56 results found for: Omokage
Takasugi Sanae
Takasugi Sanae, born Kinoshi Hiroko (喜熨斗弘子) in Asakusa, Japan, was a Japanese actress whose former stage name was Shimizu Hiro (清水ヒロ). She was married to thirdgeneration Ichikawa Danjiro (三代目市川段四郎), and they had three children: Ichikawa Eno, fourth-generation Ichikawa…
Gosho Heinosuke
Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…
Yoshida Yasuhiro
Yoshida Yasuhiro is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Osaka, Japan. Born in 1979 in Osaka. Yoshida Yasuhiro studied filmmaking under director Izutsu Kazuhiro and worked on films such as We Shall Overcome Someday (dir. Izutsu Kazuhiro, 2005), and Memories of Matsuko (dir. Nakashima Tetsuya,…
Mori Yoshiyuki
Mori Yoshiyuki is a Japanese actor, politician and businessman from Kumamoto, Japan.
Kawamura Reikichi
Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…
Yasui Shoji
Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by Kazuo Hasegawa. He entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by Ozu Yazujirou. After starring in The Burmese Harp, he starred with his own family in the television show Chako-chan. He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and…
Wakayama Setsuko
Wakayama Setsuko was a Japanese actress who made her debut in 1947. She was married to director Taniguchi Senkichi, whom she met on the set of the movie Snow Trail, but they divorced in 1956. Following an illness, she retired from showbiz in 1961. She returned briefly to acting in 1971, but began to…
