was a Japanese actor. Inoue started his acting career at the

Haiyuza Theatre Company The is a Japanese theatre company based in Tokyo. Along with the Mingei Theatre Company and Bungakuza, it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki (new theatre) troupes. History The Haiyuza Theatre Company was founded in February 194 ...

. Later, he signed his contract with

Nikkatsu is a Japanese film studio located in Bunkyō. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures". Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%). ...

film company.

Filmography

Films

* ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese epic ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' (1606) fr ...

'' (1957) as Tsuzuki's messenger * ''

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate , also known as ''A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era'', is a 1957 Japanese comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima and written by Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura and Keiichi Tanaka. It was voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in a p ...

'' (1957) as Genta * '' The Human Condition Road to Eternity'' (1959) * ''Hana and Ryu'' (1962) * '' Izo no Odoriko'' (1963) * ''

Aoi sanmyaku is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on Yōjirō Ishizaka's novel of the same name, which was first published in serialised form in 1947. Plot After defending Shinko, student at a rural girls' high schoo ...

'' (1963) as Nakata * ''

Cruel Gun Story is a 1964 Japanese heist film directed by Takumi Furukawa. This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu studio's Noir films as part of The Criterion Collection, also including '' I Am Wait ...

'' (1964) as Okada * '' Our Blood Will Not Forgive'' (1964) as Ushigoro Tobita * '' The Wild Sea'' (1969) as Takei * ''Mushukunin Mikogami no Jkichiō Kawakazeni Kakowa Nagareta'' (1972) * ''

Sword of the Beast is a 1965 jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. Set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the story follows a fugitive samurai who has killed a counselor in his clan and is on the run. He gets involved in a scheme to poac ...

'' (1965) as Araiwa * ''

Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 ''yakuza'' film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows the reformed ''yakuza'' hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu, played by Tetsuya Watari, who is forced to roam Japan while avoiding execution by rival gangs. Plot Tokyo-based yakuza boss ...

2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love'' (1966) as Onijima * '' Zatoichi and the Fugitives'' (1968) as Kumeji * ''Men and War'' (1970) * '' Tempyō no Iraka'' (1980) as Yoshihiko * ''

Minna no Ie , also known as ''All About Our House'', is a 2001 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Kōki Mitani. The film depicts an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, highlighting the clash between traditional Japanese and modern Wes ...

'' (2001) as Painter

Television drama

Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...

** '' Taikōki'' (1965) as

Date Masamune was a Japanese ''daimyō'' during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he w ...

** '' Ten to Chi to'' (1969) as Tomita Gōzaemon ** '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) as Kawai Takeemon ** ''

Tokugawa ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

'' (1983) as

Yamagata Masakage also known as Obu Masakage was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen". He was famous for his red armour and skill in battle, and was a personal friend of Takeda Shing ...

* ''

Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan also known as The Mute Samurai is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974. The lead star is Tomisaburo Wakayama, his younger brother Shintaro Katsu also appeared and directed episode 1. It is based o ...

'' (1973) (ep.9) as Sabu * ''

Lone Wolf and Cub is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It was serialized in Futabasha's manga magazine '' Weekly Manga Action'' from September 1970 to April 1976, with its chapters collected in 28 ' volumes. ...

'' (1973) (ep.15) as Jyunai Kutsuki * ''

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 ''Zatoichi Monogatari'', part of Shimozawa's '' ...

'' (1974) (ep.12) as Gonzō * '' The Fierce Battles of Edo'' (1979) (ep.5) * ''

Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama, that was broadcast in 1978 to 1979. It is the 14th in the ''Hissatsu'' series. The drama depicts Paranormal events so totally different from past Hissastu series However, the audience ratin ...

'' (1979) (ep.16) as Izō * '' Shadow Warriors'' (1980) (ep.9) * '' Pro Hunter'' (1981) (ep.7) * ''

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 ...

'' (1982) (ep.495) as Denkichi Hakamada, (1985) (ep.636) as Kōzō Nagata * ''

Seibu Keisatsu is a Japanese television drama series produced by and broadcast on TV Asahi. Plot The series portrays the Western Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division's Sergeant Keisuke Daimon, played by Tetsuya Watari and his subordinates, du ...

'' (1982–83) as Gentarō Hama * ''

Hissatsu Shigotonin V is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1985 to 1986. It is the 23rd in the ''Hissatsu'' series. Isuzu Yamada made her final appearance in the ''Hissatsu'' series. Plot Kumihimoya no Ryu is a maker of cords ...

'' (1985) (ep.5) as Kiheiji * ''

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, Ikenami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published ...

'' (1991) (ep.18) as Kosuke, (1995) (ep.9) as Kannana

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