Eiji Nakano
5 December 1904 – 6 September 1990 was a Japanese film actor.
Eiji Nakano
作者不明 · 『キネマ旬報』1935年11月21日号 · Public domain
- Name
- Eiji Nakano
- Birth Name
- Eisaburō Nakano
- Born
- 5 December 1904
- Birthplace
- Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
- Died
- 6 September 1990
- Occupation
- Actor
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• Name — Eiji Nakano • Birth Name — Eisaburō Nakano • Born — 5 December 1904 • Birthplace — Kure, Hiroshima, Japan • Died — 6 September 1990 • Occupation — Actor
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Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Nakano attended Hōsei University, but left before graduating. When he was playing for the Nikkatsu amateur baseball team, he was scouted as an actor and made his debut in 1925 in Daichi wa hohoemu. While becoming one of Japan's main romantic leads, Nakano moved from Nikkatsu to Teikoku Kinema to Shinkō Kinema to Daiichi Eiga and other studios, and starred in films directed by such masters as Kenji Mizoguchi, Tomu Uchida, Daisuke Itō, and Tomotaka Tasaka, among others. In 1941, he formed his own production company, Nakano Eiji Productions, and directed the film Shōgun. After World War II, he ceased appearing in movies until the 1970s, when he appeared in films such as Kaneto Shindo's documentary on Kenji Mizoguchi, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director.
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Selected filmography
• Daichi wa hohoemu (1925) • Orizuru Osen (1935) • Shōgun (1941) (director) • Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
中野英治
朝日新聞社 · 『 アサヒグラフ 』 1949年6月1日号
Eiji Nakano and Isamu Kosugi in Keisatsukan (警察官) directed by Tomu Uchida - 1933
Shinkō Kinema
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