Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
高松錦之助
Born
Tsunao Watanabe

(1898-01-13)13 January 1898
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Died14 May 1979(1979-05-14) (aged 81)
Other namesKyōsuke Takamatsu
OccupationActor

Kinnosuke Takamatsu (Japanese: 高松 錦之助, Hepburn: Takamatsu Kinnosuke, 13 January 1898 – 14 May 1979) 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.[1] 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.[1] He finished his career appearing in many Toei Company jidaigeki. He performed in over 200 films in his lifetime.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Takamatsu Kinnosuke" (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ "恋や恋なすな恋". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.