Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin (信欣三, Shin Kinzō; 9 July 1910 – 26 December 1988) was a Japanese stage and film actor.^[1] Between the early 1930s and late 1980s, he appeared in over 80 films by directors such as Masaki Kobayashi, Kon Ichikawa, Kaneto Shindō, Tadashi Imai and Yasuzō Masumura.^[2][3]

Kinzō Shin
Kinzō Shin in Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Born	(1910-07-09)9 July 1910 Tokyo, Japan
Died	26 December 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 78)
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Ranko Akagi

Biography

Kinzō Shin was born in Tokyo.^[1] After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural First Commercial School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Daiichi Commercial High School), he first joined the Toho Sayoku Gekijo before becoming a co-founder of the Shinkyo Gekidan, both left-wing theatre groups.^[1] Following the forced dissolution of the Shinkyo Gekidan by the authorities, he formed the Mizuho Gekidan company together with Jūkichi Uno and others.^[1] After World War II, he was active in the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company.^[1]

After sporadic film appearances in the 1930s,^[3] he frequently acted in films since the late 1940s^[3] and on television starting in the mid-1950s.^[4]

Filmography (selected)

• 1950: Listen to the Voices of the Sea, dir. Hideo Sekigawa
• 1953: Hiroshima, dir. Hideo Sekigawa
• 1953: Tower of Lilies, dir. Tadashi Imai
• 1953: The Thick-Walled Room, dir. Masaki Kobayashi (released 1956)
• 1954: Dobu, dir. Kaneto Shindō
• 1955: Princess Yang Kwei Fei, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
• 1955: Wolf, dir. Kaneto Shindō
• 1957: Tokyo Twilight, dir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1957: The Blue Sky Maiden, dir. Yasuzō Masumura
• 1958: Giants and Toys, dir. Yasuzō Masumura
• 1958: Conflagration, dir. Kon Ichikawa
• 1963: Youth of the Beast, dir. Seijun Suzuki
• 1964: Revenge, dir. Tadashi Imai
• 1964: The Long Death, dir. Kei Kumai (starring role as Sadamichi Hirasawa)
• 1966: Captive's Island, dir. Masahiro Shinoda
• 1967: Clouds at Sunset, dir. Masahiro Shinoda
• 1968: The Man Without a Map, dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
• 1974: Castle of Sand, dir. Yoshitarō Nomura
• 1981: Willful Murder, dir. Kei Kumai