Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 浩, 22 August 1936 – 17 November 1987)
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1956 and 1986. He was born in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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. Kawaguchi's father, writer
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
was a Japanese writer of short stories, novels, dramas and screenplays. He repeatedly collaborated on the films of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Biography
Kawaguchi was born in the plebeian Asakusa district of Tokyo into an impoverished family. He ...
, was an executive at
Daiei Film
Daiei Film Co. Ltd. ( Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ''Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Kaisha'') was a Japanese film studio. Founded in 1942 as Dai Nippon Film Co., Ltd., it was one of the major studios during the postwar Golden Age of Japanese cinema, producing ...
, where Kawaguchi acted. In 1960 he married Daiei actress
Hitomi Nozoe
was a Japanese actress popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Career
Nozoe first gained attention in ingénue roles for Shochiku in films such as Kobayashi's ''Sincerity'' (1953), eventually joining Daiei following her appearance in 1955's nati ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''Niji ikutabi'' (1956) - Kazuhiko Takemiya
* ''Punishment Room'' (1956)
- Katsumi Shimada
* ''Studio wa ôsawagi'' (1956)
* ''Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki'' (1956) - Sango Atobe
* ''Yonjû-hassai no teikô'' (1956) - Takashi, Kotaro's son
* ''The Crowded Streetcar'' (1957) - Tamio Moroi
* ''Nagasugita haru'' (1957) - Ikuo Takarabe
* ''
Kisses'' (1957, directed by
Yasuzo Masumura
was a Japanese film director.
Biography
Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei Film studio, later returning to university to study ph ...
) - Kinichi Miyamoto
* ''Chijo'' (1957) - Heiichiro Okawa
* ''
Yūrakuchō de Aimashō
is 1958 Japanese romance-drama film in technicolor, directed by Koji Shima.
Film cast
* Machiko Kyō as Aya Koyanagi
* Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Takeshi Koyanagi
* Kenji Sugawara as Rentaro Shinohara
* Hitomi Nozoe as Kana Shinohara
* Junko Kan ...
'' (有楽町で逢いましょう) (lit. ''Lovers in Yurakucho'' aka ''Let's Meet in Yurakuchô'') (1958) - Takeshi Koyanagi
* ''Edokko matsuri'' (1958) - Takechiyo
* ''
The Loyal 47 Ronin
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'' (忠臣蔵
Chūshingura is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven ''rōnin'' and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including the ...
) (1958) - Chikara Ōishi
* ''Aiga'' (1958)
* ''Haha'' (1958) - Eizô Yuasa
* ''
Giants and Toys
is a 1958 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Hiroshi Kawaguchi.
Plot
Candy manufacturer World competes with companies Giant and Apollo over caramel sales. While looking for a poster girl for a new promoti ...
'' (1958)
- Yôsuke Nishi
* ''The Lowest Man'' (1958)
* ''Futeki na otoko'' (1958) - Saburô Tateno
* ''Oyafukô dôri'' (1958) - Katsuya Sotozaki
* ''Musume no boken'' (1958)
* ''Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa'' (1959) - Kataoka
* ''Saikô shukun fujin'' (1959) - Saburo Mihara
* ''Yoru no togyo'' (1959) - Hideo Kawashibara
* ''Bibô ni tsumi ari'' (1959) - Tadao Shimizu
* ''
Floating Weeds
is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. It is a remake of Ozu's own black-and-white silent film '' A Story of Floating Weeds'' (1934) and considered one of the greatest films ever made. ...
'' (1959)
- Kiyoshi Homma
* ''Yami o yokogire'' (1959) - Kunio Ishizuka
* ''Sexy sign suki suki suki'' (1960) - Ryôtarô Yamazaki
* ''
Jokyo'' (1960) - Tabata
* ''Onna wa teikô suru'' (1960) - Akira Kuji, the singer
* ''Shôri to haiboku'' (1960) - Muneo Yamanaka
* ''Sure-sure'' (1960)
* ''San'nin no kaoyaku'' (1960) - Shûkichi Môri
* ''
Her Brother
is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is based on the novel ''Otōto'' by Aya Koda. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction.
Plot
17-year-old Gen takes care ...
'' (1960)
- Hekiro
* ''San kyôdai no kettô'' (1960)
* ''Ginzakko monogatari'' (1961) - Yûji Takarai
* ''Ojôsan'' (1961) - Keiichi Sawai
* ''Gonin no totsugeki tai'' (1961) - Pvt. First Class Hashimoto
* ''Tokyo onigiri musume'' (1961) - Gorô Shirai
* ''Nyobo gakko'' (1961)
* ''
A Wife Confesses
is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It is a courtroom drama about a young wife on trial for murdering her older husband after cutting his rope whilst mountaineering.
Cast
* Hideo Takamatsu
was a Japanese actor from Nankoku, ...
'' (1961) - Osamu Kôda
* ''Buddha'' (1961) -
Ajātasattu
* ''Urusai imôtotachi'' (1961) - Kenji
* ''Wakai yatsura no kaidan'' (1961) - Fujiwara
* ''Shin jinsei gekijô'' (1961)
* ''Onna wa yoru kesshô suru'' (1961)
* ''Onna no tsurihashi'' (1961) - Yôji (Episode 1)
* ''Katei no jijô'' (1962) - Kazutaka Hirose
* ''Kurotokage'' (1962) - Jun Amemiya
* ''Heiten jikan'' (1962) - Makoto Ubukata
* ''Hoseki dorobo'' (1962) - Kenichi Tachibana
* ''The Great Wall'' (1962)
- Hsi Liang
* ''Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daibôken'' (1969) - Doguma
* ''Yoru no têkubari shi: sûke chi hitokirî'' (1971)
* ''Kawaguchi Hiroshi Tankentai'' （川口浩探検隊、Explorer ＆ Adventurer Kawaguchi Hiroshi 1978-1985, TV Series
* ''Kurasshâ Jô'' (1983) - Control Room Officer (voice)
* ''Arion'' (1986) - (voice)
* ''Venus Senki'' (1989) - Tao (voice)
References
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1936 births
1987 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Japan
Japanese male film actors
Japanese racehorse owners and breeders
Male actors from Tokyo
20th-century Japanese male actors