Eijirō Yanagi | |
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Born | Takeshi Nagai (1895-09-16)16 September 1895 Tokyo or Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 24 April 1984(1984-04-24) (aged 88) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1913-1982 |
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. After working with the troupes of Masao Inoue and Hanabishi Kawamura, and moving from shingeki to shinpa theatre, he formed the Shinsei Shinpa theatre company with Shōtaro Hanayagi and others in 1938, in which he was active for the next ten years. He also wrote books on shinpa theatre.
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. He made his final film appearance in 1975 and gave his final stage performance in 1982.
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role |
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1943 | The Song Lantern | |
1951 | Miss Oyu | |
Ginza Cosmetics | ||
The Idiot | ||
1952 | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | |
The Life of Oharu | ||
1953 | Epitome | Nagase |
A Japanese Tragedy | Iwami | |
Life of a Woman | ||
1955 | Tōjūrō no Koi | |
The Phantom Horse | ||
Takekurabe | Owner of Daikokuya | |
Shin Heike Monogatari | ||
1956 | Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten | |
1957 | Suzakumon | |
Floating Vessel | ||
1958 | Night Drum | |
1961 | Akō Rōshi | |
Hunting Rifle | Uncle | |
High Noon for Gangsters | Satoshi | |
1962 | The Mad Fox | |
The Tale of Zatoichi | ||
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues | ||
Destiny's Son | ||
1963 | An Actor's Revenge | |
Bushido, Samurai Saga | ||
1968 | The Sands of Kurobe | |
Admiral Yamamoto | Osami Nagano | |
1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea | Itō Hirobumi |
1975 | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | Himself |
Notes
- The Kinema Junpo website gives Tokyo as place of birth, the Shochiku website Hyōgo Prefecture. Kotobank lists two sources, one of which gives Tokyo, the other Hyōgo Prefecture.
References
- ^ "柳永二郎". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "歴代の名優". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "柳永二郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "新生新派". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "柳永二郎". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
External links
- Eijirō Yanagi at IMDb
- "柳永二郎". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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