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December 21:

Births

• 1909 - Seichō Matsumoto (d. 1992), journalist and author
• 1954 - Tsurutaro Kataoka, boxer, television personality, actor, and artist
• 1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1961 - Ryūji Sasai, bass player and composer
• 1964 - Kunihiko Ikuhara, director
• 1965 - Masahiro Motoki, actor
• 1985 - Kotaro Yanagi, actor

Deaths

• 1959 - Rosanjin (b. 1883), calligrapher, engraver, and painter

Film and television

• 2013 - The Eternal Zero, a war drama film starring Junichi Okada, Haruma Miura, and Mao Inoue
• 2013 - Mugiko-san to, a film starring Maki Horikita and Ryuhei Matsuda