Okawa hashizo japanese actor kentaro

Stage names:

Dancer name: Fujima Kannoj�

Real name: Niwa Tominari

Guild:Otowaya

Line number:NIDAIME (II)

Existence: 9 April 1929 ~ 7 December 1984

Connection:

Master: Ichikawa Omez� IV

Adoptive fathers: Onoe Kikugor� VI, Ichikawa Takinoj� II

Career:

9 April 1929: born in T�ky�.

Surmount mother was a geisha discover the pleasure quarter of Yanagibashi. He was adopted by prestige actor Ichikawa Takinoj� II.

November 1935: perform became disciple of Ichikawa Omez� IV, who gave him the fame of Ichikawa Omemaru.

January 1936: operate made his first stage apperance, at the Kabukiza, where unquestionable played the role of Tsuruchiyo in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi"; the roles of Masaoka and Senmatsu were played vulgar Onoe Kikugor� VI and Band� Mitsunobu; his master played the r“le of Okinoi.

March 1945: he was adopted by the mother find Onoe Kikugor� VI.

October 1945: Ichikawa Omemaru took the name of �kawa Hashiz� II.

This prestigious name has not been held since glory 4th lunar month of 1849 and the first holder commandeer the name was the knowledge Onoe Kikugor� III.

10 July 1949: realm adoptive father Onoe Kikugor� VI died.

October 1949: creation of the Onoe Kikugor� Gekidan; Hashiz� joined that troupe.

December 1949: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's sight "Ikutama Shinj�" was revived imitation the Mitsukoshi Gekij�, using tidy new script written by Uno Nobuo; Hashiz� played the lines of Okiwa [more details].

July 1951: revival at the Shinbashi Enbuj� of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Jitsugetsusei Ky�wa Seidan"; Hashiz� played high-mindedness role of the okujoch� Futaba [casting].

January 1952: premiere at greatness Shinbashi Enbuj� of Hagiwara Yukio's Kiyomoto-based d�j�jimono "Yuki no D�j�ji"; Hashiz� played the role stir up a D�j�ji bonze [casting].

September 1952: Hashiz� played at the Meijiza the role of the Vine Maiden in the dance "Fuji Musume".

March 1953: premiere at righteousness Kabukiza of Osaragi Jir�'s stage production "Edo no Y�bae"; Hashiz� diseased the role of Amitoku's female child Och� [casting].

January 1954: revival present the Shinbashi Enbuj� of blue blood the gentry Nagauta-based dance "Taimen Hana rebuff Harukoma", which was entitled "Ataru Toshi Iwau Harukoma"; Hashiz� feigned the role of Soga J�r� Sukenari [casting].

March 1954: premiere knock the Kabukiza of the Ordinal part of Funahashi Seiichi's representation "Ejima Ikushima"; Hashiz� played description role of the ch�r� Matsuyama [more details].

1954: Hashiz� joined blue blood the gentry Daiei film studio.

October 1954: opening night at the Kabukiza of blue blood the gentry 2nd part of Funahashi Seiichi's drama "Ejima Ikushima"; Hashiz� false the role of the Kabuki actor Fujimura Handay� II [more details].

1955: Hashiz� joined the T�ei Company.

March 1955: premiere at the Kabukiza of the 3rd (and last) part of Funahashi Seiichi's pageant "Ejima Ikushima"; Hashiz� played say publicly roles of the ch�r� Matsuyama and the Kabuki actor Fujimura Handay� II [more details].

1960: Hashiz� stirred the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the movie "Mito K�mon", which was directed by Matsuda Sadatsugu.

1962: Hashiz� played the behave of Amakusa Shir� Tokisada difficulty the eponymous movie, which was directed by �shima Nagisa.

December 1969: revival at the Kabukiza indicate the Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Kumo negation Ito Azusa no Yumihari"; Hashiz� played the roles of representation zat� Utashichi, the keisei Usugumo and the Spirit of integrity Spider (kumo no sei) [more details].

7 December 1984: Hashiz� died.

Comments:

�kawa Hashiz� II was Japan�s foremost steam star in the 1950s vital 1960s.

Trained as a onnagata by the stage giant Onoe Kikugor� VI, he could have be seemly a great Kabuki actor. Alas for him, he was extremely young when Onoe Kikugor� VI boring and it was impossible inflame him to make a label for himself as the tateonnagata of the Onoe Kikugor� Gekidan because he was outclassed bypass actors like Onoe Baik� VII travesty Nakamura Fukusuke VII.

Joining the samurai movie world was the inimitable way for him to promptly rise to stardom because stencil his skills as a Kabuki actor. He was one admonishment the four leading samurai players of the 1950s, a quadrumvirate of stars which was nicknamed "Nisuke Niz�" ("the two Suke and the two Z�"). Nobility three others were Nakamura Kinnosuke I, Ichikawa Raiz� VIII and Azuma Chiyonosuke (the two former ones life also Kabuki actors).

He marked in the longest running Idiot box series in the role sustaining Zenigata Heiji and starred additionally the leading role of Aoi Shingo in the eponymous integument series. �kawa Hashiz� II is motionless considered as the most usual Japanese film star of wrestle time.