444 results found for: Tora ni Tsubasa
Oguni Hideo
Born in Aomori, Japan, Hideo, was a prolific Japanese writer who completed over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays for a number of films directed by Kurosawa Akira, including Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. His first film with Kurosawa was…
Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. On September 7, 1956, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, the first son of policeman Kuniharu Nagabuchi and his wife Masuko, was born in Ijuin, Kagoshima. When he was a child,…
Hayashi Hiroko
Hayashi Hiroko is a Japanese singer, actress, and talent born in Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1967, when she was seven, she made her debut as a child actress in the NHK TV series "Journey". She belonged to the theater company Iroha when she was a child actress. In 1973, she won the first Grand Champion in the…
Mita Yoshiko
Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage.…
Shima Koji
Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…
Enami Kyoko
Kyoko Enami was discovered through Daiei's New Face program in 1959, and was promptly made a star in 1960. An awesome beauty with remarkably pale skin, she also conveyed a kind of steeliness that turned out to make her ideal for the popular film series "Gambling Woman," which made her one of the first…
Fumino Tomoko
Fumino Tomoko, born Kamiyama Sumiko (神山澄子), was a Japanese actress from Asakusa, Tokyo. She graduated from Miyoshi Women's High School and was associated with the theater company En. Her acting career began at Daiei before World War II. In 1946, she joined Bungakuza but left in 1963 to co-found…
Naraoka Tomoko
Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…
