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Kido Shiro
Japanese film producer . Former Chairman of Shochiku . The current president of Shochiku, Junichi Sakomoto, is his grandson. Born in Tokyo Chuo-ku Tsukiji . He was also book author and director of 1931 movie "Lumpen and his Daughter" (ルンペンとその娘).
Mimura Shintaro
Mimura Shintaro was a Japanese screenwriter born in Okayama, Japan. He moved to Tokyo and entered Meiji University but dropped out. His real name Iwai Shintaro (岩井伸太郎). He joined the screenplay collective "Narutakigumi" in Kyoto during the early days of the talkie era. In 1926, he joined the…
Ichikawa Kumehachi
Born in November 28, 1846 In 1858, she became the first woman actor in the kabuki theatre since the ban on female actors in 1629, and thus the acting profession was reintroduced for women in Japan. She was followed as a pioneer actress by Kawakami Sadayakko (1872–1946), who in 1903 became the first…
Nakamura Shikaku
Nakamura Shikaku II was an important 20th century supporting onnagata actor. "Active in both Tôkyô and Ôsaka, he was well versed in old onnagata customs and wrote books such as "Kabuki Zuihistu" ("Kabuki Jottings") and "Yakusha no Sekai" ("The Actor's World")." (Samuel Leiter in "New Kabuki Encyclopedia")(Source:…
