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Kikuchi Eiichi
Kikuchi Eiichi, born Kikuchi Eiichi (菊池英一) in Kyodo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and television host. He is affiliated with Ai-Ti Planning (アイティ企画). Kikuchi graduated from Ikuei Kogyo High School (育英工業高等学校) and the Department…
Shirakawa Kazuko
Shirakawa Kazuko is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife (1971), and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s. After 1976 she…
Oda Asuka
Oda Asuka is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and talent born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is not publicly disclosed. She is affiliated with GOLD STAR. She graduated from Nihon University’s Faculty of Law. While studying at university, Oda began pursuing acting and later joined a theater company.…
Miyauchi Kohei
Miyauchi Kohei was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator, born in Kagoshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Geikyo and Aoni Production. He graduated from the Bungakuza Theatre Arts Academy and was a founding member of Geikyo. Miyauchi began his career on stage, debuting in Alexander Ostrovsky's…
Kurahara Koreyoshi
He was born in the city of Kuching, then part of the kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo. He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc.,…
Kitamura Kazuo
Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…
Sato Kei
Sato Kei was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Oshima Nagisa, and for several films with Shindo Kaneto, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no Akuryōo He also…
Orikasa Ai
Orikasa Ai, born Orikasa Kikue (折笠きく江) in Adachi, Kitasenju, Tokyo, Japan, is a voice actress, actress, and J-Pop singer affiliated with Axel One (アクセルワン). She made her debut in the anime Little Lord Fauntleroy (小公子セディ). Her interest in theater was sparked in second…
Yashiro Aki
Yashiro Aki is a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name, "Yashiro", is adopted from her hometown, "Yatsushiro" (八代). Yashiro originally sang jazz standards in hostess clubs, but made her debut as an enka singer in 1971, with the single "Ai wa Shindemo", under the label of Teichiku Records.…
Shishido Joe
Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…
