Real name Yukio Abe Born September 8 1925 as the son of an electrician in Tokyo Graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College Passed the 1st Toho New Face exam and joined Toho It is in sync with Toshiro Mifune and Hajime Izu Debuted in 1947 with Kurosawas One Wonderful Sunday Later appeared as a regular in the many Toho movies It was nicknamed Boochan by the studio associates