Unique japanese actors

by busybilal | created - 23 Nov 2014 | updated - 23 Nov 2014 | Public

1. Tatsuya Fuji

Actor | Ai no korîda

Tatsuya Fuji was born on August 27, 1941 in Beijing, China. He is an actor and producer, known for In the Realm of the Senses (1976), Bright Future (2002) and Mura no shashinshuu (2004). He has been married to Izumi Ashikawa since August 28, 1968. They have one child.

None are like him !

2. Jô Shishido

Actor | Koroshi no rakuin

Jô Shishido or Joe Shishido a.k.a. Joe The Ace (esu no Jô) owing to his role in 1961's Fast-Draw Guy entered acting following an audition for the Nikkatsu Studio and being one of the few to be picked and offered a contract via its New Face contest. Having signed with Nikkatsu in 1954 he began ...

Strength and style !

3. Tatsuya Nakadai

Actor | Seppuku

Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in The Thick-Walled Room (1956). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in...

Extra ordinary !

4. Takashi Shimura

Actor | Shichinin no samurai

Japanese character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa. A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the samurai warrior class. Following university training, he founded ...

Each actor can learn from him

5. Toshirô Mifune

Actor | Yôjinbô

Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in ...

The best

6. Chishû Ryû

Actor | Tôkyô monogatari

What an amazing career! Few can boast a longer one (64 years of activity). Few have been able to have to relate to three generations. And it is pretty sure that no one can compare with him in terms of faithfulness to a director: Chishu Ryu indeed appeared in no fewer than fifty-two out of ...

This guy has something else

7. Nobuo Nakamura

Actor | Akibiyori

Nobuo Nakamura was born on September 14, 1908 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. He was an actor, known for Late Autumn (1960), Tokyo Story (1953) and Tampopo (1985). He died on July 5, 1991.

Good supporting actor

8. Daisuke Katô

Actor | Shichinin no samurai

Daisuke Katô was born on February 18, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961) and Rashomon (1950). He died on July 31, 1975 in Takasaki, Japan.

one of the best supporting actors

9. Eijirô Tôno

Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora!

Eijirô Tôno was born on September 17, 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Yojimbo (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He died on September 8, 1994.

Very good actor



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