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Keiko Sonoi
was a Japanese actress, who was a member of the all-female musical-performing Takarazuka Revue during the 1930s and the 1940s, best known for her role as an officer's widow in the wartime film , and for being part of the or Cherry Blossom Unit of traveling ''shingeki'' play actors who died as a result of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing. The fate of the Cherry Blossom Unit was later dramatized by playwright Hisashi Inoue, and also made into a feature film by director Kaneto Shindo. The actress appears to have had a long-held desire to perform ''shingeki'' plays, but that was not economically viable due to the need to her support her parents and siblings. As a Takarazienne, she had the manga comic artist Osamu Tezuka as a childhood fan who lived on her block, and ''Astro Boy'' may have been influenced by Sonoi's performance of ''Pinochio'' ("Pinocchio") from April to May, 1942. Biography Early life Keiko Sonoi was born on 6 August 1913 in Matsuo, Iwate, Matsuo, a village in Iwate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuo, Iwate
was a village located in Iwate District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The village of Matsuo was created on April 1, 1889 within Kita-Iwate District with the establishment of the municipality system. Kita-Iwate and Minami-Iwate Districts merged to form Iwate District on March 29, 1898. On September 1, 2005, Matsuo, along with the towns of Ashiro and Nishine (all from Iwate District), was merged to create the city of Hachimantai and no longer exists as an independent municipality. Matsuo was formerly known as the home of Japan's largest sulfur mine—the Matsuo Kōzan —and, later, as the home of the Matsukawa geothermal power plant. The iron and copper Matsuo mine was also located there before abandonment in 1971. As of September 2005, the village had an estimated population of 6,786 and a population density of 28.89 persons per km². The total area was 234.85 km². Sister cities * Miyako, Iwate * Nago, Okinawa Friendship and cooperation cities: * Altenmarkt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
