is a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning " period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—'' Portrait o ...

and detective television dramas as a guest.日本タレント名鑑'82 VIPタイムズ社、1981 P.113 He is also known as voice actor. Taguchi graduated from

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.His career as a screen actor started in 1955.北斗七星プロジェクトによる公式プロフィール
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） His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Aisureba Koso'' directed by

Satsuo Yamamoto was a Japanese film director. Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima City. After leaving Waseda University, where he had become affiliated with left-wing groups, he joined the Shochiku film studios in 1933, where he worked as an assistant director to M ...

. His son Kazuki Iwata is also actor.

Filmography

Films

* '' An Actress'' (1956) * '' Lucky Dragon No. 5 (film)'' (1959) * ''

Akitsu Springs is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato. Plot Shortly before the end of World War II, young soldier Shusaku, ill with tuberculosis, arrives at Akitsu, expecting to die soon. Shin ...

'' (1962) * ''

King Kong Escapes is a 1967 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film was a Japanese–American co-production between Toho and Rankin/Bass, and stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, ...

'' (1967) * '' Soshiki Bōryoku Kyodaijingi'' (1969) * ''

Tokyo Blackout (Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda. It is based on Sakyo Komatsu's novel ''Shuto shōshitsu'' which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985. The film's score was composed by Mauric ...

'' (1987)

Television drama

* '' Akō Rōshi'' (1964) * ''

Hissatsu Shiokinin is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1973. It is the 2nd in the Hissatsu series. Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular ''jidaigeki'' dramas in Japan. Plot A group of common merchants in Edo city(To ...

'' (1972) episode 18 Guest starring *''

The Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is s ...

'' (1973), * ''

Mito Kōmon is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011, making it the longest-running ''jidaigeki'' in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-''s ...

'' (1973~2011) 29 appearances as a Guest * ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1973~1984) episode 108,279,357,592 Guest starring * ''

G-Men '75 was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men ...

'' (1978–81) episode 137,179,275,315,341 Guest starring * ''

Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1975–1976. It is the 6th in the Hissatsu series. Kenji Misumi was hospitalized while directing episode 13 where he later died. Plot Nakamura Mondo retired from profess ...

'' (1975) episode 8 Guest starring * '' Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin'' (1977) episode 11 Guest starring * '' Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi'' (1978)) episode 12 Guest starring * ''

Abarenbō Shōgun (Abarenbō Shōgun) was a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa ''shōgun''. The program started in 1978 under the title '' ...

'' (1978–2000) 32 appearances as a Guest

Voice acting

Anime

* '' Super Jetter'', Jaguar

Dubbing

* ''

Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

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Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolad ...

) * ''

Raiders of the Lost Ark ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, R ...

'' (1985

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edition), René Belloq ( Paul Freeman)

References

External links

* 1933 births Living people 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Actors from Nagano Prefecture Japanese male film actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub Japanese male voice actors