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Beauty Saguchi
Beauty Saguchi is a Japanese hair and makeup artist and beauty director affiliated with OFFICE BEAUTY (オフィスビューティー). Originally from Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, he was discovered by Naoe Fumiko (直江冨美子) at Central Fashion (セントラルファッション), which led to his…
Shimizu Takeshi
Shimizu Takeshi is a Japanese film art director from Kanagawa, Japan. He began his career as an art assistant on the special effects television drama "Ultraman 80" and later worked at Tokyo Disneyland. He joined Toho, where he initially focused on special effects art before making his debut as an art…
Satsuma Kenpachiro
Satsuma Kenpachiro was a Japanese actor and suit actor born in Kagoshima, Japan. He was also the head of the Satsuma Goken Training Institute. In 1965, he joined Kawasaki Steel Corporation. The following year, he transferred to Chiba Steel Works. In 1967, he left Kawasaki Steel and entered the Nikkatsu…
George A. Furness
A former soldier and lawyer residing in Japan during the 50s and 60s. He retired from the army as a Major. His was well known in Japan for serving as defense counsel for Shigemitsu Mamoru, a war-time Japanese politician, and Admiral Toyoda Soemu, during the Tokyo Trials. Despite Shigemitsu’s opposition…
Nick Adams
Born to poor Ukrainian miner parents, Adams aspired to greater things and quickly settled on acting, receiving early encouragement from the likes of Jack Palance and Henry Fonda. From 1952 to 1955 he tried fervently to balance his aspirations as an actor with his duties in the Coast Guard. Adams was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
