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Kawashima Yuzo
Kawashima Yuzo was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He suffered from polio and was known as an excessive drinker. He died in 1963 at the age of 45, having completed 50 films during a career which spanned only 19 years. (Source: Wikipedia)
Gosho Heinosuke
Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…
Umemura Yoko
Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…
Tazaki Jun
Jun Tazaki was a Japanese actor best known for his various roles from Kaiju films produced by Toho, often cast in the roles of scientists or military personnel.
Funabashi Gen
Funabashi Gen was a Japanese actor born in Obihiro City, Hokkaido. In 1948, while attending the preparatory course at Hosei University, he passed the first New Face of Toyoko Film (the predecessor of Toei), dropped out of college and joined the company, and made his debut with "Thief of the Moonlight…
Mikimoto Shinsuke
Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…
Kataoka Chiezo
Kataoka Chiezo was a Japanese period drama star, who was active before and after the war. He is considered one of the six big stars in Japanese period dramas. After the war, he became an executive star of Toei and remained a front-line star until his death. His eldest son Motoharu and his daughter Chie…
Ichikawa Jun
Born in Tokyo, 1948. A prominent hitmaker of TV commercials, he earned the Grand Prize at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 1985. His first film is "BU+SU" produced in 1987. His most acclaimed film is Tony Takitani, which earned him numerous festival awards. In the early morning hours…
