was a Japanese actor. He was best known for playing the central role of Private Mizushima in

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...

's '' The Burmese Harp''.

Career

Born in Tokyo, Yasui first joined a troupe led by

Kazuo Hasegawa , formerly known by his stage names and , was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films from 1927 to 1963. Career Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his famil ...

. He entered the

Nikkatsu is a Japanese film studio located in Bunkyō. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures". Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%). ...

studio in 1954 and made his debut in a film scripted by

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most pr ...

. After starring in '' The Burmese Harp'', he starred with his own family in the television show ''Chako-chan''. He joined the Gekidan Shinpa troupe and become a main actor in their stage productions.

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* 1928 births Japanese male actors 2014 deaths {{Japan-screen-actor-stub