is a Japanese actor. He also worked as a narrator for documentaries, both on television and film. He trained as an actor at Bungakuza.週刊現代6月5日号「私の地図」第485回 p84-86
Selected filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1962 A Wanderer's Notebook Student 1969 A Thousand and One Nights Aslan (voice) 1983World Famous Fairy Tale SeriesVarious voicesSeries of short films 1983 Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō Takeo Fukuda 1985 Love Letter Counselor 1987 A Taxing Woman 1990 Tales of a Golden Geisha 1992 Future Memories: Last Christmas 1993 Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni 2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2006 Tears for You 2010 Railways Kurihara Space Battleship Yamato Heikurō Tōdō 2011 I Wish Shūkichi Ōsako 2013 The Eternal Zero Genjirō Izaki Tokyo Family Shūkichi Hirayama Lead role The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Prince Kuramochi (voice) 2014 The Little House 2015 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Professor Kawakami 2016 What a Wonderful Family! Shūzō Hirata Lead role After the Storm 2017 What a Wonderful Family! 2 Shūzō Hirata Lead role Hamon: Yakuza Boogie Takao Koshimizu The Third Murder Akihisa Shigemori Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura 2018 Girl's Play What a Wonderful Family! 3 Shūzō Hirata Lead role Usuke Boys Usuke Asai 2019 The Day's Organ Kondō Whistleblower Kazuhiro Miyano The Great War of Archimedes Shigetarō ShimadaThey Say Nothing Stays the Same Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Kazuo Oikawa 2021 End-of-Life Concierge Sin'ichi Ohara Under the Open Sky Tsutomu Shōji The Bonds of Clay 2022 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc 2023 Shylock's Children Kōichi Ishimoto Revolver Lily The Silent Service Daigo Unabara 2024 The Ohara Family Rhapsody Sin'ichi Ohara Voices of Loved One City Hunter Akutsu 2025 The Tales of Kurashiki 2026 End-of-Life Concierge 3 Sin'ichi Ohara
Television Year Title Role Notes 1966Minamoto no YoshitsuneTaiga drama 1972Key Hunter 1974–78Taiyō ni Hoero!5 episodes 1976Daitokai TatakainohibiEpisode 20 1979Kusa MoeruItō SukekiyoTaiga drama 1979Oretachi wa Tenshi da!Detective HashizumeEpisode 1 1985Kage no Gundan IVHyōsai 1985Kage no Gundan Bakumatsu HenHyōsai 1988Takeda ShingenSanada YukitakaTaiga drama 1994Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami RyutarōKogure Hideo 1995Aishiteiru to Itte KureNobuyoshi Sakaki2009The Waste LandMasaharu Tanigawa2013Samurai RebellionYanagase SanzaemonTV movie 2014LeadersMatazō IshiyamaTokyo ni Olympic o Yonda OtokoKazushige HirasawaTV movie 2016Shizumanu TaiyōIssei Ryuzaki2017Leaders 2Matazō IshiyamaHagokuNukuiFuku Kaze wa AkiYaheiLead role, TV movie2018ManpukuRyōzō MitamuraAsadoraCold Case Season 22020The ReturnTV movie2021Bullets, Bones and Blocked NosesShishibaMiniseries2023VivantShirō Uehara2024The Silent ServiceDaigo Unabara2025Gannibal Season 2Masamune Kamiyama
Awards and honours Awards Year Award Category Result 1990 13th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor 1992 15th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor 1997 20th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor 2014 37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor
Honours Year Honour 2021 Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette
References
External links Official profile