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Edo e Kaetta Taikutsu Otoko
Japanese Movie - 1931
~~ Adapted from the novel by Sasaki Mitsuzou (佐々木味津三).
Okawa Hiroshi
Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…
Futagawa Buntaro
A specialist in jidai-geki, Futagawa is remembered largely for the silent films he made at Makino Productions in collaboration with popular action hero Tsumasaburō Bandō. Several of these survive: Kageboshi (Edo Kaizokuden: Kagebōshi, 1925) is admired for having introduced a greater psychological…
Sasaki Mitsuzo
Sasaki Mitsuzo was a Japanese novelist, born in Shimotsugu Village, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture (currently Shitara Town ). He published period novels mainly set in the Edo period, such as "Right Gate Catchbook" and "Hatamoto Taikutsuo".
Kokontei Kikuchiyo
Real name: Yasuyo Noguchi (野口 泰代). Born in Itabashi-ku , Tokyo. She's a Rakugoka - a person whose profession is to perform Rakugo. Rakugo is a type of traditional Japanese storytelling that was established in Japan during the Edo period. These are short anecdotes, humorous stories, passed on…
Sugiura Rokuemon
Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…
Wang Man Yu
Wang Man Yu (English name: Blue) is a pop singer and film actor in mainland China. She graduated from the Beijing Modern Conservatory of Music. In 2013, she participated in the Chongqing Satellite TV film and television series "Miracle DreamWorks" and won the national top 16 and officially entered the…
Matsuzaka Keiko
Matsuzaka Keiko is a Japanese actress, born in Outa, Tokyo. Her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku. Keiko played the "Madonna" role in the 1981 film Naniwa…
Matsudaira Ken
Matsudaira Ken, born in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a Japanese actor. His real name is Sueshichi Suzuki. Active both on television and on stage, he also sings. Matsudaira is most widely known for jidaigeki roles, having made his debut with Shintaro Katsu in an episode of the television series Zatoichi. For…
Nakashima Kazuki
A Japanese playwright, novelist and anime screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He has written scripts for Re: Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagann and Oh! Edo Rocket.
Takada Kokichi
Takada Kokichi is a Japanese actor and singer born in Sonoda Village, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Kajiura Takeichi. He is a historical drama star representing Shochiku before the war, and is known as the first "Singing Movie Star". His second daughter is actress Takada Miwa,…
