Utsumi Shigenori
Picture Credit: High School Kids / Tanuki Goten Program (1958)
Name: Utsumi Shigenori
Kanji: 内海重典
Position: Director / Playwright
Former Takarasienne: No
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Birthday: November 10, 1915
Death: March 1st, 1999
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Hometown: Osaka
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First Takarazuka Work: 1941 Takarazuka Princess Kaguya (Joined in Feb. 1939)
Projects Directed by Utsumi Shigenori
- Joined the Revue in 1939.
- Husband of former Takarasienne Kako Machiko (28th class).
- Was one of the three most famous Takarazuka directors in 1950'es-60'es, along with Takagi Shirou and Shirai Tetsuzou.
- Was one of the first directors to use dry ice to imitate smoke and fog on stage, and also the first to use wireless microphones.