Teinosuke Kinugasa

Teinosuke Kinugasa

director, actor, writer

Teinosuke Kinugasa was born on Jan 01, 1896 in Japan. Teinosuke Kinugasa's big-screen debut came with Crossroads directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa in 1928. Teinosuke Kinugasa is known for Uta andon directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Mayumi Kurata stars as and Raizô Ichikawa as . Teinosuke Kinugasa has got 4 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Teinosuke Kinugasa achieved is Cannes Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Teinosuke Kinugasa plays is Yôsô which will be released on Oct 05, 1963.

Former female impersonator who entered films in 1917 as an actor, turned to directing in 1922 and made some of the most formally brilliant Japanese films of the following decades. The few of Kinugasa's early works to have reached the West betray a highly mature, sophisticated talent. His best-known silent films are _Kurutta Ippeji (1926)_, an old print of which was found by Kinugasa in his attic and re-released in the 1970s, and

  • Birthday

    Jan 01, 1896
  • Place of Birth

    Mie Ken, Japan

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 1 nominations

Cannes Film Festival
1959
Shirasagi (1958)
Winner - Special Mention
1954
Jigokumon (1953)
Winner - Grand Prize of the Festival
Locarno International Film Festival
1954
Jigokumon (1953)
Winner - Prize
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