is a Japanese

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

Career

Yanagiba has appeared in films such as the ''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, ...

'' series, ''Chinese Dinner'', and ''

Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling u ...

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Filmography

Film

* '' Run Towards the South On the Road of Sea'' (1986) * ''

Young Girls in Love is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kazuki Ōmori. Awards 11th Japan Academy Prize *Nominated: Best Director - Kazuki Ōmori *Nominated: Best Screenwriter - Kazuki Ōmori was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Osaka, ...

'' (1986) * '' Hachiko Monogatari'' (1987) * ''

Hope and Pain is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International ...

'' (1988) * '' Only Yesterday'' (1991) * '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998), Shinji Muroi * ''Senrigan'' (2000) * ''Chinese Dinner'' (2001) * ''

Bayside Shakedown 2 is the second film based on the popular Bayside Shakedown TV series, known for its unique and humorous depiction of the Japanese police force while avoiding the conventions that define most police dramas. The movie was released in the summer of ...

'' (2003), Shinji Muroi * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * ''Negotiator'' (2005), Shinji Muroi * ''The Suspect'' (2005), Shinji Muroi * '' Oh! Oku'' (2006) * ''Nobody to Watch Over Me'' (2008) * '' Bayside Shakedown 3'' (2010), Shinji Muroi * ''

'' (2010), Shirō Sanada * '' Isoroku'' (2011),

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* '' Bayside Shakedown The Final'' (2012), Shinji Muroi * '' Reunion'' (2012) * ''Kōfuku no Alibi'' (2012) * ''Any Crybabies Around?'' (2020) * ''Hikari wo Oikakete'' (2021) * ''A Morning of Farewell'' (2021) * ''The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn'' (2022) * ''Baian the Assassin, M.D.'' (2023) * '' Shylock's Children'' (2023), Kaoru Kujō * ''Shinji Muroi: Not Defeated'' (2024), Shinji Muroi * ''Shinji Muroi: Stay Alive'' (2024), Shinji Muroi

Television

* ''

Taiheiki The (Chronicle of Great Peace) is a medieval Japanese historical epic (see '' gunki monogatari'') written in the late 14th century and covers the period from 1319 to 1367. It deals primarily with the Nanboku-chō, the period of war between the ...

'' (1991), Ishi * ''

'' (1997), Shinji Muroi * ''Hōjō Tokimune'' (2001), Adachi Yasumori * '' The Family'' (2007), Shoichi Mikumo * ''

The Waste Land ''The Waste Land'' is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United ...

'' (2009), Isao Kawamata * '' The Great White Tower'' (2019), Yōhei Sasaki * ''

Boogie Woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, but already developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually ex ...

'' (2023), Umekichi Hanada

References

External links

Official website
* Japanese male actors 1961 births Living people People from Daisen, Akita Actors from Akita Prefecture Japanese racehorse owners and breeders {{Japan-screen-actor-stub