was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were ''

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire seven ...

'' and ''

Twenty-Four Eyes is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Sakae Tsuboi. The film stars Hideko Takamine as a schoolteacher named Hisako Ōishi, who lives during the rise and fall of Japanese national ...

''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu

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''. He started his acting career at the

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theatre company in 1941. In 1943, he made his stage debut with ''Denen ''. He gave his film debut with ''Ginza no Odoriko'' in 1950. Takahara signed his contract with

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studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including ''

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'' directed by

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and ''

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'' directed by

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. He died of heart failure on 26 February 2000.

Filmography

Films

* ''Ginza no Odoriko'' (1950) as Rickshaw man * ''

Listen to the Voices of the Sea ''Listen to the Voices of the Sea'' ( ja, 日本戦歿学生の手記　きけ、わだつみの声, Nippon senbotsu gakusei no shuki: Kike wadatsumi no koe, Notes from fallen Japanese Student Soldiers: Listen to the Voices from the Sea) is a 1950 ...

'' (1950) as combat medic * ''Kaizoku-sen'' (1950) as Gyuhi * ''Hino hate'' (1954) * '' Taiyō no nai Machi'' (1954) as young man * ''

'' (1954) as Samurai with Gun * ''Okuman chōja'' (1954) * ''

'' (1954) as Chiririn'ya * '' Ningen Gyorai Kaiten'' (1955) as Kawamura * ''

'' (1957) as Kaneji * ''

Stolen Desire is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was Imamura's debut as a director. Cast * Osamu Takizawa as Taminosuke Yamamura * Shinichi Yanagisawa as Ezaburo Yamamura * Hiroyuki Nagato as Shinichi Kunida * Kō Nishimura as Kanji Tak ...

'' (1958) as Eisuke Katō * ''

Rusty Knife is a 1958 action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. ''Rusty Knife'' was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese ''noir'' films, made in order to compete with popular American and French films at the Japanese box office. The fil ...

'' (1958) as detective Takaishi * '' Naked Sun'' (1958) as Kenzō Sakiyama * ''

Voice Without a Shadow is a 1958 in film, 1958 Cinema of Japan, Japanese mystery film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu, Nikkatsu Corporation. It is based on a novel by mystery writer Seichō Matsumoto. Cast * Yôko Minamida as Asako Takahashi * Toshio Takah ...

'' (1958) as Shigeo Kotani * '' My Second Brother'' (1959) as shop assistant * ''

'' (1961) as Doctor Miyaguchi * ''

Man with a Shotgun is a 1961 Japanese Western film directed by Seijun Suzuki in the vein of the Nikkatsu Studio's "borderless action cinema". Hideaki Nitani stars as a singing cowboy and trucker who seeks revenge after his girlfriend is raped and murdered. Cast ...

'' (1961) as Okumura * ''The Jet That Flew Into the Storm'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1961) as Hikawa * '' Bad Girl'' (1963) as Takeda * ''

Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a S ...

'' (1966) as Tsukuda * ''Men and War '' (1971) * ''

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) as Tsunoda * ''

'' as Gonpachi Edogawa * ''Niji wo Tsukamu Otoko'' (1996) * ''

Tokyo Lullaby is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa. Plot Cast *Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi Hamanaka *Kaori Momoi as Tami Ohsawa *Mitsuko Baisho as Hisako Hamanaka * Satoko Abe as Tomomi Ito * Kyoko Asagiri as Tami's step mother * Tokue Hanaz ...

'' (1997) * ''Natsu Shōjo'' (produced in 1996, released in 2019)

Television

* ''

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'' (1972) (ep.45) as Teacher Hamamura * ''

Kogarashi Monjirō is the main character and title of a Japanese novel by Saho Sasazawa, probably best known in the televised version broadcast during prime-time in 1972–1973, directed by Kon Ichikawa. In 1993, the drama was made into a film, titled '' Kaettekita ...

'' (1972) (ep.10) as Heikichi * ''

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'' (1973) (ep.11) as Sakamoto Denemon * ''

The Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is s ...

'' (1974) (ep.15) * ''

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'' (1974) (2nd Season ep.2) as Harada Kazuemon * ''

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 ...

'' (1974) (ep.77), (1977) (ep.266) as Gōda, (1978) (ep.301) as Saitō, (1979) (ep.341) as Toda, (1980) (ep.393) as Kazuhiko Kawakami, (1981) (ep.452) * ''

'' (1975–77) as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa * ''

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 ' ...

'' (1978) (ep.161) as Nishi, (1979) (ep.199) as Kinugasa * '' Shin Zatoichi'' (1979) (3rd season ep.6) * ''

Ōedo Sōsamō and are long-running (1970 to 1992) prime time television ''jidaigeki'' programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as "Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" ...

'' (1979) (ep.386) as Jyoshuya, (1980) (ep.428) as Eichibei * '' Shin Edo no Kaze'' (1980) (ep.15) as Tokuei * ''

Denshi Sentai Denjiman is Toei's fourth entry to its Super Sentai metaseries. It was broadcast from February 2, 1980 to January 31, 1981, replacing ''Battle Fever J'' and was replaced by ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan''. The title given to this series for international dis ...

'' (1981) (ep.31) * ''

Sanada Taiheiki is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period. The complete ...

'' (1985) as Nagai * '' Shūchakueki Series Ao no Jūjika '' (1994) * ''

Onihei Hankachō is a series of historical novels written by Japanese author Shōtarō Ikenami. Following the character Heizo Hasegawa in the Edo period of Japan, Ikegami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published by ...

'' (1995) (ep.4) as Isaburō

References

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