
Kenichi Enomoto
Acting
🎂 1904-10-11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenichi Enomoto (October 11, 1904 – January 7, 1970) was a popular Japanese singing comedian, mostly known by his stage name Enoken. A major innovator during his heyday, Enoken's stage shows, radio appearances, and film roles were a major influence within Tokyo theatre before World War II, and was a catalyst for the revival of comedy in the postwar period. Born in Aoyama, Tokyo, the son of rice cracker shop owners, Enomoto fell under the spell of such stars of the Asakusa Opera as Taya Rikizo and Fujiwara Yoshie, and in 1922 he made his stage debut at age 18 as a chorus member of the Asakusa Kinryukan Theatre. The Great Kanto Earthquake of the following year dealt a great blow to the opera world in Tokyo, at which time Enomoto shifted to comic theatre. Playing small roles in various comedy productions, he returned to the Asakusa stage in 1929 as part of the troupe Casino Folly. The following year saw him launch his own troupe, Enoken Gekidan, which would firmly establish him as a leading figure in Tokyo theatrical circles. In 1934, he starred in the movie Enoken no Seishun Suikoden (Enoken’s Tale of Youth’s Folly), and gained national popularity. His subsequent film career saw him parody a whole parade of Japanese historical personages, including Kondo Isami and Sakamoto Ryoma, in a series of "jidai-geki" (historical dramas) and "chanbara" (samurai drama) films, including some directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, Nobuo Nakagawa and Akira Kurosawa. Enomoto became afflicted with necrosis of the right leg in the 1950s, which required amputation, curtailing his film and stage career. He did, however, make a legendary comeback at the Shinjuku Koma Theatre 1963 wearing a prosthetic leg. He died in 1970, and is entombed in Hase Temple in Nishi-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo, on whose tombstone is inscribed "The King of Comedy". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenichi Enomoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(65)

Porter
1952

Ginji Tateya
1952

God of Yaoyorozu
1959

1952

Ryunosuke Edohara
1962

1942

1947

1947

Son Goku
1940

Enoken
1936

1954

1937
1948

'Three-Footer' Sagohei
1944

Furaibo Kinta
1955

Enoken
1934

1958
1936

1946
1939

1937

Hyoroku Oishi
1943

Tobisuke
1949

1950
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Santa
1940
1939
1961
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1956
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1942

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1936

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1962

1939
1934
Kondo Isami / Sakamoto Ryoma
1935

1947

Sarukichi
1956

Zen-san (Elephant Officer)
1957

1951

1955
1961

1945

1945

Enoken
1939
1937

1950

Onihime Yakurota
1950

Enoken
1938

1955

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1940

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1962

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1958