Background
Hyodo was born in 1893, in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
俵藤丈夫
Hyodo was born in 1893, in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Left Literature Department of Waseda University without graduating (1915).
Entered Shinkokugeki (The New People’s Dramatic Company) and worked on its management staff. Appointed trustee of Shin- kokugeki (1946) and thereafter became director of Toho Motion Picture Company (1947) . Retired after Toho labor dispute, but later returned to Toho as advisor (September, 1950) and subsequently was appointed to present post.