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Wazaki Shunya
Wazaki Shunya was a Japanese actor from Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He graduated from Hiroshima Prefectural Kure Miyahara High School. Wazaki joined Toei in 1957 and has appeared in many historical films produced by Kyoto Studio. He transferred to Shochiku in 1966 but became freelance in 1969,…
Okawa Hiroshi
Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…
Misawa Akemi
Misawa Akemi is a Japanese enka singer and actress born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture. She currently lives in Tokyo. She passed the 7th Toei New Face, after which she joined Toei and made her debut in 1959 with the NET TV drama "Fuebuki Doji". She made her movie debut in 1961 and is active in historical…
Noguchi Takashi
Noguchi Takashi was a Japanese actor from Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture. After graduating from Toho Performing Arts School, he became Tsuruta Koji's attendant. After joining Toei, he appeared in many yakuza films starting in 1963. (Source: MyDramaList)
Chihara Shinobu
Chihara Shinobu was a Japanese actress from Okayama prefecture. Born in Kume-cho, Kume-gun, she joined Toei in 1952 and made her debut in the movie "A Diary of Chujioka, Ai Hatsudochu". She was active as one of Toei's "princess actresses". She opened a kimono store in Naha City in 1974 and she was also…
Uehara Misa
After graduating from Hosengakuenko High School, she worked as a receptionist, but was scouted by a Toei producer and made her debut in the 1975 movie "Bakeneko Toruko Furashi" under the stage name of Ohara Misa. After that, the name was changed to Uehara Misa.
Nakajima Sadao
Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director…
Suto Yasushi
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1968. Aside from producing TV dramas and movies, he is also active as a screenwriter. He currently serves as a director of the planning and production department of Toei Company Ltd. He used the pen name Haruyama Yukio in writing My Uncle.
Akechi Juzaburo
After dropping out of Kanazawa Medical University , he joined Taiizumi Studio in 1950 as a new face. The following year, he joined the Toei Tokyo studio due to the merger of Toei , and in the same year, made his debut as a supporting character in the film directed by Masahisa Sunohara's "Limitless Passion".…
Yamaguchi Kazuhiko
Yamaguchi Kazuhiko is a Japanese film director. Born in Nagano Prefecture, Yamaguchi graduated from Waseda University and began working at the Toei studios in Kyoto. He directed a number of action movie series in the 1970s. (Source: Wikipedia)
