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Takashi Kawahara. Actor. Writer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Takashi Kawahara is known for The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984), Cosmology of Kyoto (1995) and Race for Glory (1989). More at IMDbPro.
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- Where Can I Watch 'Tenko'?
- What Does The Word 'Tenko' Mean?
- Was 'Tenko' Based on A True Story?
- Where Was 'Tenko' Filmed?
- 'Tenko' Cast — Ann Bell as Marion Jefferson
- 'Tenko' Cast — Stephanie Cole as Dr Beatrice Mason
- 'Tenko' Cast — Veronica Roberts as Dorothy Bennett
- 'Tenko' Cast — Elizabeth Chambers as Mrs Van Meyer
- 'Tenko' Cast — Patricia Lawrence as Sister Ulrica
- Who Are The Other Characters in 'Tenko'?
Tenko is currently available on streaming service BritBox. To watch all episodes of Tenko subscribe to BritBox (see below). From Monday Jan 3 2022, Tenkowill be shown on UKTV Drama daily at 2.15pm.
"Tenko" means "roll call" in Japanese. In the drama, when the women were called throughout the day to gather and be counted for a roll call, the Japanese guards would ring a bell or siren and cry "Tenko! Tenko!" To rouse them.
Yes, British TV writer and producer Lavinia Warner had researched the life of nursing corps officer Margot Turner, who herself had been interned, for a British TV show This is Your Life, and saw the dramatic potential of the stories of the women prisoners. Other internees were also consulted when creating the programme, including Dr Margaret Thomso...
Some scenes were filmed in Singapore, but external shots of the camps were filmed on specially-built sets in Dorset in the UK, and internal scenes of the camp were shot in a west London studio. All the cast bonded while filming Tenkoand some remained lifelong friends.
The wife of army officer Clifford Jefferson, Marion’s life before the war was one of lunching with friends at the upmarket Raffles Hotel in Singapore, shopping and dinner dances. Initially naive and timid, Marion was voted leader of the British women and soon found herself in a position of responsibility for the welfare of her fellow internees, as ...
No-nonsense doctor Beatrice Mason, played by Stephanie Cole, had been based in a hospital in Singapore, before being interned by the Japanese. As one of the few medics in the camps, Dr Mason faced many challenges and she tirelessly fought bouts of malaria, beri beri, dysentery, sores, and boils from lack of food with little medicine or medical equi...
Dorothy Bennett was a married mum-of-one whose husband Dennis was shot dead in front of her by the Japanese before she was sent to the camp with her young baby, Violet. Violet then died of dysentry, leaving Dorothy traumatised and emotionally detached from everything. The tragedies in her life made her hard and self reliant, and she would get frien...
Spoiled and opinionated, Dutch planter’s wife Dominica Van Meyer rubbed everyone up the wrong way with her constant complaining, criticism of others, and self-obsessed rantings. She was lazy and unpopular, a complete snob, and was given the name "Metro Goldwyn" by the other women. Despite being loathed, after liberation, she completely transformed ...
Dutch nun Sister Ulrica initially had a brusque, no-nonsense approach to life, but her strict live-by-the-rules attitude mellowed as time passed in the camp. At first domineering and scary, we saw the more human side of Sister Ulrica, and she became very close friends with Dorothy, Beatrice, and Marion. She gave comfort, solace to those struggling ...
There were many other characters throughout the series, but here are some of the more memorable Tenko characters… ROSE MILLAR (Stephanie Beacham) — a beautiful socialite prone to tantrums who lived with her Australian lover, Bernard, in Singapore before they were both captured. Sadly, neither was to survive to the end of the war… BLANCHE SIMMONS (L...
Takashi KAWAHARA | Cited by 3,607 | of Yokohama City University, Yokohama (YCU) | Read 396 publications | Contact Takashi KAWAHARA.
Apr 18, 2023 · Takashi Kawahara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Jul 1, 2020 · PMID: 32714984. PMCID: PMC7352129. DOI: 10.1155/2020/7804932. Abstract. Background: The CHAARTED and LATITUDE trials demonstrated a prolonged overall survival (OS) for metastatic hormone-naïve prostate cancer (mHNPC) patients who receive up-front docetaxel or abiraterone acetate.
- Takashi Kawahara, Shuko Yoneyama, Yoshio Ohno, Junpei Iizuka, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Hideyasu Tsumura, ...
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Takashi KAWAHARA | Cited by 3,553 | of Yokohama City University, Yokohama (YCU) | Read 395 publications | Contact Takashi KAWAHARA. Home. Yokohama City University. Department of Urology....
Aug 6, 2019 · Takashi Kawahara SN. Yasuhide Miyoshi, Masahiro Yao, Hiroji Uemura: Changing the enzalutamide form from a capsule to a tablet improves the adherence of medicine intake: A case of a significant decrease in the prostate‐specific antigen level and improvement in radiographic findings. IJU Case Reports. 2019; 2 ((3)):143–5.