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Occupation
  
Director and actor

Spouse
  
Teruko Kishi (m. 1942)

Role
  
Actor


Name
  
Koreya Senda

Years active
  
1936-1970

Parents
  
Tamekichi ito

Born
  
15 September 1904 (
1904-09-15
)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Died
  
December 21, 1994, Minato, Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Siblings
  
Kisaku Ito, Michio Ito, Yuji Ito, Aiko Ito

Movies
  
Tora! Tora! Tora!, Battle in Outer Space, The H‑Man, Gate of Hell, The Phantom Horse

Similar People
  
Michio Ito, Ishiro Honda, Masaichi Nagata, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Shinichi Sekizawa

Koreya Senda (千田是也, Senda Koreya, born Itō Kunio, 15 September 1904 – 21 December 1994) was a Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture.

He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970.

His stage name comes from an incident following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake when he was attacked by a mob in Sendagaya, Tokyo. The vigilantes mistook him for a Korean. He was a leader in the modern theater movement in Japan, helping found the Haiyuza Theatre Company, and performing works that "bridged the gap from age-old traditional theater to politically oriented avant-garde and modern works".

In the late 1920s and early 1930s Senda lived in Berlin, where he was involved with underground theatre performances. He was involved with the community of Japanese artists living in Germany who were actively engaged with political activism.

To supplement his income, in 1930 Senda founded the design studio Tomoe in Berlin, together with the painter Osuke Shimazaki, lacquer artist Kotaro Fukuoka, photographer Hiroshi Yoshizawa, and Bauhaus students Iwao Yamawaki, a photographer and architect, and his wife Michiko, a textile artist. The studio produced posters, gift-wrap paper and leaflets, and undertook window dressing and interior design for Japanese restaurants.

Senda and his wife, Irma, returned to Japan in January 1931 via Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Filmography

Actor
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
1965
Supai
1965
Beast Alley
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island as
Hon'ami Koetsu
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple
1963
Bôsu o tosê
1963
Shiro to kuro as
Munakata
1962
Onnakeizu as
Sunzo Sakai
1961
Arabu no arashi as
Tatsunosuke Munakata (uncredited)
1961
Buddha as
Shuddhodana
1961
Shin Genji monogatari
1961
Refresher Course for Wives as
Shôjirô Kanbayashi
1961
Matsukawa-Jiken
1960
Zoku shinran
1960
The Blue Beast as
Ayako's Father
1960
Shinran as
Tsukiwa
1959
Night of Doom as
Kyogo Wakisaka
1959
Battle in Outer Space as
Professor Adachi
1959
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi as
Kimiko's Father Yuji
1959
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5 as
Dr. Kinoshita
1959
Wakai kawa no nagare as
Daizô Kawasaki
1958
Image Wife
1958
Varan as
Dr. Sugimoto
1958
Half a Loaf... as
Dr. Kurokawa
1958
The H-Man as
Dr. Maki
1958
Yoru no hamon as
Shûsem Ashida
1958
Hi no ataru sakamichi as
Tamakichi, Shinji's father
1957
Bitoku no yoromeki as
Fujii
1957
Hadairo no tsuki as
Kôhei Ôike
1957
Temptation as
Shôkichi Sugimoto
1957
Tajobushin
1956
Joyu as
Yasuda
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki as
Kintomo Anegakôji
1956
Mori wa ikiteiru as
Prime minister
1956
Yûhi to kenjû
1956
Ninjutsu kaidanji
1955
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Hiryû musô
1955
Maboroshi no uma as
Hamamura
1955
Morishige no yarikuri shain
1955
Uchi no o baachan
1955
Ghost Story of Youth as
Takaya Okumura
1955
Tsuki ni tobu kari as
Masayoshi (Kimiko's father)
1955
Hibo tanki
1955
Verrat an Deutschland as
Konoye
1954
Kunshô
1954
Shinsengumi Oni Taicho
1954
Nyonin no yakata
1954
Sôretsu kamikaze tokkôtai
1954
Koyoi chikainu
1954
Hanran
1953
Jûdai no yûwaku
1953
Onna no issho as
Fujiko's father
1953
Kuro obiarashi
1953
Shishun no izumi as
Priest
1953
Gate of Hell as
Gen Kiyomori
1953
Waseda daigaku as
Haruo Kageyama
1953
Taiheiyô no washi
1953
Hiroba no kodoku
1953
Minami jûji sei wa itsuwarazu
1953
Journey
1953
Shin'e no shima elegy
1953
The Blue Revolution as
Tatsukichi Koizumi
1953
Okore sanpei
1953
Haha nami
1953
Gendai shojo
1953
Idaten kisha
1953
Kaga sôdô
1953
Jûdai no seiten as
Shûhei, Kaoru's father
1953
Sincere Heart as
Yûzô Ariga
1952
Himitsu as
Sakutaro Maki
1952
Kare o korosu na
1952
Ôzora no chikai
1951
Koibito
1951
Fûunji
1951
Zen-ma as
Tsuyoshi Kitaura
1949
Waltz at Noon as
Yoshiki Sakazaki
1949
Shin'ya no kokuhaku
1949
Flame of My Love as
Prime Minister Inagki
1947
The Love of Sumako the Actress
1940
Banzuiin Chôbei as
Shôsetsu Yui
1940
Hideko no ôendanchô as
Jiro Takashima, Ichiro's brother
1939
The Imaginary Ghetto as
Daisuke Yokokawa
1936
Sakura no sono as
Tomoo Serizawa
1936
Hantô no maihime as
Tomei's friend
1928
Eine Nacht in Yoshiwara
Costume Department
1956
Mori wa ikiteiru (wordrobe idea)
Producer
1939
Senyu no uta - Huang pu jiang (Documentary) (line producer)
Self
1988
Sakura-tai Chiru (Documentary)
1964
Doyô danwashitsu (TV Series) as
Self
- Haiyû to enshutsu (1964) - Self
Archive Footage
1962
Varan the Unbelievable as
Observer

References

Koreya Senda Wikipedia