was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film Farewell to the Land, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.
He died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo of pneumonia. He had retired from acting after getting into a car accident and experiencing subsequent health problems, though he came out of retirement to reprise the character of Hizu in Gonin Saga at director Takashi Ishii's request. The film would be his last.
Partial filmography Film
Nureta sai no me (1974) Genkai-nada (1976) - Yakuzu Sono go no jingi naki tatakai (1979) - Toshio Aiba Kagemusha (1980) - Sohachiro Tsuchiya Station (1981) - Goro Yoshimatsu Farewell to the Land (1982) - Yukio Yamazawa Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni (1982) - Sudo Kidonappu burûsu (1982) - Drunk Daijôbu, mai furendo (1983) - Doctor Ran (1985) - Jiro Angel's Egg (1985) - Boy (voice) Yoshiwara enjô (1987) - Shinsuke Furushima Kono aino monogatari (1987) - Murasame The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987) - Sakamoto Ryōma Nikutai no mon (1988) 226 (1989) - Tsukasa Kono Raffles Hotel (1989) - Toshimichi Kariya Tasmania Story (1990) - Haruo Tozuki Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) - Yukihito Tsuge (voice) Nûdo no yoru (1993) - Kozo Yukikata Tenshi no harawata: Akai senkô (1994) - Muraki Yoru ga mata kuru (1994) - Namekata Kozo Gonin (1995) - Kaname Hizu Ruby Fruit (1995) - Hisao Kagami Sayonara Nippon! (1995) Gennsou Andalusia (1996) Natsu jikan no otonatachi (1996) - Man in TV Drama Fukigen na kajitsu (1977) - Osamu Nomura Rabu retâ (1998) - Satake Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1 (1998) - Goro Nogi Tadon to chikuwa (1998) - Anzai Nobody (1999) Saraba gokudo dead beat (1999) Jubaku: Spellbound (1999) - Kohei Nakayama Owls' Castle (1999) - Hattori Hanzo Shisha no gakuensai (2000) - Shozo Yuki Senrigan (2000) Red Shadow (2001) - Gensai Kikuchi-jô monogatari - sakimori-tachi no uta (2001) - Frontier guard The Man In White (2003) Doragon heddo (2003) - Matsuo The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion (2003) Runin: Banished (2004) - Inaba Gonin Saga (2015) - Kaname Hizu
Television Zatōichi: The Palanquin Wars Of Tempo Period (1978–1979) Ōgon no Hibi (1978) - Ishikawa Goemon Shishi no Jidai (1980) - Itō Hirobumi Taiheiki (1991) - Nitta Yoshisada Honmamon (2001–2002) - Ichiro Yamanaka
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