Senda Korenari
- Name: Senda Korenari
- Native name: 千田是也
- Also Known as: Senda Koreya, 伊藤圀夫, Itou Kunio
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: September 15, 1904
- Died: December 21, 1994
He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970.
His stage name comes from an incident following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake when he was attacked by a mob in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The vigilantes mistook him for a Korean. He was a leader in the modern theater movement in Japan, helping found the Haiyuza Theatre Company, and performing works that "bridged the gap from age-old traditional theater to politically oriented avant-garde and modern works".
In the late 1920s and early 1930s Senda lived in Berlin, where he was involved with underground theatre performances. He was involved with the community of Japanese artists living in Germany who were actively engaged with political activism.
To supplement his income, in 1930 Senda founded the design studio Tomoe in Berlin, together with the painter Osuke Shimazaki, lacquer artist Kotaro Fukuoka, photographer Hiroshi Yoshizawa, and Bauhaus students Iwao Yamawaki, a photographer and architect, and his wife Michiko, a textile artist. The studio produced posters, gift-wrap paper and leaflets, and undertook window dressing and interior design for Japanese restaurants.
Senda and his wife, Irma, returned to Japan in January 1931 via Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
He was in Tora!Tora!Tora! as Prince Fumimaro Konoye. Edit Biography
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Beast Alley
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Kagawa Keizo
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Miyamoto Musashi: Duel at Ganryu Island
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Honami Koetsu
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
Spy
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Prime Minister Kato
(Support Role)
|
1.0
|
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Japanese Movie, 1964,
Honami Koetsu
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
Shiro to Kuro
Japanese Movie, 1963,
Munakata Harumasa
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Yuyake Koyake no Akatonbo
Japanese Movie, 1961,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Matsukawa Incident
Japanese Movie, 1961,
Defense counsel Uemura
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Yoku
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Dr. Kurokawa
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
A Slope in the Sun
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Tashiro Tamakichi
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Misstepping of Virtue
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Fujii Keiyasu
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Hadairo no Tsuki
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Oike Kohei
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Temptation
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Sugimoto Shokichi
(Main Role)
|
8.0
|
Actress
Japanese Movie, 1956,
Yasuda
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Tales of the Taira Clan
Japanese Movie, 1955,
[Left Minister]
(Bit part)
|
6.9
|
Ghost Story of Youth
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Okumura Takaya
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Nyonin no Yakata
Japanese Movie, 1954,
Hojo [Abbot]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Kuroi Ushio
Japanese Movie, 1954,
Hamasaki [Managing Editor]
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
Gate of Hell
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Taira no Kiyomori
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
Eagle of the Pacific
Japanese Movie, 1953,
[Army colonel]
(Bit part)
|
6.9
|
Journey
Japanese Movie, 1953,
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Aoiro Kakumei
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Koizumi Tatsukichi
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Judai no Seiten
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Shuhei [Kaoru's father]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
It Springs In My Heart
Japanese Movie, 1953,
Ariga Yuzo
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Dokoku
Japanese Movie, 1952,
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Koibito
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Odagiri Keisuke
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Good Fairy
Japanese Movie, 1951,
Kitaura Tsuyoshi
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
Flame of My Love
Japanese Movie, 1949,
Inagaki Daisuke
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Japanese Movie, 1947,
Takeda Masanori
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
Hideko no Oendacho
Japanese Movie, 1940,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
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