was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1952 and 1996.

Selected filmography

Film

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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 ...

'' (1952) * ''

Mahiru no ankoku is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on an actual court case, described in the non-fiction book "Saibankan–Hito no inochi wa kenryoku de ubaeru mono ka" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki. Cast * Kōjirō Kusanagi * Sac ...

'' (1956) * ''

An Actress is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast * Nobuko Otowa as Kakuko Mori * Chikako Hosokawa as Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother * Shinsuke Ashida as Shinichirō Yagi * Sen Hara as Chiyo, Akio's mother * Sumiko Hidaka a ...

'' (1956) * ''

Underworld Beauty is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It marked Suzuki's first CinemaScope film and was also the first to be credited to his assumed name Seijun Suzuki. References External links * * * Underworld Beauty' at the Japanese Movie ...

'' (1958) * ''

Arashi no naka o tsuppashire is a 1958 Japanese color drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and produced by Nikkatsu. Cast * Yujiro Ishihara * Mari Shiraki * Sanae Nakahara * Kō Nishimura * Shinsuke Ashida was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 90 film ...

'' (1958) * '' My Second Brother'' (1959) * ''

Everything Goes Wrong is a 1960 in film, 1960 Cinema of Japan, Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Tamio Kawachi and Yoshiko Yatsu in her film debut. The story follows Jirō, a rebellious high schooler, in his Sadomasochism, sadomasochistic ...

'' (1960) * ''

Kurenai no Kenju (English: ''A Killer Without a Grave'') is a 1961 stylistic crime suspense Japanese film The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth l ...

'' (1961) - Kokuta * ''

Red Angel is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It tells the story of a young Japanese nurse on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is based on a 1966 novel of the same name by Yoriyoshi Arima ( ja). Plot Sakur ...

'' (1966) - Doctor Okabe * ''

Red Handkerchief is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. Inspired by Yujiro Ishihara's hit song of the same title. Plot Mikami was deceived by his friend and colleague detective Ishizuka, but he didn't know the fact and was forced to quit the job, ...

'' (1964) * ''

Woman of the Lake is a 1966 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It is based on Yasunari Kawabata's novel ''The Lake (Yasunari Kawabata novel), The Lake''. Plot Miyako, comfortably married to businessman Yuzo Mizuki, is having an affair with Kitan ...

'' (1966) * ''Shōsetsu Yoshida gakkō'' (1983) -

Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. A conservative, Hatoyama helped oversee the 1955 merger of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party to create the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), of which Hatoyam ...

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Death of a Tea Master ''Death of a Tea Master'' ( ja, 千利休本覺坊遺文, ''Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun'' also known as ''Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings'') is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is based on real life e ...

'' (1989) -

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

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Shaso is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. Cast *Ken Ogata * Yukiyo Toake * Kōichi Satō *Mariko Fuji * Miyuki Imori *Hideko Yoshida * Yōko Nogiwa *Issey Ogata *Eiichiro Funakoshi *Jun Negami *Hōsei Komatsu *Kazuo Kitamura * Takeshi K ...

'' (1989) * ''

Childhood Days is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It was based on a manga of the same name by Motoo Abiko. Synopsis The film is a story of childhood life during wartime Japa ...

'' (1990) * ''

Ruten no umi is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Buichi Saitō. The lead star is Hisaya Morishige. It is based on Teru Miyamoto`s novel of the same title. Plot Cast *Hisaya Morishige as Kumago Matsuzaka *Yumiko Nogawa as Fusae Matsuzaka * Kōichi Satō ...

'' (1990)

Television

* '' Akō Rōshi'' (1964) * '' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972) -

Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106 – 20 June 1180) was a prominent Japanese poet whose works appeared in various anthologies. He served eight different emperors in his long career, holding posts such as ''hyōgo no kami'' (head of the arsenal). He was also a warrior, ...

* ''Genroku Taiheiki'' (1975) -

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Nussbaum, Louis-Fr ...

* ''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986) -

Taira no Kiyomori was a military leader and ''kugyō'' of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. Early life Kiyomori was born in Heian-kyō, Japan, in 1118 as the first so ...

* ''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu'' (1992) -

Saitō Dōsan , also known as Saitō Toshimasa (斎藤利政), was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Saitō Dōsan"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 809. He was also known as the for his ruthless tactics. His hono ...

References

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* 1914 births 1999 deaths Japanese male film actors People from Shimane Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub