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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 ...

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Hissatsu series The is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan. ''Hissatsu Shikakenin'' is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel ''Shiokinin Fujieda Baian'', but its sequels are only inspired by it. The series still c ...

Selected filmography

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Almost Transparent Blue is a 1976 novel, written by Japanese author Ryū Murakami, that features a portrait of narrator Ryū and his friends trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll during the 1970s. Plot Narrated by the main character Ryū, the novel focuses o ...

'' (1979) as Ryu *'' Hissatsu: Sure Death'' (1984) as Hide *''

W's Tragedy is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Shinichirō Sawai, based on the novel by Shizuko Natsuki (published in English under the title '' Murder at Mt. Fuji''). At the 9th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received three other nominations ...

'' (1984) as Jun Godai *''

Fireflies in the North is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. The lead star is Tatsuya Nakadai. Plot The film depicts the conflict between the prisoners forced to work as manpower of Hokkaido settlers and the administrators of the Kabato district as well a ...

'' (1984) as Denji Masaki *''Hissatsu! Braunkan no Kaibutsutachi'' (1985) as Hide *'' Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka'' (1986) as Hide *'' Sure Death 4: Revenge'' (1987) as Hide *''

Godzilla vs. Biollante is a 1989 Japanese ''kaiju'' film written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori, with special effects by Koichi Kawakita. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is the 17th film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, the sec ...

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Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi is a 1991 film based on the television jidaigeki ''Hissatsu Shigotonin'' series. The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins. The film was directed by Toshio Masuda. Plot Cast * Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura * Kuni ...

'' (1991) as Hide *''

Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu is a 1996 film based on the television Hissatsu series. The film depicts popular character Nakamura Mondo's death. Mondo is involved in Tokugawa shogunate's conflict. Cast * Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura * Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide * Kiyos ...

'' (1996) as Hide *''Taiyō no Futa'' (2016) as

Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for m ...

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Hissatsu Shigotonin is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama, that was broadcast from 1979 to 1981. It is the 15th in the ''Hissatsu'' series. The drama was set to end after episode 26 with Nakamura Mondo's death, but won great popularity so the broa ...

'' (1979–81) as Kazarushokunin no Hide **''

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'' (1981–82) **'' Hissatsu Shigotonin III'' (1982–83) **'' Hissatsu Shigotonin IV'' (1983–84) **''

Hissatsu Masshigura! is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1986. It is the 26th in the Hissatsu series. Inspired by Video game Super Mario Bros. Cast * Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide * Yoko Akino as Keima no Ogin * Shōfukutei Tsurube ...

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''(1982–84) as Masayuki Hara (Gypsy) *''

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Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi was a pair of television ''jidaigeki'' series on TV Asahi in Japan. The first aired in 1990–1991 and the sequel in 1992–1993. Kunihiko Mitamura portrayed Tokugawa Iemitsu in both series. The show premiered on October 13, 1990, as an off-seaso ...

'' (1991, 1992–93) as

Tokugawa Iemitsu Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...

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Shōgun no Onmitsu! Kage Jūhachi is a television ''jidaigeki'' series. It ran in prime time on the TV Asahi network in Japan. The first episode aired on January 27, 1996, and the 19th and final installment was broadcast on June 29 of that year. The series starred Kunihiko Mitamur ...

'' (1996) *'' Gō'' (2011) as

Katagiri Katsumoto was a Japanese warlord (''daimyō'') of Ibaraki, in the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. In his youth was famed as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, during the Battle of Shizugatake in May 1583. Biography Katsumoto hai ...

Culture Program

* ''Otona Machiaruki'' (2009–present)

Selected discography

Singles

* Imahashire Imaikiru (1980) Insert song of

* Omoideno Itoguruma (1981) Ending song of

* Requiem (1982) * Kimu (1982) * Sukitoru Kisetsu (1983) * Unubore (1983) * Hokubo (1985) * Yureru Hitomi (1986) Ending song of

* Otokono Furusato (1990) Ending song of

* Seishun Ikki (1992) Ending song of

2 * Reimei (1994) * Love Song (2010)

Albums

* Yagatekimiwa Kisetsunonakahe (1982) * Hissatsu no Hide (1982) * Kazeno Akikara (1982) * Vol.III (1983) * Selection 12 (1984) * My Favorite Songs (1984) * DAY BY DAY (1985) * MARIKO (1985) * SOUND TRACK (1985) * Mitamura Kunihiko Best Selection (1987) * OLD/NEW (1987) * Mitamura Kunihiko Zenkyokushu (1988)

References

External links

Kunihiko Mitamura at NHK
20th-century Japanese male actors 1953 births Living people {{Japan-actor-stub