Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu (Japanese: 高松 錦之助, Hepburn: Takamatsu Kinnosuke, 13 January 1898 – 14 May 1979) was a Japanese actor.

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
高松錦之助
Born
Tsunao Watanabe

(1898-01-13)13 January 1898
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Died14 May 1979(1979-05-14) (aged 81)
Other namesKyōsuke Takamatsu
OccupationActor

Career

Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takamatsu acted in shinpa theater before joining Makino Film Productions in 1924.[1] He left the studio in 1926 and joined director Teinosuke Kinugasa in the independent production of the avant-garde film A Page of Madness, playing the crucial role of the bearded inmate. He later joined Ryunosuke Tsukigata's independent production company before moving to Shochiku.[1] During World War II, he left the film business and focused on theater, but he returned to film in 1946 in Kenji Mizoguchi's Utamaro and His Five Women.[1] He finished his career appearing in many Toei Company jidaigeki. He performed in over 200 films in his lifetime.

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Takamatsu Kinnosuke" (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "恋や恋なすな恋". eiga.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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