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Furukawa Roppa
Furukawa Roppa was a Japanese comedian. He was born the sixth son of Baron Kato Terumaro, making him the grandson of Baron Kato Hiroyuki. The family custom, however, was to have the younger sons adopted by related families, so Furukawa was adopted by his father's sister and her husband, Furukawa Taketaro.…
Hanaoka Kikuko
Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…
Hasegawa Kazuo
Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…
Kinugasa Teinosuke
Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助 Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January 1896 – 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of Hell). He was among the pioneers of…
