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Midori Komatsu

Komatsu Midori was born in Tokyo in 1891. From the age of five she studied at the Bando dance school and in 1911 joined a female theater which had just been formed, the Nakasu Masagoza. In 1912 at the age of 21 she made her stage debut. In 1913 upon the invitation of Shochiku Gomei, she participated in the female theater group the Kyoto City Second Kyogoku Taishoza where she continued her activities until 1915, when she chose to take the path leading towards action pictures. In 1919 she negotiated with Kunikatsu films and the following year joined the company. She was aiming to be a real movie star. At Kunikatsu she appeared in Shoshurei, Minashi Go and Chishio no Naruto. After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 she joined Shochiku Shimogamo. She concentrated mainly on period dramas such as Nichiren Komachi, Yoshii Masayuki and Kane no Naruhi (The Day the Bell Tolls). In 1925 she transferred to Nikkatsu Daishogun Studios and appeared in Nakayama Yasubei, and Rakka no Mai. From this time onward she came to be in demand for elderly roles and the roles of mothers. From the 1930s she built up a portfolio of supporting roles, and then taking a professional name in the Wakayagi school of dancing, she took on the responsibility of choreography for the Nikkatsu Period Drama Theater. In 1942 she transferred to Daiei. She then concentrated mainly on period dramas until her retirement in 1964. She died in 1982 at the age of 91.


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Born:
Sep 9, 1891
Movie/TV Credits:
31
First Appeared:
In the movie Mito Kōmon 1926-10-15
Latest Project:
Movie Megalopolis Express Way Trial 4 1992-04-09
Known For
Poster of Onna no hayashi
Poster of Shôjo no hanpatsu
Poster of Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
Poster of Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Filmography
Movie Megalopolis Express Way Trial 4 1992-04-09
Movie Virgin Boy's Story 1986-02-15
Movie Komatsu Midori no suki bokuro Shiuko Akamine 1985-08-03
Movie The Sisters and I 1967-04-14
Movie Showdown of Men 3 1967-09-28
Movie Shôjo no hanpatsu Proprietress of the Inn 1965-10-01
Movie Onna no hayashi 1965-10-01
Movie Shinsengumi Chronicles 1963-01-03
Movie Bronze Magician старуха 1963-10-05
Movie The Notorious Man's Return 1962-06-03
Movie Bad Reputation Returns 1961-12-17
Movie A Lustful Man 1961-03-21
Movie Shogun's Holiday 1958-02-12
Movie Night Butterflies Aya 1957-04-01
Movie Sisters of Gion 1956-05-18
Movie Night River Auntie of Toshodaiji Temple 1956-09-12
Movie Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki 1954-03-13
Movie Sansho the Bailiff Harbour's Lady 1954-03-31
Movie The Woman in the Rumor Okanu 1954-06-20
Movie The Crucified Lovers Old Lady in Tea House 1954-11-23
Movie A Geisha Oume 1953-08-12
Movie Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa 1952-07-24
Movie Miss Oyu Hostess 1951-06-22
Movie Resurrection 1950-06-10
Movie The Flower That Crossed the Mountain 1949-09-11
Movie Shunjû ittôryû 1939-06-01
Movie Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary 1938-12-01
Movie Ishimatsu from the Forest 1937-03-18
Movie The 26 Martyrs of Japan 1931-10-01
Movie Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue Okatsu 1927-12-30
Movie Mito Kōmon 1926-10-15