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Kawatake Mokuami
Kawatake Mokuami was a playwright of Kabuki and Kyogen during the late Edo period and Meiji era. Born Yoshimura Yoshisaburo (吉村芳三郎) in Nihonbashi, Edo, Japan, he used the pen name Sosui (其水) and was also known by the alternate name Furukawa Mokuami (古河黙阿弥) He was born the second…
Koda Hiroko
Joined the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Company in 1953 and worked as an actress on stage and on the air. Appeared in the 1976 serial television novel "Unno Juttan". She also won the Minister of Education Award and the Prix Italia Grand Prize for the music poetry "Ondine" ( composed by Akira Miyoshi ), starring…
Ichikawa Sadanji II
Ichikawa Sadanji II was one of the most popular actors in Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. He was an open-minded reformist, working hard to promote new plays, and an adept of revivals of long-forgotten classical dramas. His close collaborations with Okamoto Kidô, Osanai Kaoru and Mayama…
Katsura Bunshi VI
Katsura Bunshi VI is a Japanese TV presenter and rakugo artist. His former stage name was Katsura Sanshi. Sanshi received this name from his shisho (master) and one of the celebrated postwar Kamigata Rakugo greats, Katsura Bunshi V. Sanshi's "san" came from, originally, being Bunshi's third deshi (pupil),…
Shinoda Masahiro
Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also participated in the Hakone Ekiden long distance race. He joined the Shōchiku Studio in 1953 as an assistant director, where he worked on films by such directors as Yasujirō Ozu. He debuted as a director in 1960 with One-Way Ticket…
Kadoi Hajime
Graduated from Seijo University. In 1997, he won the second Mito Short Film Festival Grand Prix in a self-produced movie "Sakaikan Kokoromi". In 2008, he won Jury Special Prize for the 5th Dubai International Film Festival Competition Division.
Onoe Kajo
Onoe Kajo was a Japanese actor born in Kobe. He was a thorough supporting player of Kyoto historical drama, and at the age of 30, he also played a leading role. His older brother is actor Kataoka Matsuyan. He became a stage actor from early on under the name of Ichikawa Momotaro. After working in the…
