875 results found for: Hanayome no Chichi
Shishido Joe
Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…
Maeda Ken
Maeda Ken, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, singer, and comedian well-known for his monomane. He also created the Maeken Trance Project, of which he was the leader of several ganguro and kogal, known as LOVE♡BOOM. Maeda went to America when he was 19 and lived in Manhattan for four years. Because…
Hasegawa Kazuo
Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…
Tsunehiko Kasahara
Former rugby player, actor. Born in Tokyo City Koishikawa Ward. As a rugby player, his main positions during his active career were Fullback (FB) and Five Eighth (FE). After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nikkatsu and became an actor. His last movie apperance was in 1942. It is not known…
Wakatachi Yoshinosuke
His real name is Yoshinosuke Matsui. Born in Toyama Cit , Toyama Prefecture. Member of the sumo wrestlers. At the beginning, he was a disciple of Tachiyama Mineemon, other wrestler. He debuted on the ring in 1914. He occasionally appeared in films, in short episodes, as a sumo fighter.
Yanagiya Gontaro I
The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…
