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Fushimi Nobuko
Fushimi Nobuko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Kojima-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Doshisha Girls' High School. Her father, Fushimi Saburo, is a Shinpa actor, and she appeared on the Shinpa stage early on with her sister Naoe as a child actor on the stage. In 1926, she joined…
Kawazu Seizaburo
Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…
Hatanaka Ryoha
Primarily associated with the stage, Hatanaka trained as an actor in New York before returning to Japan in 1918, where he joined the theatrical company of actress Sumako Matsui, a pioneer of Western-style shingeki theater in Japan. After her suicide, he continued to work in shingeki, appearing in such…
Hiraiwa Yumie
The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa Yumie was born in Tokyo in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to…
Chikamatsu Yoshie
Chikamatsu Yoshie, born Uematsu Yoshie (植松芳枝) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She previously performed under the stage names Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松よし枝) and Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松良枝) She joined the Shinpa Theater Company (劇団新派) in 1945 and left in…
Araki Shinobu
Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…
Kawamura Reikichi
Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…
Yasui Shoji
Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by Kazuo Hasegawa. He entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by Ozu Yazujirou. After starring in The Burmese Harp, he starred with his own family in the television show Chako-chan. He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and…
Yokoyama Unpei
Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…
Sugimura Haruko
Sugimura Haruko was a Japanese actress born in Nishijido, Hiroshima, Japan, then a military town. Her mother was a geisha, and her father, reportedly a military man, died when she was young. She was adopted by a building materials merchant and a teahouse owner in the entertainment district. Her adoptive…
