Famous People with Name Oku

OKU SHUTARO            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

OKU SHUTARO: a Japanese film director.Oku Shutaro, who is currently enjoying a flourishing career as a film director, started his career as a visual planner in 1996, contributing to stage productions for TOHO musicals, NODA-MAP, Takarazuka Revue, and Otona Keikaku, etc. Since then, he has been engaged in a wide range of stage performances such as fringe theatre, ballet, dance and musicals. His best known works include "Elisabeth," "Mozart!" (TOHO Musical), "2001 people Play", "Oil", "Run, Merusu!" (NODA-MAP), "Bara no Fuin", "Never say goodbye" (Takarazuka Revue), and "One Seed" (EXPO2005 AICHI JAPAN, Japan Pavilion). Recently he has also been involved in the stage direction of ground breaking tap dance and Japanese calligraphy shows, which have caused a sensation with their effective use of visual images on the stage.

Okubo Toshimichi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Okubo Toshimichi: was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Satsuma, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. He is regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan.Shimazu Nariakira recognized Okubo's talents and appointed him to the position of tax administrator in 1858. When Nariakira died, Okubo joined the plot to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. Unlike most Satsuma leaders, he favored the position of tobaku (??, overthrowing the Shogunate), as opposed to kobu gattai (????, marital unity of the Imperial and Tokugawa families) and hanbaku (opposition to the Shogunate) over the Sonno joi movement