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Occupation
  
Actor

Years active
  
1955–present


Name
  
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Role
  
Actor

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Born
  
April 8, 1932 (age 91) (
1932-04-08
)
Tokyo, Japan

Movies
  
Whisper of the Heart, Intentions of Murder, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of, Why Not?, Band of Ninja

Similar People
  
Raita Ryu, Masaya Oki, Shohei Imamura, Yorie Yamashita, Yoshifumi Kondo

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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (露口 茂, Tsuyuguchi Shigeru, born April 8, 1932 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.

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Biography

Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime. He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959.

He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's Unholy Desire. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films such as Eijanaika in 1981, but he refused to play a role in Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).He won white bronze Award for his roles in Woman of the Lake and Shoufu Shino in 1966. He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, his most prominent roles in jidaigeki being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first season of Mito Kōmon and Fujiwara no Hidesato in the taiga drama Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. In Kaze to Kumo to Niji to, Tsuyuguchi played an important role that killed leading character Taira no Masakado in the final episode.

He is best known for his part in Taiyo ni Hoero!, one of the most famous dramas in Japanese television history. In Taiyo ni Hoero!, he played "Yama san" for 14 years. He also portrayed the voice of the "Baron Humbert von Gikkingen" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film Whisper of the Heart. From the late 1980s to the mid 1990s Tsuyuguchi appeared a lot of two-hour special dramas. Tsuyuguchi played lead role in Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki 1-4, it is relatively famous in Japan.

He stopped acting in the late 1990s and announced his retirement in 2013.

Filmography

Actor
1995
Whisper of the Heart as
The Baron (voice)
1992
Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki sirîzu 3: Shikeidai no butô (TV Movie) as
Masanao Ushio
1990
Ruten no umi as
Tsutsui
1990
Sayonara konnichiwa as
Kazuo Nakagawa
1989
Onihei hankachô (TV Series)
1988
Rabu sutori o kimini as
Shigeki Chiba
1986
Byakkotai (TV Mini Series) as
Akizuki Teijiro
1984
Kita no hotaru as
Oga
1981
Fubo no gosan (TV Series)
1981
Why Not? as
Kinzo
1980
Ashura no gotoku paato II (TV Series) as
Takao Satomi
- Otafuku (1980) - Takao Satomi
- Jaran (1980) - Takao Satomi
- Ura kimon (1980) - Takao Satomi
- Hana ikusa (1980) - Takao Satomi
1976
Kaze to kumo to niji to (TV Series)(1976)
1974
Amigasa Jûbei (TV Series) as
Haihachi Kobayashi
1973
Taiyô ni hoero! (TV Series) as
Seiichi Yamamura / Yamasan
- Umi wo ute jiipan (1973)
- Episode #1.53 (1973) - Yamasan
- Ore no kokyô wa tôkyô da! (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
- Aru hi, onna ga moeta (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
- Sabishigariya no koneko chan (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
- Oshinko keiji tanjô (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
- Aisuru mono no sakebi (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
- Bosu o koroshi ni kita onna (1973) - Seiichi Yamamura
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance as
Kurando Yagyû
1970
Fuji sanchô
1969
Bakuto mujô
1969
Family Crest: Man Against Death
1969
Unknown Woman of Kanto
1969
Hiken yaburi as
Ryuanoshin Nagao
1969
The Falcon Fighters
1969
The Girl I Abandoned
1969
Yotarô senki as
Private Itô
1968
A Shot Rends the Darkness
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger as
Kunimatsu Takemiya
1968
Sukurappu shûdan as
Case
1967
Zoku soshiki bôryoku as
Tazawa
1967
A Man Vanishes (Documentary) as
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
1967
Sasori
1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri as
Mitsuru Yamaoka
1967
Ninja bugei-chô as
Akechi Mitsuhide (voice)
1966
'Kûhaku no kiten' yori: Onna wa fukushû suru as
Yûichirocirc; Kokaji
1966
Woman of the Lake as
Ginpei Momoi
1966
Ohanahan (TV Series)
1966
Yojôhan monogatari: Shôfu Shino as
Ryûkichi Ôshima
1965
Kiri no hata as
Masao Yanagida
1965
Kuroi neko as
Miki
1964
The Spying Sorceress as
Amakusa
1964
Kawachi zoro: Kenka shamo as
Ume
1964
Female Ninja Magic as
Sakazaki
1964
Intentions of Murder as
Hiraoko
1963
The Insect Woman as
Honda
1961
Atomic no Obon, onna oyabun taiketsu no maki
1959
Tôbôsha
1959
Joshi daigakusei - Watashi wa shôbu suru as
Makoto Ohki
Self
1972
The Pirates of Buban (TV Movie documentary)(voice)

References

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Wikipedia