Career
His true name was Masanori Kimbara (金原正周) or Kim Kyun-hong (Korean: 김균홍, Hanja: 金均洚), however the famous pantomime artist Marcel Marceau was the influence for his vaudevillian name. Maruse was born in Osaka, Ikuno (ref), where there is a large Korean population. After graduation from high school, he moved to Tokyo and began working as a new wave actor.
Maruse gained a reputation amongst audiences for miming apes with advanced techniques.