was a Japanese actor. He graduated from
Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a director, but ended up debuting as an actor at
Tōhō in 1941.
He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō
tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...
films and
yakuza films
is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of ''yakuza'', Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of ''bakuto'' (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood-li ...
at
Tōei. He was also known as an essayist.
On 8 October 2010, he died of blood poisoning. He was 92 years old.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''The Sky of Hope'' (1942) - Tsutomu
* ''Midori no daichi'' (1942) - Kome Yan
* ''Yottsu no koi no monogatari'' (1947) - Masao (episode 1)
* ''Sensô to heiwa'' (1947)
* ''Haru no kyôen'' (1947) - Sampei Hayasaka
* ''Ai yo hoshi to tomo ni'' (1947)
* ''Sono yo no boken'' (1948)
* ''Hakai'' (1948) - Segawa
* ''Niizuma kaigi'' (1949)
* ''Koi no jusan yoru'' (1949)
* ''Shin'ya no kokuhaku'' (1949) - Newspaper Reporter Moriguchi Shigeya
* ''
Aoi sanmyaku
is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai
was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include ''An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953) and ''Bushid ...
'' (青い山脈) (1949) - Rokusuke Kaneya
* ''Zoku aoi sanmyaku'' (1949) - Rokusuke Kaneya
* ''Kikoku (Damoi)'' (1949)
* ''Rinchi'' (1949) - Nobuo Sugawara
* ''
Escape at Dawn
Escape or Escaping may refer to:
Computing
* Escape character, in computing and telecommunication, a character which signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation
** Escape sequence, a series of characters used to trigger some s ...
'' (暁の脱走, Akatsuki no dasso) (1950) - Mikami
* ''Ishinaka sensei gyôjôki'' (1950)
* ''
Bōryoku no Machi'' (ペン偽らず 暴力の街 Pen itsurazu: Bōryoku no machi) (1950)
* ''Onna no shiki'' (1950)
* ''Tsuma to onna kisha: Wakai ai no kiki'' (1950) - Ryôhei Kajimoto
* ''Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo'' (1950)
* ''Yama no kanata ni - Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun'' (1950)
* ''Akatsuki no tsuiseki'' (1950)
* ''Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun - Sôshûhen'' (1950)
* ''Ai to nikushimi no kanata e'' (1951)
* ''Takarazuka fujin'' (1951)
* ''Wakai musumetachi'' (1951) - Kawasaki
* ''Nessa no byaku ran'' (1951)
* ''Hakamadare Yasusuke'' (1951)
* ''Aoi shinju'' (1951)
* ''Wakôdo no uta'' (1951)
* ''Bungawan soro'' (1951)
* ''Onnagokoro dare ka shiru'' (1951)
* ''Koi no rantô'' (1951)
* ''Koibito'' (1951)
* ''Kaze futatabi'' (1952)
* ''Asa no hamon'' (1952) - Niheita Inobe
* ''Kin no tamago: Golden girl'' (1952)
* ''Wakai hito'' (1952)
* ''
Gendai-jin
is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Ryō Ikebe
* Isuzu Yamada
* So Yamamura
* Toshiko Kobayashi
* Yūko Mochizuki
* Shinsuke Ashida
* Yumi Takano
* Jun T ...
'' (現代人 Gendaijin) (1952)
* ''Ashi ni sawatta onna'' (1952) - Gohei
* ''Oka wa hanazakari'' (1952) - Masaya Nozaki
* ''Yoru no owari'' (1953) - Shinji Kizaki
* ''Tokai no yokogao'' (1953) - Ueda
andwich man* ''Ashita wa dotchi da'' (1953) - Saniwa
* ''Botchan'' (1953) - Botchan
* ''Bochan'' (1953)
* ''Chi no hate made'' (1953)
* ''Onna gokoro wa hitosuji ni'' (1953) - Gintarô
* ''
Farewell Rabaul'' (1954) - Captain Wakabayashi
* ''Kaze tachinu'' (1954) - Eyoichi Fukuyama
* ''Geisha Konatsu'' (1954) - Kubo
* ''Watashi no subete o'' (1954) - Saburo Seki
* ''Kimi shinitamo koto nakare'' (1954)
* ''Ani-san no aijô'' (1954)
* ''Koi-gesho'' (1955) - Rikiya Kizu
* ''Owarai torimonocho-hatchan hatsutegara'' (1955)
* ''Fumetsu no nekkyû'' (1955)
* ''Sanjusan go sha otonashi'' (1955)
* ''
The Lone Journey
, also known as ''The Road'', is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
Production design was by Takeo Kita and Makoto Sono and sound recording was by Choshichiro Mikami. The lighting technician
Electrical lighting t ...
'' (旅路, Tabiji) (1955) - Naojiro Mikazuki
* ''
Rangiku monogatari
is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi.
Cast
* Ryō Ikebe
* Kaoru Yachigusa
was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the Revue, s ...
'' (乱菊物語) (1956)
* ''
Early Spring'' (早春 Sōshun) (1956) - Shôji Sugiyama
* ''Kyûketsu-ga'' (1956) - Kôsuke Kindaichi
* ''Kon'yaku sanbagarasu'' (1956)
* ''Gendai no yokubô'' (1956) - Hiroshi Tanigawa
* ''
The Legend of the White Serpent'' (白夫人の妖恋, Byaku fujin no yoren) (1956) - Xu Xian
* ''Kojinbutu no fufu'' (1956)
* ''
Ani to sono musume
aka ''Brother and Sister'', is a 1956 black-and-white Cinema of Japan, Japanese film drama directed by Shūe Matsubayashi.
Cast
* Setsuko Hara
See also
* ''Ani to sono imoto'' (1939)
References
External links
*
Japanese black-a ...
'' (1956) - Kaisuke Mamiya
* ''Bôkyaku no hanabira'' (1957)
* ''
Snow Country
is a novel by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The novel is considered a classic work of Japanese literature and was among the three novels the Nobel Committee cited in 1968, when Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Writ ...
'' (雪国 Yukiguni) (1957) - Shimamura
* ''Bôkyaku no hanabira: Kanketsuhen'' (1957)
* ''Yuunagi'' (1957) - Kosuke Igawa
* ''Datsugokushû'' (1957)
* ''Shizukanaru otoko'' (1957)
* ''Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu'' (1958) - Shun'ichi Kawai
* ''
A Holiday in Tokyo
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
'' (東京の休日, Tōkyō no kyūjitsu) (1958) - Senpai
* ''Yajikata dôchû sugoroku'' (1958) - Ryônosuke Taya
* ''Daigaku no ninkimono'' (1958) - Coach Urano
* ''Jinsei gekijô - Seishun hen'' (1958)
* ''Kodama wa yonde iru'' (1959) - Seizô Nabayama
* ''Tegami o kakeru'' (1959)
* ''
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender'' (潜水艦イ-57降伏せず, Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu) (1959)
* ''Anyakôro'' (1959) - Kensaku Tokito
* ''Oneechan makari tôru'' (1959)
* ''
Battle in Outer Space
is a 1959 Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Plot
In 1965, a series of mysterious and devastating incidents are happening on Earth. These incidents range from a railroad bridge levi ...
'' (宇宙大戦争, Uchū daisensō) (1959) - Maj. Ichiro Katsumiya
* ''Kêisatsû-kan to bôryôku-dan'' (1959)
* ''Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi'' (1960)
* ''Man Against Man'' (1960) - Kikumori
* ''Sararîman Chûshingura'' (1960) - Takuni Asano
* ''Jiyûgaoka fujin'' (1960)
* ''Toiretto shacho'' (1961)
* ''Toilet buchô'' (1961) - Noboru Kasajima
* ''Kuroi gashû dainibu: Kanryû'' (1961)
* ''Kaei'' (1961)
* ''
Gorath
is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from ...
'' (妖星ゴラス, Yōsei Gorasu) (1962) - Dr. Tazawa - Astrophysicist
* ''Ika naru hoshi no moto ni'' (1962) - Kurahashi
* ''
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' (1962) - Chikara Tsuchiya
* ''
Attack Squadron!
is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda (Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944.
R ...
'' (1963)
* ''Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei'' (1963)
* ''
Pale Flower
is a 1964 Japanese film noir directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The film is about Muraki ( Ryō Ikebe) a Yakuza hitman just released from prison. At an illegal gambling parlor, he finds himself drawn to a mysterious young woman named Saeko ( Mariko K ...
'' (乾いた花, Kawaita hana) (1964) - Muraki
* ''Haigo no hito'' (1965) - Yoshio Shido
* ''Daikon to ninjin'' (1965) - Kotaki
* ''Oshaberi na shinju'' (1965)
* ''Kemonomichi'' (1965) - Shôjirô Kotaki
* ''Shôwa zankyô-den'' (1965) - Kazama
* ''Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan'' (1966)
* ''Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami'' (1966)
* ''Otoko dokyô de shobû'' (1966)
* ''Shôwa zankyô-den: Chizome no karajishi'' (1967) - Jûkichi Kazama
* ''Zankyô Abarehada'' (1967) - Kyohei Shigemasa
* ''San-nin no bakuto'' (1967)
* ''Otoko no shobu: kantô arashî'' (1967)
* ''Moeru kumo'' (1967)
* ''Ah kaiten tokubetsu kogetikai'' (1968)
* ''Rikugun chôhô 33'' (1968) - Suharut Danan
* ''Gokuchu no kaoyaku'' (1968)
* ''Ah, yokaren'' (1968) - Staff Officer Matsumoto
* ''Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi'' (1969)
* ''Chôkôsô no akebono'' (1969)
* ''Gendai yakuza: Yotamono jingi'' (1969) - Goro's elder brother
* ''Tosei-nin Retsuden'' (1969)
* ''Shushô jingi: O-inochi chôdai'' (1969)
* ''Showa zankyo-den: Hito-kiri karajishi'' (1969)
* ''Shôwa zankyô-den: Shinde moraimasu'' (1970)
* ''Nihon boryoku-dan: kumicho kuzure'' (1970)
* ''
Battle of Okinawa
The , codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army (USA) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) forces against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The initial invasion of ...
'' (1971)
* ''Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi'' (1971)
* ''Showa zankyo-den: Yabure-gasa'' (1972)
* ''Hikage-mono'' (1972)
* ''Bokyo Komori-uta'' (1972)
* ''Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken'' (1974) - Arashiyama
* ''Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten'' (1974) - Arashiyama
* ''Â kessen kôkûtai'' (1974)
* ''Saikai'' (1975)
* ''Hi no ataru sakamichi'' (1975)
* ''Kimi yo fundo no kawa wo watare'' (1976) - Ito
* ''
The War in Space
''The War in Space'', released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1977.
Plot
In Autumn of the year 1988, contact with Space Station Terra is lost while sightings of UFOs are being reported ...
'' (惑星大戦争, Wakusei daisensō) (1977) - Professor Takigawa
* ''Tarao Bannai'' (1978) - Nobuyuki Kinomata
* ''Kaichô-on'' (1980) - Riichiro Ujima
* ''
Station'' (駅 STATION, Eki Station) (1981) - Chief Nakagawa
* ''Shōsetsu Yoshida gakkō'' (小説吉田学校) (1983) -
Taketora Ogata
was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician. During the war, he joined the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the end of the war, he was purged from public service. Later, he became t ...
* ''Izakaya Chôji'' (1983) - Horie
* ''The Audition'' (1984) - Shozo godai
* ''
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (1985) - Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")
* ''Hitohira no yuki'' (1985)
* ''Lost in the Wilderness'' (1986) - Sanada
* ''Umi e'' (1988)
* ''Aoi sanmyaku '88'' (1988) - Zenbei Terazawa
Television dramas
*''
Karei-naru Ichizoku is a 1973 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1974 and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021.
Plot
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the show explores the struggle for po ...
'' (1974–75) - Shōichi Mikumo
*''
Sanga Moyu
''Sanga Moyu'' (山河燃ゆ) is a Japanese television drama based on the 1983 novel ''Futatsu no Sokoku'' (二つの祖国) by Toyoko Yamazaki. It was NHK's taiga drama in 1984.
Synopsis
The Amo family lives in Los Angeles, California. Two of ...
'' (1984) - Kenny Matsubara
*''
Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) -
Sen no Rikyū
, also known simply as Rikyū, is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on ''chanoyu,'' the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of '' wabi-cha''. He was also the first to emphasize several key aspects ...
References
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Japanese male film actors
1918 births
2010 deaths
Rikkyo University alumni
20th-century Japanese male actors
Place of birth missing