Koreya Senda

, known by the stage name , was a Japanese theatre director, playwright, translator, and actor. He is known for founding the Haiyuza Theatre Company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1936 and 1970.

Biography He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1904 to Kamiye Iijima, and his father Tamekicki Ito, an architect, under the name . His older brother was the dancer and choreographer Michio Itō.

Senda adopted his stage name due to an incident that followed the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Japanese vigilantes roamed the streets, and accused, beat, and killed people they suspected of being Korean in what became the Kantō Massacre. Senda wrote in 1988:

Senda 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".

Berlin In 1927, Senda lived in Berlin, where he was involved with underground theatre performances with the community of Japanese artists living in Germany who was actively engaged with political activism.

To supplement his income, in 1930 Senda founded the design studio Tomoe in Berlin, with the painter Osuke Shimazaki, lacquer artist Kotaro Fukuoka, photographer Hiroshi Yoshizawa, and Bauhaus students Iwao Yamawaki and Michiko Yamawaki, a photographer and architect, and a textile artist, respectively. 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.

Selected filmography

Eine Nacht in Yoshiwara (1928) Hantô no maihime (1936) - Tomei's friend Sakura no sono (1936) - Tomoo Serizawa Kûsô buraku (1939) - Daisuke Yokokawa Hideko no ôendanchô (1940) - Jiro Takashima, Ichiro's brother The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) Waga koi wa moenu (1949) - Prime Minister Inagki Shin'ya no kokuhaku (1949) Mahiru no embukyoku (1949) - Yoshiki Sakazaki Zen-ma (1951) - Tsuyoshi Kitaura Koibito (1951) Himitsu (1952) - Sakutaro Maki Magokoro (1953) - Yûzô Ariga Jûdai no seiten (1953) - Shûhei, Kaoru's father Aoiro kakumei (1953) - Tatsukichi Koizumi Hiroba no kodoku (1953) Taiheiyô no washi (1953) Waseda daigaku (1953) - Haruo Kageyama Gate of Hell (1953) - Gen Kiyomori Shishun no izumi (1953) - Priest Life of a Woman (1953) - Fujiko's father Shinsengumi Oni Taicho (1954) Kunsho (1954) Nyonin no yakata (1954) (1955) - Konoye Tsuki ni tobu kari (1955) - Masayoshi, Kimiko's father Seishun kaidan (1955) - Takaya Okumura The Phantom Horse (1955) - Hamamura Shin Heike Monogatari (1955) - Sadaijin Fujiwara no Yorinaga Yûhi to kenjû (1956) Mori wa ikiteiru (1956) - Prime minister Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) - Kintomo Anegakôji An Actress (1956) - Yasuda Joyu (1956) - Yasuda Yûwaku (1957) - Shôkichi Sugimoto Hadairo no tsuki (1957) - Kôhei Ôike Bitoku no yoromeki (1957) - Fuji A Slope in the Sun (1958) - Tamakichi, Shinji's father Yoru no hamon (1958) - Shûsem Ashida Yoku (1958) - Kurokawa The H-Man (1958) - Dr. Maki Varan the Unbelievable (1958) - Dr. Sugimoto Riko na oyome-san (1958) Wakai kawa no nagare (1959) - Daizô Kawasaki Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) - Dr. Kinoshita Battle in Outer Space (1959) - Professor Adachi Shinran (1960) - Tsukiwa Aoi yaju (1960) - Ayako's Father Zoku shinran (1960) Matsukawa-Jiken (1961) Shin Genji monogatari (1961) Buda (1961) - Shuddhodana Arabu no arashi (1961) Onnakeizu (1962) - Sunzo Sakai Varan the Unbelievable (1962) - Observer Shiro to kuro (1963) - Munakata Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô (1964) Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryû-jima no kettô (1965) - Hon'ami Koetsu Kemonomichi (1965) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Prince Fumimaro Konoe