was a Japanese actor.
Biography
Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten 2 190-191 He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959.
He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's Unholy Desire. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films (he also appeared in the stage play "Paragy Kamigami to Butabuta" directed by Imamura in 1962), including Eijanaika in 1981. But he declined Imamura's offer for him to play the role of Taro in Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He won White Bronze Award for his roles in Woman of the Lake and Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino in 1966.
He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, in his early career he sometimes played villain roles. His most prominent roles in jidaigeki being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first season of Mito Kōmon and Fujiwara no Hidesato in the taiga drama Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. In Kaze to Kumo to Niji to, Tsuyuguchi played an important role that killed leading character Taira no Masakado in the final episode. Screenwriter Kōki Mitani quoted a Tsuyuguchi's line in Kaze to Kumo to Niji to in 2016 Taiga drama Sanada Maru because Mitani is big fan of Tsuyuguchi.『三谷幸喜のありふれた生活 14 いくさ上手 朝日新聞出版 P.248
In 1981, he played a leading role for the first time in TV drama series in Fubo no Gosan .
He is best known for his part in Taiyo ni Hoero!, one of the most famous dramas in Japanese television history. In Taiyo ni Hoero!, he played detective Yammura ("Yama san") for 14 years and won great popularity.太陽にほえろ! 10周年記念号 日本テレビ, p. 47 Detective Yamamura who he played was killed while on duty in the episode 691 "Saraba Yamamura Keiji !(Good bye detective Yamamura)".高瀬昌弘 『昭和千本のドラマたち』 廣済堂出版、2007年。 His first photo book "Tsuyuguchi Shigeru in Taiyo ni Hoero!"(Tsuyuguchi's photos from Taiyo ni Hoero!)was released from NTV. 露口茂in太陽にほえろ!-Tower record露口茂in太陽にほえろ!-Amazon.com
From the late 1980s to the mid 1990s Tsuyuguchi appeared a lot of two-hour special dramas and played lead role. Tsuyuguchi played lead role in Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki Series 1–4 (directed by Kazuo Ikehiro), it is relatively famous in Japan. His final appearance as an actor is Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki Series 4 (Ao no Jūjika), which was broadcast on TV Asahi in 1994.
He also portrayed the voice of the "Baron Humbert von Gikkingen" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film Whisper of the Heart in 1995.
He stopped acting in the mid 1990s and announced his retirement in 2013.Shukan Josei 5.14 2013 p.47
He died on 28 April 2025.
Selected filmography
Films Year Title Role Director Notes 1960 Soft Touch of Night Yoshihiko Miyauchi Yuzo Kawashima 1962 Zenzo Matsuyama 1963 The Insect Woman Honda Shohei Imamura 1964 Kunoichi ninpō Sakazaki Sadao Nakajima 1964 Unholy Desire Hiraoka Shohei Imamura 1964Kunoichi Keshō Amakusa Senchiyo Sadao Nakajima Lead role 1965 Kiri no Hata Masao Yanagida Yoji Yamada 1966 Woman of the Lake Sakurai Yoshishige Yoshida 1966 Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino Oshima Masashige Narusawa 1967 A Man Vanishes Shigeru Tsuyuguchi himself Shohei Imamura 1967 Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja) Akechi Mitsuhide (Voice) Nagisa Oshima 1967Soshiki Bōryoku Tazawa Junya Sato 1968 Outlaw: Black Dagger Takemiya Kunimatsu Keiichi Ozawa 1969 Onna Tobakushi Saikorogeshō Hachōarashi no Masakichi Yoshio Inoue 1969 Watashi ga suteta onna A Detective Kirio Urayama 1969 Hiken yaburi Ryunosuke Nagao Kazuo Ikehiro 1969 Daimon Otokode Shinitai Nonaka Tetsujiro Akinori Matsuo 1969 Sergeant Yamashita Mitsuo Murayama 1969 Lieutenant Masaki Mitsuo Murayama 1970 Fuji sanchō Tomizawa Tetsutaro Murano 1971 Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki Ushio Keizō Takashi Nomura 1972 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Kurando Yagyū Kenji Misumi 1981 Eijanaika Kinzō Shouhei Imamura 1984 Fireflies in the North Oga Hideo Gosha 1986 The Adventures of Chatran Narrator Masanori Hata 1988 Rabu Sutōri wo Kimini Chiba Shigeki Shinichiro Sawai 1990 Ruten no umi Tsutsui Buichi Saitō 1995 Whisper of the Heart Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (voice) Yoshifumi Kondō
Television Year Title Role Notes1969Mito Kōmon First seasonFurukawa Hyōgo1971Daichūshingura Usuke1973Kunitori MonogatariTsuzura JuzōTaiga drama1973Kiso Kaido IsogitabiGinji Tsuyuguchi and Yamaguchi's w Starring1974Amigasa Jūbei Kobayashi Heyhachi1976Kaze to Kumo to Niji toFujiwara no HidesatoTaiga drama1976–79Edo no KazeShimazu Hanzō 1978Edo no UzuTatsuzō1979Edo no GekitouKemanai Izō Tsuyuguchi and Kobayashi's w Starring1980Ashura no Gotoku Part2Satomi Takao1981 Fubo no Gosan NakabayashiLead role1983 Darekaga Watashi wo AishiteruYazaki1983ŌokuTokugawa Ienobu1972–86Taiyō ni Hoero! Seiichi "Yama-san" Yamamura1989Onna Nezumi kozou Naitō Minonokami1989Onihei Hankachō Two hours special UnryūkenHorimoto Hakudō (Guest starring)1990 Naruto Hichō Yoami1993Unmeitōge Yagyū Munenori 3 hours special drama1990–94Shūchakueki Series 1~4 Masanao UshioLead role
Dubbing Doppelgänger (1972 TV Asahi edition) – Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) The Pirates of Bubuan (1972 directed by Shohei Imamura) The Invaders – David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) Sherlock Holmes (1989–94) – Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
References
External links
NHK Archives Actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi 露口茂