Arashi Sanemon XI

Arashi Sanemon XI was a kabuki actor from the Kansai region Born as Minoru Ookawa, he was also recognized by the title of the eleventh generation Arashi Sanemon. He made his debut in 1912 at the Osaka Naniwa Theater. As Kansai kabuki faced a downturn, he shifted to the Takarazuka Shinkigeki theater…

Yoshida Yoshio

Naito Akira

Naito Akira is a Japanese are director from Kyoto, Japan.

Kobayashi Jushiro

Kobayashi Jushiro was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his film debut in 1929 and soon became a singer movie star. Between 1938 and 1949, he was mainly a stage actor and gained popularity as a singer. He returned to the movie industry in 1949 and appeared with supporting roles of villains or corrupted…

Gomi Ryutaro

Gomi Ryutaro, born in Suwa, Nagano, was a Japanese actor.

Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Date Saburo

Tani Kei

Tani Kei was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician born in Tokyo, Japan. He learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the "City Slickers" in 1953,…

Tanaka Tokuzo

Tanaka Tokuzo was a Japanese director.

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Moon Whistle Sun Whistle Volume 1 Young Warrior under the Moon

The story of the 16th year of the Warring States period. A horse race between Kinmon and Samurai was held at Kamo no Miya Baba, the capital of Kyoto. The knight of the Kinmon is the prestigious Rokujo Hidarimezu of…

Moon Whistle Sun Whistle Volume 2 Hakuba Fly in the Sky

Kinugawa Onsen and Sasuke's sneaky plot poisoned the horse Kaoru during the race of Kamo no Miya, and Rokujo Sauma was seriously injured. Ochiga, who tried to report the betrayal of Sasuke, was also captured by Toma,…