Hayashi Hiroshi

He was born in Kyoto on January 31, 1905. His real name is Inagaki Saburo. He dropped out of his junior high school and moved to Tokyo. He began acting on stage soon after. In 1940, he married Takeda Moto. With her, he had two children but the two divorced in 1965. After WWII, he joined Shin Toho and…

Tazaki Jun

Jun Tazaki was a Japanese actor best known for his various roles from Kaiju films produced by Toho, often cast in the roles of scientists or military personnel.

Mochizuki Yuko

Mochizuki Yuko was a Japanese actress, film director, and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Japan Socialist Party. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and in 1930, she left Tokyo Municipal Shinobugaoka High School without graduating. Under the stage name…

Ito Yunosuke

Yūnosuke Itō was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1947 to 1979.

Kitazawa Noriko

Noriko Kitazawa was born on March 15, 1938 in Kyoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Depths (1957), Hangyakuji (1961) and Ningyô Sashichi torimonochô: Ôedo Ushimitsudoki (1957).

Nakagawa Nobuo

Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon…

Koan Hui On

Koan Hui is an actor, director, special effects director and screenwriter. Born in Hong Kong, his mother is Australian and his father is Chinese.

Niki Terumi

Niki Terumi is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Since a child, she has been a member of the Japanese Theatrical Company Gekidan Wakakusa, of which she has joined in 1953. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ling Chi Wah

Tony Ling Chi Wah was a Hong Kong actor, stuntman, action choreographer, and martial arts director. He died in Hong Kong on May 27, 2019.

Kim Min Ju