is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer. For his role in the 1988 film '' The Discarnates'', he won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from th ...

, at the 13th

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

, and at the 10th

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

Filmography

Film

*'' The Discarnates'' (1988) - Hidekichi Harada *''

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 '' ...

'' (1989) - Tsuru *''

Sharaku was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapprova ...

'' (1995) - Goro *'' Sada'' (1998) - Tatsuzo Kikumoto *'' Last Love'' (2007) *''Maniac Hero'' (2016) - Kōzō Kusaka *''

Labyrinth of Cinema is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars , and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transported back to 1945, just prior to the ...

'' (2020) -

Sen no Rikyū , also known simply as Rikyū, was a Japanese tea master considered the most important influence on the ''chanoyu'', the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of '' wabi-cha''. He was also the first to emphasize several key aspect ...

*''One Last Bloom'' (2023) *''The Brightest Sun'' (2025) *''Haoto'' (2025) - Aramata

Television

*'' Rose Against the Odds'' (1991) -

Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada (born April 5, 1943), better known as Fighting Harada, is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the NYSAC, WBA, and ''The Ring'' undisputed flyweight titles from 1962 ...

*''

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) -

Hōjō Takatoki was the last '' Tokusō'' and ruling Shikken (regent) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate; the rulers that followed were his puppets. A member of the Hōjō clan, he was the son of Hōjō Sadatoki, and was preceded as ''shikken'' by Hōjō Mototo ...

*''Sayonara Ri Kōran'' (1989) -

Masahiko Amakasu was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army who was imprisoned for his involvement in the Amakasu Incident, the extrajudicial execution of anarchists after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. He later became head of the Manchukuo Film Associati ...

*''

Shūchakueki Series , also known as ''Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki'', is a Japanese long-running prime-time television detective drama series in Japan that first aired on TV Asahi in 1990. Based on Seiichi Morimura's ''Ushiokeiji no Jikenbo'' series. Shigeru T ...

''5～ (1996–) – Masanao Ushio *'' Atsuhime'' (2008) -

Iwakura Tomomi was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernism. Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iw ...

*'' Clouds Over the Hill'' (2009–2011) -

Yashiro Rokurō Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister, succeeding the last of the Satsuma-era naval leaders of the early Meiji period. Biography Military career Yashiro was born in Gakuden Village, Owari Province (present-day ...

*''

Gunshi Kanbei is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junich ...

'' (2014) - Kodera Masamoto *''

Kamen Rider Drive is a Japanese tokusatsu television series serving as the 16th Heisei period, Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 25th series overall. Riku Sanjo returns to the Kamen Rider Series to serve as ''Drive''s lead screenwriter, with Ryuta Tasaki as director ...

'' (2014) - Jun Honganji *'' Daddy Sister'' (2016) - Eitarō Kumai *''Dokonimo nai Kuni'' (2018) - Ayao Kishimoto *''

Awaiting Kirin Awaiting Kirin is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is th ...

'' (2020) - Settsu Harukado *''

Chimudondon is a Japanese television drama series and the 106th Asadora series, following ''Come Come Everybody''. It premiered on April 11, 2022, and concluded on September 30, 2022. Plot Cast Higa's family * Yuina Kuroshima as Nobuko Higa ** ...

'' (2022) - Saburō Taira *'' Unbound'' (2025) -

Toriyama Sekien 200px, A , specifically a Miage-nyūdō, as portrayed by Toriyama , real name Sano Toyofusa, was a scholar, '' kyōka'' poet, and ''ukiyo-e'' artist of Japanese folklore. Early life Born to a family of high-ranking servants to the Tokugawa sh ...

Awards

, - , rowspan="3", 1988 , rowspan="3", '' The Discarnates'' , 31st

: Best supporting actor , , - , 13th

: Best supporting actor , , - , 10th

: Best supporting actor ,

References

External links

* * 1954 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo Academic staff of Aomori University {{Japan-screen-actor-stub