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Francisco Santiago
Francisco Santiago was a Filipino musician from Santa Maria, Bulacan. He is sometimes called The Father of Kundiman Art Song. He studied at the University of the Philippines (UP) Conservatory of Music obtaining a degree in Piano in 1921, and a degree in Science and Composition in 1922. He first obtained…
Tsuboi Sakae
Tsuboi Sakae, born Iwai Sakae (岩井栄) in Sakate, Shozu, Kagawa, Japan, was a Japanese children's literature novelist and poet. She was the fifth daughter of Iwai Tokichi (岩井藤吉), a soy sauce barrel craftsman. After her family’s business failed, she worked as a babysitter while attending…
Vicente Salumbides
Vicente Salumbides was a Filipino director and actor. He is best known for his direction and adaptation of Ibong Adarna and Florante at Laura. Having studied law in the University of Southern California, he served in World War I in 1918 before finishing his law degree in the Philippines, passing the…
Nakamura Kanemon III
Nakamura Kanemon III was a kabuki actor and one of the founders of the Zenshinza theater company. His birth name was Mitsui Kinjiro (三井金次郎). His father was Nakamura Kanemon II, and his brother was Nakamura Nakazuke III. His son was Nakamura Baiko IV, and his grandson is Nakamura Baishi II.…
Kunishima Soichi
In 1914 (Taisho 3), he entered Fukushima Junior High School (currently Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High School ), but dropped out on July 3 of the same year to join Masao Inoue's troupe and took the first stage at Hongo-za. . Joined Shochiku Kamata Film Studio in 1922 (Taisho 11), under the name of…
Yanagi Sakuko
Yanagi Sakuko was a Japanese actress born in Nicho-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. Her real name is Kuroyanagi Chiyoko. In the 1920s, she was the heroine of numerous Shochiku films. She lost her father shortly after birth, and her mother died when she was five years old. Yanagi, who became an orphan, was taken…
Bando Kotaro
Bando Kotaro was a Kabuki actor and film actor in the early Showa period, born in Renjakucho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Honma Kentaro. At the age of five, he became a disciple of Sawamura Sojuro the seventh generation, and at the age of eight, he moved to the apprenticeship of Bando Mitsugoro…
Umemura Yoko
Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…
Yamanaka Sadao
Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…
Zheng Zheng Qiu
Zheng Zheng Qiu was a Chinese director and screenwriter born in Yanting, Chengtian, Chaoyang, Guangdong, China. He was the grandson of Zheng Jie Chen, an early Shanghainese Chaozhou merchant. Zheng served as the chief film critic for Minyan News and founded several publications, including Tushu Juebao…
