Date of birth: November 3rd 1886 (138 years)
Place of birth: Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Tanaka initially trained as a stage actor in the shingeki movement under Kaoru Osanai, but eventually joined the Nikkatsu film studio in 1917. He debuted as a director in 1918 but mostly had to work with shinpa stories, not the shingeki techniques he was used to although two early films, The Living ... Read more