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Enomoto Kenichi
Actor and comedian, known as the “Comedy King of Japan.” Enomoto actually debuted in show business in a Japanese production of the opera Carmen, singing in the chorus. He leveraged his improvisational skills to transition into film. He was also a talented singer and recorded for Columbia, Victor…
Hosokawa Toshiyuki
Hosokawa Toshiyuki was a Japanese actor associated with the Aktor. Born in Fukuoka and raised in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, he completed his education at Yamaguchi Prefectural Toyora High School and briefly attended Gakushuin University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics, where he was involved…
Takada Minoru
Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…
Unagami Hideo
After dropping out of college in 1932, Unagami began a career as a theater actor, only for his career to be interrupted when he was drafted to serve in the military during World War II. After the war, Unagami became an actor for Shochiku and appeared in the 1946 film Comedy is Endless. He soon left…
Fujiki Yu
Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…
Nakao Akira
Nakao Akira was a Japanese actor, TV personality, and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba. Nakao was represented by the Furutachi Project agency. Nakao attended Chiba Prefectural Kisarazu High School from 1958 and entered Musashino Art University from 1961. Also in 1961, he was selected in the "5th Nikkatsu…
Sato Naoki
Sato Naoki is a Japanese composer. He rose to prominence in the 2000s, primarily through his work in anime, video games, before breaking into films ca. 2004. His style has a distinctly Western flair while retaining classic Japanese sensibilities. Sato excels at composing brash, bold action music, but…
Brian Tee
Jae-bum Takata, known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese-American actor. Tee was born in Okinawa, to a Korean-American father and Japanese mother. At the age of two, he moved to Hacienda Heights, California, and was raised in Southern California. He attended Glen A. Wilson High School where…
Shimura Takashi
Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…
Hasegawa Hiroki
Hasegawa Hiroki is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. His nickname is "Hasehiro". He is affiliated with Hirata Office. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Chuo University; and worked part time at Magazine House publishing. In 2001 he joined the Bungakuza literary arts theater institute as a part of…
