Dekao Yokoo

actor

Dekao Yokoo was born on Aug 09, 1899 in Japan. Dekao Yokoo's big-screen debut came with The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1945, strarring Hidachibo.

Born in Saga Prefecture in 1899. His real name was Yokoo Isamu. After studying at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music), he spent two years as an instructor at the Utsunomiya High School for Girls in Tochigi Prefecture, and then one year of military service.