Ritsuko Mori

Japanese: 森律子 - もりりつこ

Born: 1890, Tokyo
[Died] July 22, 1961. Actress in Fuchu, Tokyo. Born as the second daughter of Mori Hajime, a member of parliament, she graduated from Atsumi Girls' School. In 1908, she entered Kawakami Sadayakko's actress training school, which she opened, and in March 1911, she made her debut as Urashirohime in the first production of "Yoritomo" at the Imperial Theater, becoming a star of the Imperial Theater's actress theater. In 1935, when the Imperial Theater was reorganized and the exclusive theater company was dissolved, she continued to appear in Shinpa, but in 1944, her last performance at the Tokyo Theater was her last performance in the theater world. In April 1981, she took on the name Kiri Daizokura IV in order to restore the Kiri family name, a cultural asset of Odawara. Her books include "Twenty Years of an Actress' Life."

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Japanese:

[生]1890. 東京
[没]1961.7.22. 東京，府中
女優。代議士の森肇の次女として生れ，跡見女学校卒業。 1908年，開所した川上貞奴の女優養成所に入り，11年3月帝国劇場の初興行『頼朝』の浦代姫でデビュー，帝劇女優劇のスターとなった。 35年帝劇が改組となり専属劇団を解散してから新派に出演していたが，44年東京劇場を最後に劇界から遠ざかった。 56年4月小田原文化財の桐家名跡再興のため4代目桐大内蔵を襲名。著書に『女優生活二十年』がある。

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