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Kuwano Michiko
Michiko Kuwano was a Japanese actress. First working as a "sweets girl" for Morinaga & Company, Kuwano joined the Shochiku studio in 1934, debuting in Hiroshi Shimizu's Kinkanshoku. She gave birth to a girl in 1942, who later became the actress Miyuki Kuwano, and resumed work in 1943, but collapsed…
Ikeda Tadao
Ikeda Tadao was a Japanese screenwriter. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios and made his debut with "Entaku Bochan" in 1929. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)
Yoshikawa Mitsuko
Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…
Sasaki Yasushi
Sasaki Yasushi was a film director in the Showa period. He dropped out of the Japanese Literature course at Hosei University. He belonged to Shochiku, Toei, and Toei Television Productions. Known as a master of fast-shooting, he produced a succession of hit movies during his Shochiku era, including…
Ashikawa Izumi
Ashikawa Izumi was a Japanese actress. In 1953, Ashikawa was scouted by director Yuzo Kawashima and joined the Shochiku studio. She made her film debut with Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin directed by Yuzo Kawashima. In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio and gained popularity. She married actor Fuji Tatsuya…
Miura Mitsuko
Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…
Yamamoto Satsuo
Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho.…
Shimazu Yasujiro
Shimazu Yasujiro was a Japanese director. He was one of the major creators of the Shoshimingeki genre (films depicting the lower middle classes) at the Shochiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shochiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began…
Asahara Yuzo
Asahara Yuzo is a Japanese filmmaker from Takamatsu city, Kagawa prefecture. In 1987, after graduating from university, he joined Shochiku. (Source: Written by MyDramaList)
Tajima Yoshibumi
In 1937, he participated in the founding of a small art theater. Dropped out of college in 1941. In 1946, he joined the Haiyuza Theater Company due to "the love of the actress Sumako" ( Shochiku, Kenji Mizoguchi ) In 1954, he left the Haiyuza Theater Company and entered Nikkatsu, where he resumed film…
