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Takashi Shimizu was born on 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The Grudge (2004) and Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003).- Actress
- Music Department
Atsuko Tanaka was born on 14 November 1962 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) and Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008).- Animation Department
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Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series and the anime film A Silent Voice.
Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime series.- Keita Machida was born on 4 July 1990 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Meet Me After School (2018) and Unknown (2023).
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- Soundtrack
Ryôko Shinohara was born on 13 August 1973 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018), Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) and High-Speed Task Force Turboranger (1989). She has been married to Masachika Ichimura since 8 December 2005. They have two children.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Toshishiro Obata was born on 20 October 1948 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Demolition Man (1993).- Actor
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Rentarô Mikuni was born on 20 January 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Harakiri (1962), Vengeance Is Mine (1979) and Tsuribaka nisshi (1988). He died on 14 April 2013 in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan.- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Tarako was born on 17 December 1960 in Ota, Gunma, Japan. She was an actress, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Noir (2001) and Dragon Ball Z (1989). She died on 4 March 2024 in Japan.- Actor
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Eijirô Tôno was born on 17 September 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Yojimbo (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He died on 8 September 1994.- Kiyohiko Shibukawa was born on 2 July 1974 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Wasabi (2001), Ichi the Killer (2001) and Tokyo 10+01 (2003).
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Born in Tatebayashi city. After working in a PR firm, joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982. After doing animation tasks for the TV series "Doraemon" (created by Fujiko-Fujio), he was promoted to chief director with others TV series of the same creators, "ESPer Mami" (1987-88) and "21-Emon" (1991-92). Debuted as a film director with the theatrical version of "ESPer Mami, the Starry Sky Dancing Doll" in 1988, followed by a Doraemon spin-off, "Dorami-chan, The Highway Boys Band" in 1991. From 1992 he began to direct, produce and write episodes of the TV series "Crayon Shin-chan", and starting in 1993 also the yearly theatrical films based on its characters.- Actor
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Keiju Kobayashi was born on 23 November 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Godzilla 1985 (1985), The Lost Alibi (1960) and The Return of Godzilla (1984). He died on 16 September 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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Kôhei Oguri was born on 29 October 1945 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Muddy River (1981), The Sting of Death (1990) and Sleeping Man (1996).- Writer
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He was born in Isesaki City (Gunma prefecture) and debuted in manga in 1970 in the "Deluxe Shounen Sunday" after being finalist in a contest promoted by monthly magazine "Com" in september of 1967 (he was only 16 years old). In the 80s many of his comics become best-sellers and they are converted in animation or live-action TV series and films. After "Miyuki" (serialized in "Shounen Big Comic" in 1980), he did "Nain" ("Nine"), which was his first animation film adaptation; "Tacchi" ("Touch", serialized in the "Weekly Shounen Sunday" in 1981), made into three animation films between 1986 and 1987; and "Hyatari Ryoko" (made into an animation film 1988).- Katsumi Chô was born on 11 August 1951 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Boy and the Beast (2015), The Cat Returns (2002) and Final Fantasy X-2 (2003).
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- Music Department
- Writer
Atsushi Sakurai was born on 7 March 1966 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for The Last Supper (2005), Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Trinity Blood (2005). He died on 19 October 2023 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.- Additional Crew
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Shigesato Itoi was born on 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for My Neighbor Totoro (1988), EarthBound (1994) and EarthBound Beginnings (1988). He has been married to Kanako Higuchi since 1993.- Chika Nagaoka was born in 1983 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Chika is a director, known for Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (2024).
- Makiko Kuno was born on 21 February 1967 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Guard from Underground (1992), Ultraman Gaia (1998) and The Mars Canon (2002).
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Chûsei Sone was born on 1 October 1937 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Angel Guts: Red Classroom (1979), Branded to Kill (1967) and Demon's Room (1982). He died on 26 August 2014 in Usuki, Oita, Japan.- Director
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- Writer
Akitarô Daichi was born on 15 January 1956 in Gunma, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Fruits Basket (2001), Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and Now and Then, Here and There (1999).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Chiezô Kataoka was born on 20 March 1903 in Yabuzukahonmachi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Mitsu-kubi-tou (1956), Zoku Shimizu minato (1940) and Jiraiya (1937). He died on 31 March 1983.- Actress
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Yume Shinjo was born on 27 April 1998 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020), Kikai Sentai Zenkaijâ Tai Kirameijâ Tai Senpaijâ (2022) and Denei Shojo: Video Girl Mai 2019 (2019).- Karen Ohtomo was born on 9 October 1999 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare (2023), Eien no kinô (2022) and Hyena (2023).
- Atsushi Imaruoka was born on 23 May 1972 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Overwatch (2016), Super Street Fighter IV (2010) and Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2005).