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Occupation
Actor, musician
Albums
Reflections
Role
Musician
Name
Akira Terao
Years active
1964–present
Born
May 18, 1947 (age 77) (
1947-05-18
)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Spouse
Bunjaku Han (m. 1973–1974), Mayumi Hoshino
Movies
Ran, After the Rain, Samayou Yaiba, Dreams, Casshern
Akira Terao(寺尾 聰,Terao Akira, born May 18, 1947) is a Japanese musician, singer and movie actor. He is the eldest son of actor Jūkichi Uno. Terao is known for wearing sunglasses and for his expressions of nihilism. Because he has two moles on one cheek, he has the nickname of "hoppe" (ボッペ), meaning "cheek". He attended schools Wako Gakuen, Hosei University Daini Senior High School, and graduated from the vocational school Bunka Gakuin.The promotional agencies to which he has belonged are, in order, Horipro, Ishihara International Productions, Inc., and Terao Ongaku Jimusho (寺尾音楽事務所), literally "Terao Music Offices," his own, personal office. As of 2012, he is the only male actor to have received both the Japan Record Award and the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
In 1966, he debuted as a bassist of Group Sounds band, The Savage. As an actor, he debuted as Kenichi in Chikadō no taiyō made, a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968.
As a singer, Terao was known mostly for his 1981 album Reflections(リフレクションズ), which sold more than one and a half million copies in Japan with the hit song "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ルビーの指環).
In 1985, Terao started to work with Akira Kurosawa in Ran. Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's Dreams. He has worked with director Takashi Koizumi in After the Rain and The Professor's Beloved Equation. As for dramas, Terao has acted with Kazunari Ninomiya in Yasashii Jikan as well as in the latest Takuya Kimura-helmed drama, Change (spring 2008).
He won the award for best actor at the 47th Blue Ribbon Awards for Half a Confession.
Personal life
Terao was born in Yokohama (Kanagawa prefecture) in Japan, son of the actor and film director Jūkichi Uno. He was married to Bunjaku Han from 1973 to 1974 (ending in divorce).
Honours
Medal with Purple Ribbon (2008)
Filmography
Actor
2023
The Imaginary (post-production) as
Old Dog (voice)
2023
The Last Man: The Blind Profiler (TV Series) as
Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.10 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.9 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.8 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.7 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.6 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.5 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.4 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.3 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.2 (2023) - Seiji Godo
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Seiji Godo
2023
Konnichiha, kâsan
2022
Fragments of the Last Will
2022
Mugonkan as
Nomiyama Gyouji
2021
The Greatest Gift of Life as
Father
2018
Special Investigation Nine (TV Series) as
Sakutaro Munakata
- Special (2019) - Sakutaro Munakata
2019
The Big White Tower (TV Mini Series) as
Teizo Azuma
- Episode #1.5 (2019) - Teizo Azuma
- Episode #1.4 (2019) - Teizo Azuma
- Episode #1.3 (2019) - Teizo Azuma
- Episode #1.2 (2019) - Teizo Azuma
- Episode #1.1 (2019) - Teizo Azuma
2017
Rikuô (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.10 (2017)
- Episode #1.9 (2017)
- Episode #1.8 (2017)
- Episode #1.7 (2017)
- Episode #1.6 (2017)
- Episode #1.5 (2017)
- Episode #1.4 (2017)
- Episode #1.3 (2017)
- Episode #1.2 (2017)
- Episode #1.1 (2017)
2016
Aogeba Tôtoshi (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.8 (2016)
- Episode #1.7 (2016)
- Episode #1.6 (2016)
- Episode #1.5 (2016)
- Episode #1.4 (2016)
- Episode #1.3 (2016)
- Episode #1.2 (2016)
- Episode #1.1 (2016)
2016
The Noisy Street, the Silent Sea (TV Movie)
2016
Nobunaga moyu (TV Movie)
2015
Yôkoso, Wagaya e (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.10 (2015)
- Episode #1.9 (2015)
- Episode #1.8 (2015)
- Episode #1.7 (2015)
- Episode #1.6 (2015)
- Episode #1.5 (2015)
- Episode #1.4 (2015)
- Episode #1.3 (2015)
- Episode #1.2 (2015)
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2014
Gunshi Kanbee (TV Series) as
Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ranse koko ni owaru (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Josui saigo no shoubu (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Tenka douran (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Josui hakaru (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ieyasu ugoku (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Hideyoshi no saigo (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ochiyuku yosei (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Josui tanjou (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Taikou no yabou (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Otokotachi no kakugo (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Odawara no rakujitsu (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ato o tsugumono (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Oikomareru gunshi (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Shiren no shintenchi (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Hideyoshi no takurami (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Kyuushuu shutsujin (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Kizudarake no tamashii (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Saraba, chichiyo! (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Tenka no kisaku (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Honnnouji no hen (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Takamatsujou mizuzeme (2014) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
2014
Delivery of Death (TV Movie)
2014
Trouble Is My Business 2 (TV Movie) as
Jotaro fukamachi
2013
Chicken Race (TV Movie) as
Yuzuru Tobita
2013
Trouble Is My Business (TV Movie) as
Jotaro fukamachi
2013
Rusutaku no jiken: Naze tsuma wa korosaretaka (TV Movie) as
Ishiko
2012
Riyû (TV Movie)
2009
Hi to shio (TV Movie) as
Shigeru Kumashiro
2009
The Hovering Blade as
Shigeki Nagamine
2008
Change (TV Series) as
Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.10 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.9 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.8 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.7 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.6 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.5 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.4 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.3 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.2 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
- Episode #1.1 (2008) - Shouichi Kanbayashi
2008
Keiji no genba (TV Series)
2006
Awakening as
Takayuki Sekiguchi
2006
Hakase no aishita sûshiki as
Professor
2005
Bôkoku no îjisu as
Hirotaka Miyazu
2005
Into the Sun as
Matsuda
2005
Yasashii jikan (TV Series) as
Wakui Yukichi
2004
Brother (TV Mini Series) as
Jukichi uno
2004
Casshern as
Dr. Kotaro Azuma
2004
Han-ochi as
Soichiro Kaji
2003
Kokoro (TV Series) as
Takuro Suenaga
2002
Amida-do dayori as
Takao Ueda
2002
Yamatoji satsujin jiken (TV Movie)
2001
Tokyo Marigold as
Kunio
2001
Satorare as
Takayuki Azuma
2001
Nippon no kuroi natsu - Enzai as
Toshio Kanbe
2000
Aikotoba wa yuuki (TV Series) as
Teiichiro Kotoi
1999
After the Rain as
Ihei Misawa
1997
Cat's Eye
1997
Lost Paradise as
Kinugawa
1996
Ninomiya kinjirô monogatari
1995
Hiroshima (TV Movie) as
Taro Kishikawa
1995
Shimizu Jirochô monogatari (TV Movie)
1994
Tsuribaka nisshi 7 as
Ryuta Miyamoto
1994
Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 4 (TV Movie)
1993
Hacchôbori torimono-banashi (TV Series)
1993
Madadayo as
Sawamura
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation as
Kazuo (Izumi's father)
1990
Dreams as
I
1988
Rock Requiem as
Isoyama, Pressman
1986
Take It Easy
1985
Kiken na onnatachi as
Hideo Tanase
1985
Ran as
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
1983
The Politicians as
Nobuyuki Doi
1983
Joshi kôkôsei eno rekuiemu (TV Movie) as
Ishiyama
1976
Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (TV Series) as
Jiro makino / Akira hidaka
1978
Bunko nikki
1978
Daitokai Part III (TV Series) as
Jiro Makino
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship as
Police Officer
1976
Sachiko no sachi as
Hirosawa
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as
Clerk
1975
The Village
1971
Yomigaeru daichi as
Tsuchiya
1970
Okusama wa 18 sai (TV Series) as
Uminuma
1970
Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo as
Tamio Soga
1970
Ai no kaseki as
Namiki
1968
The Sands of Kurobe as
Kenichi
Self
2016
Sawako no asa (TV Series) as
Self
- Akira Terao (2016) - Self
2015
Jônetsu tairiku (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Junji Takada (2015) - Self
2015
VS Arashi (TV Series) as
Self
- Yokoso, Wagaya e Team VS Joushima Shigeru (TOKIO), Koide Keisuke (2015) - Self
