Nitani Hideaki

Nitani Hideaki was a Japanese actor born in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School (京都府立東舞鶴高等学校) and attended Doshisha University (同志社大学) but dropped out of the Department of English Literature. After leaving university,…

Yamada Akira

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Komiya Takayasu

Komiya Takayasu is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the comedy trio "Red Light".

Sugai Ichiro

He appeared in more than 140 films between 1930 and 1971.

Mori Mitsuko

Mori Mitsuko, real name Murakami Mitsu, was a Japanese actress. In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play Hōrōki (放浪記 "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded…

Kobayashi Ken

Kobayashi Ken is a Japanese actor from Kanagawa prefecture. He graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Kakio High School (currently Kanagawa Prefectural Aso General High School). He belongs to Toho Entertainment.

Kosugi Isamu

Kosugi Isamu was a Japanese actor and director. His son, Kosugi Taichiro (小杉太一郎), was a Japanese composer.

Ogawa Nana

Ogawa Nana is a Japanese actress.

Fukumoto Seizo

Seizo Fukumoto is a Japanese actor. Born February 3, 1943, he entered acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema. A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often plays a ronin, but in his hundreds of appearances he has taken nearly every role. His forte…