Masao Shimizu was born on 5 October 1908 in Toyko, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ikiru (1952), High and Low (1963) and Sanjuro (1962). He died on 5 October 1975.

Masaki Naito was born on January 21st, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan where he currently lives and works. He received his education from an actors training institute in Tokyo in 1997 and HB studio, an acting school in New York City from 2004 to 2007. He moved to New York to pursue his career as an actor in 2003. He is a Japanese native with over twenty years of acting experience split between Japan and New York. Masaki also has a background in performance art. After returning to Japan in 2015, he has appeared in several films, television shows, commercials and theatre productions. You may have seen him in Amazon Prime's "Mozart in the Jungle" (Season #4), "The World Wars" History Channel Mini-series and Japanese epic films such as "AI Amok", "Farewell Song", "Barbara", "Gangoose" and "The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan" among others.

Yumiko Hasegawa was born on 8 December 1924 in Toyko, Japan. She was an actress, known for Yôda no maden (1956), Sword in the Moonlight (1957) and Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen (1959). She was married to Eiji Funakoshi. She died on 27 July 2010 in Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan.

He went to school in Heidelberg and Paris and graduated from the Urspring School in Schelklingen in 1961. Wickert then decided to study political science and law, which he completed in Bonn. From 1962 to 1963 he also studied in the USA on a Fulbright scholarship. In 1968, Wickert passed his state law exam and then worked as a freelance radio writer. Shortly afterwards he came to ARD as an employee and editor. In 1969 he entered television journalism, working as an editor and editor of the political television magazine "Monitor". From 1977 he worked abroad for ARD: He first went to Washington as a correspondent, from where he moved to Paris a year later. Wickert, who seemed to feel at home everywhere, came back to the USA in 1981, where he became ARD studio manager in New York. Three years later he took on the same task in Paris.

From 1990, the cosmopolitan moderated the ARD program "Tagesthemen" in Hamburg, succeeding Hanns Joachim Friedrichs. Through his prominent participation in the most important German news program, Wickert became one of the most famous faces in German television culture. However, the presenter has also created numerous radio and television documentaries and published many essays in magazines and anthologies. Not to be forgotten are several book publications. In 1981, Wickert wrote "Freedom I Fear - the State Disempowers Its Citizens," a critical political analysis of the Federal Republic of Germany. His foreign report "New York - Tokyo - Paris" followed in 1986 and the book "France, the wonderful illusion" in 1989. The journalist and publicist received a number of honors and awards for many other books.

In 1990, "Champagne Clans. German stories about a French invention" was awarded the German-French Journalist Prize. In 2000, Wickert was honored with the Adenauer-DeGaulle Prize for his contributions to German-French cooperation. The presenter also won prizes such as the "Horizon Award" as "Media Man of the Year" (1992), the German television award "Telestar" (1992) and the "Golden Camera" (1994). In a representative survey by the magazine "TV Today" about the most popular news presenters, the German television audience placed Wickert in third place in the popularity list in July 2003, where he had to give way to the "Tagesschau" spokeswoman Eva Herman and the RTL presenter Peter Kloeppel . At the end of September 2004, Wickert was appointed the first honorary professor at Magdeburg-Stendal University. There he gave lectures in the journalism and media management course from the winter semester of 2004/05.

In the winter semester of 2004/05 he became an honorary professor of journalism/media management at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. According to a representative survey of the German population in autumn 2004, Wickert took fourth place among the most popular German news presenters. At the end of August 2005 he presented the crime novel "The Desert Queen" to the public. In November 2005 he was made an officer of the Legion of Honor for his services to Franco-German relations. After 15 years, Ulrich Wickert ended his work at "Tagesthemen" on August 31, 2006. His successor will be the journalist Tom Buhrow. Since August 17, 2006, Wickert has moderated the literary program "Wickert's Books" for ARD.

Ulrich Wickert has been married to publishing manager Julia Jäkel for the third time since March 1, 2003.

Kumoi was born on Tokyo in 1903. In 1924, he joined Toa Cinema under the name of Kumoi Jun. He appeared in Numata Koroku's Zankan (To Slay the Wicked), said to be the first work of a nameless newcomer, and he also appeared in Kinugasa Teinosuke's Jashumon no Onna with Kojima Yozo. After this, he changed his name to Ryunosuke, and became popular in Kinno, in which he played the half brother of Ichikawa Kobunji.

Kumoi went on to achieve great popularity for his leading roles in Kennan Jonan, Sunae Shibari (Spell of the Sand Painting), and Kumoi Tatsuo. He moved on to Kawai, where he took the lead in Kaigara Ippei, but he then transferred to Teikoku Cinema, giving fine performances in films such as Jirokichi Zange and Migawari Monzo. After this, he went from Tokatsu to Nikkatsu, and he starred in Herikudari no Rishichi, a part originally to have been played by Okochi Denjiro.

Having passed through Daiichi Fims and Makino Talkies, Kumoi joined Kyokuto Cinema in 1936, starring in Maboroshijo and Furyu Katsujinken (The Dashing Swashbuckler). Among his definitive roles of this time are his portrayal of Komon in Shinpen Mito Komon, and Ino Tadataka in Reimei no Ezochi. Kumoi Ryunosuke was an action actor, at home playing the blind or night-blind swordsman in films such as Toa's Yugiri no Senta, Kawai's Hekireki, Nikkatsu's Jinya no Shotaro.

Shizuko Higashi was born on 14 November 1898 in Toyko, Japan. She was an actress, known for Honkon kurêjî sakusen (1963) and Ginza taikutsu musume (1960). She died in 1978.

Fumiko Katsuragi was born on 29 August 1878 in Toyko, Japan. She was an actress, known for No Blood Relation (1932), Onna keizu (1934) and Seidon (1933). She died on 19 August 1945.

Yuka Sato was born on 14 February 1973 in Toyko, Japan. She is an actress, known for Blades of Glory (2007), Eiga ban Mirai nikki (2000) and America's Choice: The Great Skate Debate (1996). She was previously married to Jason Dungjen.