Masakane Yonekura
Masakane Yonekura (7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author, and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.
Masakane Yonekura
- Name
- Masakane Yonekura
- Born
- 10 July 1934
- Birthplace
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Died
- 26 August 2014
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Masakane Yonekura (7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author, and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.
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• Name — Masakane Yonekura • Born — 10 July 1934 • Birthplace — Fukuoka, Japan • Died — 26 August 2014 • Place of death — Fukuoka, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1957–2014
Death
Death
On 26 August 2014, Yonekura died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. He was 80.
Television
Television
• Kunitori Monogatari (1973) as Takenaka Hanbei • Katsu Kaishū (1974) as Sakuma Shōzan • Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) as Ōkiyō • Shiroi Kyotō (1978) as Noboru Kikukawa • Haru no Hatō (1985) as Itagaki Taisuke • Hideyoshi (1996) as Imagawa Yoshimoto • Clouds Over the Hill (2009–11) as Ōyama Iwao
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1934
Masakane Yonekura born at Fukuoka.
2014
Masakane Yonekura died at Fukuoka.
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Masakane Yonekura was born in Fukuoka.
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Masakane Yonekura died in Fukuoka.
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Film
• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) as Nezu Jinpachi • Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) • Kanashimi no Belladonna (1973) • Aitsu ni Koishite (1987) • Hope and Pain (1988) • Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996) • Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 (2012), as Rintarō Chagawa • The Little House (2014)
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Masakane Yonekura is recorded as actor and illustrator.
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