Hiroshi Akutagawa

Biography

Hiroshi Akutagawa was a Japanese actor and director born on March 20, 1920, in Tokyo. He formed the theatre group "Mugi no kai" with fellow artists in 1947 and later co-founded the "Kumo" theatre group in 1963 before joining "En" in 1975. Akutagawa received a Mainichi Film Award for his performance in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) and appeared in notable films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Ōshima. He died of tuberculosis in 1981 at the age of 61.