Jukichi Uno - Jukichi Uno

Japanese: 宇野重吉 - うのじゅうきち

Born: September 27, 1914, Fukui
[Died] January 9, 1988. Tokyo actor and director. Real name: Nobuo Terao. Dropped out of Nihon University's Art Department. After working at the Left Theater, he joined the Shinkyo Theater Company in 1934, where he gained recognition for his reading of Eiji Kubo's Volcanic Ash Land. During World War II, he toured with the Mizuho Theater Company, and founded the People's Art Theater Company in 1948 and the Mingei Theater Company in 1950. He directed his first play, Fate by Yoshie Hotta, in 1959, and has since worked mainly as a director. His representative works include Arbuzov's Irkutsk Tales (1962), Junji Kinoshita's The Japanese Called Otto (1962), The Trial (1970), and Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1974). In 1986, he starred in Junji Kinoshita's Sannen Netaro as part of the Uno Jukichi troupe, touring the country. He also appeared in many films, television shows, and radio shows.

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Japanese:

[生]1914.9.27. 福井
[没]1988.1.9. 東京
俳優，演出家。本名寺尾信夫。日本大学芸術科中退。左翼劇場を経て 1934年新協劇団に参加，久保栄作『火山灰地』の朗読で認められる。第2次世界大戦中は瑞穂劇団で巡演活動を行い，48年に劇団民衆芸術劇場，50年に劇団民芸を創立。 59年に堀田善衛の『運命』を初演出し，以後はおもに演出家として活躍。アルブーゾフ作『イルクーツク物語』 (62) ，木下順二作『オットーと呼ばれる日本人』 (62) ，『審判』 (70) ，チェーホフ作『桜の園』 (74) などが代表的演出作。 86年より宇野重吉一座として木下順二作『三年寝太郎』に主演，全国を巡演した。ほかに，映画，テレビ，ラジオにも多く出演。

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