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Seizaburô Kawazu was born on 31 August 1908 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), The Invisible Avenger (1954) and Street of Ronin (1957). He died on 20 February 1983.
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He’s best known as one of the two rival clan leaders in Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961).
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After that, he joined Shinko Kinema and starred in many films as a signboard star of an actor, and after the Second World War, Kawazu played an active role as a supporting role of individuality. His well known films would be Yojimbo (1961), The Invisible Avenger (1954) and Rônin-gai (1957). His first wife, Keiko Takatsu, was an actress and his son,...
Kawazu ran away from his adopted parents at age 17 to join an acting troupe in 1925. He joined up with Bantsuma-Universal, a jointly owned Japanese-American production company, and made his film debut in 1927. The next year, however, the studio was dissolved and he bounced back and forth between studios over the next decade, finally signing with PCL (Toho’s predecessor) in 1937. During this time he became a reputable actor in serious dramas, his rising star coinciding with fellow actor Minoru Takada.
He served briefly with the Japanese military; his tour only lasted 4 months. After the war he played mostly supporting roles, and became well-known for a number of seedy, gangster villain types. He’s best known as one of the two rival clan leaders in Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961).
Seizaburô Kawazu (河津 清三郎 Kawazu Seizaburô)was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), Tômei ningen (1954) and Rônin-gai (1957). He died on February 20, 1983.
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Yurei otoko (幽霊男, lit. "Ghost Man") is a 1954 film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, and starring Seizaburō Kawazu as Seishi Yokomizo 's fictional detective Kindaichi Kōsuke. It was distributed theatrically by Toho on October 13, 1954.
