is a Japanese

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Career

Born in

Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

, Shiomi went to

Doshisha University , also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four campuses in Kyoto. It is one of Japa ...

. He joined the theater troupe En in 1978 and soon also began appearing in film and television, mostly as a character actor. He won a Japan Movie Critics Award for best supporting actor for the film ''Ki no Umi'' (2004).

Selected filmography

Film

* ''The Gentle Twelve'' (1991) * '' The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Swallowtail'' (1996) * '' Eureka'' (2000) * '' Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) * '' Go'' (2001) * '' When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2003),

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* ''

Blood and Bones is a Japanese film, directed by Yōichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel ''Chi to Hone'' by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru (Yang Seok-il). The film opened in Japan on November 6, 2004. It was ...

'' (2004) * ''Ki no Umi'' (2004) * '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) * ''The Battery'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007) * '' Crows Zero'' (2007) * ''Tokyo Rendezvous'' (2008) * '' Children of the Dark'' (2008) * '' Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''A Song I Remember'' (2011) * '' Hoshi Mamoru Inu'' (2011) * '' Outrage Beyond'' (2012) * ''A Chorus of Angels'' (2012) * '' Girl in the Sunny Place'' (2013) * '' Outrage Coda'' (2017) * ''Show Me the Way to the Station'' (2019) * '' First Love'' (2019) * ''The Voice of Sin'' (2020) * '' The Solitary Gourmet'' (2025), Ichirō Matsuo

Television

* '' Oretachi wa Tenshi da!'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1991), Kō no Moroyasu * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Kitaro ga Mita Gyokusai - Mizuki Shigeru no Senso'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Saiko no Jinsei'' (2012) * '' Amachan'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Idaten'' (2019),

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* (in Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiomi, Sansei 1948 births Living people Male actors from Kyoto Prefecture People from Ayabe, Kyoto Doshisha University alumni