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Akio Isono
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Akio Isono (October 20, 1910 – January 21, 1986) was born in Tsurumi, near Yokohama in 1910. His family ran a newspaper sales business. In 1917, at the age of seven, he became a…
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Akio Isono (October 20, 1910 – January 21, 1986) was born in Tsurumi, near Yokohama in 1910. His family ran a newspaper sales business. In 1917, at the age of seven, he became a pupil of Hanayanagi Shotaro, who was known as a great actor of the new school, and trod the boards for the first time in child roles at the Hongoza theater. After that he went on to perform in theaters run by Shochiku. In 1921, he performed in his first leading film role in Yamagureru under the direction of Ushihara Kiyohiko, and he then alternated leading roles on the stage with those at Shochiku Pictures. In 1925, he became an exclusive actor for Shochiku Cinema, Kamata Studios and starred in a number of films. Isono, together with Mitsui Hideo and Abe Shozaburo, won great popularity as the Yotamono Trio. The Yotamono Trio appeared in a series of movies, beginning with the 1931 film Reijo to Yotamono. In 1932, his excellent performance in the film Arashi no Naka no Shojo, directed by Shimazu Yasujiro, won great critical acclaim. In 1943, he left Shochiku and joined the theater company Warai no Okoku. After the war, he continued to appear in supporting roles, mainly for Shochiku, but from the late 1960s he began appearing exclusively in TV dramas. His gentle and humorous acting style won him great acclaim. He died of lung cancer at 8:18 a.m. on January 21, 1986, at the Ofuna Kyosai Hospital in Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 75 years old.
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1966
Ultra Q
TV show Taro's Father
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1962
Kono ni uruwashi
Movie
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1961
Zero Focus
Movie
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1960
I Will Never Forget
Movie
- 1959
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1959
Hiroi Ten
Movie
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1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie (uncredited)
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1958
Love in the Deep
Movie
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1957
Hearts A-Flutter
Movie
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1957
Akuma no kao
Movie
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1957
The Young Avenger
Movie
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1957
Flying in the Air
Movie
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1956
I Will Buy You
Movie Saburô Kurita
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1956
The Rose on His Arm
Movie Neighbour on the left, Mister
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1956
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
Movie
- 1956
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1955
荒木又右衛門
Movie 仲間春蔵
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1954
The Bronze Monster
Movie
- 1954
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1953
Love Letter
Movie
- 1953
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1953
Mole Alley
Movie
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1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
Movie
- 1952
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1951
An Angel Dreams Too
Movie
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1951
Carmen Comes Home
Movie Ichiro Aoyama
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1951
Zac Zac Girl
Movie
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1950
The Tokyo Kid
Movie
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1950
Yume o meshimase
Movie Clerk /Dorian Grey
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1949
Odoru ryûgûjô
Movie Kurosuke
- 1946
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1941
Dawn Chorus
Movie
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1940
Okinu and Banto
Movie
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1940
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
Movie Uematsu, Privete 1st Class
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1939
Five Siblings
Movie
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1938
The Masseurs and a Woman
Movie Hiking Student
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1938
Mother and Child
Movie Office clerk
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1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Movie Senkichi
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1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
Movie Ishida
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1936
Men vs. Women
Movie
