was a Japanese stage and film actor. Between the early 1930s and late 1980s, he appeared in over 80 films by directors such as

Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the epic trilogy '' The Human Condition'' (1959–1961), the samurai films '' Harakiri'' (1962) and '' Samurai Rebellion'' (1967), and the horror anthology '' Kwaidan'' (1964). ''Sen ...

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...

, Kaneto Shindō,

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and Yasuzō Masumura.

Biography

Kinzō Shin was born in

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. 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. Following the forced dissolution of the Shinkyo Gekidan by the authorities, he formed the Mizuho Gekidan company together with

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and others. After

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, he was active in the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company. After sporadic film appearances in the 1930s, he frequently acted in films since the late 1940s and on television starting in the mid-1950s.

Filmography (selected)

* 1950: ''

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'', dir. Hideo Sekigawa * 1953: ''

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'', dir. Hideo Sekigawa * 1953: ''Tower of Lilies'', dir. Tadashi Imai * 1953: '' The Thick-Walled Room'', dir. Masaki Kobayashi (released 1956) * 1954: ''

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'', dir. Kaneto Shindō * 1955: ''

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'', dir.

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* 1955: ''

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'', dir. Kaneto Shindō * 1957: '' Tokyo Twilight'', dir.

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* 1957: ''The Blue Sky Maiden'', dir. Yasuzō Masumura * 1958: '' Giants and Toys'', dir. Yasuzō Masumura * 1958: ''

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'', dir. Kon Ichikawa * 1963: ''

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'', dir.

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* 1964: ''Revenge'', dir. Tadashi Imai * 1964: ''The Long Death'', dir.

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(starring role as Sadamichi Hirasawa) * 1966: '' Captive's Island'', dir.

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* 1967: ''Clouds at Sunset'', dir. Masahiro Shinoda * 1968: '' The Man Without a Map'', dir.

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* 1974: '' Castle of Sand'', dir.

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* 1981: '' Willful Murder'', dir.

References

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* 1910 births 1988 deaths Japanese male film actors Male actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub