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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.

Eijirō Yanagi
Born
Takeshi Nagai

(1895-09-16)16 September 1895
Tokyo or Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[a]
Died24 April 1984(1984-04-24) (aged 88)
OccupationActor
Years active1913-1982

Career

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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

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Notes

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  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

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  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 "柳永二郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "新生新派". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 "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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