Toshio Takahara | |
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| Born | 1 May 1923 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 26 February 2000 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–2000 |
Toshio Takahara (高原 駿雄, Takahara Toshio, 1 May 1927 – 26 February 2000) was a Japanese actor.[1] Notable film appearances were Seven Samurai and Twenty-Four Eyes.[2] He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.[3]
He started his acting career at the Bungakuza theatre company in 1941.[4] In 1943, he made his stage debut with Denen .[2] He gave his film debut with Ginza no Odoriko in 1950.[4] Takahara signed his contract with Nikkatsu studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate directed by Yūzō Kawashima and Pigs and Battleships directed by Shōhei Imamura.[4] He died of heart failure on 26 February 2000.[5]
Filmography
Films
- Ginza no Odoriko (1950) as Rickshaw man
- Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950) as combat medic
- Kaizoku-sen (1950) as Gyuhi
- Hino hate (1954)
- Taiyō no nai Machi (1954) as young man
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Samurai with Gun
- Okuman chōja (1954)
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Chiririn'ya
- Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955) as Kawamura
- Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) as Kaneji
- Stolen Desire (1958) as Eisuke Katō[6]
- Rusty Knife (1958) as detective Takaishi
- Naked Sun (1958) as Kenzō Sakiyama
- Voice Without a Shadow (1958) as Shigeo Kotani
- My Second Brother (1959) as shop assistant
- Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Doctor Miyaguchi[7]
- Man with a Shotgun (1961) as Okumura
- The Jet That Flew Into the Storm (1961)
- Blood Red Water in the Channel (1961) as Hikawa
- Bad Girl (1963) as Takeda
- Shiroi Kyotō (1966) as Tsukuda
- Men and War (1971)
- Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974) as Tsunoda
- Himitsu Sentai Gorenger as Gonpachi Edogawa
- Niji wo Tsukamu Otoko (1996)
- Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
- Natsu Shōjo (produced in 1996, released in 2019)[8]
Television
- Return of Ultraman (1972) (ep.45) as Teacher Hamamura
- Kogarashi Monjirō (1972) (ep.10) as Heikichi
- Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973) (ep.11) as Sakamoto Denemon
- The Water Margin (1974) (ep.15)
- Lone Wolf and Cub (1974) (2nd Season ep.2) as Harada Kazuemon
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1974) (ep.77), (1977) (ep.266) as Gōda, (1978) (ep.301) as Saitō, (1979) (ep.341) as Toda, (1980) (ep.393) as Kazuhiko Kawakami, (1981) (ep.452)
- Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975–77) as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa
- G-Men '75 (1978) (ep.161) as Nishi, (1979) (ep.199) as Kinugasa
- The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978)
- Shin Zatoichi (1979) (3rd season ep.6)
- Ōedo Sōsamō (1979) (ep.386) as Jyoshuya, (1980) (ep.428) as Eichibei
- Shin Edo no Kaze (1980) (ep.15) as Tokuei
- Denshi Sentai Denjiman (1981) (ep.31)
- Sanada Taiheiki (1985) as Nagai
- Shūchakueki Series Ao no Jūjika (1994)
- Onihei Hankachō (1995) (ep.4) as Isaburō
References
- ↑ "高原 駿雄". goo辞典. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- 1 2 "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「高原駿雄」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ 『日本映画人名事典』男優編 下巻、Kinema Junpo、1996 p.62
- 1 2 3 "Toshio Takahara profile". 映画DB. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "文学座所属の高原駿雄". 文学座. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "盗まれた欲情". 日活. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "豚と軍艦". 日活. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "夏少女". 映画com. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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