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Nagamasa Kawakita(1903-1981)

  • Producer
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Nagamasa Kawakita was born on 30 January 1903 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a producer, known for Madame Butterfly (1954), Atarashiki tsuchi (1937) and Tôyô heiwa no michi (1938). He was married to Kashiko Kawakita. He died on 24 May 1981 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornJanuary 30, 1903
DiedMay 24, 1981(78)
BornJanuary 30, 1903
DiedMay 24, 1981(78)
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Known for

Kaoru Yachigusa in Madame Butterfly (1954)
Madame Butterfly
6.5
  • Producer
  • 1954
Setsuko Hara in Atarashiki tsuchi (1937)
Atarashiki tsuchi
5.7
  • Producer
  • 1937
Tôyô heiwa no michi
  • Producer
  • 1938
Nihon minzoku no Hara-ryû o saguru: Minzoku no kawa Mekon
  • Producer
  • 1958

Credits

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Producer

  • Nihon minzoku no Hara-ryû o saguru: Minzoku no kawa Mekon
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Kaoru Yachigusa in Madame Butterfly (1954)
    Madame Butterfly
    6.5
    • executive producer: Tôhô
    • 1954
  • Anatahan (1953)
    Anatahan
    7.0
    • executive producer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Tôyô heiwa no michi
    • producer: Tôwa Shôji Eiga-bu
    • 1938
  • Setsuko Hara in Atarashiki tsuchi (1937)
    Atarashiki tsuchi
    5.7
    • producer
    • 1937
  • Bansa
    Short
    • executive producer: Tôwa Shôji Eiga-bu
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Born
    • January 30, 1903
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • May 24, 1981
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Spouse
    • Kashiko Kawakita? - May 24, 1981 (his death, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In 1960, he and his wife, Kashiko Kawakita, founded the Japan Film Library Council - now the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute.

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