While the millet rice is boiling

...He also went by the name Tsukigata Yokō for a time. After graduating from Ebara Middle School and Mita English School in Tokyo, he entered the Nikkatsu Actor's Training School in Kyoto in 1920, and made his film debut in a supporting role in "Sengoku Gonbei," starring Onoe Matsunosuke. After appearing in several supporting roles in Makino Shozo's Makino films, he made his full-fledged film debut in 1924 in "Between the Cooking of Millet," starring Bandō Tsumasaburo. He continued to co-star with Bandō Tsumasaburo in "Kirarazaka," "The Slain," and "Day of Revenge," and was recognized, becoming the leading star in the two-part "Blade of Light," directed by Numata Kōryoku. From then on, he enjoyed a brilliant career as a star of Makino period dramas, and established his popularity with such works as Revenge of Civilization (1925), Ashura Hachiro and Fall (both 1926), Under the Devil's Star, A Tragic Journey, and The Spell of Sand Art (both 1927).

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…また，月形陽候と名のった一時期もある。　東京の荏原中学，三田英語学校を経て，1920年，京都の日活俳優養成所に入り，尾上松之助主演《仙石権兵衛》に端役で映画初出演，やがて牧野省三のマキノ映画で，数本の端役出演ののち，24年，阪東妻三郎主演《粟飯の焚ける間》で本格的な映画デビューを果たし，さらに《雲母阪（きららざか）》《討たるる者》《復讐の日》とつづけて阪東妻三郎と共演して認められ，沼田紅緑監督《刃光》二部作で主演スターとなった。以後，マキノ時代劇の一翼をになうスターとしての活躍は華々しく，《文明の復讐》(1925)，《修羅八荒》《転落》(ともに1926)，《悪魔の星の下に》《道中悲記》《砂絵呪縛》(ともに1927)などで，人気を不動のものにした。…

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