Tomoda Kyōsuke
Tomoda Kyōsuke ( Japanese 友 田 恭 助 , real name: Tomoda Gorō , ( 友 田 五郎 ); born October 30, 1899 in Nihombashi , Tokyo ; † October 6, 1937 , Wusong, Shanghai ) was a Japanese actor .
Tomoda studied together with his wife Tamura Akiko at the drama school of Kishida Kunio . Both were engaged at the Shingeki Theater Tsukiji Shōgekijō ( 築 地 小 劇場 ) until it closed . In 1932 they founded the Tsukiji-za Theater , which Sugimura Haruko and later Higashiyama Chieko also joined. The project was supported by Kishida, Shishi Bunroku and Kubota Mantarō . Works by all three authors were premiered here. By the time it was dissolved in 1936, Tsukiji-za had staged nearly thirty productions, including pieces by Oyama Yūshi , Tanaka Chikao and Morimoto Kaoru . Tomoda fell in China in 1937 in the Sino-Japanese War .
Web links
- Jonah Salz: "A History of Japanese Theater" , Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 9781316395325
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Tomoda, Kyōsuke |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 友 田 恭 助 (Japanese); Tomoda Gorō (real name); 友 田五郎 (real name, Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nihombashi , Tokyo |
DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1937 |
Place of death | Wusong, Shanghai |