is a Japanese film actor. He is most famous for playing villains. Before he started his acting career, he was a professional baseball player of
Toei Flyer's.
In 1956, he joined
Toei Flyer's but in 1958, he retired because of an injury. He joined Toei film company and made his film debut in 1959. He debuted as a director with his film '' Dagashiya Koharu'' in 2018.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''
The Proud Challenge
is a 1962 Japanese black-and-white crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
Kuroki, a reporter for the trade paper ''Tekko Shinpo'', is investigating the arms manufacturer Mihara Industries on suspicion of the illegal trafficking of ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Gang vs. G-Men
is a 1962 Japanese color crime film, crime thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Kōji Tsuruta, Shinichi Chiba, and Tetsurō Tamba. In an interview with Chris Desjardins contained in the book ''Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film'', Fuka ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Wolves, Pigs and Men
is a 1964 Japanese black-and-white crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
Three brothers are born in a slum. Kuroki, the eldest brother, leaves to join a yakuza organization. Jirō, the middle brother, leaves five years later, leaving the ...
'' (1964) : Bagman
* ''
A Fugitive from the Past
, also titled ''Straits of Hunger'' or ''Hunger Straits'', is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida and starring Rentarō Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari and Ken Takakura. It is based on the 1962 novel ''Kiga kaikyō'' by Tsutomu Mi ...
'' (1965) : Machida
* ''
Soshiki Bōryoku series'' (1967–69) : Tetsu
* ''
Abashiri Prison
is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison ...
'' film series (1965-1972)
* ''
Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi'' (1969) : Itō
* ''
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) : Yabuki
* ''
Street Mobster'' (1972) : Karasawa
* ''
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable'' (1973) : Adachi
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) : Asano
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1974) : Kawanishi
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' (1974) : Ryosuke Kaga
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1974) : Susumu Kudo
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975) : Miyai
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days'' (1975) : Tsurukichi Nemoto
* ''
Yakuza Graveyard
''Yakuza Graveyard'', known in Japan as , is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay by Kazuo Kasahara is based on a concept by Norimichi Matsudaira, Naoyuki Sugimoto and Kyo Namura.
''Complex'' named it number 17 o ...
'' (1976) : Ezaki
* ''
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars'' (1985) : General Gilmore (Voice)
* ''
The Triple Cross
(a.k.a. ''The Day's Too Bright'') is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
Kanzaki, Shiba, and Imura are a trio of robbers who commit a series of bank robberies, making off with hundreds of millions of yen. They lay low for a ye ...
'' (1992)
* ''
Ghost Pub'' (1994) : Uohara
* ''
Ambition Without Honor'' (1996)
* ''
Minna no Ie
(also known as ''All About Our House'') is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Kōki Mitani. The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern we ...
'' (2001) : Arakawa Jr.
* ''Dagashiya Koharu'' (2018)
Television
* ''
Kikaider 01
(Pronounced as ''Kikaider Zero One''), is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, and a sequel series to '' Android Kikaider''. Produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, it was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from May 12, 1973 to March 30, 1974 ...
'' (1973–74) as Big Shadow
* ''
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' superhero television series. ''Gorenger'', created by Shotaro Ishinomori, was the first in the long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of ''tokusatsu'' programming. The series aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from April 5, ...
'' (1976–77) as Black cross Führer
* ''
Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte...'' (1984) as Nobuyuki Fukami
* ''
Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) as Munefuyu Murata
References
External links
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1935 births
Japanese male film actors
Living people
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