712 results found for: Tenka no Goikenban
Matsukata Hiroki
Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor. As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut…
Ichikawa Utaemon
Ichikawa Utaemon was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Makino Shozo. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Bando…
Kita Ryuji
Kita Ryuji was a Japanese actor. He started out in the film industry in the scriptwriting department at Shochiku Ofuna Studios, then later joined Nikkatsu Tamagawa as an actor in 1937. He joined Shochiku Ofuna as an actor in 1950, where he was given roles as fathers, principals and executives, roles…
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.
Kitaoji Kinya
Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…
Ozawa Eitaro
Eitaro Ozawa was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988.
The Five Jolly Thieves
Japanese Movie - 1960
~~ Adapted from the play "Aoto Zoshi Hana no Nishikie" (青砥稿花紅彩画) written by Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥).
Onoe Matsunosuke
Onoe Matsunosuke was a Japanese actor. He was initially an actor with an itinerant kabuki troupe. In his autobiography, he claimed that he had made his stage debut as early as 1880, in a performance given by the Tamizo Onoe company. Fascinated by the stage, he left his home by the age of 14 to travel…
