Eiichi Ono, a celebrated Japanese actor and singer, made his entrance into the world on December 6, 1924, and would eventually bid farewell to the mortal realm on June 16, 1987.
Under the pseudonym Kōji Tsuruta, he would go on to leave an indelible mark on the Japanese entertainment industry, with a remarkable career that spanned nearly 260 feature films, cementing his legacy as a true icon of Japanese cinema.