Yanagisawa Shinichi
- Name: Yanagisawa Shinichi
- Native name: 柳澤愼一
- Also Known as: やなぎさわ しんいち, 柳沢真一, 柳澤真一
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: December 19, 1932
- Died: March 24, 2023
During World War II, Yanagisawa was evacuated from Tokyo to his grandparents' home in Nagaoka, Niigata, but returned to Tokyo after Nagaoka was also bombed.
While attending Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama High School, Yanagisawa was involved with a Communist Party-affiliated organization but transferred to Aoyama Gakuin High School due to dissatisfaction with the social dynamics. He later dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University’s Faculty of Literature, Department of English and American Literature.
In high school, he met missionary Yanto through the church, which inspired him to engage in social service and join a choir. In 1950, he began singing jazz at an occupying forces' club to raise funds for war orphans and disabled persons, leading to his jazz singing debut in 1952.
Yanagisawa married actress Ikeuchi Junko on October 12, 1957, but they separated on January 17, 1958. He remarried Hitomi Haruyo, a dancer from Nichigeki Music Hall, on May 23, 1960. By 1989, he was reported to be single.
Despite suffering from lumbar and cervical disc hernias and a dislocated hip, Yanagisawa was active in welfare work, maintaining a low profile until receiving a Prime Minister’s Award in 1981 for his efforts during the International Year of Disabled Persons. He sold his property to support his welfare activities and did not seek compensation after a severe traffic accident that caused persistent headaches, believing it was unintentional.
In 2000, he published "Meiji & Taisho Scratch Noise" (Bungeisha).
Yanagisawa passed away from myelodysplastic syndrome on March 24, 2022, at the age of 89.
(Source: MyDramaList) Edit Biography
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
BOSS Season 2
Japanese Drama, 2011, 11 eps
(Ep. 4)
(Guest Role)
|
7.9
|
Waga Haha wa Seibo Nariki
Japanese Drama, 1980, 40 eps
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
Oshidori Ukyo Torimonoguruma
Japanese Drama, 1974, 26 eps
Magoro (Ep.25)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Futari no Suronin
Japanese Drama, 1972, 19 eps
Heizo (Ep. 17)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Toyama no Kin-san Torimonocho
Japanese Drama, 1970, 169 eps
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Ooka Echizen
Japanese Drama, 1970, 28 eps
Uokatsu (Ep. 1)
(Guest Role)
|
2.0
|
Mito Komon Manyuki
Japanese Drama, 1957, 33 eps
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Kingoro Gekijo: Kingoro no Otora-san
Japanese Drama, 1956, 177 eps
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Portrait of Brothers
Japanese Movie, 2019,
Suzuki Kinnosuke
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Magic Hour
Japanese Movie, 2008,
Takase Makoto [Extra]
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
Flying Baby
Japanese Movie, 2007,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
La Maison de Himiko
Japanese Movie, 2005,
Masaki
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
Yogiri no Homonsha
Japanese Movie, 1975,
Makino
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Watch Out Crimson Bat
Japanese Movie, 1969,
(Unknown)
|
8.0
|
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Japanese Movie, 1969,
Master Masagoro
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
The Scarlet Camellia
Japanese Movie, 1964,
(Unknown)
|
9.0
|
Nippon Paradise
Japanese Movie, 1964,
Rokusuke
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Deep River Melody
Japanese Movie, 1960,
Senkichi
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Birth of Sazae-san's Baby
Japanese Movie, 1960,
[Young husband]
(Bit part)
|
0.0
|
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Japanese Movie, 1959,
[Newlywed Man]
(Bit part)
|
0.0
|
The Imitation Lords
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Sukematsu
(Main Role)
|
8.0
|
Seishun Banka
Japanese Movie, 1959,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Most Valuable Wife
Japanese Movie, 1959,
Oshima Takehisa
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
Endless Desire
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Sugai
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Comedy Trio
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Kuroiwa
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Husband Wore the Apron
Japanese Movie, 1958,
(Support Role)
|
10.0
|
Stolen Desire
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Yamamura Eizaburo
(Support Role)
|
6.9
|
The Eagle and the Hawk
Japanese Movie, 1957,
"Mom"
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
Kiken na Kankei
Japanese Movie, 1957,
Tsukino Mitsuru
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Jazz on Parade: Jazz Musume Kampai!
Japanese Movie, 1955,
Shin-chan
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Special
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Torishirabeshitsu 15: Saga to Tokyo no Doji Satsujin
Japanese Special, 2001, 1 eps
Takamine Katsuji [Lawyer]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
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