was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and

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were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.

Biography

Tamura graduated from

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.日本映画人名事典 1996 下 176-177頁 Tamura was working for a trading firm before he started his acting career but he decied to be an actor to repay his father Tsumasaburō's debt. In 1953, he joined

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and made his film debut with ''Onna no Sono''. In 1965, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 16th

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for his role in '' The Hoodlum Soldier''. In 1970, he played the role of

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in '' Tora! Tora! Tora!''. Tamura won the

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award for his role in '' Muddy River'' in 1981. On television, Tamura appeared in a lot of

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television dramas. In 1964, He appeared for the first time in an

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taiga drama, '' Akō Rōshi''.

tapped him the following year for the role of

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in '' Taikōki''. Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in Hissatsu series '' Tasukenin Hashiru''. He died of

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on 19 May 2006.現代日本映画人名事典　男優篇キネマ旬報社　2012　P.180-181 His final film appearance was in ''The Yakiniku mubi: Purukogi'', released in 2007.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' The Garden of Women'' (1954) - Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriend * ''

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'' (1954) - Isokichi * ''Tooi kumo'' (1955) - Keizō Ishizu * '' She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum'' (1955) * '' Farewell to Dream'' (1956) - Sudō * ''Namida'' (1956) * ''Kyoraku gonin otoko'' (1956) * ''Sora yukaba'' (1957) - Jirō Yoshino * ''Akuma no kao'' (1957) - Kikuo Furushima * '' Times of Joy and Sorrow'' (1957) - Mr. Nozu * ''Musume sanbagarasu'' (1957) * ''Ten no me'' (1957) * ''Samurai Nippon'' (1957) * ''Otoko no kiba'' (1957) * '' Stakeout'' (1958) - Kyūichi Ishii, the murderer * ''Kono ten no niji'' (1958) - Shirō Machimura * ''Haru o matsu hitobito'' (1959) * ''Karatachi nikki'' (1959) * ''Kaze no naka no hitomi'' (1959) - Mr. Terajima * '' Thus Another Day'' (1959) - Tetsuo Mori * ''Teki wa honnoji ni ari'' (1959) - Oda Nobunaga * ''Asa o yobu kuchibue'' (1959) * '' The River Fuefuki'' (1960) - Sadahei * '' Hatamoto Gurentai'' (1960) * ''Onna no hashi'' (1961) - Toshiya Kawazu * ''Kako'' (1961) * ''Haitoku no mesu'' (1961) - Hideo Ue * ''Nippon no obaachan'' (1962) - Fukuda * '' Mitasareta seikatsu'' (1962) - Sadakichi * ''Sanga ari'' (1961) - Yoshio Inoue * ''Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi'' (1962) * ''Kaachan kekkon shiroyo'' (1962) * ''Utae Wakôdotachi'' (1963) * ''Mushukunin-betsuchô'' (1963) - Yokouchi * ''Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki'' (1963) - Ryûji Matsuda * ''Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa'' (1963) * ''Ninja-gari'' (1964) - Tosa Aizawa * ''Nihon kyôkaku-den'' (1964) - Tsurumatsu * ''Revenge'' (1964) - Jubei * ''Goben no tsubaki'' (1964) - Chodayu * ''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1965) * ''The Forest of No Escape'' (1965) - Hidemichi Kusuo * '' The Hoodlum Soldier'' (1965) - Arita * ''Seisaku no tsuma'' (1965) - Seisaku * ''Miyamoto Musahi V'' (1965) - Yagyu Tajima * ''Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O'' (1965) * ''Kanto hamonjo'' (1965) * ''Hana to Ryu'' (1965) * ''Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege'' (1966) - Daijuro Fuma * '' Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino'' (1966) - Tadashi Yoshioka * ''Nyohan hakai'' (1966) - Hinata * ''Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again'' (1966) * ''Sora ippai no namida'' (1966) * ''Kinokawa'' (1966) - Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband * ''Heitai yakuza datsugoku'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1966) - Shûji Satomi - Assistant professor * ''Shin heitai yakuza'' (1966) * ''Heitai yakuza daidassō'' (1966) * ''Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêttō'' (1966) * ''Satogashi ga kowareru toki'' (1967) - Katsumi Gorai * ''Daraku suru onna'' (1967) - Miyoshi * ''Heitai yakuza nagurikomi'' (1967) * ''Utage'' (1967) - Asaichi Isobe * ''Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero'' (1967) * ''Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack'' (1967) * ''Âa Kimi ga Ai'' (1967) - Yûichi Ono * '' Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman'' (1968) - Naruse Tatsuma * ''Nemureru bijo'' (1968) - Eguchi * ''Ôoku emaki'' (1968) - Shogun * ''Gion Matsuri'' (1968) - Sukematsu * ''Heitai yakuza godatsu'' (1968) * ''Keimusho yaburi'' (1969) * '' Red Lion'' (1969) - Sōzō Sagara * ''

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'' (1969) - Koshitarō Itō * ''Akumyo ichiban shobu'' (1969) - Masakichi * ''Mushyô yaburi'' (1969) * ''Senso to nigen'' (1970) * '' Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970) - Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida * ''Tenkan no abarembo'' (1970) * ''Tekkaba bojô'' (1970) * ''Senketsu no kiroku'' (1970) * ''Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen'' (1972) - Arita * ''

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'' (1972) - Harada Kahei * ''Seigen-ki'' (1973) - Minoru Oyama * '' The Twilight Years'' (1973) - Nobuyoshi Tachibana * '' Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1974) - Ikemoto Mohei * ''Tsuma to Onna no Aida'' (1976) - Masayuki * ''

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'' (1976) - Ichiyanagi Kenzou * ''Furenzoku satsujin jiken'' (1977) - Senbei Yashirō * '' Empire of Passion'' (1978) - Gisaburō * '' Never Give Up'' (1978) - Urakawa, pressman * ''Ore-tachi no kokyogaku'' (1979) * ''Shōdō satsujin: Musuko yo'' (1979) - Hirayama * ''Jigoku no mushi'' (1979) - Danjurō * '' Nichiren'' (1979) - Nukina Shigetada * ''Dōran'' (1980) - Kanzaki * '' Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) -

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* ''The Young Rebels'' (1980) * ''Harukanaru Sōro'' (1980) - Toyota Sakichi * '' Muddy River'' (1981) - Shinpei Itakura * ''Himeyuri no Tō'' (1982) - Lt. Col. Sasaki * ''Dai Nippon teikoku'' (1982) - Sada Shimomura * ''Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima'' (1986) - Kouichiroh Shiraishi * ''Katayoku dake no tenshi'' (1986) * ''Oedipus no Ｙaiba'' (1986) - Shuehei Osako * '' The Sea and Poison'' (1986) - Professor Hashimoto * '' Hachiko Monogatari'' (1987) - Furukawa * ''Itazu - Kuma'' (1987) - Ginzo * ''

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'' (1988) - Tsao Yanhui * ''226'' (1989) - Sohei Yuasa * ''Senba-zuru'' (1989) - Doctor * '' Toki rakujitsu'' (1992) - Ryutaro * ''Rakuyô'' (1992) - Yamashiro * ''Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite'' (1992) - Shigeki Kabayama * ''Gekko no natsu'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1994) - Kôzukenosuke Kira * '' Sleeping Man'' (1996) - Denjihei * ''Sanctuary: The Movie'' (1996) * ''Hisai'' (1998) - Yoshio Miyarabe * ''Chinpao chin ho-teki koji'' (1999) * ''Komugironotenshi sugare oi'' (1999) - Kumatarō * ''I Love Friends'' (2001) * '' Letters from the Mountains'' (2002) - Shigenaga Kōda * ''Jōhatsu Tabinikki'' (2003) * ''I Love Peace'' (2003) - Kashiwabara * ''The Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi'' (2007) - Kan * ''Kuchita Teoshi Guruma'' (produced in 1984 but released in 2014) - Yasuda Tadao

Television

*'' Akō Rōshi'' (1964) - Takada Gunbei *'' Taikōki'' (1965) -

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*''

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'' (1971) - Takadaya Gunbei *'' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) - Takuan *'' Tasukenin Hashiru'' (1973) - Nakayama Bunjūrō *''

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'' (1973) -

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'' (1975) - Kishii Samanosuke *'' On'yado Kawasemi'' (1980-1983) - Kamibayashi *'' Kawaite sōrō '' (1984) -

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*''Miyamoto Musashi'' (1984–85) - Nagaoka Sado *'' Ōedo Sōsamō'' (1990-91) -

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Honours

(1981) * Medal with Purple Ribbon (1991) * Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1999)

References

External links

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Takahiro Tamura on NHK
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamura, Takahiro 1928 births 2006 deaths Japanese male film actors Male actors from Kyoto Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class