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who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

for his role in ''

Shinde mo ii is a 1992 film directed by Japanese director Takashi Ishii. Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22-year-old man. The main cast members are Shinobu Otake (Nami Ts ...

''.

Selected filmography

Film

*1953: ''Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki'' - Takagawa *1960: ''Bôso omote he derô'' *1961: ''Hachi-nin me no teki'' *1961: ''Shin jinsei gekijô'' *1962: ''Ankoku-gai saigo no hi'' *1962: ''Nerai uchi no buraikan'' *1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai'' *1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome'' *1963: ''Ankokugai saidai no kettô'' - Ishigami *1963: ''Asakusa no kyôkaku'' *1963: ''Showa kyokyaku den'' *1963: ''Yakuza no uta'' *1963: ''Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu'' *1964: ''

Wolves, Pigs and Men is a 1964 Japanese black-and-white crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot Three brothers are born in a slum. Kuroki, the eldest brother, leaves to join a yakuza organization. Jirō, the middle brother, leaves five years later, leaving the ...

'' - Mizuhara *1964: ''Doro inu'' *1965: ''

A Fugitive from the Past , also titled ''Straits of Hunger'' or ''Hunger Straits'', is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida and starring Rentarō Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari and Ken Takakura. It is based on the 1962 novel ''Kiga kaikyō'' by Tsutomu Mi ...

'' - Pressman *1965: ''Himo'' *1965: ''Kuroi neko'' - Sagawa *1965: ''Nippon dorobô monogatari'' - Saiki, News reporter *1965: ''Zoku Abashiri bangaichi'' *1965: ''Shôwa zankyô-den'' - Yakuza *1965: ''Gyangu chôjô sakusen'' - Chin *1966: ''Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan'' *1966: ''Odoshi'' - Sabu *1966: ''Otoko no shôbu'' *1966: ''Kaitei daisensô'' - Henchman *1966: ''Ninkyô yawara ichidai'' *1966: ''Umi no koto'' - Guest *1966: ''Otoko dokyô de shobû'' *1966: '' Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon'' - detective *1966: ''

Rampaging Dragon of the North , also known as ''North Sea Dragon'', is a 1966 Japanese yakuza action crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Tatsuo Umemiya and produced by Toei Tokyo. Plot Following a stint with the yakuza, a fisherman's son named Jiro returns home to ...

'' - Gen Ashida *1967: '' Ceremony of Disbanding'' - Nakanishi *1967: ''Soshiki bôryoku'' *1967: ''Kawachi yûkyôden'' - Sutezo *1967: ''Zoku soshiki bôryoku'' - Detective Sawai *1967: ''Choueki juhachi-nen: kari shutsugoku'' *1968: ''Rikugun chôhô 33'' - Oku *1968: ''Kaidan hebi-onna'' - Saiji *1968: ''Uragiri no ankokugai'' - Barman *1968: '' Blackmail Is My Life'' - Seki *1968: ''Gokuchu no kaoyaku'' *1968: ''

Gambler's Farewell is a 1968 yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Koji Tsuruta. It is the sixth film in the ''Bakuto'' (''Gambler'') series of films produced by Toei Studios. Fukasaku had previously directed Koji Tsuruta in a similarly titled film, ''Kai ...

'' *1968: ''Ah, yokaren'' - Teacher *1969: ''

Black Rose Mansion , also known as ''Black Rose'', is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot The millionaire Kyohei Sako converts his mother's old villa into an entertainment parlor for his hobbies called the Black Rose Mansion. Ryuko Fujio, a ...

'' - Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother *1969: ''

Japan Organized Crime Boss is a 1969 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot The Danno Organization, Japan's largest yakuza clan, expands outward from its base in Osaka during the post-war period under the leadership of Boss Danno and Chief Executive Tsubaki ...

'' *1970: ''

Tora! Tora! Tora! ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' ( ja, トラ・トラ・トラ！) is a 1970 epic film, epic war film that dramatizes the Empire of Japan, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, T ...

'' - Japanese Pilot (uncredited) *1972: '' Street Mobster'' - Miyahara *1972: '' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion'' - Okizaki *1972: '' Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler'' - Tadokoro *1972: '' Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41'' - Okizaki *1972: '' Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers'' *1973: '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' - Keisuke Nakahara *1973: ''

Hissatsu Shikakenin is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1972–1973. It was the first in the Hissatsu series and is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel ''Shiokinin Fujieda Baian''. Ken Ogata played Fujieda Baian. Episode 1 ...

'' - Matajûrô Mineyama *1973: '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' - Hideo Hayakawa *1973: ''

Karate Kiba is a 1973 Japanese martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba. It is based on an action manga by Ikki Kajiwara. A recut version was released in the United States in 1976 as ''The Bodyguard'', with added footage in the first ten minutes of the film. ...

'' - Hijacker A *1973: '' Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi'' - Tatsumi Masaru *1974: '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' *1974: '' Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs'' - Masashi Kusaka *1974: ''

Executioner An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who executes a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or order ...

'' - Boss *1974: '' Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread'' - Kazushige Osone *1974: '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' - Masuo Nozaki *1974: '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' - Hideo Hayakawa *1975: '' Graveyard of Honor'' - Yasuo Matsuoka *1975: ''

Cops vs. Thugs is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). ''Complex'' named it number 6 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Kino International rele ...

'' - Tsukahara *1975: ''

Gambling Den Heist , also known as ''Plundering the Source of Capital'' and ''Gambling Den Heist'', is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot The film begins with a bank robbery using handguns and a handmade bomb. The bomb rolls off a counter ...

'' - Kumakichi *1975: ''

Cross the Rubicon! , also known as ''Plundering the Source of Capital'' and ''Gambling Den Heist'', is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot The film begins with a bank robbery using handguns and a handmade bomb. The bomb rolls off a counter ...

'' *1975: ''

Champion of Death , also known as ''Karate Bullfighter'', is a Japanese martial arts film made by the Toei Company in 1975. It was the first in a trilogy of films based on the manga '' Karate Baka Ichidai'' (literal translation: A Karate-Crazy Life), a manga base ...

'' *1975: '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' - Takeo Akamatsu *1976: '' Violent Panic: The Big Crash'' *1976: ''

Karate Warriors Karate Warriors ( ja, 子連れ殺人拳, ) is a 1976 Japanese martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba. Plot Chico arrives in a city where there are two warring gangs. Chico gets wind of a large hidden stash of heroin owned by the, now dead, forme ...

'' *1976: ''

Yakuza Graveyard ''Yakuza Graveyard'', known in Japan as , is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay by Kazuo Kasahara is based on a concept by Norimichi Matsudaira, Naoyuki Sugimoto and Kyo Namura. ''Complex'' named it number 17 o ...

'' - Hidaka *1976: '' The Classroom of Terror'' *1976: ''

'' *1977: ''

Karate for Life Karate for Life ( ja, 空手バカ一代 ) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama starring Sonny Chiba. It is to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter and is the third part in the , a series of movie a ...

'' *1977: ''

Doberman Cop is a Japanese hardboiled manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu. It was serialized in the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga anthology from 1975 (Issue 39) throughout 1979 (Issue 48), with the chapters collected into ...

'' - Jiro Takahashi *1977: ''

Proof of the Man is a Japanese film from 1977 directed by Junya Satō, starring George Kennedy and Yūsaku Matsuda. It was produced by Haruki Kadokawa. Plot A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) receives a sum of money. He buys ne ...

'' - Detective at Yokota *1978: ''

Shogun's Samurai ''Shogun's Samurai'', known in Japan as , is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two period films by Fukasaku starring Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the ...

'' - Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan) *1978: '' Talk of the Town Tora-san'' - Soeda *1979: ''

Hunter in the Dark ''Hunter in the Dark'' is a young adult novel by Monica Hughes, first published in 1982 and has been the subject of school study. It is about a boy with leukemia who goes on a hunting expedition. Plot summary Mike Rankin is an athletic teenag ...

'' - Hino *1980: ''

Kagemusha is a 1980 jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying ''daimyō'' Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords fr ...

'' - Nobufusa Baba *1980: '' The Beast to Die'' - Hideyuki Kashiwagi *1981: ''

Samurai Reincarnation is a 1981 Japanese fantasy film written and directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada, and Hiroyuki Sanada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Futaro Yamada. The film was nominated for three Awards of the Jap ...

'' - Priest Inshun Hozoin *1981: '' Station'' - Shigeru Morioka *1982: ''

Onimasa is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel of Tomiko Miyao. It was Japan's submission to the 55th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Tatsuya Nak ...

'' - Sagara *1982: ''

The Go Masters ''The Go Masters'' (Japanese: 未完の対局, Mikan no taikyoku) is a 1982 Japanese-Chinese co-production film directed by Junya Sato was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son is a fellow film director . Career Born in Tokyo, Sa ...

'' *1982: ''

Theater of Life is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima and Junya Satō. Cast *Keiko Matsuzaka *Toshiyuki Nagashima * Kie Nakai *Hiroki Matsukata *Aiko Morishita *Hideo Murota *Morio Kazama *Kō Nishimura * Toshiro Mifune *Kantarō Suga *Yuri ...

'' *1983: ''

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence , also known in many European editions as , is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed b ...

'' - New Commandant of Camp *1983: ''

'' *1985: '' Seburi monogatari'' - Kuzushiri *1986: '' Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o!'' - Kazuyuki Kiryu *1986: ''

Tokei – Adieu l'hiver is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Sō Kuramoto. Cast * Ayumi Ishida * Tetsuya Watari * Kunie Tanaka * Hideo Murota * Minori Terada * Masumi Okada * Toshiyuki Nagashima * Eri Ishida * Midori Satsuki Awards and nominations 29th Blue Ribbon Awa ...

'' *1987: '' A Taxing Woman'' - Jūkichi Ishii *1987: '' Sure Death 4: Revenge'' - Yahei Hirano *1987: ''Kyofu-no yacchan'' - Sentaro Jinnai *1987: ''

Abunai deka , often shortened to , is a Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a ...

'' *1990: '' Heaven and Earth'' - Obu Masatora *1990: '' Ready to Shoot'' *1991: ''

Hiruko the Goblin ''Hiruko the Goblin'' () is a 1991 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and starring Kenji Sawada. It is based on a manga by Daijiro Morohoshi. Plot Reijiro Hieda is a young and energetic archeologist, albeit a discredited one for ...

'' - Watanabe *1992: ''

Original Sin Original sin is the Christian doctrine that holds that humans, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature in need of regeneration and a proclivity to sinful conduct. The biblical basis for the belief is generally found in Genesis 3 (t ...

'' - Hideki Tsuchiya *1993: '' The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark'' - Momoi *1995: ''

Gonin ''Gonin'' ( ja, ゴニン (５人) or, in some English-language editions, ''The Five'') is a 1995 crime film directed by Takashi Ishii and starring Takeshi Kitano, Kōichi Satō and Masahiro Motoki. This was the first film Kitano starred in ...

'' - Shikine *2000: ''Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo'' - Old victim of the Great Hanshin Earthquake *2002: '' Women in the Mirror'' - Goda

Television

*'' Shin Seven Color Mask'' (1960) *'' National Kid'' (1960) *''

Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and ...

'' (1968-73) (26 appearances as a guest star) *''

'' (1972) (ep. 1) *''

G-Men '75 was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men ' ...

'' (1975) (ep. 1 and 8) *''Zenryaku Ofukurosama'' (1975-77) *''

Ōgon no Hibi is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK taiga drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title. The series is the first ''taiga'' drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first ''taiga'' d ...

'' (1978) as

Hachisuka Masakatsu , also known Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六), was a ''daimyō'', retainer and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history. He was the son of Hachisuka Masatoshi. The Hachisuka clan were the ''kokuj ...

*''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1986) (ep. 696) *''

Abunai Deka , often shortened to , is a Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a ...

'' (1986) (ep. 50) *''Hōjō Tokimune'' (2001) as Hattori Masaemon

References

External links

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Hideo Murota at Kinenote
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murota, Hideo 1937 births 2002 deaths Japanese male actors People from Otaru