3511 results found for: Kijyo
Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Nakamura Jakuemon IV was a Japanese film and kabuki actor most known for onnagata performance. In 1991 the Japanese government designated him as a Living National Treasure. (Source: Wikipedia)
Jacques Shigeno
Jacques Shigeno was a Japanese jazz pianist. His younger brother, Roger Shigeno, was a drummer and a Western-style painter. Their father, Baron Shigeno Seibu, was a musician who served in the French Foreign Legion during World War I and became known as the first ace pilot in Japanese aviation history.…
Kitamura So
Kitamura So is a Japanese actor, writer and director born on July 5, 1952 in Otsu, Shiga prefecture, Japan. His real name is Kitamura Kiyoshi. (Source: Wikipedia)
Frank Nagai
Frank Nagai was a Japanese singer known for his attractive baritone voice. His real name was Nagai Kiyoto. Nagai was born in Matsuyama, Miyagi, Japan. He had his major debut in 1954 when he was discovered by composer Yoshida Tadashi. He had many hit songs such as Yurakucho de Aimasho, Tokyo Night Club,…
Onoe Kikugoro V
A Japanese Kabuki actor, one of the three most famous and celebrated of the Meiji period,along with Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Ichikawa Sadanji I. Unlike most kabuki actors, who specialize in a particular type of role, Kikugorō, as a kaneru yakusha, played both tachiyaku (male heroes) and onnagata (women)…
Happy Birthday to My Home
Japanese Special - 1991, 1 episodes
A man moves into a new home and brings a table from his parents' house, only to experience a series of strange and mysterious events. (Source: MyDramaList)
Gozen 3-ji no Knock
Japanese Special - 1991, 1 episodes
An office lady who prefers sobriety avoids attending work parties. One night, at 3 a.m., there's a knock on her apartment door, only to find no one there. (Source: MyDramaList)
23 Funkan no Kiseki
Japanese Special - 1991, 1 episodes
A young female teacher enters the classroom, where the previous teacher had left in tears. The students eye her warily as the new class begins at 9 o'clock. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the novel "The Children's…
Osaragi Jiro
Osaragi Jiro was a Japanese director, author, and actor. He died of liver cancer on April 30, 1973, at the age 75.
