About Minoru Takase
Lived 1897 – 1947 (aged 49). Minoru Takase was a Japanese actor and comedian.
was a Japanese comedian and actor.
Career Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takase moved to Tokyo in 1905 and began acting in shinpa theater. He started to appear in films after 1915, including Teinosuke Kinugasa's avant-garde film A Page of Madness (1926). When Kinugasa joined Shochiku, Takase followed him and appeared in many films starring Chōjirō Hayashi, as well as in Kinugasa's Crossroads (1928). He moved to Nikkatsu in 1928, often playing villains, but changed to comedy after appearing in Mansaku Itami's Kokushi Musō (1932). Sadao Yamanaka used him in such a role in The Million Ryo Pot (1935). After moving to Toho in 1937, his comic persona involved appearing in strange clothes and spouting odd phrases.
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Who was Minoru Takase?
Japanese actor
When was Minoru Takase born?
Minoru Takase was born on 13 December 1897 in Hakodate.
When did Minoru Takase die?
Minoru Takase died on 19 November 1947.
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Minoru Takase was an actor and comedian.
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Minoru Takase was Japanese.
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