is a Japanese actor who has played roles in films and television dramas. He signed with Daiei film and made his film debut with ''Gan'' in 1966. He is famous for playing the role of Kotaro Higashi in ''

Ultraman Taro ''Ultraman'', also known as the , is the collective name for all media produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad monsters. Debuting with ''Ultra Q'' and then '' Ultraman'' in 1966, the series is ...

''. He is the only original Ultraman actor to have not reprised his role in any other Ultraman film or television series.

Filmography

Drama Series

*1973: ''

'' as Higashi Kotaro *1979: ''

Kusa Moeru is a 1979 Japanese television series. It is the 17th NHK taiga drama. Story Kusa Moeru deals with the Kamakura period. Based on Michiko Nagai's novels "Hojo Masako" and "Enkan". The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako. Cast Minamot ...

'',

Minamoto no Sanetomo was the third ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate. He was the second son of the Kamakura shogunate founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His mother was Hōjō Masako and his older brother was second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie. His childhood n ...

*1984: ''

Sanga Moyu ''Sanga Moyu'' (山河燃ゆ) is a Japanese television drama based on the 1983 novel ''Futatsu no Sokoku'' (二つの祖国) by Toyoko Yamazaki. It was NHK's taiga drama in 1984. Synopsis The Amo family lives in Los Angeles, California. Two o ...

'', Keisuke Mishima *1988: ''

Takeda Shingen , of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful Daimyo, daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen was a warlord of ...

'', Yamagata Masakage *1989: ''

Onihei Hankachō is a series of historical novels written by Japanese author Shōtarō Ikenami. Following the character Heizo Hasegawa in the Edo period of Japan, Ikegami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published by ...

'' as Sakai *1994: ''

Hana no Ran was the 33rd Taiga drama to be broadcast on the NHK network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year. Plot The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Japan, in the midst of the Ōn ...

'', Gan'ami *1996: ''

Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' ( feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Co ...

'',

Niwa Nagahide , also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the Od ...

*2000: ''The One Stringed Harp'' *2002: ''Golden Bowl'' *2009: ''A Secret in Summer'' *2014: '' Mozu Season 2 - Maboroshi no Tsubasa''

Movies

*1966: Gan *1966:

Red Angel is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It tells the story of a young Japanese nurse on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is based on a 1966 novel of the same name by Yoriyoshi Arima ( ja). Plot Sakur ...

*1967: Zen'in shugo shirizu 1 *1968:

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*1968: Gamera vs. Viras *1970: Innocent Sinner *1970: High-School Boss *1972: Uta *1974:

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*1975: I Am a Cat *1976: Between Wife and Woman *1982:

The Tower of Lilies ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

*1982: The Imperial *1983:

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*1983: Okinawan Boys *1989: Sadako Story *1991: Earth *1992: Godzilla vs. Mothra *1995:

Godzilla vs. Destroyer is a 1995 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Takao Okawara. Produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Studios, it is the 22nd installment in the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise, and is the seventh and final film in the franchise's God ...

*2000: The Frame *2000: Not Forgotten *2002: Mori no Gakko *2004:

Izo ''IZO'' is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada (1832–1865), the historical samurai and assassin in 19th-century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa Domain, Tosa. Izo ...

*2007: The Kiss *2008: Yamazakura *2011: Hayabusa: Back to the Earth *2020: Hayabusa 2: Reborn, narrator

TV Movies

*1989:

Nemuri Kyōshirō is a series of jidaigeki novels written by Renzaburō Shibata. The stories were originally serialized beginning in May 1956 in the ''Shūkan Shinchō''. The stories take place during the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate and the rules of ...

*2012:

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*2016:

Simple is Best Simple or SIMPLE may refer to: * Simplicity, the state or quality of being simple Arts and entertainment * ''Simple'' (album), by Andy Yorke, 2008, and its title track * "Simple" (Florida Georgia Line song), 2018 * "Simple", a song by John ...

References

*Screening of 'Takamine' at Norton Simon Museum;The Rafu Shimpo-13 Jul 2012

*McDonald,K.I.;From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films: Modern ...;201

*Ryfie,S.;Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G";199

*DVD "NECHYOSHA Photonikle" released on September 18, 2015 Selling agency - Digital Ultra Project DUPJ-133 " Ultraman Taro " related materials *"Taro tarou Ultraman T (Tarou): Validation · Second Ultra Boom" Tatsumi Publishing , 1999 . . "Talk! Ultraman Brothers Gekito Hen" Best Sellers , October 2013 . . {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinoda, Saburou 1948 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors