was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ...

roles. He is also known as voice actor. In 1950, he joined the Bungakuza Theatre Company. In 1963, he left the Bungakuza Theatre Company and established the

Kumo Theatre Company The was a Japanese theatre company that staged Western-style plays. In 1963, its members split from the Bungakuza company to form their own troupe in response to what they viewed as their former troupe's overly leftist politics. In 1976, the ...

. He appeared in more than 120 films.

Filmography

Films

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Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...

'' (1957) - Tsuzuki soldier *''Nusumareta yokujô'' (1958) *''Anyakôro'' (1959) - Mizutani *''Kenju no okite'' (1960) *''Kuroi gashû: Aru sarariman no shôgen'' (1960) *''Taiyô no hakaba'' (1960) - Black Glasses *''Banana'' (1960) *''Happiness of Us Alone'' (1961) *''Minami no kaze to nami'' (1961) - Mineo Koike *''Wakarete ikiru toki mo'' (1961) *''Netsuai sha'' (1961) - Tomonari *''

Akitsu Springs is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato. Plot Shortly before the end of World War II, young soldier Shusaku, ill with tuberculosis, arrives at Akitsu, expecting to die soon. Shink ...

'' (1962) - Osaki *''Ao beka monogatari'' (1962) *''Nikui an-chikushô'' (1962) - Toshio Kosaka *''Namida o shishi no tategami ni'' (1962) - Gen, the big man *''Hitoribotchi no futari daga'' (1962) - Utsumi *''Kiri no yoru no otoko'' (1962) *''Dorodarake no junjô'' (1963) - Hanai *'' Bad Girl'' (1963) *''Yogiri no burûsu'' (1963) *''Tantei jimusho 2 3 - zeni to onna ni yowai otoko'' (1963) *''Otoko no monshô'' (1963) *''Shin meoto zenzai'' (1963) - Shinichi *''Zoku otoko no monshô'' (1963) *''

The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes. Plo ...

'' (1963) - Sawakichi *''Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu'' (1963) - Kiyotaka Kuroda *''Akai ka to roku denashi'' (1963) *''Suna no ue no shokubutsu-gun'' (1964) - Imura *''Ryojin nikki'' (1964) - Narrator *''Otoko no monshô - kanka jô'' (1964) *''Surai no gyanburaa'' (1964) *''Sâtsujin sha o kêse'' (1964) *''Otoko no monshô - fuun futatsu ryu'' (1964) *''Otoko no monsho: hana to nagadosu'' (1964) *''Suruga yûkyôden: Dokyô garasu'' (1965) *''Hana saku otome tachi'' (1965) - Kawamoto *''Kuroi tobakushi'' (1965) *''Gyangu chôjô sakusen'' (1965) - Tajima *''Otoko no monshô ore wa kiru'' (1965) *''Kenju mushuku-datsy goku no buruusu'' (1965) *''Otoko no monshô: Ryûko mujô'' (1966) *''Zenigata Heiji'' (1966) *''

A Certain Killer is a 1967 Japanese crime suspense film directed by Kazuo Mori. Screenplay by Yasuzo Masumura and Yoshihiro Ishimatsu. It stars Raizō Ichikawa. The film was adapted from the novel ''Zenya'' written by Keishi Nagi. Sequel of the film ''Aru Korosh ...

'' (1967) *''Kyôkaku-dô'' (1967) *'' Akumyō Ichidai'' (1967) *''Shayô no omokage'' (1967) - Journalist *''Tôkyô shigai sen'' (1967) *''

Zatoichi Challenged is a 1967 Japanese '' chambara'' film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures). ''Zatoichi Challen ...

'' (1967) - Maebara of Gonzo *''Zankyo no sakazuki'' (1967) *''Shichinin no yajû: chi no sengen'' (1967) *''Nihon ânkokushi: chî no koso'' (1967) *''Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin'' (1967) *''Choueki juhachi-nen'' (1967) *''Bakuchi uchi'' (1967) *''Âa dôki no sakura'' (1967) - First Lieutenant Ôoka *''Ah kaiten tokubetsu kogetikai'' (1968) *''Hitori okami'' (1968) *''

Shogun's Joys of Torture is a 1968 Japanese ''ero guro'' film directed by Teruo Ishii and distributed by Toei. The film, which can be classified as belonging to a subgenre of pink films, is considered a precursor to Toei's ventures into the "pinky violent" style of f ...

'' (1968) - Makino Bingo-no-kami *''Teppô denraiki'' (1968) - Matasaburo Tachibanaya *''Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi'' (1968) - Horichô *'' Outlaw: Goro the Assassin'' (1968) - Kensaku Kaidô *''Kyûketsu dokuro-sen'' (1968) - Tsuji (Estate Agent) *''Zankyo mujo'' (1968) - Hamaoka *''Otoko no okite'' (1968) *''

Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (also known as Left Fencer) is a 1969 Japanese samurai drama and action film, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Michiyo Okusu plays the role of the one-eyed, one-armed swords-woman O-kin. This film follows in the series of films about Tange Sazen, b ...

'' (1968, TV Movie) *''Nippon ankokushi: nasake muyô'' (1968) *''Kanto onna yakuza'' (1968) *''Zankoku ijô gyakutai monogatari: Genroku onna keizu'' (1969) *''Nemuri Kyôshirô: Akujo-gari'' (1969) *''Carta de uma flor'' (1969) *''Ijô seiai kiroku: Harenchi'' (1969) - Terauchi *''

The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots is a 1969 Japanese cel-animated action-comedy musical film produced by Tōei Animation (then Tōei Dōga) and the second film to be directed by Kimio Yabuki. The screenplay and lyrics, written by Hisashi Inōe and Morihisa Yamamoto, is ...

'' (1969) - Lucifer (voice) *''Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku'' (1969) - Horitatsu *''Nuretsubame katageri'' (1969) *'' A Thousand and One Nights'' (1969) - Kamahakim (voice) *''Nihon ansatsu hiroku'' (1969) *''

Horrors of Malformed Men is a 1969 Japanese horror film directed by Teruo Ishii, who also co-wrote the film. It is based on the novels and by Edogawa Rampo. Plot Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida), a medical student with almost no recollection of his past, is trapped in an as ...

'' (1969) - Hirukawa *''Gonin no Shôkin Kasegi'' (1969) - Lord Ozeki *''Tosei-nin Retsuden'' (1969) *''Showa onna jingi'' (1969) *''Kanto onna do konjo'' (1969) *''Gokuaku bozu hitokiri kazoe uta'' (1970) *''Maruhi joshidai-ryô'' (1970) *''Shiruku hatto no ô-oyabun: chobi-hige no kuma'' (1970) *''Shiruku hatto no ô-oyabun'' (1970) *''Sengo hiwa, hoseki ryakudatsu'' (1970) *''Sanbiki no mesubachi'' (1970) *''Onsen konnyaku geisha'' (1970) *''Hana fudâ tibakû: Ino shî ka sânban shobû'' (1970) *'' Sympathy for the Underdog'' (1971) *''Zubeko banchô: Hamagure kazoe uta'' (1971) - Nakao *''

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'' (1971) - Silver (voice) *''Gendai yakuza: Chizakura san kyodai'' (1971) *''Gendai poruno-den: Sentensei inpu'' (1971) - Kiyoshi Ôba *''Gendai yakuza: Sakazuki kaeshimasu'' (1971) *''Boryokudan sai buso'' (1971) *''Bakuto kirikomi-tai'' (1971) - Suzaki *''Mesubachi no chosen'' (1972) - Masayoshi Kurochi, Yakuza Boss *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai'' (1972) *'' Street Mobster'' (1972) *''Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue'' (1972) - Boss Mangoro Kagiya *''Hijirimen bakuto'' (1972) *'' Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril'' (1972) - Tokugawa Yoshinao *''Nihon Aku Nin Den: Jigoku No Michizure'' (1972) *''Kogarashi Monjirô'' (1972) *''Furyo gai'' (1972) *''

Battles Without Honor and Humanity , also known in the West as ''The Yakuza Papers'', is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yak ...

'' (1973) - Narrator *''Teppôdama no bigaku'' (1973) *''Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa'' (1973) - Buchô Keiji *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) - Takanashi Kunimatsu *'' Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku'' (1973) - Sôhaku Yamazaki *''Gendai ninkyô-shi'' (1973) - Sekiguchi *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' (1974) *''Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban'' (1974) - Ishiyama *''Bôryoku gai'' (1974) - Yoshii Haruo *''Dai dâtsu gokû'' (1975) *''Daidatsugoku'' (1975) - Sagawa *''Afurika no hikari'' (1975) - Tokumatsu *''Dômyaku rettô'' (1975) - Yamazaki *''Shôrinji kenpô'' (1975) - Sakae Akamatsu *''Tekiya no Ishimatsu'' (1976) *''Kigeki Daiyûkai'' (1976) - Daisaku *''Utareru mae-ni ute!'' (1976) - Kinugasa, a reporter *''Andô Noboru no waga tôbô to sex no kiroku'' (1976) - Yuji Tadokoro *''Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don'' (1977) - Katsunosuke Miura *''Yakyukyô no uta'' (1977) - Tetsugorô Iwata *''Jingi to kôsô'' (1977) - Yoshimatsu Sasamoto *''Nippon no Don: Yabohen'' (1977) - Akimasa Onizawa *'' A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness'' (1977) *''Inubue'' (1978) - Police Inspector Kamizuki *''Fuyu no hana'' (1978) *''Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen'' (1978) - Fujii *''Hakatakko junjô'' (1978) - Goro, Rokuhei's dad *''Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu'' (1978) *''Sochô no kubi'' (1979) - Kazuaki Yashiro *''

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Eiichi Kudo. Although originally planned as the first entry of a new series in the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' franchise, ''Aftermath'' turned out to be a lone entry and Toei refers to the film as a ...

'' (1979) - Hidenobu Fujioka *''

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf is a 1979 Japanese crime thriller film based on a novel by Haruhiko Oyabu. It stars Yūsaku Matsuda as a criminal who disguises himself as a salaryman, and Jun Fubuki as his girlfriend. It was directed by Toru Murakawa. Plot Tetsuya Asakura, a ...

'' (1979) - Kaneko *''

G.I. Samurai aka ''Time Slip'', is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/ action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the . The ...

'' (1979) - Koizumi Yukinaga *''

Nichiren Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of ...

'' (1979) - Tōjō Kagenobu *''Dôran'' (1980) - Misumi *''Harukanaru sôro'' (1980) - Iwataro Okabe *''

Shogun's Ninja also known as Ninja Bugeichō Momochi Sandayū is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Norifumi Suzuki. Hiroyuki Sanada landed his first lead role in the film. Plot Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends Shiranui Shōgen to Iga in search of the Momochi clan's ...

'' (1980) -

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

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Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' (1981) - Rothbart (voice) *''Nihon Philharmonic Orchestra: Honoo no dai gogakusho'' (1981) *''Rennyo to sono haha'' (1981) - Narrator (voice) *''Conquest'' (1982) - Toru Shimoda *''

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

'' (1983) - Narrator (voice) *''

The Geisha ''The Geisha, a story of a tea house'' is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts. The score was composed by Sidney Jones to a libretto by Owen Hall, with lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Additional songs were written by Lionel Monckton and James ...

'' (1983) *''Nogare no machi'' (1983) - Katsuichi Suzuki *''

Fireflies in the North is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. The lead star is Tatsuya Nakadai. Plot The film depicts the conflict between the prisoners forced to work as manpower of Hokkaido settlers and the administrators of the Kabato district as well a ...

'' (1984) - Yuhara *''Shura no mure'' (1984) - Narration (final film role)

Television drama

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Taikōki The is a biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of '' taikō'' during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history. The Confucian scholar (1564–1640) published the work in 1626 during the rule of the third Tokugawa shōgu ...

'' (1965) -

Araki Murashige was a retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, head of the powerful "Setssu-Ikeda clan" of Settsu Province. Under Katsumasa, Murashige sided with Oda Nobunaga following Nobunaga's successful campaign to establish power in Kyoto. Military life Murashige bec ...

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Shinsho Taikōki is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1973. It is based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel of the same title. The lead star is Takashi Yamaguchi. Plot The drama depicts the story chronicles the life of Toyotomi H ...

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Shibata Katsuie or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought in the 1575 Battle of Nagashino an ...

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Kaze to Kumo to Niji to is a 1976 Japanese historical television series. It is the 14th NHK taiga drama. Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji's novels ''Taira no Masakado'' and ''Umi to Kaze to Niji to''. The drama was ...

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Ono no Michikaze was a Japanese calligrapher who was a prominent ''Shodōka'' (Japanese calligrapher) during the Heian period (794–1185). One of the so-called Sanseki 三跡 (Three Brush Traces), along with Fujiwara no Sukemasa and Fujiwara no Yukinari, Michi ...

*'' Daitokai Part II'' (1977) *'' Message from Space: Galactic Wars'' (1978-1979) - Narrator *''

The Yagyu Conspiracy is a Japanese television jidaigeki (period drama) that was broadcast from 1978 to 1979. It is adapted from the 1978 film ''Shogun's Samurai'' starring Sonny Chiba, who reprises his role in the series. Plot After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, h ...

'' (1979) - Negoro Sagenta *''

Ōoku The refers to the women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning resided. Similar areas in the castles of powerful , such as the Satsuma Domain, were also referred to by this term. History The ''Ōok ...

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Ii Naosuke was ''daimyō'' of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the Ha ...

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