Chiba Yasuki

Though remembered largely for his inventive postwar shomin-geki, Chiba specialized initially in period films before achieving commercial success with such popular romances as Hideko the Cheerleader (Hideko no ōendanchō, 1940), a vehicle for the teenage Hideko Takamine. Among his wartime films, Women’s…

Hagiwara Ryo

Hagiwara Ryo was a Japanese director.

Saeki Kiyoshi

Saeki Kiyoshi was a Japanese director from Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

Yanase Shiro

Yanase Shiro was a Japanese actor.

Abe Tomori

Abe Tomori is a Japanese actress.

Uchida Ai

Okumura Tomofumi

Kobayashi Ren

Kobayashi Ren is a child Japanese actor.

Senda Korenari

Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970. His stage name comes…

Yamura Hiroki