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Yukio Ninagawa

Acting

Born October 15, 1935 · Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Died May 12, 2016

Also known as にながわ ゆきお · Yukio Ninagawa

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Biography

Yukio Ninagawa was a Japanese theatre director and film actor, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He directed Hamlet differently eight times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yukio Ninagawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Order of Culture · 2010
  • Kikuchi Kan Prize · 2005
  • Person of Cultural Merit · 2004
  • Medal with Purple Ribbon · 2001
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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  • Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Filmography5 titles

Funeral Parade of Roses

1969

The Blue Light

2003Director, Writer

Assassination

1964as Shôhei Imuta

The Inheritance

1962as Sadao's friend A

Snakes and Earrings

2008Director, Screenplay