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Teinosuke Kinugasa
Directing
01 Jan 1896
† 26 Feb 1982
Kameyama, Mie, Japan
Biography
Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助 Kinugasa Teinosuke) (1 January 1896 – 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 w...
Also Known As
衣笠 貞之助, 키누가사 테이노스케, 테이노스케 키누가사, 기누가사 데이노스케, 데이노스케 기누가사
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