Shōji Yasui
{{short description|Japanese actor}}
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| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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{{Nihongo|Shōji Yasui|安井 昌二|Yasui Shōji|16 August 1928 – 3 March 2014}} was a Japanese actor. He was best known for playing the central role of Private Mizushima in Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by Kazuo Hasegawa.{{cite web|title=安井昌二さん死去「チャコちゃんシリーズ」「ビルマの竪琴」|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/03/05/kiji/K20140305007712790.html|website=Sponichi|publisher=Sport Nippon|accessdate=13 December 2014|language=Japanese}} He entered the Nikkatsu studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by Yasujirō Ozu. After starring in The Burmese Harp, he starred with his own family in the television show Chako-chan. He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and become a main actor in their stage productions.
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0946660|name=Shôji Yasui}}
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