[KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars?

[Michael Kerpan]

Markus -- My eyesight wasn't good enough to make that face out, much less
identify it!  I would think Kinuyo Tanaka should have been included -- but
none of these pictures seem to match her face.

Michael Kerpan
Boston, MA

On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 5:52 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> These are amazing. Thank you! On first glance, I see #8 is Takamine
> Hideko. Love the modernist katakana signature.
>
> Markus
>
> On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:06 PM, William M. Drew via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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>
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> I believe the last one in this group, no. 11, is Denmei Suzuki
> (1900-1985). A very popular star who also did some directing, he was a
> former athlete who was unusually tall (5'10") for a Japanese male of that
> era. He was often paired with Kinuyo Tanaka and they became a kind of
> Japanese counterpart of Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Suzuki, it should
> be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an
> admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain
> distribution of Japanese films in the West.
>
> William M. Drew
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes:
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>
> Hi,
>
>
> I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature
> Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30’s & 40’s.    Each one features their
> image and signature.   Here is an example.
>
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> <image002.jpg>
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> What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write
> something about them in a book I am planning to write.   This is where I
> need your help!
>
>
> Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have.
> https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars
>
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Adrian
>
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