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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