Yukio Ninagawa
Japanese theatre director and actor (1935–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yukio Ninagawa (蜷川 幸雄, Ninagawa Yukio, October 15, 1935 – May 12, 2016) was a Japanese theatre director. He was known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently eight times. He also directed Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus and Macbeth. He was also a movie director. He directed the 2003 movie Ao no Honō.
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Yukio Ninagawa 蜷川幸雄 | |
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Born | October 15, 1935 |
Died | May 12, 2016 (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Theatre director Film director |
Years active | 1969–2016 |
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Ninagawa died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on May 12, 2016, aged 80.[1]