1213 results found for: Nihon no Seishun
Tsushima Toshiaki
Tsushima Toshiaki was a Japanese composer born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ehime Prefectural Imabari Technical High School, Electrical Engineering Department. He moved to Tokyo and attempted to enter the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but was unsuccessful. Instead, he enrolled in the Music…
Higashi Yoichi
Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…
Ichikawa Hisao
Ichikawa Hisao was a Japanese producer born in Honjo, Tokyo, Japn. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Communications, he joined Shinko Kinema in 1939. He initially worked in the publicity department. He was called up for military…
Kitamura Kazuo
Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…
Shishido Joe
Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…
Matsumoto Hana
Matsumoto Hana is a Japanese actress and film director. She was recruited at the age of eight and started her professional activities soon after, appearing in movies and television series. In addition to her work as an actress, she also started directing home projects during her second year of high…
Minami Shinsuke I
Minami Shinsuke was a Japanese comedian, actor, TV host, and talent born in Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. His eldest son is the second-generation comedian Minami Shinsuke. He studied at Suginami Daiichi Elementary School. In 1940, when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he joined the children's…
Horiuchi Keizo
Horiuchi Keizo was a Japanese composer, lyricist, translator, and music critic born in Kaji, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. He also used the pen name Yasutani Shizuo (安谷鎮雄). He was the third son of Horiuchi Iataro, the owner of "Asada Ame". However, he abandoned his inheritance rights to Asada Ame at…
Ota Tadashi
Ota Tadashi was a Japanese composer and pianist born in Tokyo, Japan. His date of death is unknown. He became acquainted with the organ at the age of 8 and began studying piano and composition at the age of 15. After graduating from commercial school in 1919, he composed numerous songs and children's…
Fujii Michihito
Fujii Michihito started his career in film at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo, where he studied for a degree in cinematography. In 2010, he established the video production company Babel Label, and in 2014 went on to direct his first feature film, based on a novel by Kotaro Isaka: “Oh! Father!”…
