is a Japanese actor.

Biography

Tsuyuguchi was born in

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and raised in

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.Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten　2　190-191 He attended

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, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the

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in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959. He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' (2001). He won White Bronze Award for his roles in ''

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'' and '' Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino'' in 1966. He appeared in many

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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 ''

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'' and Fujiwara no Hidesato in the taiga drama ''

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''. In ''

'', Tsuyuguchi played an important role that killed leading character

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in the final episode. Screenwriter

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quoted a Tsuyuguchi's line in

in 2016 Taiga drama Sanada Maru because Mitani is big fan of Tsuyuguchi. 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. Detective Yamamura who he played was killed while on duty in the episode 691 "Saraba Yamamura Keiji !（Good bye detective Yamamura)". His first photo book "Tsuyuguchi Shigeru in Taiyo ni Hoero!"(Tsuyuguchi's photos from Taiyo ni Hoero!)was released from NTV. 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

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), 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

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in 1994. He also portrayed the voice of the "Baron Humbert von Gikkingen" in the original Japanese version of the

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anime film ''

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'' in 1995. He stopped acting in the mid 1990s and announced his retirement in 2013.Shukan Josei 5.14 2013 p.47

Selected filmography

Films

Television

Dubbing

*'' Doppelgänger'' (1972 TV Asahi edition) – Colonel Glenn Ross (

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) *''The Pirates of Bubuan'' (1972 directed by Shohei Imamura) *''

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'' – David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) * ''Sherlock Holmes'' (1989–94) – Sherlock Holmes ( Jeremy Brett)

References

External links

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NHK Archives Actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi 露口茂
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