Rō Takenaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rō Takenaka

Journalist and film critic

Date of Birth: 05-May-1930

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 19-May-1991

Profession: journalist, film critic, critic

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ro Takenaka (???, Takenaka Ro, born Tsutomu, May 30, 1930 – May 19, 1991) was a Japanese reporter, anarchist and critic born in Tokyo.
He was the son of the artist and activist Eitaro Takenaka.
Expelled from the Russian language department of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, he went on to write about various subjects in the worlds of politics and culture under the pseudonyms "Yumeno Kyotaro," "Kenka Takenaka" and "Hankotsu-no-Reporter" (literally: "Rebellious Reporter") among others.
He also wrote several books on Japanese film history.
In his final years he continued his journalistic activities, despite suffering from and ultimately dying of cancer.