Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi
Born
Takeshi Nagai

(1895-09-16)16 September 1895
Tokyo or Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[a]
Died24 April 1984(1984-04-24) (aged 88)
OccupationActor
Years active1913-1982

Eijirō Yanagi (柳永二郎, Yanagi Eijirō) (16 September 1895 – 24 April 1984) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1940 to 1975.

Career

A graduate of Ikubunkan Junior High School, Tokyo, Yanagi gave his stage debut at the Yutakuza theatre in 1913.[3] After working with the troupes of Masao Inoue and Hanabishi Kawamura, and moving from shingeki to shinpa theatre,[3] he formed the Shinsei Shinpa theatre company with Shōtaro Hanayagi and others in 1938,[4] in which he was active for the next ten years. He also wrote books on shinpa theatre.[3]

Yanagi was also a busy supporting actor in films in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in works of directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Akira Kurosawa and Heinosuke Gosho.[1][5] He made his final film appearance in 1975[1][5] and gave his final stage performance in 1982.[3]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role
1943 The Song Lantern
1951 Miss Oyu
Ginza Cosmetics
The Idiot
1952 The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
The Life of Oharu
1953 Epitome Nagase
A Japanese Tragedy Iwami
Life of a Woman
1955 Tōjūrō no Koi
The Phantom Horse
Takekurabe Owner of Daikokuya
Shin Heike Monogatari
1956 Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten
1957 Suzakumon
Floating Vessel
1958 Night Drum
1961 Akō Rōshi
Hunting Rifle Uncle
High Noon for Gangsters Satoshi
1962 The Mad Fox
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Destiny's Son
1963 An Actor's Revenge
Bushido, Samurai Saga
1968 The Sands of Kurobe
Admiral Yamamoto Osami Nagano[6]
1969 Battle of the Japan Sea Itō Hirobumi
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Himself

Notes

  1. ^ The Kinema Junpo website gives Tokyo as place of birth,[1] the Shochiku website Hyōgo Prefecture.[2] Kotobank lists two sources, one of which gives Tokyo, the other Hyōgo Prefecture.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "柳永二郎". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ "歴代の名優". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "柳永二郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "新生新派". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "柳永二郎". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. ^ "連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.


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