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Filmmaker · Japan

Tomu Uchida

Died in 1970

Uchida Tsunejirō, known as Tomu Uchida, was born on 26 April 1898 in Okayama. An actor from 1920, he joined Nikkatsu and moved into directing in 1927. In 1945 he left for Manchuria to work for the Japanese film company established there; after the defeat, he stayed in China, where he trained young filmmakers, and returned only in 1953. He then worked mostly for Tōei, and died of cancer in 1970.

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