Netflix Movies Starring Ken'ichi Enomoto

He started his career as a singer in a little theatrical company in Asakusa. After years of going from a company to another in the same Asakusa, he slowly changes his performing style until to be better known as a comedy revue actor. Finally he creates his own theatrical company in 1932. He debuted in the film industry with "Foreign Daughter" (1927). After a couple of films more, he signs an important contract with the PCL movie company in 1934, which converted in Toho Company from 1937, and became the company's most famous comedy player. At that time he begins to parody all kind of genres, but specially jidai-geki and chanbara films, playing "Isamu Kondo" and "Ryoma Sakamoto" in 1934, "Sasuke Sarutobi" in 1937, "Tengu Kurama" in 1939, "Mori no Ishimatsu" in 1939, "Kitahachi" (from "Hizakurige") in 1939, "Son Goku" in 1940, "Tasuke Isshin" in 1945, and so on. Read more on iMDB