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Kanjuro Arashi

Stage name

Kanjuro Arashi
Real name

Teruichi Takahashi
Nickname

Arakan
Date of birth

December 8, 1902
Date of death

Died on October 21, 1980, at age 77
Debut starring work

April 29, 1927
Kurama Tengu Ibun: Kakubejishi – filmed by Makino Omuro
Best works
  • Kurama Tengu in Kurama Tengu Ibun: Kakubejishi (1927, Makino)
  • Muttsuri Umon in Umon Ichibantegara Nanbanyurei (1929, Toa)
  • Tetsunojo Mimura in Gokeninzakura (1932, Arashi Kanjuro Production)
  • Iso no Genta in Iso no Genta: Dakine no Nagawakizashi (1932, Arashi Kanjuro Production)
  • Tokichiro Kinoshita in Shusse Taikoki (1938, Nikkatsu)
  • Chojiro Kondo in Kaientai (1939, Nikkatsu)
  • Kokichi Ukita in Chojin (The Bird Man) (1940, Nikkatsu)
  • Emperor Meiji in Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957, Shintoho)
History
  • 1919: Joined Matsunosuke Kataoka Troupe. First stage appearance as Chikara Oishi in Kataoka Gishi Geki theatrical group under the stage name Tokutaro Arashi.
  • 1921: Joined the Kansai Seinen Kabuki: Senjaku Nakamura I Troupe.
  • 1923: Joined the troupe of his uncle Tokusaburo Arashi whose first stage production had Nizaemon Kataoka as a special guest. Got the trade name of Hamuraya and the stage name of Wakadayu Arashi.
  • March 1927: Joined Makino Productions Omuro Studio, one day behind Chiezo Kataoka, under the stage name Chozaburo Arashi.
  • 1927: Starred in Kurama Tengu Ibun: Kakubejishi which was a big hit. Became a star.
  • April 1928: Became independent from Makino Production and established Arashi Kanjuro Production under the stage name Kanjuro Arashi.
  • February 1929: Joined Toa Kinema Kyoto Studio, where Umon Ichibantegara Nanbanyurei became a big hit.
  • August 1931: Left Toa Kinema. Second Arashi Kanjuro Production established; Shinko Kinema alliance formed.
  • August 1937: Arashi Kanjuro Production dissolved.
  • 1938: Joined Nikkatsu Kyoto Studio.
  • 1942: Kanjuro Arashi stayed at the company as it was reorganized as Daiei due to wartime integration of Nikkatsu.
  • 1948: Left Daiei and went freelance.
  • 1950: Established Sogei Productions.
  • 1956: Joined Shintoho.
  • 1961: Shintoho went bankrupt, and he became freelance again.

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