Born March 27, 1909· Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
† Died April 23, 1988
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Leaving high school early, he entered the left-wing theatre circles Toho Sayoku Gekijo and Shinkyo Gekidan, where he first honed his craft before making a film debut at P.C.L. (later Toho) in 1935. After a wartime arrest and a brief stint at Shochiku, he co-founded the Haiyuza troupe in 1944 and, following military service, returned to both stage and screen, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu’s Record of a…
