Filmography
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Known For
Seven Samurai Shichiroji (1954) -
Yojimbo Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother (1961) -
Rashomon Policeman (1950) -
Known For
Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji Rokusuke (1952) -
Actor
6-wa no kamome (1974) -
Tokyo do mannaka (1974) -
Aoi sanmyaku (1974)
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Hajimete no tabi (1972)
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Futari dake no asa (1971)
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Zoku shachô gaku ABC (1970)
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Shachô gaku ABC (1970)
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Zoku shachô enmachô (1969)
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Shachô enmachô (1969)
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Nijî no makanô lemmon (1968)
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Kôdôkan hamonjô Junpei Sekine (1968)
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![Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku]( "Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku")
Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku Chief of Press Section (1968) -
Niji no naka no remon Gôzô Maeda (1968)
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Bakuchi-uchi: Nagurikomi Kichigorô (1968)
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Zoku shacho hanjôki (1968)
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Shachô hanjôki (1968)
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Nise keiji (1967)
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![Two in the Shadow]( "Two in the Shadow")
Two in the Shadow Hayashida (1967) -
Kigeki: Ippatsu shôbu Tadashi Ninomiya (1967)
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![Japan's Longest Day]( "Japan's Longest Day")
Japan's Longest Day Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director (1967) -
![Rikugun Nakano gakko: Mitsumei]( "Rikugun Nakano gakko: Mitsumei")
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha (1967)
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Zoku namonaku mazushiku utsukushiku: Haha to ko Taro (1967)
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Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku Shintaro Sakai (1967)
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Tabiji (1967)
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Zoku izuko e Oishi (1967)
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Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri Gunpei Otaguro (1967)
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Shachô senichiya (1967)
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The Daphne Shimada (1966)
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Akogare (1966)
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![Rikugun Nakano gakko: Kumoichigô shirei]( "Rikugun Nakano gakko: Kumoichigô shirei")
Rikugun Nakano gakko: Kumoichigô shirei Kusanagi (1966) -
![Nakano Spy School]( "Nakano Spy School")
Nakano Spy School Lieutenant Kusanagi (1966) -
![Moment of Terror]( "Moment of Terror")
Moment of Terror Kawashima (1966) -
Five Gents on the Spot Tyuzo Togashi (1966)
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![The Stranger Within a Woman]( "The Stranger Within a Woman")
The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) -
![Rise Against the Sword]( "Rise Against the Sword")
Rise Against the Sword Budeuemon Hattori (1966) -
Shachô gyôjôki (1966)
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Minamotono Yoshitsune (1966)
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Seishun to wa nanda (1965)
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Aku no kaidan Konishi (1965)
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Senjo ni nagareru uta Yamamoto (1965)
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![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata Hansuke Murai (1965) -
Radishes and Carrots Bit Part (1965)
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Hi no ataru isu Natsuki Shibusawa (1965)
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Five Gents Trick Book Tyuzo Togashi (1965)
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Shachô ninpôchô (1965)
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Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai 4th Sin-Ichirô Mitani (1964)
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![Super-Express]( "Super-Express")
Super-Express Nakae (1964) -
Nippon Paradise Daiten Kuramoto (1964)
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Hadaka no jûyaku Tadokori - Executive (1964)
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Samé Genji (1964)
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Ore wa bodigado (1964)
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Zoku shachô shinshiroku (1964)
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Gendai kane monogatari (1964)
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Kigeki ekimae okami Rikizô Kawaguchi (1964)
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We Are Salary Men (1963)
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![A Woman's Life]( "A Woman's Life")
A Woman's Life (1963) -
Miren Master at 'Sekine' (1963)
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Kigeki ekimae chagama (1963)
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Zoku shachô gaiyûki (1963)
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![Snow in the South Seas]( "Snow in the South Seas")
Snow in the South Seas (1963) -
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai Denji Tamaki (1963)
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Crazy Operation (1963)
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Zoku shachô manyûki (1963)
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Shachô gaiyûki (1963)
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Onna ni tsuyoku naru kufû no kazukazu Daizô Sugishita (1963)
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Shachô manyûki (1963)
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Kigeki: Detatoko shôbu - 'Chinjarara monogatari' yori Nishiyama (1962)
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Born in Sin Kenkichi Takayama (1962)
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![An Autumn Afternoon]( "An Autumn Afternoon")
An Autumn Afternoon Yoshitaro Sakamoto (1962) -
![Chushingura]( "Chushingura")
Chushingura Kichiemon Terasaka (1962) -
Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
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![A Wanderer's Notebook]( "A Wanderer's Notebook")
A Wanderer's Notebook Nobuo Sadaoka (1962) -
Star of Hong Kong Shûhei (1962)
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Ottamage ningyo monogatari Heiroku Tsubaki (1962)
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Zoku shachô yôkôki (1962)
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Shachô yôkôki (1962)
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni Sôtarô (1962)
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![A Woman's Place]( "A Woman's Place")
A Woman's Place Tamura Ryokichi, Matsuyo no otto (1962) -
Salary man Shimizu minato Ômasa (1962)
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Kigeki ekimae bentô (1961)
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Ganba (1961)
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![The End of Summer]( "The End of Summer")
The End of Summer Kitagawa Yanosuke (1961) -
![Honkon no yoru]( "Honkon no yoru")
Honkon no yoru (1961) -
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Playboy President (1961)
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![Yojimbo]( "Yojimbo")
Yojimbo Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother (1961) -
Zoku sararîman Chûshingura Jyusaburo Onodera (1961)
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Jiyûgaoka fujin (1960)
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![Sararîman Chûshingura]( "Sararîman Chûshingura")
Sararîman Chûshingura Jyusaburo Onodera (1960) -
Kane-dukuri taikô-ki Hirayama, Shûhei (1960)
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Chikûho no kodomotachi (1960)
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Utamatsuri romansu dochu (1960)
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![Autumn Has Already Started]( "Autumn Has Already Started")
Autumn Has Already Started Tomioka - The Lover (1960) -
This Greedy Old Skin (1960)
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Shin jôdaigaku (1960)
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Wanton Journey (1960)
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Taiyô o dake Kyôsuke Tsumura (1960)
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![Musume tsuma haha]( "Musume tsuma haha")
Musume tsuma haha Shusuke Tetsumoto (1960) -
Shin santô jûyaku: Ataru mo hakke no maki Uchû Takeda (1960)
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![Storm Over the Pacific]( "Storm Over the Pacific")
Storm Over the Pacific (1960) -
Sarariman shussetai kôki daigobu Hajime (1960)
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![The Gambling Samurai]( "The Gambling Samurai")
The Gambling Samurai Enzo Niko (1960) -
![Hito mo arukeba]( "Hito mo arukeba")
Hito mo arukeba Namigoro Namiki (1960) -
Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun Yakichi Wada (1960)
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![When a Woman Ascends the Stairs]( "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs")
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Matsukichi Sekine (1960) -
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Kiri aru jyoji (1959)
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![I Want to Be a Shellfish]( "I Want to Be a Shellfish")
I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) -
Yari hitosuji nihon bare Genshin Tawaraboshi (1959)
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Osorubeki hiasobi (1959)
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![Nippon tanjô]( "Nippon tanjô")
Nippon tanjô God Fudetama (1959) -
Wakai koibitotachi Renzô Dôjima (1959)
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Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers (1959)
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Abarenbo miri ni Ishimatsu (1959)
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New Third Grade Executive Kumehei Onizuka (1959)
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Daigaku no nijuhachin (1959)
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Sarariman shussetai koki daiyonbu Hajime (1959)
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Kitsune to tanuki (1959)
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Zoku shachô taiheiki (1959)
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Shachô taiheiki Gônosuke Asahina (1959)
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The Happy Pilgrimage Yajirobei Tochimen'ya (1958)
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Kami no taisho (1958)
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Hadaka no taishô Master of Restaurant (1958)
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Wakai musumetachi Zenkichi Shibata - Sumiko's father (1958)
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![Summer Clouds]( "Summer Clouds")
Summer Clouds (1958) -
Red and Green (1958)
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Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
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![Anzukko]( "Anzukko")
Anzukko Suga (1958) -
Yajikata dôchû sugoroku Yajirobei Tochimen'ya (1958)
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Tôkyô no kyûjitsu Sales Manager (1958)
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Zoku shachô sandaiki (1958)
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Futari dake no hashi Takeshi Saitô (1958)
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Shachô sandaiki (1958)
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Ushinotsuke Akabane (1957)
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Ippon-gatana dohyô iri Mohei Komagata (1957)
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Ushinosuke Akaba (1957)
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Salaryman shusse taikôki Hajime Sôda (1957)
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![Untamed Woman]( "Untamed Woman")
Untamed Woman Her second husband (1957) -
![Yukiguni]( "Yukiguni")
Yukiguni (1957) -
![Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun]( "Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun")
Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun Police Detective Yatabe (1957) -
Ôban Ushinosuke Akaba (1957)
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Itohan monogatari Matsukichi (1957)
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Muhô monôno shima (1956)
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![Flowing]( "Flowing")
Flowing Yoneko's ex (1956) -
Dotanba (1956)
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Gogo 8 ji 13 pun Keisaku Yatabe (1956)
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![Arashi]( "Arashi")
Arashi Ishii (1956) -
Nonki fufu (1956)
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Ani to sono musume Hayashi (1956)
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![A Will o' the Wisp]( "A Will o' the Wisp")
A Will o' the Wisp (1956) -
Gendai no yokubô Inoue (1956)
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White Devilfish (1956)
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![A Wife's Heart]( "A Wife's Heart")
A Wife's Heart (1956) -
![Street of Shame]( "Street of Shame")
Street of Shame President of Brothel Owners' Association (1956) -
![Swordsman of the Two Sword Style]( "Swordsman of the Two Sword Style")
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style Kamo Jinnai (1956) -
![Fountainhead]( "Fountainhead")
Fountainhead (1956) -
![Early Spring]( "Early Spring")
Early Spring Sakamoto (1956) -
![Shûu]( "Shûu")
Shûu Kawakami (1956) -
![Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island]( "Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island")
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Toji Gion (1956) -
Mune yori mune ni Hazama (1955)
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![The Lone Journey]( "The Lone Journey")
The Lone Journey (1955) -
![Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple]( "Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple")
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Toji Gion (1955) -
![Twilight Saloon]( "Twilight Saloon")
Twilight Saloon Kibe (1955) -
Tôjûrô no koi Kichisuke (1955)
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No Time for Tears Magazine reporter (1955)
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![Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji]( "Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji")
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji Genta (1955) -
![Koko ni izumi ari]( "Koko ni izumi ari")
Koko ni izumi ari (1955) -
![Floating Clouds]( "Floating Clouds")
Floating Clouds Seikichi Mukai (1955) -
![Foul Play]( "Foul Play")
Foul Play (1955) -
![Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto]( "Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto")
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Toji (1954) -
![Toran bûran: Tsuki no hikari]( "Toran bûran: Tsuki no hikari")
Toran bûran: Tsuki no hikari Private Sasaki (1954) -
Dorodarake no seishun Miyamori, publicity manager (1954)
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Mako osorubeshi (1954)
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![Late Chrysanthemums]( "Late Chrysanthemums")
Late Chrysanthemums Itaya (1954) -
All of Myself (1954)
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The Sound of Waves Chiyoko's Father, the lighthouse keeper (1954)
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![Seven Samurai]( "Seven Samurai")
Seven Samurai Shichiroji (1954) -
Yonin no haha (1954)
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The Blue Revolution Takegoro Inugai (1953)
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Yasugorô shusse (1953)
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Mr. Pu (1953)
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Edokko hangan (1953)
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Fuun senryobune (1952)
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![The Woman Who Touched the Legs]( "The Woman Who Touched the Legs")
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![Ikiru]( "Ikiru")
Ikiru Yakuza (1952) -
Woman of Shanghai Liu, Ding's men (1952)
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Yonjû-hachinin me no otoko (1952)
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![Mother]( "Mother")
Mother Uncle Kimura (1952) -
Zoku Shurajô hibun - Hiun no maki Inosuke (1952)
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![The Life of Oharu]( "The Life of Oharu")
The Life of Oharu Tasaburo Hishiya (1952) -
![Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji]( "Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji")
Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji Rokusuke (1952) -
Mesu inu Matoba (1951)
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Joshu Garasu (1951)
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Jiyû gakkô Takayama (1951)
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Tsuki no wataridori Matagorô (1951)
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The Killing of Otsuya (1951)
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Kenran taro satsujin (1951)
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Oboro kago (1951)
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Gorotsuki-bune Sôkichi (1950)
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Akagi Kara kita otoko (1950)
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![Rashomon]( "Rashomon")
Rashomon Policeman (1950) -
The Motherland Far Far Away Tommy Shôkyokusai (1950)
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Ore wa yojinbo (1950)
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Tengu hikyaku (1949)
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Onna koroshi abura jigoku (1949)
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![Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen]( "Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen")
Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen Shinkichi (1949) -
![The Yotsuda Phantom]( "The Yotsuda Phantom")
The Yotsuda Phantom Shinkichi (1949) -
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Saheiji torimonohikae: Murasaki zukin Yasu (1949)
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![Bangaku Edo e yuku]( "Bangaku Edo e yuku")
Bangaku Edo e yuku (1949) -
Bosu (1949)
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![The 47 Ronin]( "The 47 Ronin")
The 47 Ronin Fuwa Kazuemon (1941) -
Abe ichizoku (1938)
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![Humanity and Paper Balloons]( "Humanity and Paper Balloons")
Humanity and Paper Balloons Isuke - Yatagoro henchman (1937) -
Actor
![Priest of Darkness]( "Priest of Darkness")
Priest of Darkness Kenta (1936) -
DirectorMiyamoto Musashi (1974)
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DirectorMiyamoto Musashi II (1974)
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SoundtrackBorn in Sin (1962)
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Writer
![Snow in the South Seas]( "Snow in the South Seas")
Snow in the South Seas (1963)
All Filmography
Awards
3 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
Son of Denzô Takeshiba and Seiko Yajima. He had an elder brother, Kunitarô Sawamura, and an older sister, Sadako Sawamura.
Trademark
A balding, rotund Japanese character actor, frequently cast as dim-witted thugs and villainous schemers.
Nickname
Gyû-chan
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Died
(age 65)
Height:
5' 7½" (1.71 m)User Polls
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