| Native name 高木 新平 Role Film actor Name Shinpei Takagi | Years active 1923-1961 Occupation Actor Died April 21, 1967 | |
| Born 3 November 1902 ( 1902-11-03) Shimosuwa, Nagano, Japan Movies Sozenji Baba, Kosuzume Toge | ||
Shinpei Takagi (高木 新平, Takagi Shinpei, 3 November 1902 – 21 April 1967) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1923 to 1961.
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Career
Takagi joined the acting school at Nikkatsu in 1920 but made his mark first at Makino Film Productions as a samurai film action star known for his speed and ability to do stunts. He started his own company, Takagi Shinpei Productions, in 1927 and directed one of his own films. He later moved from one company to the next before settling down as a supporting actor in the postwar years. He is most known outside Japan for playing the bandit chief in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
Filmography
Actor
1961
Yojimbo  as 
Ushitora Follower
1960
Kaijû Marine Kong (TV Series) as 
1959
Manster  as 
Temple Priest
1957
Takagari to koguma aiwa 
1957
Lord Mito 1 
1957
Throne of Blood  as 
Commander
1954
Seven Samurai  as 
Bandit Chieftain (as Shimpei Takagi)
1950
Shishi no wana 
1950
Irezumi hankan: Rakka taiketsu no maki 
1950
Irezumi hankan: Ôkaranbu no maki 
1949
Gokumon-jima - Kaimei-hen  as 
Detective Yamada
1935
Ôgon bosatsukên 
1934
Sora no senkôtei 
1933
Kaiketsu arahoshi: zenpen 
1933
Kaiketsu arahoshi keiketsuhen 
1933
Kâkakuri dainagon 
1933
Kamen no kokiheî 
1933
Misuji no kage ni 
1933
Otokodate sandogasa 
1930
Jidai no hankôji 
1930
Ûra omote koi no kârakurî 
1930
Edojô sôzeme 
1929
Edokko 
1929
Kenshi okita soshi 
1929
Kenshi okita soshi (I) 
1928
Hakuryu odoru daiipen 
1928
Hakuryu odoru dainihen 
1928
Hakuryu odoru daisanpen 
1928
Hakuryu odoru kaiketsuhen 
1928
Horî 
1928
Shinshû tenmakyô daisanpen 
1928
Shinshû tenmakyô daiyonhen 
1928
Sozenji Baba (Short) as 
Jizaemon Tooyama
1928
Saheiji torimonochô: Nazo - Kôhen 
1926
Jatô akuma 
1926
Kaette kita eiyu, kôhen 
1926
Kaette kita eiyu, zenpen 
1926
Ogatâ Hansaburô 
1926
Shokon 
1926
Nambanji no kaijin: Kôhen 
1925
Hakumenki 
1925
Izukô e kaeru 
1925
Kaibutsu: kôhen 
1925
Kaibutsu: zenpen 
1925
Kengeki 
1925
Nambanji no Kaijin: zenpen 
1925
Nânimono: kôhen 
1925
Nânimono: zenpen 
1925
Oranda yashikî: zenpen 
1925
Rantô: zenpen 
1925
Sannin shimai: chuhen 
1925
Sannin shimai: ippen 
1925
Sannin shimai: sanpen 
1925
Tokujû to senkichi 
1925
Rakka no mai: Kôhen  as 
Komasa
1925
Rakka no mai: zenpen  as 
Komasa
1925
Edo kaizoku den kagebôshi: kôhen  as 
Jûta Nagareboshi
1925
Edo kaizoku-den: Kagebôshi: zenpen  as 
Jûta Nagareboshi
1925
Saheiji torimonochô: Kaibutsu - Kôhen  as 
Human Ape / Ginzaburô / Hanshirô
1925
Sengoku jidai: Dai sanpen 
1925
Saheiji torimonochô: Kaibutsu - Zempen  as 
Hanshirô Takeichi / Ginzaburô / Human Ape
1925
Sengoku jidai: Dai nihen 
1924
Awâmeshî no takerû ma 
1924
Chi ni kuruu mono 
1924
Dôkujîn ippen 
1924
Dokujin sanpen 
1924
Dûnujîn nihen 
1924
Samuari jinshichî torimonochô 
1924
Yuri keiji 
1924
Sengoku jidai: Dai ippen 
1924
Robinfuddo no yume  as 
Robin Hood
1924
Jinkô - kôhen 
1924
Jinkô - zenpen 
1924
Sohto  as 
Sam
1924
Gekkyûbi no yoru no dekigoto 
1924
Onna ni amai otoko no mure (Short) as 
Scenario writer
1924
Sakurada kaikyoroku  as 
Sôsuke Inada
1923
Aru hi no Ôishi 
1923
Kaiketsu taka 
1923
Mêgumarezarû otoko 
1923
Shinkinô 
1923
Kosuzume tôge (Short) as 
Mukoumizu no Senkichi
1922
Sôzen-ji baba 
Special Effects
1959
Manster (special effects)
References
Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1902) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
