, born Masahiko Katō (加藤雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a

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Career

Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in

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. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at the age of 16 in the

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'' in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until

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Graduate School to pursue acting alone. He gradually grew in popularity by playing villain roles such television

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drama series as

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and appeared in films like '' Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san'' and '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. He was eventually adopted as one of director

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's favourite actors, and went on to appear in nearly every one of his movies since ''

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''. In television Tsugawa portrayed

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five times. He played Ieyasu in the 2000 '' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' and became the oldest actor who played a lead role in the Taiga drama. Tsugawa recently debuted as a director under the pseudonym Makino Masahiko with his film ''

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''. He chose this name because he is the nephew of the Japanese director

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, his mother's brother. Legend has it that Tsugawa was so awed by the director while watching him at work as a young child that he asked if he could use ''Makino'' as his last name should he ever be a director, because of the similarities of the first names. Tsugawa comes from an illustrious film family. His older brother

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was an actor. His wife

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was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, his father,

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, and his mother,

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, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors

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. Tsugawa died August 4, 2018 due to heart failure. He was 78.

Filmography

Director

* '' Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky'' (2009)

Film

* '' Kojiki Taishō'' (1952) - Hanawaka * '' Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954) – Zushiō as a Boy * ''

'' (1956) *''Farewell to Spring'' (1959) *''

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'' (1960) *''

The Sun's Burial is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. ''The Sun's Burial'' is known for its elements of Japanese nuberu bagu. ''The Sun's Burial'' depicts people at the bottom of the social pyramid. Isao Sasaki was selected for one of the lead r ...

'' (1960) *''Rokudenashi (Good-for-nothing)'' (1960) *'' Bitter End of a Sweet Night'' (1961) *'' Drunkard's Paradise'' (1961) *''

'' (1964) *''Cuban Lover'' (1969) * '' Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san'' (1973) * '' Time and Tide'' (1984) * '' The Funeral'' (1984) * ''

'' (1985) *'' Hitohira no yuki'' (1985) * '' A Taxing Woman'' (1987) – Hanamura * ''

A Taxing Woman 2 is a 1988 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It is the sequel to Itami's 1987 comedy ''A Taxing Woman''. Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. She investigates a Japanese new religions, rel ...

'' (1988) – Hanamura * '' A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha'' (1990) * '' Heaven and Earth'' (1990) –

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*''

Minbo is a 1992 Japanese film by filmmaker Juzo Itami. It is also known by the titles ''Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion'', ''The Gangster's Moll'' and ''The Anti-Extortion Woman''. The film was widely popular in Japan and a critical succe ...

'' (1992) *'' The Strange Story of Oyuki'' (1992) * ''

Daibyonin , also known as ''The Last Dance'' and more rarely ''The Seriously Ill'', is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Juzo Itami about the final year of a successful film director suffering from cancer. The film can be seen as a criticism of the traditi ...

'' (1993) – Dr. Ogata * ''

Crest of Betrayal ''Crest of Betrayal'', known in Japan as , is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Written by Motomu Furuta and Fukasaku, it combines two enduring Japanese legends; ''Chūshingura'', which tells the story of the historical forty-seven ...

'' (1994) –

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*''

A Last Note is a 1995 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Kaneto Shindo. It was the last film of actresses Haruko Sugimura and Nobuko Otowa. Plot Yoko Morimoto, an aged but still active widowed actress, takes a rest from rehearsals and the hot temperatur ...

'' (1995) * '' Supermarket Woman'' (1996) – Goro * ''

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) * '' Marutai no Onna'' (1997) *'' Pride: The Fateful Moment'' (1998) – Prime Minister Hideki Tojo * '' Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' (1999) * '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' (2001) * '' The Man in White'' (2003) * ''

What the Snow Brings is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi. Synopsis Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Death Note'' (2006) – Police Chief Saeki * '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' (2006) — Police Chief Saeki * '' A Long Walk'' (2006) * '' Hideo Nakata's Kaidan'' (2007) * '' Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea'' (2007) * '' Aibō the Movie'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Strawberry Night'' (2013) * '' 0.5mm'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) – Sōshi (voice) * '' Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2016) – Kōzō Nakase * ''Ikitoshi Ikerumono'' (2017) – narrator

Television

* ''Ryōma ga Yuku'' (1968) –

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* ''

Shinsho Taikōki is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1973. It is based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel of the same title. The lead star is Takashi Yamaguchi. Plot The drama depicts the story chronicles the life of Toyotomi H ...

'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) –

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* ''

Ōgon no Hibi is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK taiga drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title. The series is the first ''taiga'' drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first ''taiga'' d ...

'' (1978) –

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* ''

'' (1983) –

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* ''

Ōoku The refers to the women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning resided. Similar areas in the castles of powerful , such as the Satsuma Domain, were also referred to by this term. History The ''Ōok ...

'' (1983) -

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* ''Miyamoto Musashi'' (1984–85) –

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* '' Hissastu Hashikakenin'' (1985) – Ryūji * ''Hagoku'' (1985) – Keizaburō Suzue * '' Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) –

* ''Tokugawa bugeichō: Yagyū sandai no ken'' (1992) – Tokugawa Ieyasu * ''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995) –

* ''Kenpō wa Madaka'' (1996) –

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* ''Ieyasu ga mottomo osoreta otoko, Sanada Yukimura'' (1998) – Tokugawa Ieyasu * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Aoi'' (2000) – Tokugawa Ieyasu * ''

Chūshingura 1/47 is a 2001 Japanese historical film based on the kabuki tale of the Forty-seven Ronin. The film was made for the Fuji TV Network and was directed by Shunsaku Kawamo. The story tells the true story of Asano Naganori who attacked Lord Kira Koze ...

'' (2001) – Kira Kōzukenosuke * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Furuhata Ninzaburō The Spanish Embassy Murder'' (2004) * '' Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai'' (2006) – Tokugawa Ieyasu * '' The Family'' (2007) – Finance minister Nagata * ''

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'' (2013) – Hotsuma Raido * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Akagi'' (2015) – Iwao Washizu * ''Nobunaga Moyu'' (2016) – Kaisen Joki * '' Nemuri Kyoshirō The Final'' (2018)

Dubbing

* ''

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'', the Aviator

Awards and honors

Honor

* 2006 Awarded Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from H.M. The

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* 2014 Awarded Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from H.M. The

Awards

* 1982

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

for Best Supporting Actor * 1986

Japanese Academy Awards The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

Best Supporting Actor nomination for '' Hitohira no yuki'' * 1987

Mainichi Film Award The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...

Best Actor * 1987

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

Best Supporting Actor nomination for '' A Taxing Woman'' * 1988 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for '' Wakarenu riyu'' * 1988 Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting actor for '' A Taxing Woman'' * 1993 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination '' Bokuto kidan'' * 1994

Nikkan Sports Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the ''Nikkan Sports''. Categories *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Film, Best Film *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Foreign Film, Best Foreign Film *Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director ...

Best Supporting Actor * 1995 Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor nomination for '' Shudan-sasen'' * 1999 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for '' Puraido: Unmei no toki'' * 2014 Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actor nomination for '' 0.5mm''

References

External links

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