756 results found for: Tocho Bakuha
Namiki Ichiro
Namiki Ichiro Namiki was a manzai master and actor from Hongo-ku, Tokyo, in the Showa and Heisei eras. He belonged to the Dosa troupe and toured various places. In 1936, he joined the Sumiko Kurishima Theater Company after traveling around and studied under Kurishima Sagoromo. In 1938, he turned to…
Kita Takeo
Kita Takeo was an art director and producer of Japanese films and President of Toho Built. He was born in Osaka. He was the first deputy director of the Japan Film and Television Art Directors Association. His younger brother Kita Tatsuo is also an art director. In 1926, he graduated from Ichioka Junior…
Utsumi Toppa
Utsumi Toppa, born Kimura Sadayuki (木村貞行) in Utsumi, Minamiuwa, Ehime, Japan, was a Japanese manzai performer. He was the younger brother of screenwriter Misho Kingo (御荘金吾) and the husband of singer Maeshima Setsuko (前島節子). Toppa graduated from Naniwa Commercial School (浪華商業学校)…
Asai Masakatsu
Japanese assistant director and cameraman who worked for Toho between the 1950s and 60s. He served as the 1st AD under Eiji Tsuburaya on numerous of the company's classic tokusatsu films, and was succeeded by Teruyoshi Nakano. Because assistant special effects directors were not credited until Matango,…
Chen Hung Min
Chen Hung Min was sent to train in Japan with Toho and Toei film companies in 1963. At the time, he was working as an editor for Central Motion Picture Corporation, the government-sponsored company that specialized in Mandarin-language cinema in Taiwan. But, because Central had the best equipment and…
Nishigaki Sho
Nishigaki Sho is a Japanese actor managed by Toho Entertainment. He was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and attended Keio University. In 2021, he made his acting debut in the drama series, "Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni".
Kamishiraishi Mone
Kamishiraishi Mone is a Japanese actress and singer managed by Toho Entertainment. Her music label is Universal Music Japan. She spent three years of her childhood in Mexico. Due to that, she became fluent in English and is able to speak basic Spanish. She is the older sister of actress Kamishiraishi…
Sanjo Miki
Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…
Mizuno Kumi
Japanese actress, most famous for appearing in several Toho Kaiju films of the 1960s and early 1970s. Her most famous roles include Miss Namikawa in Invasion of Astro-Monster, Dr. Sueko Togami in Frankenstein Conquers the World, and the island girl Dayo in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. She is also known…
Cho Yi Hyun
Cho Seung Hee, later legally changed to Choi Yi Hyun, is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress, producer and former member of F-VE DOLLS (파이브돌스) and DIA (다이아). She graduated from Daesung Girls' High School and was later enrolled in the Theatrical and Film Studies program at Kookmin…
