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Kita Takeo
Kita Takeo was an art director and producer of Japanese films and President of Toho Built. He was born in Osaka. He was the first deputy director of the Japan Film and Television Art Directors Association. His younger brother Kita Tatsuo is also an art director. In 1926, he graduated from Ichioka Junior…
Anzai Kyoko
Anzai was a member of the Osaka Shochiku Opera Company from 1950-1953. She entered film immediately after resigning from the company. She retired from acting completely following her marriage in 1961 to fellow actor Tatsuya Mihashi. They remained married until her death in 2002. While her film career…
Fujita Susumu
Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…
Sanjo Miki
Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…
Hama Mie
Hama Mie is a Japanese actress most known outside Japan for having played Kissy Suzuki in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Hama was working as a bus conductor when she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She went on to become one of the most in-demand actresses in Japan. Notable appearances…
Hoshi Yuriko
Born on December 6 1943, Yuriko Hoshi was one of the younger members of the Toho stable of actors during the 1960s. She made a big impression in the Wakadasho (Young Guy) movies and was recognized for her youthful energy. Eventually she became more known for her roles in kaiju eiga films such as Mosura…
Suzuki Haruo
Suzuki Haruo is one of those ubiquitous supporting actors tucked away in the background of several sci-fi films and easily mistaken for other actors with a similar appearance. His roles rarely offered any dialogue. His most prominent speaking role is as the general trying to keep the giant electrodes…
Omori Kazuki
Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and holds a license to practice medicine. While in school, he began making films independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise.[3] His script "Orenji rōdo…
Fujiwara Kamatari
Fujiwara got his start in the Asakusa Opera Company at the age of 15 and continued pursuing music until the Great Kanto Earthquake. He transitioned into theater, performing in comedy with fellow actor Enomoto Kenichi. Fujiwara began appearing in comedies for PCL in the 30s; after the merger with Toho,…
Tsuchiya Yoshio
Yoshio Tsuchiya is a Japanese actor who has appeared in films such as Toshio Matsumoto's surreal masterpiece "Bara No Soretsu" (a.k.a. "Funeral Parade of Roses") and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the firebrand farmer Rikichi) and Red Beard, and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!. He has a long-standing interest…
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