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Sato Hachiro
Sato Hachiro was a Japanese poet, nursery rhyme lyricist, and writer born in Ichigayayakuoji-mae-cho, Ushigome-ku, Tokyo. He dropped out of junior high school. Hs father is writer Sato Koroku. He lived with Fukushi Kojiro, a poet who was a disciple of his father, on Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands,…
Miki Takashi
Real name Watanabe Tadashi, he left junior high school wanting to be a singer. But instead he debuted as songwriter in 1967 and went on to write over 2,000 songs. Together with Aku Yuu, who passed away in 2007, he was regarded as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century. His heyday for churning…
Gretchen Barretto
Gretchen Barretto is a Filipino actress. She was launched as one of the newest Regal Babies, and it features former child actress Janice de Belen and upcoming actress Nadia Montenegro. Barretto released her debut single entitled "Going Steady", which was also the official theme song of the movie "14…
Yakumaru Gaku
Yakumaru Gaku is a Japanese novelist born in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Komazawa University Senior High School in 1988. He made his debut in 2005 and is a current member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He passed the Tokyo Kid Brothers enrollment test, but musicals didn't feel…
Rasa Saya
In the film "Ikiru" directed by Akira Kurosawa, released in October 1952, there is a scene in which the main character, who plays the role of Takashi Shimura, who knows that he has a short life due to stomach cancer, is taken to the strip theater by a novelist who plays the role of Yunosuke Ito, who…
Shu Pei Pei
Shu Pei Pei was born in Shanghai as the first child of her parents from Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Shu came to Hong Kong with her mother and siblings at the age of 10. Despite her humble origins, Shu had a chance to learn ballet and singing during childhood. In 1966, Shu became the first runner-up in…
Sasabe Kiyoshi
Kiyoshi Sasabe was born on January 8, 1958 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture. He graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images). He worked as an assistant director to Yoichi Sai, Seiji Izumi, and Yasuo Furuhata before…
Pancho Kagami
Pancho Kagami was a Japanese drummer who also worked as a voice actor and actor. His real name was Kagami Kuniaki. He was affiliated with Altross Music Agency. He was born in Taito Ward, Tokyo. He was the second son of three brothers (one older and one younger). He graduated from the Tokyo University…
Nakamura Nobuo
Nakamura Nobuo was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo…
Shiomi Yo
Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…
