Kinnosuke Takamatsu Explained

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Native Name Lang:jpn
Birth Name:Tsunao Watanabe
Birth Date:13 January 1898
Birth Place:Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Other Names:Kyōsuke Takamatsu
Occupation:Actor

was a Japanese actor.

Career

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. 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. He finished his career appearing in many Toei Company jidaigeki. He performed in over 200 films in his lifetime.

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Takamatsu Kinnosuke. Asahi Shinbun. 20 September 2017. Japanese.
  2. Web site: 恋や恋なすな恋. August 15, 2021. eiga.com.