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Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936 , following a brief stint as a painter . After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter , he made his debut as a director in 1943 , during World War II , with the popular action film " Sanshiro Sugata " ( a . k . a . " ___MASK57___ Saga "). After the war , the critically acclaimed " Drunken Angel " ( 1948 ), in which Kurosawa cast then - unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role , cemented the director ' s reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan . The two men would go on to collaborate on another 15 films . His wife Yko Yaguchi was also an actress in one of his films . Louis Koo ( Koo Tin - lok  ; born 21 October 1970 ) is a Hong Kong film actor . He began his professional career as an actor in local television series , winning TVB ' s Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001 . For the past decade , he has focused primarily on his film career . Koo has become one of the stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry , and is a popular spokesman for various brands including Pepsi , Osim , Tag Heuer , Lotte , Zero Eyewear , Lay ' s , and Samsung Galaxy . A ballad is a form of verse , often a narrative set to ___MASK78___ . Ballads derive from the medieval French " chanson balladée " or " ballade ", which were originally " danced songs ". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century . They were widely used across Europe , and later in the Americas , Australia and North Africa . Ballads are 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form , consisting of couplets ( two lines ) of rhymed verse , each of 14 syllables . Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic - based styles such as techno , house , ambient , drum and bass , jungle , and industrial dance , among others . It has been used to describe the rise of electronic ___MASK78___ styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening . Rock and roll ( often written as rock & roll or rock ' n ' roll ) is a genre of popular ___MASK78___ that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s , from African - American musical styles such as gospel , jazz , boogie woogie , and rhythm and blues , with country . While elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s , the genre did not acquire its name until the 1950s . Plot . In the 1880s , a ___MASK66___ student continues his quest to become a ___MASK57___ master , from that discipline ' s founder . Eventually , he learns enough to demonstrate his skill in a boxing match between American and Japanese fighters - at the end of the movie . The whole movie is actually about the rivalry between karate and ___MASK57___ martial artists , and Sanshiro ' s struggle to do whats right . On one side there is the morally right thing to do , and on the other the rules in the dojo . Eventually he decides to break literally all the rules , leave the dojo , fight the American boxer and , also , the karate masters . He wins both fights and at the end of the movie smiles while washing his face , finally able to sleep and finally be happy The film is seen as an early example of Kurosawa ' s immediate grasp of the film - making process , and includes many of his directorial trademarks , such as the use of wipes , weather patterns as reflections of character moods , and abruptly changing camera speeds . The film itself was quite influential at the time , and has been remade on no fewer than five occasions . It spawned a sequel , " Sanshiro Sugata Part II ", which was released in 1945 and also directed by Kurosawa . Lay ' s is the brand name for a number of potato chip varieties as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in the U . S . in 1932 . Lay ' s has been owned by PepsiCo since 1965 . Lay ' s is the company ' s primary brand with the exception of limited markets where other brands are utilized ( Walkers in the ___MASK51___ and Ireland , Smith ' s in Australia , Chipsy in Egypt , Poca in Vietnam , Tapuchips in Israel , Margarita in Colombia , Sabritas in Mexico and , formerly , Hostess in Canada ). Aaron Kwok Fu - shing ( born 26 October 1965 ) is a Hong Kong singer , dancer , and actor . He has been active since the 1980s and to the present . He is considered one of the " Four Heavenly Kings " of Hong Kong . Kwok ' s onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson . While most of his songs are in the dance - pop genre , he has experimented numerous times with rock and roll , ballad , rock , R & B , soul , electronica and traditional Chinese ___MASK78___ . Michael Joseph Jackson ( August 29 , 1958  June 25 , 2009 ) was an American singer , songwriter , record producer , dancer , actor , and philanthropist . Called the " King of Pop ", his contributions to ___MASK78___ , dance , and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades . Dance - pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s . It is generally up - tempo ___MASK78___ intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio . Developing from a combination of electronic dance ___MASK78___ and pop ___MASK78___ , with influences of disco ___MASK78___ , post - disco , new wave , synthpop , electropop and house , it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy , uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop ___MASK78___ than the more free - form dance genre , with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes . The genre , on the whole , tends to be producer - driven , despite some notable exceptions . Throw Down ( simplified Chinese :  ; traditional Chinese :  ) is a 2004 Hong Kong ___MASK66___ film directed by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo , Aaron Kwok , Cherrie Ying and Tony Leung Ka - fai . Director To dedicated the film , one of his most personal films to date , to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa . ( cf Sanshiro Sugata ) It premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival .