was a Japanese

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active from 1936 to 1977. A popular star of the

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film studios, he is best known for his appearances in the films of

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and Hiroshi Shimizu.

Selected filmography

* 1936: ''The New Road (Part one)'' (新道前篇, ''Shindo: Zenpen'') – dir.

* 1937: ''

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'' (淑女は何を忘れたか, ''Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka'') – dir.

* 1937: ''Konjiki yasha'' (金色夜叉) – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu * 1937: ''Forget Love for Now'' (恋も忘れて, ''Koi mo wasurete'') – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu * 1942: '' There Was a Father'' (父ありき, ''Chichi Ariki'') – dir. Yasujirō Ozu * 1944: ''

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'' (陸軍, ''Rikugun'') – dir.

* 1948: '' A Hen in the Wind'' (風の中の牝鶏, ''Kaze no naka no mendori'') – dir. Yasujirō Ozu * 1949: ''A Toast to the Young Miss'' (お嬢さん乾杯, ''Ojōsan kanpai'') – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita * 1951: '' Carmen Comes Home'' (カルメン故郷に帰る, ''Karumen kokyō ni kaeru'') – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita * 1951: ''

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'' (麦秋, ''Bakushu'') – dir. Yasujirō Ozu * 1953: ''Mogura Yokochō'' (もぐら横丁) – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu * 1954: '' An Inn at Osaka'' (大阪の宿, ''Osaka no yado'') – dir. Heinosuke Gosho * 1954: ''The Cock Crows Twice'' (鶏はふたゝび鳴く, ''Niwatori wa futatabi naku'') – dir. Heinosuke Gosho * 1955: ''The Moon Has Risen'' (月は昇りぬ, ''Tsuki wa noborinu'') – dir.

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* 1955: '' The Maid's Kid'' (女中ッ子, ''Jochūkko'') – dir.

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* 1956: '' Sudden Rain'' (驟雨, ''Shūu'') – dir.

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* 1912 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub