Biography
Misao Seki was a film actor and comedian who worked in Japan and Hollywood from the 1910s through the 1940s. He appeared in more than 100 films over the course of his career. Seki was reportedly born in Yokohama, Japan, into a well-known family of actors; he began acting around the age of 5. He attained a level of fame as an actor and comedian in his native country before moving briefly to the U.S. as a young man. After appearing in vaudeville shows in Seattle and San Francisco, he took on roles in a string of English-language films in Hollywood. Later in his career, he appeared mostly in Japanese films.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 22
Navy (1943)
Movie
Flowers of Patriotism (1942)
Movie
Sabaemon of Irifuneya
Akanishi Kakita (1936)
Movie
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen (1936)
Movie
old man Tsuchibu
An Actor's Revenge (1935)
Movie
With a Single Sword Bale (1934)
Movie
Two Lanterns (1933)
Movie
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
Movie
Koyama
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)
Movie
Osuga
Man-Slashing Horse-Piercing Sword (1929)
Movie
Nakama, Gihei
Tôribêyama shinjû (1928)
Movie
Old man renting second floor
Crossroads (1928)
Movie
Hamamatsuya Kobe
Benten kozo (1928)
Movie
Doctor
A Page of Madness (1926)
Movie
Hyozan Matsusumi
Serpent (1925)
Movie
Actor
Yotsuya Kaidan (1925)
Movie
Li Fengsheng
Daikatsugeki Sôtô (1924)
Movie
Actor
Chichi yo izuko e (1923)
Movie
Pai Wang
The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
Movie
Chung Wo Ho Kee
Where Lights Are Low (1921)
Movie
Yuki's Father
The Breath of the Gods (1920)
Movie
Goro
Mystic Faces (1918)
Movie
Ratings
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1918
1925
1928
1929
1943
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1884-02-23 (140 years old)
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As関操, Zensaku Watanabe , Дзэнсаку Ватанабэ, Мисао Сэки
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