Masayuki Imai
Appearance
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Born | 21 April 1961 Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 28 May 2015 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 54)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, actor |
Years active | 1986–2015 |
Masayuki Imai (今井 雅之, Imai Masayuki, 21 April 1961 – 28 May 2015) was a Japanese playwright and actor.
Life and career
Born in Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Imai was a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force before starting his acting career in the second half of the 1980s.[1] The founder of the stage company Elle Company, he was the author and the main actor of the play The Winds of God, a 1991 drama he successfully performed for about twenty years.[1] Imai was also active in films, TV series and V-Cinema (direct-to-video) releases.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Actor Masayuki Imai dies at 54". The Mainichi. May 28, 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.