(5 June 1912 – 27 September 1985) was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in

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. In 1936, he made his debut in movies with the film ''Aozura Roshi''. Overall Ryūtarō Ōtomo appeared in more than 100 movies. He ended his life by leaping from the top of a building in 1985. His final appearance in the film was ''

Tampopo is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first " ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti ...

'' directed by

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in 1985.

Filmography

Films

* '' Yoshida Palace (青空浪士 - Aozora rōshi - Blue Sky Roshi)'' (1937) * (仇討崇禅寺馬場 Adauchi sōzenji baba) (1957) * '' Akō Rōshi'' (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) * '' Castle of Owls'' (1963) * ''

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'' (怪竜大決戦 Kairyū Daikessen) (1966) * '' Eleven Samurai'' (1967) : Chief Retainer Akiyoshi Gyobu * '' Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi'' (1969) : Tomozo * '' Kagero-za'' (1981) : Shishō * ''

'' (1985) : Noodle professor

Television

* '' Akō Roshi'' (1964) : Horiuchi * ''

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'' (1966) * '' Ten to Chi to'' (1969) – Itagaki Nobukata * '' Kunitori Monogatari'' (1973) –

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* ''

Shinsho Taikōki ''Taiko'' (Japanese: 新書太閤記, Hepburn: ''Shinsho Taikōki''), also known as ''Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan'', is a Japanese epic novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa about the life and rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyo ...

'' (1973) – Shimizu Muneharu * '' Amigasa Jūbei'' (1974-75) - Okuda Magodayu * ''

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'' (1983) as Eizo

References

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0645207/ 1912 births 1985 deaths Japanese male film actors Suicides by jumping in Japan 20th-century Japanese male actors 1985 suicides Male actors from Hiroshima {{Japan-film-actor-stub