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Horikawa Hiromichi
Horikawa Hiromichi was a Japanese director. He was assistant director to Kurosawa Akira for the production of Seven Samurai (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957). Akira Kurosawa’s assistant on numerous films including Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954), Horikawa has never achieved…
Arishima Ichiro
Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…
Okada Masumi
Okada Masumi was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the…
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…
Okamura Fumiko
Okamura Fumiko was a Japanese actress from Nagano. Japan. After graduating from Nagano City Nabeyada Elementary School and Nagano Prefectural Nagano High School for Girls, she moved to Tokyo. She began her career as an actress after being apprenticed to a noble family of art enthusiasts to learn manners.…
Gosho Heinosuke
Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…
Mitsui Koji
Mitsui Koji was a Japanese movie, TV, and stage actor. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1925 to 1975, including 29 of Kinema Junpo’s annual Top-10 winners and three of its Top-10 best Japanese films of all time. The son of a Shochiku movie theater owner, Mitsui joined the studio in 1924, making…
Sakamoto Takeshi
Sakamoto Takeshi was a Japanese actor born in Sakagoshi, Ago, Hyogo, Japan. His real name was Nagai Takehei (永石武平). After graduating from Sakagoshi Elementary School, he initially worked at a watch shop in Osaka, Japan. However, his life took a turn when he attended a magic show performed by…
Amamoto Hideyo
Amamoto Hideyo, also known by the alternate name Amamoto Eisei (天本英世), was a Japanese actor born in Wakamatsu, Fukuoka, Japan. He came from a wealthy family, with his father working at the Sumitomo Coal Mining Company (住友石炭鉱業株式会社) in Fukuoka. Amamoto graduated from Wakamatsu…
Satoki Saburo
Satoki Saburo was a Japanese actor born in Yamamori, Yamagata, Japan. His real name was Sato Kizaburo (藤喜三郎). He was also known by various stage names, including Satoki Saburo (里木三郎), Satoki Saburo (里木左甫良), Satoki Saburo (里木三朗), Satoki Saburo (里木三甫良), Kuromaki…
