Background
Nagamasa Kawakita was born in Tokyo.
entrepreneur importer film producer
Nagamasa Kawakita was born in Tokyo.
Following graduation from high school in Japan, Kawakita travelled to China in 1922 to study at Beijing University and continued on to Heidelberg in Germany for further studies. Attended literary course of Peiping University, China (1923). Later, studied in Germany.
Nagamasa Kawakita established the Towa Shoji (Trading) Co. and became its president (1928) and handled business of importing and distributing European movies. Established the Central China Movie Co. (1939) in Shanghai. Became Director of Toho Motion Picture Co. (1939).