Shin Kishida

Biography Shin Kishida was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyōko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were his first cousins. He lived in Nakano until the age of five.

In 1944 he enrolled in Yumoto Elementary School in Hakone, Kanagawa, where he was sent to live as part of a wartime evacuation of children from major cities. He returned to Tokyo in 1947, and transferred to Kudan Elementary School, Chiyoda, Tokyo. After graduating from Kojimachi Junior High School (Kojimachi Chūgakkō, where he became friends with future politician Koichi Katō) and Kaijō High School (Kaijō Kōkō), he took a year off from his studies before entering the English literature department of Hōsei University. However, he dropped out in his second year after deciding to become an actor.

Debut In 1961 Kishida joined a drama study group attached to the Bungakuza theater troupe. The Exorcist (1980 TBS edition) – Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller) Lawrence of Arabia (1978 Nippon TV edition) – T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole)