was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were ''

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Taking place in 1586 in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, it follows the story of a villag ...

'' and ''

Twenty-Four Eyes is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Sakae Tsuboi. The film stars Hideko Takamine as a young schoolteacher who lives during the rise and fall of Japanese nationalism in the ea ...

''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu

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series ''

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''. He started his acting career at the

Bungakuza is a Japanese theatre company. Along with the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki theatre troupes. History The company was founded by Kunio Kishida, Mantarō Kubota ...

theatre company in 1941. In 1943, he made his stage debut with ''Denen ''. He gave his film debut with ''Ginza no Odoriko'' in 1950. Takahara signed his contract with

Nikkatsu is a Japanese film studio located in Bunkyō. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures". Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%). ...

studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including ''

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate , also known as ''A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era'', is a 1957 Japanese comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima and written by Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura and Keiichi Tanaka. It was voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in a p ...

'' directed by Yūzō Kawashima and ''

Pigs and Battleships is a 1961 Japanese satirical comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. The film depicts black market trades between the U.S. military and the local underworld at Yokosuka. Plot The film focuses on Kinta, a member of the Himori Yakuza, who has ...

'' directed by

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from J ...

. He died of heart failure on 26 February 2000.

Filmography

Films

* ''Ginza no Odoriko'' (1950) as Rickshaw man * ''

Listen to the Voices of the Sea ''Listen to the Voices of the Sea'' () is a 1950 Japanese anti-war film directed by Hideo Sekigawa. It is based on the 1949 best-selling book ''Listen to the Voices from the Sea'' (), a collection of letters by Japanese student soldiers killed i ...

'' (1950) as combat medic * ''Kaizoku-sen'' (1950) as Gyuhi * ''Hino hate'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) as young man * ''

'' (1954) as Samurai with Gun * ''Okuman chōja'' (1954) * ''

'' (1954) as Chiririn'ya * '' Ningen Gyorai Kaiten'' (1955) as Kawamura * ''

'' (1957) as Kaneji * ''

Stolen Desire is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was Imamura's debut as a director. Cast * Osamu Takizawa as Taminosuke Yamamura * Shinichi Yanagisawa as Ezaburo Yamamura * Hiroyuki Nagato as Shinichi Kunida * Kō Nishimura was a Ja ...

'' (1958) as Eisuke Katō * '' Rusty Knife'' (1958) as detective Takaishi * '' Naked Sun'' (1958) as Kenzō Sakiyama * '' Voice Without a Shadow'' (1958) as Shigeo Kotani * '' My Second Brother'' (1959) as shop assistant * ''

'' (1961) as Doctor Miyaguchi * '' Man with a Shotgun'' (1961) as Okumura * ''The Jet That Flew Into the Storm'' (1961) * '' Blood Red Water in the Channel'' (1961) as Hikawa * '' Bad Girl'' (1963) as Takeda * ''

Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a ...

'' (1966) as Tsukuda * ''Men and War '' (1971) * ''

Karei-naru Ichizoku is a 1973 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1974 and then three times as a television series in 1974, 2007, and 2021. Plot Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the show explores the struggle for p ...

'' (1974) as Tsunoda * ''

'' as Gonpachi Edogawa * ''Niji wo Tsukamu Otoko'' (1996) * ''

Tokyo Lullaby is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa. Plot Cast * Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi Hamanaka *Kaori Momoi as Tami Ohsawa *Mitsuko Baisho as Hisako Hamanaka * Satoko Abe as Tomomi Ito * Kyoko Asagiri as Tami's step mother * Tokue Hana ...

'' (1997) * ''Natsu Shōjo'' (produced in 1996, released in 2019)

Television

* ''

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'' (1972) (ep.45) as Teacher Hamamura * ''

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'' (1972) (ep.10) as Heikichi * ''

Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan also known as The Mute Samurai is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974. The lead star is Tomisaburo Wakayama, his younger brother Shintaro Katsu also appeared and directed episode 1. It is based o ...

'' (1973) (ep.11) as Sakamoto Denemon * '' The Water Margin'' (1974) (ep.15) * ''

Lone Wolf and Cub is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It was serialized in Futabasha's manga magazine '' Weekly Manga Action'' from September 1970 to April 1976, with its chapters collected in 28 ' volumes. ...

'' (1974) (2nd Season ep.2) as Harada Kazuemon * ''

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 ...

'' (1974) (ep.77), (1977) (ep.266) as Gōda, (1978) (ep.301) as Saitō, (1979) (ep.341) as Toda, (1980) (ep.393) as Kazuhiko Kawakami, (1981) (ep.452) * ''

'' (1975–77) as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa * ''

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) (ep.161) as Nishi, (1979) (ep.199) as Kinugasa * ''

The Yagyu Conspiracy is a Japanese television jidaigeki (period drama) that was broadcast from 1978 to 1979. It is adapted from the 1978 film ''Shogun's Samurai'' starring Sonny Chiba, who reprises his role in the series. Plot After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, h ...

'' (1978) * '' Shin Zatoichi'' (1979) (3rd season ep.6) * ''

Ōedo Sōsamō and are long-running prime time television ''jidaigeki'' programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as " Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the seco ...

'' (1979) (ep.386) as Jyoshuya, (1980) (ep.428) as Eichibei * '' Shin Edo no Kaze'' (1980) (ep.15) as Tokuei * ''

Denshi Sentai Denjiman is Toei's fourth entry to its Super Sentai metaseries. It was broadcast from February 2, 1980, to January 31, 1981, replacing ''Battle Fever J'' and was replaced by ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan''. The title given to this series for international dis ...

'' (1981) (ep.31) * '' Sanada Taiheiki'' (1985) as Nagai * '' Shūchakueki Series Ao no Jūjika '' (1994) * ''

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, Ikenami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published ...

'' (1995) (ep.4) as Isaburō

References

External links

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