Teinosuke Kinugasa (è¡£ç¬ è²žä¹‹åŠ©, Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January
1896 â€" 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He
was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won
the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of
Hell).Kinugasa was among the pioneers of Japanese film, but began his
career as an actor specializing in female roles (onnagata) at the
Nikkatsu studio. When Japanese cinema began using actresses in the
early 1920s, he switched to directing and worked for such producers as
Shozo Makino before going independent to make his best known film, A
Page of Madness (1926). Also called A Crazy Page, or A Page Out of
Order, it was lost for 45 years before the director rediscovered it in
his shed in 1971. A silent film, Kinugasa released it with a new print
and score to world acclaim. He also directed the film Jujiro (known as
Crossways, Crossroads, and Slums of Tokyo in English) in 1928. He
directed jidaigeki at the Shochiku studios, where he helped establish
the career of ChÅ jirÅ Hayashi (later known as Kazuo Hasegawa). After
the war, he helmed big-budget costume productions for Daiei studios.On
February 26, 1982, Kinugasa died at the age of 86.
1896 â€" 26 February 1982) was a Japanese actor and film director. He
was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won
the 1954 Palme d'or at Cannes for Jigokumon (The Gate of
Hell).Kinugasa was among the pioneers of Japanese film, but began his
career as an actor specializing in female roles (onnagata) at the
Nikkatsu studio. When Japanese cinema began using actresses in the
early 1920s, he switched to directing and worked for such producers as
Shozo Makino before going independent to make his best known film, A
Page of Madness (1926). Also called A Crazy Page, or A Page Out of
Order, it was lost for 45 years before the director rediscovered it in
his shed in 1971. A silent film, Kinugasa released it with a new print
and score to world acclaim. He also directed the film Jujiro (known as
Crossways, Crossroads, and Slums of Tokyo in English) in 1928. He
directed jidaigeki at the Shochiku studios, where he helped establish
the career of ChÅ jirÅ Hayashi (later known as Kazuo Hasegawa). After
the war, he helmed big-budget costume productions for Daiei studios.On
February 26, 1982, Kinugasa died at the age of 86.
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