Jean Gabin

Japanese: ギャバン - ぎゃばん(英語表記)Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin

French film actor. Born in Meriel, a suburb of Paris. After working in various jobs, he appeared in music halls and operettas as a chanson singer, and entered the film world with the arrival of talkies. After playing opposite Josephine Baker, he appeared in masterpieces such as "To the Ends of the Earth", "Our Companions", and "Homesickness" by director Josephine Baker in the 1930s, and "The Lower Depths" and "Grand Illusions" by director Jean Renoir, becoming a star representing France. From 1950 onwards, he showed mature acting skills that showed the weight of his years in such films as "Don't Touch the Cash" (1954), "Headlights" (1956), "A Little Devil" (1958), "Melody in the Basement" (1963), "Sicilian" (1969), and "Two in the Underworld" (1973). In 1954, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

[Hata Teruo]

[Reference] | Don't touch the cash

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Japanese:

フランスの映画俳優。パリ郊外メリエルに生まれる。種々の職業を経て、シャンソン歌手としてミュージック・ホールやオペレッタに出演し、トーキー到来とともに映画界に入った。ジョセフィン・ベーカーの相手役などを経て、1930年代にはデュビビエ監督の『地の果てを行く』『我等(われら)の仲間』『望郷』、ジャン・ルノワール監督の『どん底』『大いなる幻影』などの名作に出演し、フランスを代表するスターとなった。1950年以降は『現金(げんなま)に手を出すな』(1954)、『ヘッドライト』(1956)、『可愛(かわい)い悪魔』(1958)、『地下室のメロディー』(1963)、『シシリアン』(1969)、『暗黒街のふたり』(1973)などの諸作に年輪の重みを感じさせる円熟した演技を示した。1954年にレジオン・ドヌール勲章を授与された。

[畑 暉男]

[参照項目] | 現金に手を出すな

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