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Azuma Shizuko
Azuma Shizuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Acting School (東宝演技研究所), she became a contract actress with Toho (東宝). She made her film debut in the 1953 movie "Himawari Musume" (ひまわり娘). Following the end of Toho's exclusive actor…
Fujita Susumu
Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…
Tono Eijiro
Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…
Ikehiro Kazuo
One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKutsukake…
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ). In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki…
Shimura Ken
Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020) was a Japanese comedian. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama. He was known as "Japan's Robin…
Matsuda Seiko
Seiko Matsuda is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media. Matsuda was born in the Kamachi clan, which was from the Saga Genji line and was also a former sengoku daimyo of Yanagawa Domain. However,…
Kim So Hee
Kim So Hee is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress and former member of C.I.V.A (씨아이브이에이), I.B.I (아이비아이), GIRLS NEXT DOOR (옆집소녀) and NATURE (네이처) and current member of ATLANTIS KITSUNE (아틀란티스 키츠네). She graduated from Samsung Girls’ High School.…
Matsuyama Kenichi
Matsuyama Kenichi, who is known for his affinity for strange character roles, was born in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture in 1985. In 2001, Kenichi started his career as a model. In 2002, he made his debut as an actor landing a small role in the NTV drama "Gokusen" as Kenichi Mori. In 2003, Kenichi expanded…
Aragaki Yui
Aragaki Yui is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyuu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is particularly recognized for her pleasant face and her movie projects. Aragaki's career started when her sister volunteered to turn in an audition profile for her after being informed…
