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Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi (柳永二郎, Yanagi Eijirō) (16 September 1895 – 24 April 1984) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1940 to 1975.

Career

A graduate of Ikubunkan Junior High School, Tokyo, Yanagi gave his stage debut at the Yutakuza theatre in 1913.[3] After working with the troupes of Masao Inoue and Hanabishi Kawamura, and moving from shingeki to shinpa theatre,[3] he formed the Shinsei Shinpa theatre company with Shōtaro Hanayagi and others in 1938,[4] in which he was active for the next ten years. He also wrote books on shinpa theatre.[3]

Yanagi was also a busy supporting actor in films in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in works of directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Akira Kurosawa and Heinosuke Gosho.[1][5] He made his final film appearance in 1975[1][5] and gave his final stage performance in 1982.[3]

Selected filmography

Notes

  1. ^ The Kinema Junpo website gives Tokyo as place of birth,[1] the Shochiku website Hyōgo Prefecture.[2] Kotobank lists two sources, one of which gives Tokyo, the other Hyōgo Prefecture.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "柳永二郎". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ "歴代の名優". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "柳永二郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "新生新派". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "柳永二郎". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. ^ "連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

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