Occupation Actor Grandparents Chogoro Bando Role Film actor | Name Masakazu Tamura Years active 1961–present | |
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Siblings Ryo Tamura, Takahiro Tamura, Yasuhiro Minakami, Toshima Tamura Parents Tsumasaburo Bando, Shizuko Tamura TV shows Furuhata Ninzaburo, Utsukushii Hito Movies Black Rose Mansion, Female Convict Scorpion, Samurai Banners, Japanese Summer: Double S, Kozure Okami: Sono chis Similar People Ryo Tamura, Takahiro Tamura, Tsumasaburo Bando, Masahiko Nishimura, Masahiko Tsugawa | ||
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Masakazu Tamura (田村 正和, Tamura Masakazu, born 1 August 1943) is a Japanese film and theatre actor.
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Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are also actors. He was thus trained in fighting with swords and more traditional forms of Japanese theatre like Kabuki.
He made his debut in movies with the film "Eternal Woman" in 1961.
He has played the role of "Nemuri Kyoshirō" four times in made-for-TV specials.
He is most famous for his role as the polite and highly idiosyncratic police detective, Furuhata Ninzaburō, in a self-titled drama by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani. This drama was one of the most popular in its time and one of the most popular dramas in the history of Japanese television. There are rumours that while the character was based on Matlock, the characteristics, speech patterns and easily imitable fashion sense are based on that of writer Koki Mitani's professor of philosophy, the famed scholar Yoichiro Murakami. Tamura himself afterwards mentioned that he regretted taking the role, because it ended up typecasting him. He also appeared in many staged dramas (jidaigeki).
Filmography
Actor
2017
Nemuri Kyôshirô: the Final (TV Movie) as
Nemuri Kyôshirô
2016
The Woman Who Buys the Local Newspaper (TV Movie) as
Sugimoto Ryuji
2015
Revenge Court (TV Movie)
2014
Fathers (TV Mini Series) as
Keitaro higuchi
- Episode #1.1 (2014) - Keitaro higuchi
2014
3 oku yen jiken (TV Movie) as
Hideya takeda
2013
Samurai Rebellion (TV Movie) as
Isaburo Sasahara
2012
Jûmanbun no ichi no gûzen (TV Movie) as
Shohei yamauchi
2011
Kokuhatsu: Kokusen bengonin (TV Series) as
Takuji Sahara
- Saigo no shougen (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Jikou satsujin no onna (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Bengogawa no shounin (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Kioku o keshita onna (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Futatsu no kao o motsu onna (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Aribai no kabe (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Giwaku no onna (2011) - Takuji Sahara
- Ottogoroshi no onna (2011) - Takuji Sahara
2010
Kyûkei no Kôya (TV Series)
2010
Momi no ki wa nokotta (TV Movie) as
Kai harada
2009
Giwaku (TV Movie)
2009
Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone (TV Movie) as
Saburo Shiroyama aka Eiichi Sugiura
2008
Furuhata chugakusei (TV Movie) as
Furuhata Ninzaburo
2008
Rokumeikan (TV Movie) as
Kageyama
2007
Rasuto rabu as
Akira Agawa
2006
Dare yori mo mama wo aisu (TV Series) as
Kazutoyo Kamon
- Nakuna papa (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Mama ga inakunaru hi (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Namida no bâsudê (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Meiwaku de saikô na kazoku (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Deki chatta!? (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Yuukaihan wa omaeda (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Abakareta himitsu (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Yûtôsei no shôtai (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Shinjirarenai hakyoku (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Boku no ijime mondai de kazoku ni dai haran! (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
- Nippon ichi no aisai ka arawaru (2006) - Kazutoyo Kamon
1994
Furuhata Ninzaburô (TV Series) as
Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Final Dance (2006) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- A Fair Murderer (2006) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Resurrection of Death (2006) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- His Excellency Did It (2004) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Most Dangerous Game: Part 2 (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Most Dangerous Game: Part 1 (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Death in the Clouds (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Bigheaded Murder (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Sad Perfect Murder (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Perfect Pitch Murder (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Reunion (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Furuhata Goes to the Dentist (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Murder in a Small Village (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- This Man Is Too Busy (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Young Master's Crime (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Terror of Dr Kuroiwa (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. SMAP (1999) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Goodbye for a While (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- What Happened in New York (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Wrong Man (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Magician's Choice (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Appraisal: Murder (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Reward for Hypocrisy (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Red or Blue (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Master of the Game (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Woman Who Doesn't Smile (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Man Who Talks Too Much (1996) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Laughing Kangaroo (1995) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Final Greeting (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Sayonara DJ (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Contradictory Corpse (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Broadcast Murder (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Murder Express (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Rehearsal for Murder (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Piano Lesson (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Dirty King (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Killing Fax (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Laughing Corpse (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- The Moving Corpse (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
- Message from the Dead (1994) - Furuhata Ninzaburo
2004
Fûfu (TV Series) as
Taichi Yamaguchi
2001
Sayonara, Ozu-sensei (TV Series)
2000
Oyajî (TV Series) as
Kanichi Kanzaki
1999
Utsukushii hito (TV Series) as
Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.10 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.9 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.8 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.7 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.6 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.5 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.4 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.3 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.2 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
- Episode #1.1 (1999) - Kyosuke Misaki
1998
Jinbe (TV Series) as
Jinbe Takanashi
1998
Who's Afraid of Wives? (TV Series) as
Goro Mochizuki
1997
Sôri to yobanai de (TV Series) as
Prime minister
- I Won't Forget You (1997) - Prime minister
- Mass Resignation (1997) - Prime minister
- The Prime Minister Caught in a Trap (1997) - Prime minister
- The Prime Minister Sings Karaoke (1997) - Prime minister
- The End of Love and Sadness (1997) - Prime minister
- The Prime Minister's Wife's Lover (1997) - Prime minister
- Liar (1997) - Prime minister
- The Prime Minister Wears a Helmet (1997) - Prime minister
- Man Eats Crab (1997) - Prime minister
- Gloomy Party (1997) - Prime minister
- The Most Hated Man Ever (1997) - Prime minister
1996
Concerto (TV Mini Series) as
Kosuke Ebisawa
1995
Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Man with No Tomorrow (TV Movie) as
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1993
A Samurai's Sorrow (TV Movie) as
Kainage Mondo
1993
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle (TV Movie)
1993
Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni as
Ogami Itto
1989
Nemuri Kyoshiro (TV Movie) as
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1989
Nemuri Kyoshiro (TV Movie) as
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1988
New York Koi Monogatari (TV Series) as
Masayuki tajima
- Grand Central Station (1988) - Masayuki tajima
- Wall street (1988) - Masayuki tajima
- Brooklyn Bridge (1988) - Masayuki tajima
1987
Daddy, the Newscaster (TV Series) as
Ryutaro Kagami
1985
Otoko no kateika (TV Series)
1984
Uchi no ko ni kagitte... (TV Series) as
Ishibashi
1983
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Mumyôken Hashiru (TV Movie) as
Hayato Arakida
1982
45 kaiten no satsujin (TV Movie)
1982
Modori-gawa shinju (TV Movie) as
Gakuyo Sonoda
1982
Skyscraper Hotel Murder Case Blank Alibi (TV Movie) as
Kyouhei Inohara
1981
The Dish Mansion at Hell's Banchô (TV Movie)
1981
Kessaku Kaidan Shirizu - Makai Bancho Sarayashiki
1979
Nihon no fûikusaîchi
1979
Akô Rôshi (TV Series) as
Hotta Hayato
1976
Love in the North
1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song as
Yasuo Kudo
1972
Nemuri Kyoshiro (TV Series) as
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1972
Okappiki dobu (TV Mini Series)
1971
Dai Chûshingura (TV Series) as
Yato Emoshichi
- The Raid: Part 2 (1971) - Yato Emoshichi
1971
Haru no sakamichi (TV Series)
1970
Naked Ambition
1970
Island of Horrors as
Santarô Isahaya
1970
Yakuza Masterpiece as
Yuji
1969
Nemuri Kyôshirô manji giri
1969
Gendai yakuza: Yotamono jingi as
Toru, Goro's younger brother
1969
Samurai Banners as
Nobushige Takeda
1969
Black Rose as
Wataru
1968
East China Sea as
Rokuro
1968
Onna to misoshiru
1968
Tatsu in the Storm as
Tatsuya Ooki
1968
Hatsukoi sengen as
Shinji Ichikawa
1968
Hiroku onnagura
1968
Curse of the Blood
1968
Hi no ataru sakamichi (TV Series)
1967
Kiza naki oharu
1967
Otoko nara furimukuna
1967
Onna no issho
1967
Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
1967
Love for an Idiot as
Nobuo
1966
Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
1966
Kaachan to 11-nin no kodomo as
Takashi, fifth son
1966
Sora ippai no namida as
Shunsuke Sugi
1965
Ore tachi no koi
1965
Absolute Majority
1965
Warera rettôsei as
Daisuke Yokota
1965
Kono koe naki sakebi as
Shin'ichi Sasaki
1964
Kono sora no aru kagiri as
Saburô Maeda
1964
The Scent of Incense
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
This Year's Love as
Hikaru Yamada
1961
Immortal Love as
Eiichi, Sadako's son
1958
Dosanko
Soundtrack
1966
Sora ippai no namida (performer: "Sora ippai no namida", "Mon ami", "Ore no kokyô wa mura datta")
Self
2013
Tetsuko no heya (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 8 February 2013 (2013) - Self
2010
Bokura no jidai (TV Series) as
Self
- Masakazu Tamura, Ryoichi Kimizuka & Kozo Nagayama (2010) - Self
References
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