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Tanaka Teruzo
Tanaka Teruzo, born Tanaka Teruo (田中輝夫) in Wada, Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan, was a Japanese stage designer. was a Japanese stage designer. He graduated from Kagawa Prefectural Mitoyo Middle School (香川県立三豊中学校) and, in 1934, Kyoto College of Technology (京都高等工芸学校).…
Kaneko Yurina
Kaneko Yurina is a Japanese film director born in Tokyo in 1995. She developed an interest in filmmaking while studying at the College of Image Arts and Sciences at Ritsumeikan University. In 2018, she was selected from approximately 200 applicants to direct the short film Projection, starring Ito Sari.…
Kubota Joji
Kubota Joji was a Japanese children's literature writer born in Shimada, Goya, Okayama, Japan. He was also a member of the Japan Art Academy. His father, Heitaro, managed the Shimada Textile Mill, which produced items such as lamp wicks. However, his father passed away when Joji was eight years old…
Minami Shinsuke I
Minami Shinsuke was a Japanese comedian, actor, TV host, and talent born in Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. His eldest son is the second-generation comedian Minami Shinsuke. He studied at Suginami Daiichi Elementary School. In 1940, when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he joined the children's…
Masuda Kiiton
Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…
Gomi Kunitaro
He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…
Nagato Daiko
Nagato Daiko is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer, and composer. He's more known as a founder of music company Being Inc., which provided million-seller hits during the 1990s and with his music company provided more than 80 theme songs for the anime television series Detective Conan.…
Date Shin
In 1925 he became a member of the theater company Tsukijishogekijo, where he made his debut in the play Gasu. When this theater company was disbanded in 1929, he joined forces with, among others, Osamu Takizawa and transferred to the left-wing theater company Tokyo sayokugekijo . There he spent a lot…
Abe Yutaka
A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…
