Shinobu Araki: Shinobu Araki. Actor: Kuga shôsa. Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two Quiet People) and Yabure Shamisen before moving to Kunikatsu where he took...
Known For: Kuga shôsa (Major Kuga), Surônin makaritôru (Tenchû Jôrakuin), Sunae shibari: Dai-ippen (Tôbei - a sand painter), The Loyal 47 Ronin (Yahei Horibe)