, better known as , was a Japanese actor and

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from Ōhito, Shizuoka (now

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) attached to

Mausu Promotion , formerly known as Ezaki Productions, is a Japanese talent management agency representing a number of prolific voice actors. Attached voice actors Male * Yousuke Akimoto * Shinya Fukumatsu * Kenji Hamada * Takanobu Hozumi * Mitsuhiro Ichiki ...

. He died of

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at the age of 87.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

* '' Baka ga Tank Deyattekuru'' (xxxx) (Officer Momota) * '' Mr. Baseball'' (xxxx) (Hiroshi Nakamura) * '' Otokoniha Tsuraiyo: Kuchibuewofuku Torajirō'' (xxxx) (Osamu) * ''

Tora-san's Love Call ''aka'' ''Tora-san's Love Song'' is a 1971 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Junko Ikeuchi as his Romantic interest, love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Love Call'' is t ...

'' (1971) (Osamu Suwa) * '' Sayonara Morocco'' (xxxx) (Mura-san) * '' Shigen'' (xxxx) (Tabuchi) * '' Uchū Daikaijū Guilala'' (xxxx) (FAFC technical officer) * '' Kichiku'' (1978) (Mizuguchi) * '' Chōchin'' (1987)

Voice acting

Television animation

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'' (xxxx) (Doctor Von Reichter) * '' L/R: Licensed by Royalty'' (xxxx) (Taylor) * '' Tenshi no Takutikusu ~Yume no Kakera wa Koroshi no Kaori~'' (xxxx) (Chingensai)

OVA

* '' Ginga Eiyū Densetsu'' (xxxx) (Neguroponty)

Theatrical animation

*'' Boku no Son Gokū'' (xxxx) (Tentei) *'' Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure'' (xxxx) (Kazuo Mima) *'' Doraemon: Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai'' (xxxx) (Elder) *'' Doraemon: Nobita to Robot Kingdom'' (xxxx) (Doctor Chapekku) *'' Esper Mami: Hoshizora's Dancing Doll'' (xxxx) (Megumi's Papa) *''

Genma Taisen is a Japanese science fiction manga and novel franchise that began in 1967. It was a collaboration in '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It was adapted into a 1983 ...

'' (xxxx) (Kafū) *'' Hoshi no Orpheus'' (1978) *'' WXIII Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor'' (2002) (Toshirō Kurisu)

Video games

* '' GeGeGe no Kitarō: Ibun Yōkai Kitan'' (xxxx) (Konaki Jijii) * '' GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kikiippotsu! Yōkai Rettō'' (xxxx) (Konaki Jijii) * '' Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny'' (xxxx) (Ginghamphatts) * '' Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!'' (xxxx) (The Professor) * '' Yoshitsuneki'' (xxxx) (

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)

Dubbing roles

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'' (TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown) **''

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'' (TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown) **'' Back to the Future Part III'' (TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown) **''

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'' (Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster) **'' Alice in Wonderland'' (The White Knight) **''

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'' (Dr. Leo Dreyfus) **''

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'' (Mr. Goodman) **''

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'' (Mr. Goodman) **''

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'' (Principal McTavish) **'' I Am Not a Serial Killer'' (Crowley) **''

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'' (Milton Kupchak) *

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The Magnificent Seven ''The Magnificent Seven'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film ''Seven Samurai'' (itself initially relea ...

'' (1974 TV Asahi edition) (Calvera) **''

Lord Jim ''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...

'' (The General) **''

How to Steal a Million ''How to Steal a Million'' is a 1966 American heist comedy film directed by William Wyler and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, and Charles Boyer. The film is set and was filmed in Paris, though the character ...

'' (Davis Leland) **''

A Lovely Way to Die ''A Lovely Way to Die'' is a 1968 American crime neo noir directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach and Kenneth Haigh. A police officer resigns from the force and becomes a bodyguard to the wife of a w ...

'' (Tennessee Fredericks) **''

Mackenna's Gold ''Mackenna's Gold'' is a 1969 American Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring an ensemble cast featuring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Ted Cassidy, Camilla Sparv and Julie Newmar in lead roles. It was photographed in S ...

'' (TV Asahi edition) (Ben Baker) **''

Cinderella Liberty ''Cinderella Liberty'' is a 1973 American drama film adapted by Daryl Ponicsan from his 1973 novel of the same title. The film tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 10-year-old mix ...

'' (Forshay) *''

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'' (Juror #4 (

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'' (Juror #8 ( Jack Lemmon)) * ''

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'' (Scott Freeman) * ''

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'' (1991 Fuji TV edition) (Cleo McDowell (

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)) * '' Crimson Tide'' (Nippon TV edition) (Captain Frank Ramsey) * ''

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'' (Paul Jenson) * '' The Deep'' (Romer Treece) * '' Dinosaurs'' (B.P. Richfield) * '' Django'' (1980 TV Tokyo edition) (General Hugo Rodríguez) * '' Duel'' (TV edition) (David Mann (

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'' (Anton Bartok) * '' For Your Eyes Only'' (TBS edition) (Aristotle Kristatos) * ''

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'' (1976 NTV edition) ( Santino "Sonny" Corleone (

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'' (1980 NTV edition) (Santino "Sonny" Corleone (James Caan)) * '' The Hot Rock'' (Andy Kelp) * ''

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'' (TV Asahi edition) (Jackson Bentley) * ''

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'' (Doctor Hiram Baker) * ''

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'' (TV Asahi edition) (Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo) * '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (Ivan Ooze) * ''

Never Talk to Strangers ''Never Talk to Strangers'' is a 1995 erotic thriller film directed by Peter Hall and starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca De Mornay. Plot Psychologist Dr. Sarah Taylor is a guarded, aloof criminal psychologist who interviews a client who is a ...

'' (Max Cheski (Harry Dean Stanton)) * ''

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'' (Perry Mason) * ''

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'' (Howard Payne ( Dennis Hopper)) * ''

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(Dennis Hopper)) * ''

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References

External links

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