Kinzō Shin (信欣三, Shin Kinzō, 30 March 1920 – 28 October 1981) was a Japanese stage and film actor.[1] Between the early 1930s and late 1980s, he appeared in over 80 films by directors such as Masaki Kobayashi, Kon Ichikawa, Kaneto Shindō, Tadashi Imai and Yasuzō Masumura.[2][3]
Kinzō Shin | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 9 July 1910
Died | 26 December 1988 | (aged 78)
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Ranko Akagi |
Biography
editKinzō Shin was born in Tokyo.[1] After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural First Commercial School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Daiichi Commercial High School), he first joined the Toho Sayoku Gekijo before becoming a co-founder of the Shinkyo Gekidan, both left-wing theatre groups.[1] Following the forced dissolution of the Shinkyo Gekidan by the authorities, he formed the Mizuho Gekidan company together with Jūkichi Uno and others.[1] After World War II, he was active in the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company.[1]
After sporadic film appearances in the 1930s,[3] he frequently acted in films since the late 1940s[3] and on television starting in the mid-1950s.[4]
Filmography (selected)
edit- 1950: Listen to the Voices of the Sea, dir. Hideo Sekigawa
- 1953: Hiroshima, dir. Hideo Sekigawa
- 1953: Tower of Lilies, dir. Tadashi Imai
- 1953: The Thick-Walled Room, dir. Masaki Kobayashi (released 1956)
- 1954: Dobu, dir. Kaneto Shindō
- 1955: Princess Yang Kwei Fei, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1955: Wolf, dir. Kaneto Shindō
- 1957: Tokyo Twilight, dir. Yasujirō Ozu
- 1957: The Blue Sky Maiden, dir. Yasuzō Masumura
- 1958: Giants and Toys, dir. Yasuzō Masumura
- 1958: Conflagration, dir. Kon Ichikawa
- 1963: Youth of the Beast, dir. Seijun Suzuki
- 1964: Revenge, dir. Tadashi Imai
- 1964: The Long Death, dir. Kei Kumai (starring role as Sadamichi Hirasawa)
- 1966: Captive's Island, dir. Masahiro Shinoda
- 1967: Clouds at Sunset, dir. Masahiro Shinoda
- 1968: The Man Without a Map, dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
- 1974: Castle of Sand, dir. Yoshitarō Nomura
- 1981: Willful Murder, dir. Kei Kumai
References
editExternal links
edit- Kinzō Shin at IMDb