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- Shun Sugata was born on 17 February 1955 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), The Last Samurai (2003) and Bunraku (2010).
- Born and raised in Japan, Yukari moved to Canada in 2002 and enrolled in a community theatre class. Acting started as a hobby, but she quickly fell in love with the stage. When she started facing hardships at her job, she decided to take a chance and pursue acting as a career. Yukari now has over 10 years of professional acting experience; her portfolio includes several theatre shows and musicals in Vancouver, voice acting for video games and phone apps, and feature films and series on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and FX. She also worked for a major TV series as a Japanese Dialect Coach.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Born in Yamanashi, Japan, Yasuzô Masumura would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He earned a law degree towards the end of World War II from Tokyo University, yet joined Daiei Studio as an assistant director in 1950. He pursued a second degree at Tokyo University as a literature and philosophy double major. He was the first Japanese to study at Rome, Italy's Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia. He returned to Japan in 1953 and worked as assistant to Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa. Masumura's own lead directorial debut came in 1957 with Kuchizuke, which was a commercial success and also won praise from director Oshima Nagisa. Masumura went on to become a prolific director who also continued writing on Japanese cinema. A 1996 ten-day retrospective on Masumura in Rome was attended by Michaelangelo Antonioni who was an admirer.- Yoshio Tsuchiya grew up in his ancestral home in the countryside of Japan--the very grounds where Akira Kurosawa would later film KAGEMUSHA (1980). Tsuchiya's father was a professor of literature at the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo, and Tsuchiya grew up hearing as bedtime stories the works of William Shakespeare, of which Tsuchiya's father was the Japanese translator. Such a theatrical childhood no doubt stayed with Tsuchiya, who studied to be a doctor, and did indeed complete medical school. But he still felt drawn to acting, and so joined the highly regarded Hayuza theater group. He intended to do stage work entirely at first, until Akira Kurosawa persuaded him to audition for SHICHININ NO SAMURAI in 1952. Though reluctant at first, Tsuchiya acted his audition with such vigor that Kurosawa was bowled over. So was the public at large when Tsuchiya's fiery Rikichi, the most passionate of all the farmers in SEVEN SAMURAI, made his mark upon the film's release in 1954. Toho began to groom Tsuchiya as a star in the making, but he was less interested in fame than in the quality of roles he played. Kurosawa, too, was intensely protective of his discovery, counseling the young actor to work only with directors of quality. Early in 1957, Kurosawa introduced Tsuchiya to one such director, his close friend Ishiro Honda, whose classic GOJIRA had made its mark in the same year as SEVEN SAMURAI. Tsuchiya and Honda took to each other immediately--in later years he would call Kurosawa and Honda "my other two fathers"--and the actor, an avid UFO buff, impressed the director by insisting on the role of the Mysterian commander in their first science fiction collaboration, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE (1957). Since the Commander's face was never to be seen, Honda had had no illusions of getting a first-rate actor to play the part, and actually tried to talk Tsuchiya out of it. Toho, too, wanted him to play a role with a face the audience would get to see. But the iconoclastic Tsuchiya prevailed, and Honda was very touched by his persistence. He acted in numerous pictures for Honda through 1970, when he largely retired from movies in favor of the stage. After appearing in nearly every Kurosawa film after 1954, their collaboration came to an end with RED BEARD in 1965. (The two-year shoot had cost Tsuchiya a role in Honda's popular monster picture EARTH'S GREATEST BATTLE, 1964.) Kurosawa attempted to cast Tsuchiya in both KAGEMUSHA and RAN, but Tsuchiya's stage schedules would not permit. He did, however, narrate as well as appear in a 1991 TV documentary on the making of SEVEN SAMURAI. That same year, he made his first appearance in a monster film in over 20 years, playing the self-important magnate Shindo in GOJIRA VS. KING GHIDORA, which became one of his very favorite acting jobs. Tsuchiya's fierce but controlled persona has not dulled with age, and he remains more in demand than his schedule can handle. He still prefers the stage to films or TV, and usually does at least one stage tour a year. He is also a noted essayist, on subjects ranging from his work with Kurosawa to his interest in UFOs; several books of his work have been published.
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- Music Department
Sôma Saitô was born on 22 April 1991 in Kôfu, Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Aldnoah.Zero (2014), Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san (2018) and SSSS.Gridman (2018).- Actor
- Writer
Tomokazu Miura was born on 28 January 1952 in Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Shiosai (1975), M/Other (1999) and Adrift in Tokyo (2007). He has been married to Momoe Yamaguchi since 19 November 1980. They have two children.- Jinpachi Nezu was born on 1 December 1947 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ran (1985), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and Farewell to the Land (1982). He was married to ? ?. He died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Banjô Ginga was born on 12 November 1948 in Kôfu, Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) and GoGo Sentai Boukenger (2006). He is married to Gara Takashima.- Mariko Tsutsui was born on 13 October 1960 in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. She is an actress, known for A Girl Missing (2019), Harmonium (2016) and Roommate (2013).
- Jun'ichi Kanemaru was born on 27 October 1963 in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Shadow the Hedgehog (2005), Sonic Heroes (2003) and Sonic Adventure 2 (2001).
- Rihito Itagaki was born on 28 January 2002 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018), Alice in Borderland (2020) and The Promised Neverland (2020).
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- Animation Department
Masayuki Kojima was born on 16 March 1961 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director, known for Made in Abyss (2017), Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) and Tibetan Dog (2011).- Masahiko Kobe was born on 15 October 1969 in Yamanashi, Japan. He died on 14 March 2019 in Japan.
- Makio Inoue was born on 30 November 1938 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Arcadia of My Youth (1982) and Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978). He died on 29 November 2019 in Chiba, Japan.
- Animation Department
- Art Director
- Art Department
Takashi Nakamura was born on 12 September 1955 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an art director, known for Akira (1988), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Harmony (2015).- Kaoru Oda was born on 1 April 1961 in Yamanashi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Lesbians in Uniforms 2 (1983), Office Ladies: Lesbians in Uniforms 3 (1984) and Elder Sister's Diary (1984).
- Makita Sports was born on 25 January 1970 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Outrage (2010), Iribito - Ihôjin - (2021) and Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru (2021). He has been married to Nozomi since 3 July 2001. They have four children.
- Shûgorô Yamamoto was born on 22 June 1903 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was a writer, known for Sanjuro (1962), Red Beard (1965) and Machibugyô nikki: Tekka botan (1959). He was married to Yoshimura and ???. He died on 14 June 1967 in Yokohama, Japan.
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- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Izuru Narushima was born on 16 April 1961 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Kokô no mesu (2010), Solomon's Perjury (2015) and Cape Nostalgia (2014).- Actor
- Director
Keiji Mutô was born on 23 December 1962 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor and director, known for ROH: Final Battle 2003 (2003), WCW Thunder (1998) and All Japan Pro Wrestling 2002 Real World Tag League Gaora TV Special (2002).- Ken Mizorogi was born on 16 September 1980 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen Rider 555 (2003), Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003) and The Woman of S.R.I. (1999).
- Kôji Yashiro was born on 20 June 1923 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ore wa jigoku e yuku (1961), Danger Pays (1962) and Cruel Gun Story (1964).
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Masato Kôda was born on 24 October 1971 in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. He is a composer, known for Ape Escape 3 (2005), Project X Zone 2 (2015) and Resident Evil: Outbreak (2003).- Shichirô Fukazawa was born on 29 January 1914 in Isawamachi, Yamanashi, Japan. He was a writer, known for The River Fuefuki (1960), The Men of Tohoku (1957) and The Ballad of Narayama (1958). He died on 18 August 1987 in Japan.
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- Writer
Hitoshi Yazaki was born on 20 November 1956 in Kajikazawa-cho, Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for A Cappella (2016), Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) and Have a Nice Day (2006).- Hidetoshi Nakata was born on 22 January 1977 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Nike - The Mission (2000), Secret Tournament (2002) and Calcio Stream (1999).
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- Writer
- Editor
Katsuya Tomita was born on 18 April 1972 in Kôfu, Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Saudade (2011), Bangkok Nites (2016) and Tenzo (2019).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mamako Yoneyama was born on 15 March 1935 in Yamanashi, Japan. She was an actress, known for Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983), Kenju o migaku otoko: Shinya no shikaku (1960) and Beautiful Sunday (1998). She died on 20 September 2023 in Saitama, Japan.- Writer
- Actor
Kazuo Dan was born on 3 February 1912 in Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962), Yûhi to kenjû (1956) and Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon (1951). He was married to Yamada Yoso-ko and Ritsuko Takahashi. He died on 2 January 1976 in Fukuoka, Japan.- Ken'ichi Morozumi was born on 11 January 1955 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tekken 7 (2015), Vampire Hunter D (1999) and Black Lagoon (2006). He died on 1 September 2022.
- Naoko Kumagai was born on 8 August 1971 in Yamanashi, Japan.
- Tokuhei Wakao was born on 12 February 1918 in Yamanashi, Japan. Tokuhei was a writer, known for Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954), Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) and A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 (1957). Tokuhei died in 1976.
- Tomohisa Kagami was born on 12 June 1971 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Light the Night (2021), Ai qing ling yao (2002) and Love in Taipei (2023).
- Teppei Uenishi was born on 1 September 1993 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission (2021), Crymachina (2023) and Street Fighter 6 (2023).
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- Producer
Atsushi Shimizu was born on 28 August 1964 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Nana et Kaoru (2011), Nerawareta gakuen (1997) and Madan Senki Ryukendo (2006).- Masaaki Maeda was born on 6 July 1932 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991), Summer Vacation 1999 (1988) and Toi ippon no michi (1978).
- Tôru Kizu was born on 3 October 1970 in Ohtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) and Jin (2009).
- Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu was born on 5 August 1986 in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
- Rumi Segawa was born on 17 October 1946 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shôfu gekijô no yado (1970), Otoko onna no sex shori (1972) and Shinkon porno rankô (1972).
- Kômei Niitora was born on 13 May 1975 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Big Man Japan (2007), Kamen Rider Build (2017) and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016).
- Actress
Miko was born on 21 July 1981 in Yamanashi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sister (2005), Survive Girls (2006) and Dappi waifu - peau de mon épouse (2005).- Naoki Matsuda was born on 31 July 1971 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Flower and Snake (2004), Go (2001) and After the Rain (1999).
- Yasumi Yoshizawa was born on 8 January 1950 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a writer, known for Dokonjô gaeru (1972), The Gutsy Frog (2015) and Kaikin! Bakuro Night (2012).
- Shigeo Tezuka was born on 27 January 1942 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ninja butai gekkô (1964), Ultraman Leo (1974) and Inazuman (1973). He died on 4 February 2004.
- Takahiro Togawa was born on 4 February 1974 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Outrage (2010), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and Sukiyaki Western Django (2007).
- Director
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Masaharu Endô was born on 2 June 1933 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a director, known for Odin (1985), Astro Boy (1963) and 1000nen Jo'ou (1982).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Tatsuya Osada was born on 25 March 1952 in Yamanashi, Japan. He is a producer, known for Shall We Dance? (1996), Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001) and The Great Passage (2013).- Makiko Mutô was born on 30 November 1945 in Yamanashi, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kimi no na wa (1991), Oishinbo (1996) and Jôhô Presenter Tokudane! (1999). She died on 5 December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Art Department
- Animation Department
Hidehito Ueda was born on 3 November 1953 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was a director, known for Gatchaman (1972), Mainichi ga nichiyoubi (1990) and Zillion (1987). He died on 28 June 2015 in Japan.- Chieko Imaizumi was born on 11 May 1982 in Yamanashi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nuigulumar Z (2013), The Last Days of the World (2011) and 2001: a space odysSEX (2018).