was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film ''

Farewell to the Land is a 1982 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Jinpachi Nezu as Yukio Yamazawa * Kumiko Akiyoshi as Junko * Jirō Yabuki also known as Jirō Chiba i ...

'', which was entered into the

32nd Berlin International Film Festival The 32nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12–23 February 1982. The Golden Bear was awarded to ''Veronika Voss'' directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The Honorary Golden Bear (''Goldener Ehrenbär'') was introduced for ...

. He died on December 29, 2016 in Tokyo after a battle with pneumonia. He had retired from acting after getting into a car accident and experiencing subsequent health problems, though he came out of retirement to reprise the character of Hizu in

Gonin Saga is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Ishii. It is a sequel to '' Gonin'' and stars Masahiro Higashide and Masanobu Andō. Cast * Masahiro Higashide as Hayato Hisamatsu *Kenta Kiritani as Daisuke Ogoshi *Anna Tsuchiya as Asami Kik ...

at director Takashi Ishii's request. The film would be his last.

Partial filmography

Film

* ''Nureta sai no me'' (1974) * ''Genkai-nada'' (1976) - Yakuzu * ''Sono go no jingi naki tatakai'' (1979) - Toshio Aiba * ''

Kagemusha is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying ''daimyō'' Takeda Shingen to dissuade oppos ...

'' (1980) - Sohachiro Tsuchiya * ''

Station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

'' (1981) - Goro Yoshimatsu * ''

'' (1982) - Yukio Yamazawa * ''Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni'' (1982) - Sudo * ''Kidonappu burûsu'' (1982) - Drunk * ''Daijôbu, mai furendo'' (1983) - Doctor * ''

Ran RAN may refer to: * Radio access network, a part of a mobile telecommunication system * Rainforest Action Network * Ran (gene) (RAs-related Nuclear protein), also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran, a protein that in humans is encoded by t ...

'' (1985) - Jiro * ''

Angel's Egg is a Japanese art film original video animation (OVA) written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Released by Tokuma Shoten on 15 December 1985, the film was a collaboration between artist Yoshitaka Amano and Oshii. The film stars two nameless cha ...

'' (1985) - Boy (voice) * ''Yoshiwara enjô'' (1987) - Shinsuke Furushima * ''Kono aino monogatari'' (1987) - Murasame * ''The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma'' (1987) -

Sakamoto Ryōma was a Japanese ''samurai'', a '' shishi'' and influential figure of the ''Bakumatsu,'' and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period. Sakamoto was a low-ranking ''samurai'' from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an acti ...

* ''Nikutai no mon'' (1988) * ''226'' (1989) - Tsukasa Kono * ''Raffles Hotel'' (1989) - Toshimichi Kariya * '' Tasmania Story'' (1990) - Haruo Tozuki * '' Patlabor 2: The Movie'' (1993) - Yukihito Tsuge (voice) * ''Nûdo no yoru'' (1993) - Kozo Yukikata * ''Tenshi no harawata: Akai senkô'' (1994) - Muraki * ''Yoru ga mata kuru'' (1994) - Namekata Kozo * ''

Gonin ( or, in some English-language editions, ''The Five'') is a 1995 crime film directed by Takashi Ishii and starring Takeshi Kitano, Kōichi Satō and Masahiro Motoki. This was the first film Kitano starred in after his 1994 motorcycle acciden ...

'' (1995) - Kaname Hizu * '' Ruby Fruit'' (1995) - Hisao Kagami * ''Sayonara Nippon!'' (1995) * ''Gennsou Andalusia'' (1996) * ''Natsu jikan no otonatachi'' (1996) - Man in TV Drama * ''Fukigen na kajitsu'' (1977) - Osamu Nomura * ''Rabu retâ'' (1998) - Satake * ''Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1'' (1998) - Goro Nogi * ''Tadon to chikuwa'' (1998) - Anzai * ''Nobody'' (1999) * ''Saraba gokudo dead beat'' (1999) * '' Jubaku: Spellbound'' (1999) - Kohei Nakayama * ''

Owls' Castle is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel '' Fukurō no Shiro'', the first bein ...

'' (1999) - Hattori Hanzo * ''Shisha no gakuensai'' (2000) - Shozo Yuki * ''Senrigan'' (2000) * ''

Red Shadow is a Japanese manga series written and Illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1966 to 1967. The manga was adapted into a 52-ep ...

'' (2001) - Gensai * ''Kikuchi-jô monogatari - sakimori-tachi no uta'' (2001) - Frontier guard * '' The Man In White'' (2003) * ''Doragon heddo'' (2003) - Matsuo * ''The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion'' (2003) * '' Runin: Banished'' (2004) - Inaba * ''

'' (2015) - Kaname Hizu

Television

* '' Zatōichi: The Palanquin Wars Of Tempo Period'' (1978–1979) * ''

Ōgon no Hibi is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK ''taiga'' drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title. The series is the first ''taiga'' drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first ''taiga ...

'' (1978) -

Ishikawa Goemon was the leader of a group of bandits during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. Over time, and especially during the Edo period (1603-1867), his life and deeds became a center of attention, and he became known as a legendary Japanese outlaw h ...

* ''Shishi no Jidai'' (1980) -

Itō Hirobumi Kazoku, Prince , born , was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888, and later from 1892 to 1896, in 1898, and from 1900 to 1901. He was a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior state ...

* ''

Taiheiki The (Chronicle of Great Peace) is a medieval Japanese historical epic (see '' gunki monogatari'') written in the late 14th century and covers the period from 1319 to 1367. It deals primarily with the Nanboku-chō, the period of war between the ...

'' (1991) -

Nitta Yoshisada also known as Minamoto no Yoshisada was a samurai lord of the Nanboku-chō period Japan. He was the head of the Nitta clan in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period. He famo ...

* ''Honmamon'' (2001–2002) - Ichiro Yamanaka

References

External links

* 1947 births 2016 deaths Japanese male film actors Actors from Yamanashi Prefecture {{Japan-film-actor-stub