was a Japanese actor from

Kurashiki is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 478,651 and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kurashiki is located in the south-central part of Okay ...

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...

. He was an actor who specialized in playing comical roles. He became popular for his role as Sakura Kyōjyurō in the ''

Three Outlaw Samurai is a 1964 Japanese '' chambara'' film directed and co-written by Hideo Gosha in his feature-length debut. The film is an origin-story offshoot of Gosha's 1963 Japanese television series of the same name, with the same lead actors, Tetsuro Tam ...

series''.

Selected filmography

Films

* ''Taiyō Umi o Someru toki'' (1961) as Rice * ''Mekishiko Mushuku'' (1962) as Ankō * ''Samurai from Nowhere'' (1964) as Misawa Ihei * ''

'' (1964) as Sakura Kyōjyurō * '' Akumyō Ichidai'' (1967) * ''

Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (also known as Left Fencer) is a 1969 Japanese samurai drama and action film, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Michiyo Okusu plays the role of the one-eyed, one-armed swords-woman O-kin. This film follows in the series of films about Tange Sazen, bu ...

'' (1969) as Gamou Taiken * '' Bloodstained Clan Honor'' (1970) as Taishō * '' Tora-san Goes Religious?'' (1983) as Osakaya * ''Hei no Naka no Purei Boru'' (1987) * ''Shōrishatachi'' (1992) * ''

Ambition Without Honor is a 1996 Japanese direct-to-video yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. The film's title has also been translated as ''Ruthless Ambition'' and ''Heartless Ambition''. It was followed by '' Ambition Without Honor 2'' in 1997. Plot The film foll ...

'' (1996) * ''

Blooming Again is a 2003 novel by Ranzō Ōta. It has been adapted into a film by Isshin Inudo in 2004. Film Adaptation * ''Blooming Again'' directed by Isshin Inudo, a Toei production in 2004, it stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. Hisaya Morishige and Takuya Fujioka ma ...

'' (2004) as Sakiyama Rokubei * ''Mrs.'' (2005) as Yamamoto Tatsuo

Television drama

* ''

'' (1963-69) * '' Hana no Shōgai'' (1963) as Kanroku * '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) as Yoya * ''

The Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (), also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the ear ...

'' (1973) as

Lu Zhishen Lu Zhishen is a fictional character in '' Water Margin'', one of the four great classical novels in Chinese literature. He is the main character in the first segment of the novel, which spans about six chapters. Nicknamed "Flowery Monk", he rank ...

* ''

Kaze to Kumo to Niji to is a 1976 Japanese historical television series. It is the 14th NHK ''taiga'' drama. Average viewing rating was 24.0%, with highest peaking at 30.1%. It is the oldest NHK Taiga drama to date where all 52 episodes have been preserved. Plot Kaze ...

'' (1976) as Taira no Yoshikane * ''Seishi Yokomizo Series'' (1978) as Detective Hiyori * '' Akō Rōshi'' (1979) as Kumo no Jinjyurō * '' Kage no Gundan II'' (1981-82) as Gohei * ''MUSASHI'' (2003) as Hōzōin In'ei

References

External links

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Isamu Nagato at NHK
Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 1932 births 2013 deaths People from Kurashiki Male actors from Okayama {{Japan-film-actor-stub