was a Japanese actor from

Kurashiki is a historic city located in western Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 483,576 and a population density of 1,400 persons per ...

Okayama Prefecture. He was an actor who specialized in playing comical roles. He became popular for his role as Sakura Kyōjyurō in the ''

Three Outlaw Samurai is a 1964 Japanese '' chambara'' film directed and co-written by Hideo Gosha in his feature-length debut. The film is an origin-story offshoot of Gosha's 1963 Japanese television series of the same name, with the same lead actors, Tetsuro Tamb ...

series''.

Selected Filmography

Films

* ''Taiyō Umi o Someru toki'' (1961) as Rice * ''Mekishiko Mushuku'' (1962) as Ankō * ''Samurai from Nowhere'' (1964) as Misawa Ihei * ''

'' (1964) as Sakura Kyōjyurō * '' Akumyō Ichidai'' (1967) * ''

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 ...

'' (1969) as Gamou Taiken * ''

Bloodstained Clan Honor is a 1970 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot In the year 1965, with the post-WWII era now in the past, police crack down on the criminal organizations which had thrived during that turbulent era and numerous gangs are disband ...

'' (1970) as Taishō * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) as Osakaya * ''Hei no Naka no Purei Boru'' (1987) * ''Shōrishatachi'' (1992) * '' Ambition Without Honor'' (1996) * '' Blooming Again'' (2004) as Sakiyama Rokubei * ''Mrs.'' (2005) as Yamamoto Tatsuo

Television drama

* ''

'' (1963-69) * ''

Hana no Shōgai is a 1963 Japanese television series. It is the 1st NHK taiga drama. Story Ten to Chi to deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Funahashi Seiichi's novels "Hana no Shōgai". The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke. Cast * Onoe Shoroku ...

'' (1963) as Kanroku * '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) as Yoya * ''

The Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is ...

'' (1973) as

Lu Zhishen Lu Zhishen is a fictional character in '' Water Margin'', one of the four great classical novels in Chinese literature. He is the main character in the first segment of the novel, which spans about six chapters. Nicknamed "Flowery Monk", he ra ...

* ''

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 ...

'' (1976) as Taira no Yoshikane * ''Seishi Yokomizo Series'' (1978) as Detective Hiyori * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1979) as Kumo no Jinjyurō * '' Kage no Gundan II'' (1981-82) as Gohei * ''MUSASHI'' (2003) as Hōzōin In'ei

References

External links

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Isamu Nagato at NHK
Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 1932 births 2013 deaths People from Kurashiki Male actors from Okayama {{Japan-film-actor-stub