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and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films. In 1958, he joined the

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company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film '' Age of Nudity'' directed by

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. In 1960, Akagi won

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. Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and

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. At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting ''Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko,'' where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a

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associated with a fracture of the cracked frontal bone, at the young age of 21. At the time, some of his family conceded to his funeral in the

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religion at the Dai-enji Temple in

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. Later on, his cremated ashes were moved to the Head Temple

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Filmography

* '' Kurenai no Tsubasa'' (1958) (as an extra) * ''Love and Death'' (1959) * '' Age of Nudity'' (1959) * ''

1-4'' (1960) * ''

Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru also known as ''The Call of the Foghorn'' is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Yamazaki Tokujirō. It was the final film of young star Akagi Keiichiro before his death, and considered his most famous work. Plot Sugi is a navigator of the ship Su ...

'' (1960) * '' Women of Kyoto'' (1960) * ''Ginza Tomboy'' (1960) * '' The Blue Beast'7 (1960) * '' He,Killed Dad'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1961) * ''Akagi is Still Alive'' (1967)

References

External links

* 1939 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-actor-stub