Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin in Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Born(1910-07-09)9 July 1910
Tokyo, Japan
Died26 December 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 78)
OccupationActor
SpouseRanko Akagi

Kinzō Shin (信欣三, Shin Kinzō, 30 March 1920 – 28 October 1981) was a Japanese stage and film actor.[1] Between the early 1930s and late 1980s, he appeared in over 80 films by directors such as Masaki Kobayashi, Kon Ichikawa, Kaneto Shindō, Tadashi Imai and Yasuzō Masumura.[2][3]

Biography

Kinzō Shin was born in Tokyo.[1] After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural First Commercial School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Daiichi Commercial High School), he first joined the Toho Sayoku Gekijo before becoming a co-founder of the Shinkyo Gekidan, both left-wing theatre groups.[1] Following the forced dissolution of the Shinkyo Gekidan by the authorities, he formed the Mizuho Gekidan company together with Jūkichi Uno and others.[1] After World War II, he was active in the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company.[1]

After sporadic film appearances in the 1930s,[3] he frequently acted in films since the late 1940s[3] and on television starting in the mid-1950s.[4]

Filmography (selected)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "信欣三". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ "信欣三". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "信欣三". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ "信欣三". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 August 2023.


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