Kobayashi's Inochi Bonifuro

[Aaron Gerow]

>In Kobayashi's 1971 film Inochi Bonifuro, is Officer Kanedo played by
>Shigeru Kamiyama or by Shigeru Kouyama?  I have sources suggesting each, and
>each actor was active at that time.

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have my actor's directories with 
me), but I wonder if "Shigeru Kamiyama" is really just Koyama Shigeru, 
but with the name misread.  The famous character actor that I know is 
Koyama Shigeru (????or Kouyama Shigeru if you don't use modified 
Hepburn romanization), and he did appear in several Kobayashi films and 
is credited for the film you talk about.  The characters for his family 
name are usually read Kamiyama, but there is an alternative reading 
Koyama used in his case (also seen with the director Koyama Seijiro).  I 
just don't recall a film actor called Kamiyama Shigeru (and none is 
listed in the JMDB). The IMDb lists a Kamiyama Shigeru, but the three 
films listed are films in which Koyama Shigeru appeared playing those 
characters.  (Noting this mistake, I have sent in a correction to the 
IMDb).

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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