg". He appeared with fellow guest star Lee Marvin in an episode of Biff Baker, U.S.A. , an espionage series on CBS . In 1953, he played Igor the sidekick of Vincent Price in the horror film House of Wax , directed by Andre de Toth . To prepare his role as

912-485: A suicide mission. The Dirty Dozen was a massive commercial success. In its first five days in New York, the film grossed $ 103,849 from 2 theatres. Produced on a budget of $ 5.4 million, it earned theatrical rentals of $ 7.5 million in its first five weeks from 1,152 bookings and 625 prints, one of the fastest-grossing films at the time. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the critics consensus reads, "Amoral on

969-505: A week. Bronson later recounted that he and his brother engaged in dangerous work removing "stumps" between the mines, and that cave-ins were common. The family suffered extreme poverty during the Great Depression , and Bronson recalled going hungry many times. His mother could not afford milk for his younger sister, so she was fed warm tea instead. He said he had to wear his elder sister's dress to school for lack of clothing. Bronson

1026-406: Is "hard to describe to audiences, but all I can say is: Go and see it. It's great." The duo both awarded the film five stars out of five. The film is included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die . The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited the film as one of his 100 favorite films. Golden Lion The Golden Lion ( Italian : Leone d'oro ) is the highest prize given to

1083-735: Is 19th in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills . Also that year he played a villain in Robert Aldrich 's 4 for Texas . On television that year, he co-starred in the series Empire , which lasted one season. Bronson acted in the 1963–64 television season of the ABC Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters . In 1964, Bronson guest-starred in an episode of the Western TV series Bonanza named "The Underdog". In 1965, Bronson acted in Guns of Diablo ,

1140-542: Is considerable geographical diversity in the winners. Eight American filmmakers have won the Golden Lion, with awards for John Cassavetes and Robert Altman (both times the awards were shared with other winners who tied), as well as Ang Lee ( Brokeback Mountain was the first winning US film not to tie), Darren Aronofsky , Sofia Coppola , Todd Phillips , Chloé Zhao , and Laura Poitras . Although prior to 1980, only three of 21 winners were of non-European origin, since

1197-479: Is left, except pure form and impulse." Jaime N. Christley of Slant Magazine gave the film a perfect four star rating. David Stratton of The Movie Show called Hana-bi "an unclassifiable film" and "quite extraordinary," with co-host Margaret Pomeranz stating "I was ultimately so moved by it. It did what cinema is meant to do, for me anyway, and that's take me on a journey that is mine, that ultimately ends up inside me, in my heart." Stratton concluded that Hana-bi

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1254-557: The Japanese home islands . He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle. After the end of World War II, Bronson did odd jobs until a theatrical group in Philadelphia hired him to paint scenery, which led to acting in minor roles. He later shared an apartment in New York City with Jack Klugman , who was an aspiring actor at the time. Eventually, he moved to Hollywood, where he enrolled in acting classes at

1311-619: The Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is regarded as one of the greatest Westerns of all time and one of the greatest films of all time . Leone called Bronson "the greatest actor I ever worked with". Also that year, Bronson acted in Henri Verneuil 's Guns for San Sebastian , and Buzz Kulik 's Villa Rides . He was also set to star in Duck, You Sucker! (1972), but did not work on

1368-730: The Red Scare and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) proceedings, he changed his surname from Buchinsky to Bronson at the suggestion of his agent, who feared that a Russian surname might damage his career. In 1955, Bronson acted in Target Zero , Big House, U.S.A. , and Jubal . That year on television he played a lead in "A Chain of Hearts" an episode of the anthology drama series DuPont Cavalcade Theater . In 1956 he acted in Sam Fuller 's Run of

1425-534: The television Western Tales of Wells Fargo in the episode titled "Butch Cassidy". In 1959, Bronson had a supporting role in an expensive war film, Never So Few , directed by John Sturges. In 1959, on television, he acted in the Yancy Derringer episode "Hell and High Water", and in U.S. Marshal . In 1960, in John Sturges 's The Magnificent Seven , he played one of seven gunfighters taking up

1482-399: The yakuza deduce Nishi committed the robbery and attempt to extort additional money from him. The yakuza track down and confront Nishi, but he kills them all in a violent shootout. The next day, Nishi and his wife are at a beach when they are found by Nakamura and his partner. They prepare to arrest Nishi, but Nishi asks Nakamura to spare him a moment of time and lies alongside his wife on

1539-535: The 1980s, the Golden Lion has been presented to a number of Asian filmmakers, particularly in comparison to the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, which has only been awarded to five Asian filmmakers since 1980. The Golden Lion, by contrast, has been awarded to ten Asians during the same time period, with two of these filmmakers winning it twice. Ang Lee won the Golden Lion twice within three years during

1596-401: The 2000s, once for an American film and once for a Chinese-language film. Zhang Yimou has also won twice. Other Asians to win the Golden Lion since 1980 include Jia Zhangke , Hou Hsiao-hsien , Tsai Ming-liang , Trần Anh Hùng , Takeshi Kitano , Kim Ki-duk , Jafar Panahi , Mira Nair , and Lav Diaz . Russian filmmakers have also won the Golden Lion several times, including since the end of

1653-475: The Arrow . That year on television, he played Alexis St. Martin in "Who search for truth" an episode of Medic . Also that year he started acting in the television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents and would return over the year: These episodes are "And So Died Riabouchinska" (Season 1 Episode 20 which aired 2/10/1956), "There Was an Old Woman" (1956), and "The Woman Who Wanted to Live" (1962). In 1957, Bronson

1710-533: The Golden Lions or the major awards of the Venice Film Festival: Four directors have won the award twice: Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky ; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania ,

1767-815: The Pasadena Playhouse. In his early career, Bronson was still credited as Charles Buchinsky. His first film role – an uncredited one – was as a sailor in You're in the Navy Now in 1951, directed by Henry Hathaway . Other screen appearances in 1951 were The Mob , and The People Against O'Hara , directed by John Sturges . In 1952, he acted in Bloodhounds of Broadway ; Battle Zone ; Pat and Mike , Diplomatic Courier (1952), Henry Hathaway's My Six Convicts , The Marrying Kind , and Red Skies of Montana . That year on television, he boxed in

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1824-597: The USSR. Still, to date 33 of the 54 winners were European men (including Soviet/Russian winners). Since 1949, only seven women have ever won the Golden Lion for directing: Margarethe von Trotta , Agnès Varda , Mira Nair , Sofia Coppola , Chloé Zhao , Audrey Diwan , and Laura Poitras (though in 1938, German director Leni Riefenstahl won the Festival when its highest award was the Coppa Mussolini). In 2019, Joker became

1881-509: The beach. The couple comforts each other before the camera pans away towards the ocean before two gunshots are heard in the distance. Horibe takes up painting in the pointillist style in order to compensate for his paralysis . In reality, these paintings were painted by Kitano himself, whilst in recovery from an infamous motorcycle accident in August 1994 that left half of his face paralyzed. Kitano's daughter and former singer, Shoko Kitano, makes

1938-558: The cause of the defenseless. According to co-star Eli Wallach , during filming "Bronson was a loner who kept to himself." He received $ 50,000 (equivalent to $ 514,961 in 2023) for this role. The film was a domestic box-office disappointment , but it proved to be such a smash hit in Europe that it ultimately made a profit. Harrison's Reports praised the film as "A superb Western, well-acted and crammed full of action, human interest, pathos, suspense, plus some romance and humor." In 2013,

1995-667: The controversial film Death Wish (also directed by Winner), about an architect turned vigilante, a role that typified most of the characters he played for the rest of his career. Most critics initially panned the film as exploitative, but the movie was a major box-office success and spawned four sequels . Until his retirement in the late 1990s, Bronson almost exclusively played lead roles in action-oriented films, such as Mr. Majestyk (1974), Hard Times (1975), St. Ives (1976), The White Buffalo (1977), Telefon (1977), and Assassination (1987). During this time he often collaborated with director J. Lee Thompson . He also made

2052-490: The critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic." It grossed $ 11.7 million (equivalent to $ 116,440,435 in 2023) at the box office on a budget of $ 4 million (equivalent to $ 39,808,696 in 2023). It became one of the highest-grossing films of 1963 . It was nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globe Awards , and

2109-600: The festival's Golden Crown award in 1940. After the end of the WWII, during the reestablishment of the festival, The Southerner , directed by Jean Renoir , won the main prize at the 1946 edition. During 1947 and 1948 the equivalent prize for the Golden Lion was the Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia (Grand International Prize of Venice), awarded to Karel Steklý 's The Strike in 1947 and Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet in 1948. The following films received

2166-516: The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 1960, he acted in "Zigzag" an episode of Riverboat , "The Generous Politician" an episode of The Islanders , and "Street of Hate" an episode of Laramie . He played a recurring role in the second season of Hennesey . The first episode

2223-513: The first movie based on original comic book characters to win the prize. From 1934 until 1942, the highest award of the festival was the Coppa Mussolini for Best Italian Film and Best Foreign Film. Even though other awards were attributed to Nazi propaganda films, such as Jud Süß ( Suss, the Jew ), an Antisemitic production made at the behest of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels , won

2280-737: The hobby of a famous comedian. It also won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics . Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 96% of 24 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 8.4 out of 10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". American film critic Roger Ebert rated it three stars out of four, citing its unusual approach toward serenity and brutality, calling it "a Charles Bronson Death Wish movie so drained of story, cliché, convention and plot that nothing

2337-568: The leads. Bronson had turned down Leone prior to this film for the lead in 1964's A Fistful of Dollars . In Italy, the film sold 8,870,732 tickets. In the United States, it grossed $ 5,321,508, from 3.7 million ticket sales. It sold a further 14,873,804 admissions in France and 13,018,414 admissions in Germany. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by

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2394-655: The main character. Near the end of the decade, he had his first cinematic leading role in Machine-Gun Kelly (1958). Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), This Property Is Condemned (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Bronson also performed in many major television shows, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in an episode of General Electric Theater . Actor Alain Delon (who

2451-487: The surface and exuding testosterone, The Dirty Dozen utilizes combat and its staggering cast of likeable scoundrels to deliver raucous entertainment." It is 65th in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills . That year on television, he guest-starred as Ralph Schuyler, an undercover government agent in the episode "The One That Got Away" on ABC's The Fugitive . In 1968, Bronson made a serious name for himself in European films. He

2508-432: The suspect while two others, Nakamura and Horibe, were severely injured. Becoming unemployed, Nishi spends most of his time taking care of his sick wife Miyuki, who has terminal leukemia . To pay for his wife's care, Nishi borrows money from the yakuza but is having difficulty repaying them. Meanwhile, Horibe, who has been paralyzed since the incident, suffers deep depression after his wife and daughter leave him. In

2565-586: Was a fan of Bronson) hired him to co-star with him in the French film Adieu l'ami (1968). That year, he also played one of the leads in the Italian spaghetti Western , Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Bronson continued playing leads in various action , Western , and war films made in Europe, including Rider on the Rain (1970), which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film . During this time Bronson

2622-425: Was a result of the 1968 Lion being awarded to the radically experimental Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos ; the website says that the awards "still had a statute dating back to the fascist era and could not side-step the general political climate. Sixty-eight produced a dramatic fracture with the past". Fourteen French films have been awarded the Golden Lion, more than that of any other nation. However, there

2679-563: Was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania , in the Coal Region . Bronson said English was not spoken at home during his childhood, like many other first-generation American children he grew up with. He once recounted that even as a soldier, his accent was strong enough to make his comrades think he was a foreigner. Besides English, he could speak Lithuanian and Russian. In a 1973 interview, Bronson remarked that he did not know his father very well, and

2736-507: Was cast in the Western series Colt .45 as an outlaw named Danny Arnold in the episode "Young Gun". He had the lead role in the episode "The Apache Kid" of the syndicated crime drama The Sheriff of Cochise , starring John Bromfield . He appeared in five episodes of Richard Boone 's Have Gun – Will Travel (1957–63). He guest-starred in the short-lived CBS situation comedy, Hey, Jeannie! In May 1958, Roger Corman 's biopic of

2793-555: Was episode 3 "Hennesey a la Gunn", the second one was episode 26 "The Nogoodnik" which aired in 1961. In 1961, Bronson played supporting roles in William Witney 's Master of the World , Joseph Newman 's A Thunder of Drums , and Richard Donner 's X-15 . On television in 1961, Bronson played a boxer in an episode of One Step Beyond titled "The Last Round", aired January 10, and he starred alongside Elizabeth Montgomery in

2850-480: Was first released in 1998 and 1999 by Milan Records, then reissued by Polydor. All compositions by Joe Hisaishi. Although it was not a big success financially, Hana-bi received critical acclaim and won the Golden Lion award at the 54th Venice International Film Festival and numerous other accolades. Kitano himself said it was not until he won the Golden Lion that he was accepted as a serious director in his native Japan; his prior films had been looked at as just

2907-495: Was making Villa Rides when approached by the producers of Jean Herman 's French film Adieu l'ami looking for an American co-star for Alain Delon , a fan of Bronson's acting. Bronson's agent Paul Kohner later recalled the producer pitched the actor "on the fact that in the American film industry all the money, all the publicity, goes to the pretty boy hero types. In Europe... the public is attracted by character, not face." Bronson

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2964-491: Was not sure if he loved or hated him, adding that all he could remember about him was that whenever his mother announced that his father was coming home, the children would hide. In 1933, after his father died of cancer, Bronson went to work in the coal mines, first in the mining office and then in the mine. He later said he earned one dollar for each ton of coal that he mined. In another interview, he said that he had to work double shifts to earn $ 1 (equivalent to $ 24 in 2023)

3021-487: Was one of the best known symbols of the ancient Republic of Venice ). In 1954, the prize was permanently named Golden Lion. The prize awarded as the Golden Lion was in 1949. Previously, the equivalent prize was the Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia (Grand International Prize of Venice) , awarded in 1947 and 1948. No Golden Lions were awarded between 1969 and 1979. According to the Biennale's official website, this hiatus

3078-568: Was reported that he got the role due to the quality of his performance in House of Wax. That year on television, he acted in "The case of the desperate men" and episode of Treasury Men in Action . Also that year, he acted in the film Apache for director Robert Aldrich , Tennessee Champ , Miss Sadie Thompson , Crime Wave directed by de Toth, Vera Cruz , and Drum Beat , directed by Delmer Daves . Also in 1954, during height of

3135-533: Was signed in December 1967. The film was shot in Marseilles and Paris. The film was a massive hit in France, earning around $ 6 million at the box office. Bronson went on to star in a series of European made movies that were hugely popular. The TV Guide praised the chemistry between Delon and Bronson. Another European success, was Sergio Leone 's Spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West where played one of

3192-474: Was the first member of his family to graduate from high school. Bronson worked in the mines until enlisting in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II . He served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam -based 61st Bombardment Squadron within the 39th Bombardment Group , which conducted combat missions against

3249-408: Was the most popular American actor in Europe. After this period, he returned to the United States to make more films, working with director Michael Winner . Their early collaborations included Chato's Land (1972), The Mechanic (1972) and The Stone Killer (1973). At this point, he became the world's top box-office star, commanding a salary of $ 1 million per film. In 1974, Bronson starred in

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