was a Japanese actor. He was best known for playing the central role of Private Mizushima in
Kon Ichikawa's ''
The Burmese Harp''.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by
Kazuo Hasegawa
was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1927 and 1963.
Career
Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his family as a side business. In 1918, he beca ...
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He entered the
Nikkatsu studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by
Yasujirō Ozu.
After starring in ''
The Burmese Harp'', he starred with his own family in the television show ''Chako-chan''.
He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and become a main actor in their stage productions.
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1928 births
Japanese male actors
2014 deaths
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