Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura (31 August 1928 – 16 May 2006) was a Japanese film actor.[1] He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.[2][3]

Takahiro Tamura
Born(1928-08-31)31 August 1928
Kyoto City, Japan
Died16 May 2006(2006-05-16) (aged 77)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1954–2005

Tamura graduated from Doshisha University.[2][4] In 1953, he joined Shochiku and made his film debut with "Onna no Sono".[3][2][4] In 1965, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 16th Blue Ribbon Awards for his role in The Hoodlum Soldier.[3][2] In 1970, he played the role of Mitsuo Fuchida in Tora! Tora! Tora!.[5] Tamura won Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor award for his role in Muddy River in 1981.[5][4]

On television, Tamura appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas.[3][5] In 1964, He appeared for the first time in an NHK taiga drama, Akō Rōshi. NHK tapped him the following year for the role of Kuroda Yoshitaka in Taikōki.[4] Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in Hissatsu series Tasukenin Hashiru.[6][4]

He died of cerebral infarction on 19 May 2006.[3][5] His final appearance in the film was "The Yakiniku mubi: Purukogi" released in 2007.[7][4]

Selected filmography

Film
  • The Garden of Women (1954) - Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriend
  • Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) - Isokichi
  • Tooi kumo (1955) - Keizô Ishizu
  • She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
  • Yûyake-gumo (1956) - Sudô
  • Namida (1956)
  • Kyoraku gonin otoko (1956)
  • Sora yukaba (1957) - Jiro Yoshino
  • Akuma no kao (1957) - Kikuo Furushima
  • Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) - Mr. Nozu
  • Musume sanbagarasu (1957)
  • Ten no me (1957)
  • Samurai Nippon (1957)
  • Otoko no kiba (1957)
  • Harikomi (1958) - Kyûichi Ishii, the murderer
  • Kono ten no niji (1958) - Shirô Machimura
  • Haru o matsu hitobito (1959)
  • Karatachi nikki (1959)
  • Kaze no naka no hitomi (1959) - Mr. Terajima
  • Thus Another Day (1959) - Tetsuo Mori
  • Teki wa honnoji ni ari (1959) - Oda Nobunaga
  • Asa o yobu kuchibue (1959)
  • Fuefukigawa (1960) - Sadahei
  • Onna no hashi (1961) - Toshiya Kawazu
  • Kako (1961)
  • Haitoku no mesu (1961) - Hideo Ue
  • Nippon no obaachan (1962) - Fukuda
  • Mitasareta seikatsu (1962) - Sadakichi
  • Sanga ari (1961) - Yoshio Inoue
  • Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi (1962)
  • Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962)
  • Utae Wakôdotachi (1963)
  • Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963) - Yokouchi
  • Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki (1963) - Ryûji Matsuda
  • Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa (1963)
  • Ninja-gari (1964) - Tosa Aizawa
  • Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) - Tsurumatsu
  • Revenge (1964) - Jubei
  • Goben no tsubaki (1964) - Chodayu
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
  • Kajitsu no nai mori (1965) - Hidemichi Kusuo
  • The Hoodlum Soldier (1965) - Arita
  • Seisaku no tsuma (1965) - Seisaku
  • Miyamoto Musahi V (1965) - Yagyu Tajima
  • Zoku heitai yakuza (1965)
  • Kanto hamonjo (1965)
  • Hana to ryu (1965)
  • Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô (1966) - Daijuro Fuma
  • Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino (1966) - Tadashi Yoshioka
  • Nyohan hakai (1966) - Hinata
  • Sora ippai no namida (1966)
  • Kinokawa (1966) - Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband
  • Heitai yakuza datsugoku (1966)
  • Shiroi Kyotō (1966) - Shûji Satomi - Assistant professor
  • Shin heitai yakuza (1966)
  • Heitai yakuza daidasso (1966)
  • Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêtto (1966)
  • Satogashi ga kowareru toki (1967) - Katsumi Gorai
  • Daraku suru onna (1967) - Miyoshi
  • Heitai yakuza nagurikomi (1967)
  • Utage (1967) - Asaichi Isobe
  • Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero (1967)
  • Âa Kimi ga Ai (1967) - Yûichi Ono
  • Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968) - Naruse Tatsuma
  • Nemureru bijo (1968) - Eguchi
  • Ôoku emaki (1968) - Shogun
  • Gion matsuri (1968) - Sukematsu
  • Heitai yakuza godatsu (1968)
  • Keimusho yaburi (1969)
  • Red Lion (1969) - Sozo Sagara
  • Shinsengumi (1969) - Koshitaro Ito
  • Akumyo ichiban shobu (1969) - Masakichi
  • Mushyô yaburi (1969)
  • Senso to nigen (1970)
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
  • Tenkan no abarembo (1970)
  • Tekkaba bojô (1970)
  • Senketsu no kiroku (1970)
  • Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) - Arita
  • Hanzo the Razor (1972) - Harada Kahei
  • Seigen-ki (1973) - Minoru Oyama
  • Kôkotsu no hito (1973) - Nobuyoshi Tachibana
  • Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1975)
  • The Last Samurai (1974) - Ikemoto Mohei
  • Tsuma to onna no aida (1976) - Masayuki
  • Death at an Old Mansion (1976) - Ichiyanagi Kenzou
  • Furenzoku satsujin jiken (1977) - Senbei Yashiro
  • Empire of Passion (1978) - Gisaburo
  • Yasei no shômei (1978) - Urakawa, pressman
  • Ore-tachi no kokyogaku (1979)
  • Shodo satsujin: Musuko yo (1979) - Hirayama
  • Jigoku no mushi (1979) - Danjuro
  • Nichiren (1979) - Nukina Shigetada
  • Dôran (1980) - Kanzaki
  • Tempyō no Iraka (1980) - Jianzhen
  • Chichi yo haha yo! (1980)
  • Harukanaru sôro (1980) - Toyota Sakichi
  • Muddy River (1981) - Shinpei Itakura
  • Himeyuri no Tô (1982) - Lt. Col. Sasaki
  • Dai Nippon teikoku (1982) - Sada Shimomura
  • Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima (1986) - Kouichiroh Shiraishi
  • Katayoku dake no tenshi (1986)
  • Ôidippsu no katana (1986) - Shuhei Osako
  • Oedipus no yaiba (1986) - Shuehei Osako
  • The Sea and Poison (1986) - Professor Hashimoto
  • Hachiko Monogatari (1987) - Furukawa
  • Itazu - Kuma (1987) - Ginzo
  • The Silk Road (1988) - Tsao Yanhui
  • 226 (1989) - Sohei Yuasa
  • Senba-zuru (1989) - Doctor
  • Toki rakujitsu (1992) - Ryutaro
  • Rakuyô (1992) - Yamashiro
  • Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite (1992) - Shigeki Kabayama
  • Gekko no natsu (1993)
  • Crest of Betrayal (1994) - Kôzukenosuke Kira
  • Sleeping Man (1996) - Denjihei
  • Sanctuary: The Movie (1996)
  • Hisai (1998) - Yoshio Miyarabe
  • Chinpao chin ho-teki koji (1999)
  • Komugironotenshi sugare oi (1999) - Kumataro
  • I Love Friends (2001)
  • Amida-do dayori (2002) - Shigenaga Koda
  • Jōhatsu tabinikki (2003)
  • I Love Peace (2003) - Kashiwabara
  • The Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi (2007) - Kan
  • Kuchita Teoshi Guruma (produced in 1984 but released in 2014[8]) - Yasuda Tadao

Television

Honours

References
  1. 役者は一日にしてならず　春日太一　田村亮インタビュー　p.271-273 ISBN 978-4093798693
  2. 日本映画人名事典 1996 下 176-177頁
  3. "Takahiro Tamura biography". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. "Takahiro Tamura". kotoba. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. 現代日本映画人名事典　男優篇 キネマ旬報社　2012　P.180-181 ISBN 978-4873763873
  6. "Tasukenin hashiru". tvk. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. "プルコギ". アマゾン. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  8. "朽ちた手押し車". 映画.COM. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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