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was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...
including ''
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family is a 1941 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Plot The upper-class Toda family celebrates the 69th birthday of their father with a commemorative photoshoot at their outdoor garden. Unfortunately, shortly after the photo session, the father ...
'' (1941), '' Tea Over Rice'' (1952), ''
Equinox Flower is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu which is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. Plot Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi) is a wealthy Tokyo businessman. When an old schoolmate Mikami ( Chishū Ryū) approaches him for help concerning ...
'' (1958) and '' Late Autumn'' (1960). He also directed over a dozen films.


Selected filmography


Film

*1931: ''Misu nippon'' - San-chan *1931: ''Hokuman no teisatsu'' *1932: ''Minato no jojôshi'' - Shinoshima *1932: ''Sôretsu bakudn sanyûshi'' *1932: ''Saraba Tokyo'' *1932: ''Kiri no yo no kyakumâ'' *1933: ''Joseijin'' *1935: ''Akogare'' *1935: ''Jinsei no onimotsu'' - Kimimasa Hashimoto *1936: ''Kanjô sanmyaku'' *1936: ''Kazoku kaigi'' *1936: ''Oboroyo no onna'' - Doctor *1936: ''Dansei tai josei'' - Yukio, Atsumi's first son *1936: ''Hitozuma tsubaki'' *1936: ''Shindo'' (part 1, 2) - Toru Nogami *1937: ''Kôjô no tsuki'' - Miura *1937: ''Shu to midori'' *1937: ''Joi Kinuyo sensei'' - Yasuo Asano *1937: ''Konjiki yasha'' - Jôsuke Arao *1937: ''Konyaku sanbagarasu'' - Shin Miki *1937: ''Otoko'' (part 1, 2) *1937: ''Shingun no uta'' *1938: ''Shuppatsu'' *1938: ''Han-shojo'' - Sôkichi Maeda *1938: ''Haha to ko'' *1938: ''Anma to onna'' - Shintarô Oomura *1938: ''Aizen katsura'' - Hattori *1938: ''Katei nikki'' - Shûzô Ubukata *1939: ''Minamikaze'' - Michio Nito *1939: ''Ani to sono imoto'' *1939: ''Zoku aizen katsura'' - Hattori *1939: ''Hana no aru zassô'' - Mr Hiramatsu *1939: ''Aizen katsura - Kanketsu-hen'' - Hattori *1939: ''Danryu'' - Yuzo Hibiki *1940: ''Kinuyo no hatsukoi'' - Shoichiro Kiriyama *1940: ''Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru'' *1940: ''Tokai no honryu'' - Keichi Hatta *1940: ''Nishizumi senshacho-den'' - Hosoki, Commander *1941: ''
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family is a 1941 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Plot The upper-class Toda family celebrates the 69th birthday of their father with a commemorative photoshoot at their outdoor garden. Unfortunately, shortly after the photo session, the father ...
'' (戸田家の兄妹 ''Toda-ke no kyodai'') - Shojiro Toda *1941: ''Hana wa itsuwarazu'' - Jôtarô *1941: ''Genkide yukôyo'' *1941: ''Akatsuki no gasshô'' *1941: ''Joi no kiroku'' - Teacher Kamiya *1942: ''
There Was a Father is a 1942 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Plot summary Shuhei Horikawa (Chishū Ryū) works as a mathematics school-teacher in a middle school. A widower, he has a ten-year-old son named Ryohei ( Haruhiko Tsuda), who studies in the sam ...
'' - Yasutaro Kurokawa *1942: ''Kanchô imada shisezu'' *1942: ''Minami no kaze mizue no maki'' *1943: ''Aiki minami e tobu'' *1943: ''Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butô'' - Seiichiro Tsuneoka *1943: ''Wakaki sugata'' - Karasawa, army doctor *1943: ''Haha no kinembi'' *1944: ''Fuchinkan gekichin'' *1944: ''Yasen gungakutai'' - Sonoda shoi *1944: ''Rikugun'' - Captain *1944: ''Nichijô no tatakai'' *1945: ''Kita no san-nin'' - Iwao Hara *1945: ''Izu no musumetachi'' - Miyauchi *1946: ''Kanojo no hatsugen'' *1948: ''Yuwaku'' - Ryukichi *1949: ''Shitto'' *1949: ''Musume jûhachi usotsuki jidai'' - Nisaku Maki *1949: ''Beni imada kiezu'' *1949: ''Wakare no tango'' *1950: ''Shikko yuyo'' *1950: ''Kikyô'' - Kyokichi Moriya *1950: ''Hatsukoi mondo'' *1951: ''Onna no mizu-kagami'' - Manabe *1951: ''Jiyû gakkô'' *1951: ''Aa seishun'' *1951: ''Fusetsu 20 nen'' *1952: ''
Rikon is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. Cast * Ureo Egawa as Shōgo Yamamura * Yuriko Hanabusa as Natsuno Sōma * Chōko Iida as Kikuyo * Michiyo Kogure as Michiko Sōma * Noriko Munakata as Tsuruko Miyawakita ...
'' (離婚 Rikon) - Daisuke Sakuma *1952: ''
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The screenplay concerns a wealthy middle-aged couple (played by Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure) who have marital difficulties, and their niece who uses the couple's troubles as her excuse for no ...
'' ''Tea Over Rice'' (お茶漬けの味 Ochazuke no aji) - Mokichi Satake *1952: ''Dôkoku'' *1952: ''Nami'' *1952: ''Jinsei gekijo: dai ichi bu/dai ni bu'' *1953: ''Hiroba no kodoku'' - Kôtarô Hraguchi *1955: ''Bomeiki'' *1955: ''Aogashima no kodomotachi - Onna kyôshi no kiroku'' - Mr. Shimada *1955: ''Uruwashiki haha'' - Tomitarô Ôta *1956: ''Kuro-obi sangokushi'' - Masazumi Amaji *1956: ''Izumi'' *1956: ''Aijô no kessan'' - Narasaki *1956: ''Kon'yaku sanbagarasu'' *1956: ''Gunshin Yamamoto gensui to Rengô kantai'' - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto *1957: ''Chijo'' - Ichiro Amano *1958: ''Yoru no kamome'' *1958: ''Akutoku'' *1958: ''
Equinox Flower is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu which is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. Plot Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi) is a wealthy Tokyo businessman. When an old schoolmate Mikami ( Chishū Ryū) approaches him for help concerning ...
'' (彼岸花 Higanbana) - Wataru Hirayama *1959: ''Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa'' - Gosuke Aota *1959: ''Haru o matsu hitobito'' *1959: ''Fubuki To Tomoni Kieyukinu'' - Mamoru Kitagawa *1959: ''Hanran'' - Sahei Sanada *1959: ''Waga ai'' - Reisaku Niizu *1960: '' Late Autumn'' (秋日和 Akibiyori) - Soichi Mamiya *1961: ''Uzu'' *1961: ''
Hunting Rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with bo ...
'' - Misugi *1973: ''
Rise, Fair Sun is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Tatsuya Nakadai as Sakuzo * Kinya Kitaoji as Asao, Haruko's lover * Keiko Takahashi as Haruko, Sakuzo's daughter (as K ...
'' - Inashiro *1974: ''
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 ...
'' - Daisuke Manpyo *1974: ''
Castle of Sand is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel '' Suna no Utsuwa'' by Seicho Matsumoto. Plot Yoshitaro Nomura's 1974 film of Seicho Matsumoto's immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two ...
'' - Ex-Finance Minister Tadokoro *1974: '' The Fossil'' - Tajihei Kazuki *1975: ''Tôkyô-wan enjô'' *1977: ''Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don'' - Kazumasa Sakura *1977: ''Hell's Gate Island'' (a.k.a. The Devil's Island) (獄門島 Gokumon-to) - Priest Ryônen *1977: ''Nippon no Don: Yabohen'' - Kazumasa Sakura *1978: ''Jiken'' *1978: ''Kôtei no inai hachigatsu'' - Kozo Ohata *1978: ''Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen'' - Kazumasa Sakura *1979: ''Haitatsu sarenai santsu no tegami'' - Mitsumasa Karasawa *1979: ''
Nihon no Fixer is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business wo ...
'' *1979: ''Moeru aki'' *1980: ''Warui yatsura'' - Judge *1980: ''Jishin rettô'' *1981: ''Akuryo-To'' - Captain Daizen *1982: ''Kaseki no kouya'' - Haruyoshi Nakaomi (final film role)


Television

*1963–1964: '' Akatsuki'' (NHK
Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...
) *1979-1980: '' Ashura no Gotoku'' - Koutaro Takezawa


References


External links

*
JMDb profile (in Japanese)
Japanese male film actors Asadora lead actors 1909 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors Japanese film directors Actors from Hokkaido Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{Japan-film-actor-stub