Yoshio Tsuchiya (I) (1927–2017)


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Yoshio Tsuchiya grew up in his ancestral home in the countryside of Japan--the very grounds where Akira Kurosawa would later film KAGEMUSHA (1980). Tsuchiya's father was a professor of literature at the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo, and Tsuchiya grew up hearing as bedtime stories the works of William Shakespeare, of which Tsuchiya's ... See full bio »

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(age 90) in Japan

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Known For

7 samuraita Farmer Rikichi
(1954)
Kätketty linnake Samurai on horse
(1958)
Taivas ja helvetti Detective Murata
(1963)

Filmography

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 2005 Kidan
 1991 Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ
Businessman Yasuaki Shindo
 1989 Teito taisen
Dr. Mizuno
 1984 Kin'yôbi no tsumatachi e (TV Series)
Hideo fukazawa
- Episode #2.14 (1984) ... Hideo fukazawa
- Episode #2.13 (1984) ... Hideo fukazawa
- Episode #2.12 (1984) ... Hideo fukazawa
- Episode #2.11 (1984) ... Hideo fukazawa
- Episode #2.10 (1984) ... Hideo fukazawa
 1984 Rûju
Akio Tsuchiya
 1983 Shôsetsu Yoshida gakko
Joji Hayashi
 1982 Karuizawa fujin
Genichirô / Keiko's husband
 1979 Onna no kettou (TV Movie)
 1978 Saiyûki (TV Series)
King of Treasure Elephant Country
- Even Monsters Can Be People (1978) ... King of Treasure Elephant Country
 1977 Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (TV Series)
- Episode #2.29 (1977)
 1977 Nishijin Shinju
Yoshida
 1974 Submersion of Japan (TV Series)
 1970 Gekidô no Shôwa-shi: Gunbatsu
Okabe (uncredited)
 1970 Machibuse
Itahachi
 1970 Meshi (TV Series)
 1969 Bara no sôretsu
Gonda
 1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
Staff Officer Akiyama
 1969 Koi ni mezameru koro
Shunsaku Yamamoto
 1968 Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
Staff Officer Kuroshima
 1968 Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa
Dr. Otani
 1968 Kiru
Shinroku Matsuo
 1968 Hyappatsu hyakuchû: Ôgon no me
Kurokawa / Killer
 1967 Frankensteinin saari
Furukawa
 1967 Midaregumo
Hiroshi Eda - Yumiko's husband
 1967 Nihon no ichiban nagai hi
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
 1967 Sasaki Kojiro
Heisuke Ichinami
 1966 Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu (TV Series)
Dr. Morita
- Yûsei kara kita kyôdai (1966) ... Dr. Morita
 1966 Hikinige
Shuichi
 1966 Urutora Q (TV Series)
Ono
- Gorou to Gorô (1966) ... Ono
 1965 Avaruushirviöt hyökkäävät
Controller of Planet X
 1965 Seishun to wa nanda (TV Series)
 1965 Aku no kaidan
Detective
 1965 Kemonomichi
Katsuragi
 1965 Frankenstein tai Baragon
Mr. Kawai
 1965 Punaparta
Dr. Handayû Mori
 1963 Hiken
 1963 Matango
Masafumi Kasai - Owner
 1963 Gojuman-nin no isan
Yamazaki
 1963 Taivas ja helvetti
Detective Murata
 1963 Roppongi no yoru: aishite aishite
Inspector Ihara
 1962 Chûshingura
Matanojô Shiota
 1962 Chikata nikki
 1962 Doburoku no Tatsu
Kida
 1962 Samuraimiekka
Samurai
 1961 Kuroi gashû: Aru sonan
Jiro Makita
 1961 Yojimbo - onnensoturi
Kohei
 1960 Gasu ningen dai 1 gô
Mizuno, the Librarian / The 'Vapor Man'
 1960 Pahat nukkuvat hyvin
ADA secertary
 1960 Otoko tai otoko
Detective Yoshizawa
 1960 Daigaku no sanzôkutachi
Detective Director Iwano
 1960 Densô ningen
Det. Capt. Okazaki
 1959 Hälytys 1965!
Iwomura
 1959 Oku-sama Sanbagarasu
Kankichi Aoki
 1958 Kätketty linnake
Samurai on horse
 1958 Daikaijû Baran
Military Officer Katsumoto
 1958 Josei SOS
 1958 Vetyihminen
Detective Taguchi
 1958 Anzukko
Ishima
 1958 Kajikko
 1957 Chikyû Bôeigun
Leader of the Mysterians
 1957 Waga mune ni niji wa kiezu
Takeshi Shimada
 1957 Chieko-sho
KoYama
 1957 Kurosawan Macbeth
Washizu samurai
 1956 Migotona musume
Nobuo Takahara
 1956 Kyatsu o nigasuna
Shiraishi
 1955 Ikimono no kiroku
Factory Worker After Fire
 1955 Otoko arite
Maruyama
 1955 Gojira no gyakushû
Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps
 1954 Tômei ningen
Reporter Komatsu
 1954 Mitsuyu-sen
 1954 7 samuraita
Farmer Rikichi
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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Most actors get comfortable with a certain genre, and they stick to that. But as far as I was concerned, it was equally prestigious to appear in science-fiction films or in Kurosawa movies.

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