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Saito Toyokichi
Saito Toyokichi was a Japanese screenwriter and actor born in Tokyo. He left Seisoku Preparatory School (正則予備校) before completing his studies. In 1921, he began acting under the alias Tagawa Junkichi (田川淳吉) with the Stage Association (舞台協会). He later joined Okada Yoshiko’s…
Fukuda Toyoto
Fukuda Toyoto, also known by the erroneous credit Fukuda Toyoshi (福田豊士), was a Japanese actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He was the eldest son of Japanese painter Fukuda Toyoshiro. Fukuda attended Japan University's Faculty of Literature but later discontinued his studies in the English Literature…
Miyagi Kenji
Miyagi Kenji was a Japanese manzai (comic duo) performer, host, and actor who formed the comic duo "W Kenji" with Azuma Kenji. His real name was Terashima Fumio (寺島文雄). He was born in Okuma, Watari, Miyagi, Japan. In his later years, he was affiliated with Maseki Geinosha talent agency. At the…
Kuno Shiro
Kuno Shiro was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Asakusa, Japan. In 1933, he debuted on stage with the Shinpa theatrical group. In 1937, he joined the Todo troupe. In 1945, he became a member of the Enoken troupe. In 1947, he joined the Toho Theater Division. In 1948, he founded the Shortcake…
Totsuka Mutsuo
Totsuka Mutsuo was a Japanese comedian born in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Fujioka Hajime, was a prominent swordsman actor. Growing up, influenced by his father who was an actor in sword-fighting dramas, he developed an affinity for chambara films and popular theater. After graduating from Tokyo Shibaura…
Kubota Atsundo
Kubota Atsundo was a Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo, Japan. He was a member of the Japan Writers Guild (日本放送作家協会) and the Japan Screenwriters Association (日本脚本家連盟). As a child, he was evacuated to Hamamatsu, Japan. After graduating from Hamamatsu High School (浜松一中)…
Otsuki Yoshikazu
Otsuki Yoshikazu was a Japanese film director born in Nakano, Tokyo. He joined the Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio in 1951 as an assistant director. He made his directorial debut in 1962 with "Nagashibina." In 1966 he left Shochiku to become a freelancer. He then spent his career directing TV dramas until…
Rasa Saya
In the film "Ikiru" directed by Akira Kurosawa, released in October 1952, there is a scene in which the main character, who plays the role of Takashi Shimura, who knows that he has a short life due to stomach cancer, is taken to the strip theater by a novelist who plays the role of Yunosuke Ito, who…
Jerry Fujio
Jerry Fujio is a Japanese singer, actor, and talent. He belongs to Office Kiko. Fujio dropped out of Keio High School attached to Senshu University. His daughters are former actresses Fujio Miki and Fujio Aki. His ex-wife is singer Watanabe Tomoko. Fujio's mother suffered from alcoholism to avoid loneliness…
Iwato Shisetsu
He was a Benshi and could read and translate English scripts. After that, he made his debut as a movie director at the company, and a work called "Nippon Sakura" released at "Daiichi Bunmeikan" on May 23, 1909 (Meiji 42). Shooting of the work is, in the 10 years after Toyojiro Takamatsu "the activities…
