Eiji Funakoshi

Infobox actor
name = Eiji Funakoshi


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caption = Eiji Funakoshi, in "Fires on the Plain"
birth_date = birth date and age|1923|3|17|mf=y
location = Tokyo, Japan
death_date =death date and age|2007|3|17|1923|3|17|mf=y
death_place = Shizuoka
birthname = Eijiro Funakoshi
occupation = actor
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academyawards =Nihongo|Eiji Funakoshi|船越 英二|Funakoshi Eiji|extra=17 March, 1923 - 17 March, 2007 was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in "Fires on the Plain".

Biography

Born Eijiro Funakoshi on March 17, 1923 in Tokyo, Eiji Funakoshi signed up for the Daiei Motion Picture Company in 1947 and made his acting debut the following year with "Beautiful Enemy". In a career that spanned three decades Funakoshi starred in a variety of genres and worked for directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. [ [http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/03/19/eiji-funakoshi-1923-2007/ SciFi Japan » Eiji Funakoshi: 1923-2007 ] ]

Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. [ [http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/03/19/eiji-funakoshi-1923-2007/ SciFi Japan » Eiji Funakoshi: 1923-2007 ] ] Perhaps their most notable film was the World War II drama Fires on the Plain (Nobi, 1959). Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Fires on the Plain won awards in Japan and overseas, including prizes for Kon Ichikawa from the Blue Ribbon in Japan and the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

Actor Eiji Funakoshi died of a stroke at 10:57pm on March 17, 2007, on his 84th birthday. [ [http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/03/19/eiji-funakoshi-1923-2007/ SciFi Japan » Eiji Funakoshi: 1923-2007 ] ]

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Persondata
NAME= Funakoshi, Eiji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Funakoshi, Eijiro
SHORT DESCRIPTION= actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1923-3-17
PLACE OF BIRTH= Tokyo, Japan
DATE OF DEATH=2007-3-17
PLACE OF DEATH= Shizuoka