Kazan, E.

Japanese: カザン，E. - かざん

…Born in Marion, Indiana, he died in a car accident in California in 1955 while driving his beloved Porsche Speedster. He studied acting at the Actors Studio and other schools, and after appearing on stage and in television dramas, he was cast in the leading role of East of Eden (1955) by director Elia Kazan, and was promoted as the "new Marlon Brando," becoming a star before the film was released. He then starred in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) directed by Nicholas Ray, and appeared in Giants (1956) directed by George Stevens, but died before the film was completed. …

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After being expelled from the United States Military Academy, he studied at the Dramatic Workshop in New York, where he learned Stanislavski's acting theory and techniques from actress and director Stella Adler. In 1944, he made his Broadway debut in I Can Hear Your Voice, and in 1947, he became an instant star in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan (1909-), which was adapted into a film in 1951. He helped to popularize the acting style known as the Stanislavski Method, and became a member of the Actors Studio. He made his film debut in Fred Zinnemann's The Men (1950), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three years in a row for A Streetcar Named Desire, Zapata (1952), and Julius Caesar (1953). In his fourth year, he won an Oscar and a New York Film Critics Award for On the Waterfront (1954), becoming the first method actor to become a movie star.

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Japanese:

…インディアナ州マリオンに生まれ，55年カリフォルニア州で愛用のポルシェ･スピードスターを運転中，事故死した。　アクターズ･ステュディオなどで演技を学び，舞台，テレビドラマをへて，エリア･カザン監督により《エデンの東》(1955)の主役に抜擢（ばつてき）され，〈新しいマーロン･ブランド〉と宣伝されて映画が公開される前にすでにスターとなった。つづいてニコラス･レイ監督の《理由なき反抗》(1955)に主演し，さらにジョージ･スティーブンス監督の《ジャイアンツ》(1956)に出演したが，その完成前に世を去った。…

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…陸軍士官学校から放校処分を受けたのち，ニューヨークの〈ドラマティック･ワークショップ〉に学び，女優であり演出家であったステラ･アドラーからスタニスラフスキーの演技論と技術を学ぶ。1944年，《ママの想い出》でブロードウェーにデビューし，47年エリア･カザンElia Kazan(1909‐　)演出の《欲望という名の電車》(1951年に同監督により映画化)で一躍スターとなり，〈スタニスラフスキー･メソッド〉とよばれる演技スタイルが流行するきっかけをつくり，〈アクターズ･スチュディオ〉のメンバーとなった。フレッド･ジンネマン監督《男たち》(1950)で映画にデビューし，《欲望という名の電車》，《革命児サパタ》(1952)，《ジュリアス･シーザー》(1953)と3年つづけてアカデミー主演男優賞にノミネートされ，4年目の《波止場》(1954)でオスカーとニューヨーク映画批評家賞を受賞，〈メソッド･アクター〉としては最初の映画スターとなった。…

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