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Conrado Conde
Conrado Conde was a Filipino film director and an actor who made his first acting appearance as an extra in Parlatone Hispano-Filipino Carmelita a Roy de Silva movie and in the 1941 musical Panambitan. His last film from LVN Pictures is Prinsipe Teñoso ("Prince Tenoso", 1942), a swashbuckling movie…
Panchito Alba
Panchito was a Filipino film actor who almost exclusively appeared in comedy roles. Panchito's career in show business began in 1942 when he joined a bodabil troupe called "Travel Stage Show" which performed in various theaters in Japanese-occupied Manila. Panchito's film career began when he, along…
Zhang Nuan Xing
In the West, Chinese director Zhang Nuanxin is best remembered for her arthouse film Qing chun Ji/Sacrifice of Youth (1985). A native of Mongolia, Zhang studied at the Peking Film Academy from 1942 to 1962, and not long after graduating, returned to teach there. During the Cultural Revolution, she was…
Hatori Toshiko
Toshiko Hatori is an actress, known for Yûreitô (1948), The Sky of Hope (1942) and Korosu ga gotoku (1948). (Source: IMDb)
Jo Keung Ha
Jo Geung Haa was a South Korean director and screenwriter. He graduated from an academy of music in Japan, he debuted as a pianist in 1942. After Korean War, he ran a photo studio. In 1957, he made his own film studio to direct and shoot "Hwang Jin Yi" by himself. Then he showed a remarkable talent…
Hayashi Tsuchitaro
Hayashi Tsuchitaro was a Japanese sound engineer born in Kyoto, Japan. His interest in movies began during the era of silent films, leading him to frequent the Chiezo Production Studio in Sagano, run by Kataoka Chiezo. In April 1937, at age 15, he joined the sound department of Nikkatsu's Kyoto Studio…
Yamaoka Sohachi
Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…
Okawa Hiroshi
Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…
Miyata Yoyo
Miyata Yoyo was a Japanese actor born in Mikawa, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His real name was Iwashita Nobuo (岩下信夫). He graduated from Kumamoto Technical High School in 1929. After working with Miss Wakana's troupe, he became an exclusive performer for Yoshimoto Kogyo in 1938. In 1942, he moved…
Tsuburaya Eiji
Tsuburaya Eiji was a Japanese special effects director, film director, camera operator, and inventor born in Sukagawa Town, Fukushima Prefecture. He was the first president of the company Tsuburaya Special Skills Productions. He was the leading expert in special effects technology in the Showa era and…
