632 results found for: Nippon Chinbotsu
Echigo Ken
Echigo joined Toho as a student in the second “New Face” class of actors in 1947 (incidentally, he was in the same class with actress Shiozawa Toki. He did not garner any lead roles, but he appeared frequently in bit parts throughout the 50s and 60s, including numerous science fiction films. He…
Tanimura Masaki
Tanimura Masaki is a Japanese television series director. A graduate of Kobe University, he joined TV Asahi where he began to work on late-night series and then on a few variety shows. In 2006, he moved to Fuji TV, where he directed several episodes of various series, including one of the "Nodame Cantabile"…
Midori Mako
Mako Midori was born on March 26, 1944 in Taiwan. Debuting on film in 1964, she won the Blue Ribbon Award for best new face for Nihiki no mesuinu. Beyond appearing in over fifty Japanese language films in the 1960s and 1970s, she has also acted extensively on stage, winning major awards such as the…
Imai Tadashi
He is a masterpiece representing the left wing humanism of postwar Japanese film . After dropping out of the Tokyo Imperial University , he entered Toho 's predecessor JO studio and was promoted to director in 2 years of joining. After World War II, he worked on a number of socialistic films as the…
Ueki Hitoshi
Actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist, Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His hit song, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal…
Shimizu Airi
Shimizu Airi is a Japanese gravure idol, actress, and variety idol from Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture. Until she changed her stage name to her current stage name, she was active under the names Hirayama Airi and Kurose Airi. Her agency is M's World → Fantaster → TRUSTAR. In 2007, she was scouted…
Mizuki Yoko
Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…
