He died on 31 July 2015 after collapsing in a sauna. (Source: wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/lJDRLc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kobayashi Akira", "alternateName": "小林旭", "birthDate": "November 3, 1938", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite (A Farewell to Southern Tosa) and starred in the "Wataridori" ("Rambler") and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind Child") film series. Kobayashi, along with Yujiro Ishihara and others, formed the core of Nikkatsu Action's golden age.
Kobayashi was married to popular singer Misora Hibari in 1962, but the marriage ended in divorce two years later in 1964.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/p37YD_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sugawara Bunta", "alternateName": "菅原文太", "birthDate": "August 16, 1933", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Sugawara Bunta was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 Japanese feature films. He was born in Sendai, but his parents divorced when he was four, and he moved to Tokyo to live with his father and stepmother. As part of a wartime policy to evacuate children from major cities, he was moved back to Sendai during fourth grade. As an adult, he entered Waseda University's law program but was dropped in his second year for failing to pay and began to work as a model in 1956. His first acting role was in the 1956 Toho film "Aishu no Machi ni Kiri ga Furu".
Sugawara won the 1980 Japan Academy Prize for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role as a detective in Hasegawa Kazuhiko's 1979 satirical film "Taiyo wo Nusunda Otoko". His son, Kaoru, died in a railroad crossing accident in October 2001.
On February 23, 2012, Sugawara announced his retirement from acting. He came to the decision after the Great East Japan earthquake and being hospitalized in the winter of 2011, although he said he might consider future roles. Late in life, he took up farming in Yamanashi Prefecture.
On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital on November 28, 2014.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/2kRAR_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tono Yukimoto", "alternateName": "栩野幸知", "birthDate": "May 28, 1952", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/BRE5q_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matsukata Hiroki", "alternateName": "松方弘樹", "birthDate": "July 23, 1942", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor.
As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut at age 17. He worked for Toei, specializing in jidaigeki and yakuza films. In 1969 he switched to Daiei as a replacement for Ichikawa Raizo VIII, starring in many films. On returning to Tōei, he played in supporting roles, including Hidemori Kaiji in the The Doberman Cop, starring Sonny Chiba, and three different character in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, starring Sugawara Bunta.
With ex-wife actress Nishina Akiko he has two children. Son Nishina Masaki and daughter Nishina Hitomi are both in the entertainment industry.
Matsukata has at least 27 film credits. An early appearance was in The Magic Serpent (1966). In addition to Battles Without Honor and Humanity, he starred in both the original 1984 Shura no Mure and the 2002 remake. In addition, he has appeared in at least 16 V-Cinema titles.
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He is known for directing the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including the seminal Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), samurai period pieces such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), and his controversial final film Battle Royale (2000). He was also known for his trademark shaky camera technique, which he used extensively in many of his films from the early 1970s.
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