Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Kinnosuke Takamatsu | |
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高松錦之助 | |
Born | Tsunao Watanabe 13 January 1898 |
Died | 14 May 1979 | (aged 81)
Other names | Kyōsuke Takamatsu |
Occupation | Actor |
Kinnosuke Takamatsu (Japanese: 高松 錦之助, Hepburn: Takamatsu Kinnosuke, 13 January 1898 – 14 May 1979) was a Japanese actor.
Career
[edit]Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takamatsu acted in shinpa theater before joining Makino Film Productions in 1924.[1] He left the studio in 1926 and joined director Teinosuke Kinugasa in the independent production of the avant-garde film A Page of Madness, playing the crucial role of the bearded inmate. He later joined Ryunosuke Tsukigata's independent production company before moving to Shochiku.[1] During World War II, he left the film business and focused on theater, but he returned to film in 1946 in Kenji Mizoguchi's Utamaro and His Five Women.[1] He finished his career appearing in many Toei Company jidaigeki. He performed in over 200 films in his lifetime.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
[edit]- A Page of Madness (1926)
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
- Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
- Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
- 13 Assassins (1963)
- Oshidori kenkagasa (1957)
- The Mad Fox (1962)[2]
- The Sword of Doom (1966)
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Takamatsu Kinnosuke" (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "恋や恋なすな恋". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Kinnosuke Takamatsu at IMDb
- Takamatsu Kinnosuke at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Takamatsu Kyōsuke at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)