was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1954 to 1993.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the
Tokyo University of the Arts
or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...
, while studying Japanese dance under
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
(19 October 1906 – 16 January 1975) was one of Japan's most revered kabuki actors from the 1930s until his death. He was a renowned and , specializing in particular in the style. He was officially designated as a " Living National Treasure ...
.
He joined the
Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film, ''Yukinojo henge'', was a hit.
His films with
Yorozuya Kinnosuke
(November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born , son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (''y ...
, such as the "Fuefuki Dōji" and "Beni Kujaku" series, were some of the more popular works during the golden age of
jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hel ...
in the 1950s.
After leaving Toei in 1965, Azuma concentrated on teaching dance while occasionally appearing in film and on stage and television.
Selected filmography
*''Shinsengumi Oni Taicho'' (1954)
*''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no koi'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō
*''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no mai'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō
*''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no ken'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō
*''Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-ichi-bu dokuro no hata''
*''Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-san-bu mangetsu-jō no gaika''
*''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ichi-bu yōtō murasame maru'' (1954)
*''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ni-bu Hōryūkaku no ryūko'' (1954)
*''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-san-bu kaibyō ranbu'' (1954)
*''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-yon-bu ketsumei hakkenshi'' (1954)
*''Satomi Hakken-den: Kanketsu-hen akatsuki no kachidoki'' (1954)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 2: Noroi no mateki'' (1955)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 3: Tsuki no hakkotsu shiro'' (1955)
*''Ōedo senryō bayashi'' (1955)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 4: Kenmō ukinemaru'' (1955)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen: Haikyo no hihō'' (1955)
*''Kaidan botan-dōrō'' (1955)
*''Yumiharizuki'' (1955)
*''Bijo to kairyu'' (1955)
*''
Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki'' (1956) - Takuminokami Asano
*''Kengō nitōryū'' (1956) - Sasaki Kojiro
*''Yūhi to kenjū'' (1956) - Rin'nosuke Date
*''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai kurosuisen no maki'' (1956)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai doreisen no maki'' (1957)
*''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai gaisen uta no maki'' (1957)
*''Sasaki Kojiro'' (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro
*''Kaidan Banchō sara-yashiki'' (1957)
*''Mito kōmon'' (1957)
*''Sasaki Kojiro Kohen'' (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro
*''
Ninkyō Shimizu-minato
is a 1957 color Japanese film, directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda (松田定次), and the first of an all-star cast trilogy, loosely based on the legend of Shimizu Jirocho (1820–1893), Japan's most famous gangster and folk hero, whose life and explo ...
'' (1957) - Shichigoro
*''Junjō butai'' (1957)
*''Onmitsu Shichishoki'' (1958)
*''Ninkyo Tokaido'' (1958) - Hangoro
*''Hibari torimonocho: Kanzashi koban'' (1958) - Sasaki
*''Ninjutsu suikoden inazuma kotengu'' (1958)
*''Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu'' (1958)
*''Ōedo shichininshū'' (1958)
*''Utamatsuri kanzashi matoi'' (1958)
*''Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen'' (1959)
*''Hibari torimonochō: furisode koban'' (1959)
*''Tatsumaki bugyō'' (1959)
*''Kurama Tengu'' (1959)
*''Futari wakagishi'' (1959)
*''Beni-dasuki kenkajo'' (1959)
*''Mito Komon 3: All Star Version'' (1960)
*''Tenpō rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi'' (1960) - Ichinojō Kaneko
*''Hibari torimonochō: orizuru kago'' (1960)
*''Yatarō gasa'' (1960) - Magistrate Kuwayama
*''Suronin hyakuman-goku'' (1960)
*''Abare kago'' (1960)
*''
Akō Rōshi'' (1961) - Horibe
*''Hangyakuji'' (1961)
*''Yurei-jima no okite'' (1961)
*''Wakasama yakuza'' (1961)
*''Kisaragi musō ken'' (1962) - Yoshimune Tokugawa
*''Chiisakobe'' (1962) - Washichi
*''Yoi-dore musoken'' (1962)
*''Hibari Chiemi no Yaji Kita Dochu'' (1963)
*''Seventeen Ninja'' (1963) - Bunzo Minuma
*''Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki'' (1966)
*''Kindaichi Kosuke no boken'' (1979) - Kojuro Akechi
*''
Battle Fever J
is a live-action Japanese-American TV series. The third entry of the ''Super Sentai'' series franchise, ''Battle Fever J'' was a co-production of Toei Company and Marvel Comics. A total of 52 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 3, 1979 to ...
'' (1979-1980, TV Series) - General Tetsuzan Kurama
*''
Sanada Taiheiki
is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period. The compl ...
'' (1985) -
Yagyū Munetoshi
Yagyū Sekishūsai Taira-no-Munetoshi (柳生石舟斎平宗厳 1529 – May 25, 1606) was a samurai in Japan's Sengoku period famous for mastering the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, and introducing it to the Tokugawa clan. He was also kno ...
*''Jipangu'' (1990) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
*''Anego - Gokudō wo aishita onna: Kiriko'' (1993) - Wakasa (final film role)
References
External links
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1926 births
2000 deaths
Artists from Tokyo
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male television actors
Tokyo University of the Arts alumni
Japanese male dancers