Iwashiro Taro

Iwashiro Taro is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist, and music producer born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department…

Araki Michiko

Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…

Suzuki Toshitsugu

Suzuki Toshitsugu was a Japanese director. He had engaged in acting activities under the name Suzuki Takashi. After 1976, there were no confirmations of his activities in the related field. Although his passing has been confirmed, due to distancing from people in the film industry during his later years,…

Nakao Akira

Nakao Akira was a Japanese actor, TV personality, and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba. Nakao was represented by the Furutachi Project agency. Nakao attended Chiba Prefectural Kisarazu High School from 1958 and entered Musashino Art University from 1961. Also in 1961, he was selected in the "5th Nikkatsu…

Kurahara Koreyoshi

He was born in the city of Kuching, then part of the kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo. He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc.,…

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…

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director, known for his eminent film scores for world famous directors. Hisaishi was born as Fujisawa Mamoru, on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. At the age of five, he started taking violin lessons, at which he made rapid progress. At the age of nineteen,…

Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Kato Masayuki

Graduated from Waseda University. After working for NHK Kokura Broadcasting Theater and NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Theater , he was a member of Ezaki Productions. Played a lot of middle-aged male roles on the stage , appeared in a similar role in TV dramas such as NHK . In addition, dubbed movies and…

Misaki