Sugisaku Aoyama

Biography

Sugisaku Aoyama was a Japanese actor, director, and film director born on July 22, 1889. He began his career as an actor in the early 20th century, eventually graduating from New Theatre with roles such as Tsunetami Iimura in "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943) and Old Priest in "Ugetsu" (1953). Aoyama also directed several films and plays, including "生の輝き" (1919) and "山は語らず" (1923), before founding the theatre company Tokyo New Theatre in 1930.