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Jang Moon Il
Director and screenwriter. Born in Sinan, Jeollanam-do in 1963. Graduated from Hongik University, Department of Oriental Painting in 1988. After working as assistant director for a few years, he made his directorial debut with "Happy Undertaker". Awards: 2016 - 11th Osaka Asian Film Festival Grand Prize…
Sakura Hisako
Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…
Hamahata Kenkichi
Hamahata Kenkichi was anactor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School and dropped out of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokai University. He is affiliated with Office Miyamoto. He was a graduate of the 15th class of the Haiyuza Theater Company's training…
Nakajima Sadao
Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director…
Katsura Bunshi VI
Katsura Bunshi VI is a Japanese TV presenter and rakugo artist. His former stage name was Katsura Sanshi. Sanshi received this name from his shisho (master) and one of the celebrated postwar Kamigata Rakugo greats, Katsura Bunshi V. Sanshi's "san" came from, originally, being Bunshi's third deshi (pupil),…
Utsumi Toppa
Utsumi Toppa, born Kimura Sadayuki (木村貞行) in Utsumi, Minamiuwa, Ehime, Japan, was a Japanese manzai performer. He was the younger brother of screenwriter Misho Kingo (御荘金吾) and the husband of singer Maeshima Setsuko (前島節子). Toppa graduated from Naniwa Commercial School (浪華商業学校)…
Otomo Jun
Otomo Jun was a Japanese actor born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Sogei Pro, Teatro Kakko, Hanabusa Pro, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Association. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School's pre-war Teacher Training Course and worked as a music teacher at Osaka Municipal Namba…
Irikawa Yasunori
Irikawa Yasunori was a Japanese actor, moderator, voice actor, narrator, and talent from Higashinada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin High School and dropped out of Kwansei Gakuin University. He started acting on TV in Osaka since he was a student. In July 2010, he…
Kodo Kuninori
Kodo Kuninori was a Japanese actor born in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Tanigawa Saichiro. Before the war, he was active in Teikoku Kinema and Utaemon Ichikawa productions and appeared in Toho during and after the war. In 1901, after dropping out of the junior high school of Kansai…
Uchida Asao
Uchida Asao, born Uchida Tomoo in Pyongyang, Korea, during Japanese rule, was a Japanese actor. He was affiliated with Kohinata Project after working with Enkei Theater and the Gekkoai theater troupe. After graduating from Pyongyang First Middle School, Uchida worked for Higashiman Waryu Coal Mine,…
