The result was keep. Having been relisted, the consensus has become clear to keep this article (after a relisting it isn't necessary to leave it open for the full next 7 days). It is no longer necessary to leave this open any longer. ( non-admin closure) Anarchyte ( work | talk) 12:01, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Biography of an actor, which makes no strong claim of notability per WP:NACTOR and cites no strong reliable source coverage to support it -- as written, this claims one unsourced leading role and one supporting role referenced to a source about the film, which contains no content about his performance beyond a glancing namecheck of his existence in its cast list. But an actor doesn't get over NACTOR's "significant roles" criterion just because the cast lists nominally verify that he had the role -- he gets over it when substantive content about his role, such as actual analysis of his performance, supports the role being considered "major" enough to count as notability. Between the fact that he appeared primarily in Japanese films and the fact that his career was 50 to 80 years ago, it's certainly possible that a WP:GNG pass might exist in references I cannot locate or read, so I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody who can access and read older Japanese-language sourcing can beef it up, but what's here right now simply isn't enough by itself to earn him a presumption of notability in the absence of better sourcing. Bearcat ( talk) 14:49, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
The result was keep. Having been relisted, the consensus has become clear to keep this article (after a relisting it isn't necessary to leave it open for the full next 7 days). It is no longer necessary to leave this open any longer. ( non-admin closure) Anarchyte ( work | talk) 12:01, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Biography of an actor, which makes no strong claim of notability per WP:NACTOR and cites no strong reliable source coverage to support it -- as written, this claims one unsourced leading role and one supporting role referenced to a source about the film, which contains no content about his performance beyond a glancing namecheck of his existence in its cast list. But an actor doesn't get over NACTOR's "significant roles" criterion just because the cast lists nominally verify that he had the role -- he gets over it when substantive content about his role, such as actual analysis of his performance, supports the role being considered "major" enough to count as notability. Between the fact that he appeared primarily in Japanese films and the fact that his career was 50 to 80 years ago, it's certainly possible that a WP:GNG pass might exist in references I cannot locate or read, so I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody who can access and read older Japanese-language sourcing can beef it up, but what's here right now simply isn't enough by itself to earn him a presumption of notability in the absence of better sourcing. Bearcat ( talk) 14:49, 5 May 2017 (UTC)