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Boya Saburo
Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music. His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was…
Yamauchi Hachiro
Yamauchi Hachiro was a Japanese film actor. As a so-called large-room actor, he appeared as a bit part and extra in numerous movies and TV dramas, mainly historical dramas, from before World War II to the 1990s. After graduating from elementary school, he devoted himself to a dye shop, but after watching…
Nakano Minoru
Nakano Minoru was a novelist and playwright born in Osaka Prefecture. He dropped out of Hosei University's liberal arts department. In 1922, Nakano's play "Basue no Haru" was performed for the first time at the Park Theater in Asakusa. In the same year, he applied for "Chabanshi" in the script recruitment…
Yamaji Fumiko
Yamaji Fumiko was an actress, businessman, and social entrepreneur from Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. In 1930, while attending Mori High School, she was elected to Miss Kobe sponsored by the Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. She joined the company and made her movie debut with "The Rebellious Child…
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…
Nagahama Fujio
Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…
Hanabu Tatsuo
Hanabu Tatsuo was born in Fukugawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (now Koto Ward, Tokyo). He is best known for being an actor that largely appeared in supporting roles in jidaigeki dramas. In 1930, he entered Tokyo Prefectural Third Middle School (currently Ryogoku High School, Tokyo) as a first-year student…
Ichikawa Utaemon
Ichikawa Utaemon was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Makino Shozo. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Bando…
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…
Takahashi Koji
Takahashi Koji is a Japanese actor. While he was in Toyo University, Takahashi became a chauffeur of Miyaguchi Seiji, an actor of the theatrical company Bungakuza. In 1959, he joined Bungakuza and made his debut with the play Japan’s Deserted Island. In 1963, he played a role in the film "Mother"…
