Murota Hideo

Murota Hideo was a Japanese actor born in Hokkaido, Japan. He was known for "Kagemusha" (1980), "Original Sin" (1992) and "Endless Waltz" (1995). He died on June 15, 2002, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, due to lung cancer. (Source: IMDb)

Yaohara Hisako

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Matsumura Tatsuo

Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…

Sugai Kin

Kin Sugai was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

Inaba Yoshio

Yoshio Inaba was a Japanese actor best known for his role as one of the title characters (the good-natured, second-in-command Gorobei) in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. He died of a heart attack at the age of 77.

Kato Yoshi

Katou Yoshi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Hometown. He married the actress Yamada Isuzu in 1950, but they divorced three years later. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kimura Isao

Isao Kimura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog as Yusa the criminal. Perhaps his most notable role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.

Kusamura Reiko

Reiko Kusamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Shall We Dance?