Occupation Actor Siblings Ken Mishima Children Eiichiro Funakoshi | Role Actor Name Eiji Funakoshi | |
Full Name Eijiro Funakoshi Born March 17, 1923 ( 1923-03-17 ) Tokyo, Japan Died March 17, 2007, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Spouse Yumiko Hasegawa (m. 1958–2007) Movies Blind Beast, Fires on the Plain, Being Two Isn't Easy, Afraid to Die, All Mixed Up Similar People Eiichiro Funakoshi, Yasuzo Masumura, Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada, Noriaki Yuasa | ||
Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, Funakoshi Eiji, 17 March 1923 – 17 March 2007) was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.
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Biography
Born Eijirō Funakoshi on March 17, 1923 in Tokyo, Eiji Funakoshi signed up for the Daiei Motion Picture Company in 1947 and made his acting debut the following year with Beautiful Enemy. In a career that spanned three decades Funakoshi starred in a variety of genres and worked for directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura.
Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. Perhaps their most notable film was the World War II drama Fires on the Plain (Nobi, 1959). Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Fires on the Plain won awards in Japan and overseas, including prizes for Kon Ichikawa from the Blue Ribbon in Japan and the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
For several years, Funakoshi portrayed Tanokura Magobei, a close associate of the shogun, on Abarenbō Shōgun.
Son Eiichirō Funakoshi is also a famous actor in Japan.
Eiji Funakoshi died of a stroke at 10:57pm on March 17, 2007, on his 84th birthday.
Honours
Filmography
Actor
1997
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsu-hen as
Kenjiro Hyodo (uncredited)
1992
Nobunaga: King of Zipangu (TV Series)
- Zipangu (1992)
1980
Necchû jidai part II (TV Series)
1978
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu (TV Series) as
Onodera
1978
Necchû jidai (TV Series)
1978
The Unfettered Shogun (TV Series) as
Tanokura Sonbei (1988-1997)
1977
Seinen no ki
1975
Tora-san's Rise and Fall as
Kenjiro Hyodo
1970
Jikan desuyo (TV Mini Series) as
Shozo matsuno
1969
Woman Gambling Expert: Ten Games
1969
Shin Yotarô senki as
Seiichirô Mizusawa
1969
Thousand Cranes as
Kikuji's father
1969
Gamera vs. Guiron as
Dr. Shiga
1969
Blind Beast as
Michio / sculpter
1968
Kaidan otoshiana as
Fumio Nishino
1968
Rikugun Nakano gakkô: Kaisen zen'ya
1968
Aru sex doctor no kiroku as
Koji Negishi
1967
Dokuyaku no niou onna as
Sinya Ichijo
1967
Satogashi ga kowareru toki as
Professor Amagi
1967
Koto yûshû: Ane imôto as
Shinkichi Yûki
1967
Râmen taishi
1967
Yoru no wana as
Shintaro Baba
1966
Chiisai tôbôsha as
Japanese man in Moscow
1966
Shiroi Kyotô as
Professor Kikukawa (Kanazawa University)
1966
Watashi wa makenai as
Eiichi Ono
1966
Hyoten as
Keizo
1965
Tsuma no hi no ai no katamini
1965
Gamera: The Giant Monster as
Dr. Hidaka
1965
Rokunin no onna o koroshita otoko
1965
Obi o toku Natsuko as
Haruo Sakuma
1965
Kajitsu no nai mori as
Hamada
1964
1964 nen Daiei Star Hana no nengajô (Short)
1964
Gendai inchiki monogatari: Dotanuki
1964
Kenji Kirishima Saburô as
Hiroshi Harada
1964
Jûnana sai wa ichido dake as
Shûkichi Tanaka
1964
Super-Express as
Zaitsu
1964
Swastika as
Kôtarô Kakiuchi
1964
The Money Dance
1964
Kizudarake no sanga as
Kazuo Arima
1964
Gendai inchiki monogatari: Damashiya as
Kappa
1963
Akai mizu
1963
Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu as
Yukichi Fukuzawa
1963
Zahyo monogatari
1963
Uso (segment "San jyotai")
1963
An Actor's Revenge as
Heima Kadokura
1962
The Graceful Brute as
Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy as
Gorô, the father
1962
Otoko to onna no sei no naka
1962
Black Test Car as
Kimio Hiraki
1962
The Outcast as
Keinoshin Kazama
1962
Eriko
1962
Tadare as
Aoyagi
1962
Onnakeizu as
Menosuke
1962
Katei no jijô as
Goro Sugimoto
1961
Wakai yatsura no kaidan as
Professor
1961
Kodachi o tsukau onna as
Naonosuke Katagiri
1961
The Old Temple Well as
Toku no Ichi / Tatsu no Ichi (plays two parts)
1961
Onna no kunshô as
Hideo Sone
1961
Ten Dark Women as
Kaze
1961
Kôshoku ichidai otoko
1961
Konki as
Takuo Karasawa
1960
Chijin no ai
1960
Oden jigoku as
Naminosuke
1960
Toki no ujigami - Shin fûfu tokuhon as
Eisaku Aizawa
1960
A False Student as
Kyosuke
1960
Ashi ni sawatta onna as
Writer Gomu
1960
Joyô as
Jûku Ogata / Tôsaku Yakata
1960
Shôri to haiboku as
Ryûsuke Suma
1960
Bonchi as
Kihei
1960
Afraid to Die as
Susumu Aikawa
1960
Ruten no ôhi as
Futetsu (Fuketsu Aishinkakura)
1960
A Woman's Testament as
Yasushi
1960
Sexy sign suki suki suki as
Kawabata, painter
1959
Jôen as
Minokichi
1959
Fires on the Plain as
Tamura
1959
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959
Jirôchô Fuji
1959
Hanran as
Itazaki
1959
Yoru no togyo as
Makimura
1959
Saikô shukun fujin as
Ichiro Mihara
1959
Sasameyuki as
Nomura
1959
Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa as
Torao Ichige
1958
Oyafukô dôri as
Shuichi Ema
1958
Kyohansha
1958
Yoru no sugao as
Naruse
1958
The Lowest Man as
Detective Inoue
1958
Akasen no hi wa kiezu as
Sokichi
1958
Ôsaka no onna as
Yonetaro Mikami
1958
Haha as
Hiroshi Takayama
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin as
Tsunanori Uesugi
1958
Kanashimi wa onna dakeni as
Hiroshi
1957
Danryû as
Yasuhiko Shima
1957
The Hole as
Koisuke Sengi
1957
Night Butterflies as
Shuji
1957
Nagasugita haru as
Toichiro Kida
1957
Dancing Girl as
Yamano
1957
Studio wa ten'yawan'ya (Short)
1956
Sparks as
Naitô
1956
Tokyo Crime Map
1956
Yonjû-hassai no teikô as
Norisuke Soga
1956
Bridge of Japan as
Shinpachiro Kasahara
1956
Horeruna yanpachi
1956
Studio wa ôsawagi
1956
Asa Ushio Yûshio
1956
Ma no hanayome ishô - Kôhen
1956
Ma no hanayome ishô - Zempen
1956
Yaneura no onna tachi as
Kawai
1956
Ninjô baka as
Tadao
1956
Genkin no negoto (Short)
1956
Asakusa no akari
1956
Asakusa no hi
1956
Niji ikutabi as
Ôtani
1956
Hanayome no tameiki as
Ôyama
1955
Hahabue kobue
1955
Shichinin no ani imôto as
Ichirou Kitahara
1955
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Shin josei mondô
1955
Gojûen Yokochô
1955
Bara ikutabika as
Tsuruo Ichioka
1955
Kanashiki fuji no shirayuki yo
1955
Kôfuku o haitatsu suru musume
1955
Naki warai jigoku gokuraku
1955
The Fireflies' Glow as
Kobayashi
1955
Koi no yakyû-ken: Kô iu guai ni shiyashanse
1954
Kôjô no tsuki
1954
Konna okusama mita koto nai (Short)
1954
Messenger from the Moon
1954
Konna abekku mita koto nai
1954
Shunkin monogatari as
Toshitaro Minoya
1954
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954
Itsuki no komori uta
1954
Konjiki yasha as
Tomiyama
1954
Aru onna as
Sadaichi Kimura
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1953
Jûdai no yûwaku
1953
Haha no mizuumi
1953
Benitsubaki
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten as
Morio Sayama
1953
Older Brother, Younger Sister as
Obata
1953
Shin'e no shima elegy
1953
Koshô musuko
1953
Utau onna kengeki (Short)
1953
Tokoharu jamono
1953
Gendai shojo
1953
Shinkon noroke bushi
1952
Himitsu as
Yukichi Minakami
1952
Sugamo no haha
1952
People of Akata
1952
Haha yamahiko
1952
Dokuja-tô kidan: Joôbachi
1951
Kiri no yoru no kyôfu
1950
Watashi wa nerawarete iru
1950
Pen itsuwarazu, bôryoku no machi
1948
Yûreitô as
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
1948
Utsukushiki hyô as
Naoki
Soundtrack
1952
People of Akata (writer: "Etude No. 60 and No. 78")
Archive Footage
2013
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Dr. Shiga / Dr. Hidaka
- Gamera vs Guiron (2013) - Dr. Shiga
- Gamera (2013) - Dr. Hidaka
1966
Gammera the Invincible as
Dr. Hidaka
References
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