was a Japanese film actor.
He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''Zoku ô-oku maruhi monogatari'' (1967)
* ''
Eleven Samurai
, also known as ''11 Samurai'', is a 1967 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo. This is the third and final chapter in Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy. The plot is a samurai epic with a loose historical basis. "Th ...
'' (1967)
* ''Bakuchi-uchi: Nagurikomi'' (1968) - Umekichi
* ''Kaettekita gokudô'' (1968)
* ''Tosei-nin Retsuden'' (1969)
* ''Gokuaku bôzu: nenbutsu hitokiri tabi'' (1969)
* ''Hitokiri kannon-uta'' (1970)
* ''Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha'' (1970)
* ''Onna toseinin'' (1971) - Jihei
* ''Gokuaku bozu - Nomu utsu kau'' (1971)
* ''Gendai poruno-den: Sentensei inpu'' (1971) - Doi
* ''Hibotan bakuto: Jingi tooshimasu'' (1972)
* ''Kizu darake jinsei furui do de gonzansu'' (1972)
* ''Onsen suppon geisha'' (1972) - Murata
* ''Kogarashi Monjirô'' (1972)
* ''Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden'' (1972)
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
, also known in the West as ''The Yakuza Papers'', is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yaku ...
'' (1973) - Ryoichi Enami
* ''Poruno no joô: Nippon sex ryokô'' (1973)
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) - Iwashita Mitsuo
* ''Sukeban: Kankain dassô'' (1973) - Detective B
* ''Kyofu joshikôkô: Furyo monzetsu guruupu'' (1973) - Tokumaru
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1974) - Saijo Katsuji
* ''Gendai ninkyô-shi'' (1973) - Uno
* ''
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight'' (1973)
* ''Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime'' (1973)
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' (1974) - Policeman at hospital
* ''Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken'' (1974) - Ôshima
* ''Gakusei yakuza'' (1974)
* ''Karajishi keisatsu'' (1974)
* ''
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' (1974)
* ''Gokudo VS Mamushi'' (1974)
* ''Datsugoku Hiroshima satsujinshû'' (1974)
* ''Shijô saidai no himo: Nureta sakyu'' (1974)
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1974)
* ''Jitsuroku hishyakaku ôkami domo no jingi'' (1974)
* ''Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha'' (1974) - Ishimatsu
* ''Nihon ninkyo-do: gekitotsu-hen'' (1975) - Matsu
* ''Mamushi to aodaishô'' (1975) - Kinichi Sunago
* ''
Cops vs. Thugs
is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). ''Complex'' named it number 6 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Kino International rele ...
'' (1975)
* ''Yusuri no technique: Niku jigoku'' (1975)
* ''Tamawarinin Yuki'' (1975) - Rokuzo
* ''Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku'' (1975) - Hachiro Onishi
* ''
Gambling Den Heist
, also known as ''Plundering the Source of Capital'' and ''Gambling Den Heist'', is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
The film begins with a bank robbery using handguns and a handmade bomb. The bomb rolls off a counter ...
'' (1975) - Tetsuya bessho
* ''Kôshoku: Genroku (maruhi) monogatari'' (1975) - Hisamatsu (as The Piranha Gang)
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975)
* ''Gokudô shachô'' (1975)
* ''Bodo shimane keimusho'' (1975)
* ''Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen'' (1976) - Chinese
* ''Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu'' (1976)
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days'' (1976) - Kazunari Tsugawa
* ''Kurutta yajû'' (1976) - Saburo Tanimura
* ''Sengo Ryôki Hanzaishi'' (1976)
* ''Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei'' (1976)
* ''
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) - Kajiyama
* ''Kawachi no ossan no uta'' (1976)
* ''Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen'' (1976)
* ''Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware'' (1976)
* ''Piraniya-gundan'' (1976)
* ''Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu shinko-sakusen'' (1977)
* ''Dokufu oden kubikiri asa'' (1977)
* ''Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten'' (1977) - Ten Matsuda
* ''
The Life of Chikuzan
is a 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan. It is a coproduction of Kindai Eiga Kyokai and Chikuzan's company "Jean-Jean".
Plot
The real Chikuzan appears on a stage in a ...
'' (1977) - Senta
* ''Dokaben'' (1977)
* ''Nihon no jingi'' (1977) - Osamu Maekawa
* ''Doberuman deka'' (1977) - Hiyoshi Kinoshita
* ''
Empire of Passion
is a 1978 French-Japanese film produced, written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, based on a novel by Itoko Nakamura. The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films.Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy an ...
'' (1978) - Inspector Hotta
* ''
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel ''Kumokiri Nizaemon'' written by Shōtarō Ikenami.
Cast
*Tatsuya Nakadai as Kumokiri Nizaemon
*Shima Iwashita as Chiyo
*Kōshirō Matsumoto as Shikubu Abe
* Takashi Yamaguchi a ...
'' (1978) - Sanji
* ''Torakku yarô: Totsugeki ichiban hoshi'' (1978)
* ''Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa'' (1979)
* ''Kidonappu burûsu'' (1982)
* ''
The Burmese Harp'' (1985) - Sgt. Ito
* ''Kayako no tameni'' (1985) - Irujun Im
* ''Usugeshô'' (1985) - Ichiro Makabe
* ''
Tora-san's Island Encounter'' (1985)
* ''Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma'' (1986) - Kogoro Katsura
* ''Jittemai'' (1986) - Yasuke
* ''
Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka
, also known as ''Sure Death 3'', is a 1986 film directed by Eiichi Kudo, based on the television jidaigeki ''Hissatsu'' series ''Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen''. The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins.
Plot
One ...
'' (1986)
* ''Hotaru-gawa'' (1987) - Sekine
* ''Hei no naka no korinai menmen'' (1987)
* ''Eien no 1/2'' (1987)
* ''On'na sakasemasu'' (1987)
* ''Tsuru'' (1988) - Umaemon
* ''
Zatoichi
is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa. He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s). He first appeared in the 1948 essay , part of Shimozawa's ''Futokoro Techō'' serie ...
'' (1989)
* ''226'' (1989) - Sergeant Major Nagata
* ''Kagerô'' (1991) - Ryukichi Ineda
* ''
Deer Friend
is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yukihiro Sawada. It was released in Japan on April 20, 1991 where it was distributed by Toho.
The film won Tomokazu Miura the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Mainichi Film Concours. Miura also won for ...
'' (1991) - Taro Oriya
* ''
Dreams of Russia
Dreams of Russian ( ja, おろしや国酔夢譚, Oroshiyakoku Suimutan; russian: Сны о России, Sni o Rossii) is a 1992 Japanese-Russian period film directed and co-written by Jun'ya Satō. It is based on a book of the same name by Japa ...
'' (1992) - Koichi
* ''Keisho sakazuki'' (1992) - Kyozo Shigeta
* ''Haruka, nosutarujii'' (1993) - Tosaku Satoh
* ''Niji no hashi'' (1993)
* ''Pro Golfer Oribê Kinjirô 2'' (1994) - Katsunari kawamata
* ''Don o totta otoko'' (1994)
Television
* ''
Akakage
is a Japanese superhero ninja featured in several manga and anime, as well as live-action movies and TV shows. Akakage first appeared in the 1967 TV series, ''Kamen no Ninja Akakage'' which was produced by Toei Company Ltd.
Characte ...
'' (1967)
* ''Zenriyaku Ofukurosama'' (1975)
* ''
G-Men '75
was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men ' ...
'' (1975–1976)
* ''
Taiyō ni Hoero!
, literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...
'' (1978)
* ''
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)
* ''
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)
References
External links
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1941 births
1995 deaths
Japanese people from Manchukuo
Japanese male film actors
Deaths from lung cancer
20th-century Japanese male actors