817 results found for: Chuushingura otonashi no ken
Morishige Hisaya
Morishige Hisaya was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School) and attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchukuo. He appeared in nearly 250 films,…
Uzaki Ryudo
Uzaki Ryudo is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor from Kyoto, Japan. His group, the Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band, was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock music bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Aki Yoko, whom he's married to. Uzaki began his popular music career…
Kagawa Teruyuki
Kagawa Teruyuki is a Japanese screen and stage actor. Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Hama Yuko. His grandmother is the film actress Takasugi Sanae. In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since…
Kamikawa Takaya
Kamikawa Takaya is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He started his career as an actor at 30, with a role in the NHK television series "Daichi no Ko". (Source: Wikipedia)
Aratama Michiyo
Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy.
Sugiyama Kohei
Sugiyama Kohei was a Japanese cameraman born in Hamamatsu Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. After serving as a cameraman for Mizoguchi Kenji's "Genroku Chushingura" from the end of 1941 to 1942, he became the chief engineer of Manchukuo Film Association. At the same association, he was a cameraman…
Inagaki Hiroshi
A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…
Kotegawa Yuko
Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…
Shibasaki Ko
Shibasaki Ko is a Japanese actress and singer who started her career at the age of 14 when she was discovered by a star agent. She became known for her performance in the controversial 2000 film, Battle Royale, which has brought her fame not only in Japan but all over East Asia. She also won critical…
