(born 23 March 1929,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

) is a Japanese

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

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. Inuzuka is one of the members of the Crazy Cats. His first starring role in the film was in ''Suteki na Konban wa'' directed by

Yoshitarō Nomura was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film, , was released in 1953; his last, , in 1985. He received several awards during his career, including the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Director ...

and played the leading roles in six films in his acting career. Inuzuka announced his retirement as an actor and made his final appearance in ''

Labyrinth of Cinema is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported ...

'' directed by

Nobuhiko Obayashi was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting film ...

in 2019. Since then, he has been retired in

Atami is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 36,865 in 21,593 households and a population density of 600 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Atami is located in the far ea ...

Selected works

Films

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Ten Dark Women ''Ten Dark Women'' (, literally "ten black women") is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. Plot A married television executive has many mistresses. Nine of the mistresses and his wife band together and plan to kill him. His wife tells h ...

'' (1961) * ''

Crazy Adventure is a 1965 Japanese comedy action film directed by Kengo Furusawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the fifth film in the '' Crazy Cats'' film series produced from 1963 to 1971 and was produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary o ...

'' (1965) * ''Suteki na Konban wa'' (1965) * '' Kyu-chan no Dekkai Yume'' (1967) * ''

Where Spring Comes Late is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Plot The Kazami family live on the island of Iōjima, Nagasaki, where Seiichi Kamazi works in a coal mine. With the coal mine closing, Seiichi decides to move to Hokkaido and become a dairy farm ...

'' (1970) * '' Tora-san, the Good Samaritan'' (1971) as Policeman * '' Daigoro vs. Goliath'' (1972) as Ojisan * ''

Preparation for the Festival is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Kuroki Kazuo. Plot Tateo (Jun Etô), a mother-dominated young man who realizes that he must leave the place he loves, finding it too closed and constricting. With great affection and insight, Kuroki character ...

'' (1975) * ''

Yakyū-kyō no Uta is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. It follows Yūki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player. It was originally serialized in th ...

'' (1977) * '' Stage-Struck Tora-san'' (1978) * ''

Tora-san, the Matchmaker ''Tora-san Riding High'' is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kaori Momoi as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, the Matchmaker'' is the twenty-third entry in ...

'' (1979) as Taxi driver * '' Tora-san's Dream of Spring'' (1979) * ''

Tora-san's Promise , also called ''Torasan and a Paper Balloon'' in some regions, is a 1981 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Mikiko Otonashi as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Prom ...

'' (1981) as Shigeru * '' Eijanaika'' (1981) as Yomome no Roku * ''

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 ...

'' (1981) as Sōgorō * '' Aiko 16 sai'' (1983) as Mita Shirō * '' Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You'' (1988) as Inuyama Hiroshi * ''Kazeno Kodomono Yōni'' (1992) as Shigeyuki Mineyama * ''

Kamen Rider ZO , translated ''Masked Rider ZO'', is a 1993 Japanese tokusatsu biopunk superhero movie produced by the Toei Company as part of their ''Kamen Rider Series''. Directed by Keita Amemiya, it was the first joint production of Toei and Bandai. A Sega C ...

'' (1993) as Seikichi Mochizuki * '' Tora-san to the Rescue'' (1995) as taxi driver * ''A Class to Remember IV'' (2000) as Shukichi * '' Women in the Mirror'' (2003) * '' Goodbye Me'' (2007) as Konosuke Saitō * ''

Chameleon Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, bein ...

'' (2008) as Shuji Yamamura * ''

Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tenten Hosokawa. It was adapted into a live-action television series in 2009 and a live-action film in 2011. Cast *Norika Fujiwara (TV series), Aoi Miyazaki (film) *Taizo Harada (TV series), Ma ...

'' (2011) as Kawaji * '' Casting Blossoms to the Sky'' (2012) as Tsurukichi Nose * ''

Giovanni's Island is a 2014 Japanese animated historical drama film directed by Mizuho Nishikubo and produced by Production I.G and co-produced and presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises. The film was released on February 22, 2014, in Japan and ...

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2019)

Television

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Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin is a Japanese jidaigeki or period television drama. It is the tenth in the Hissatsu series. The drama is a sequel to Hissatsu Shiokinin. Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular Jidaigeki dramas in Japan. Former professional Baseball p ...

'' (1977) (ep.18) as Sanai Hattori * '' Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan'' (1980) as Ikoma * ''

Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1981 to 1982. It is the 17th in the ''Hissatsu'' series. The drama is a sequel to ''Hissatsu Shigotonin''. Cast *Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura *Kunihiko Mitamura as ...

'' (1981) (ep.25) as Hidaka * '' Onihei Hankachō Ryusei'' (1990) * ''

Kokoro is a novel by the Japanese author Natsume Sōseki. It was first published in 1914 in serial form in the Japanese newspaper ''Asahi Shimbun''. The title translated literally means "heart". The word contains shades of meaning—notions of the he ...

'' (2003) as Sadao Yoshikawa * ''

Ultraman Max is a Japanese Tokusatsu series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Released as the 19th ''Ultra Series'', it aired from July 2, 2005, until April 1, 2006. The show aimed to return to the fast-paced formula ...

'' (2005) (ep.26) * ''

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Originally it was planned to air from March 28, 2011 (same as 2005's Asadora series Fight) to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsu ...

'' (2011) as Takeo Miyamoto

References

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