Hideo Takamatsu
Japanese actor (1929–2007)
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Hideo Takamatsu (高松 英郎, Hideo Takamatsu; 24 October 1929 – 26 February 2007) was a Japanese actor from Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture.[1][2][3][4] Takamatsu appeared in more than 120 films between 1948 and 2007.[5]
Hideo Takamatsu | |
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Hideo Takamatsu | |
| Born | 24 October 1929 Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 26 February 2007 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–2007 |
Profile
In 1951, he signed his contract with Daiei film company.[6] Two years later, Takamatsu made his film debut with Ikare Sanppie,[7][1] playing the role of lover of the main character played by Ayako Wakao.[1][2]
He was highly praised for his performance in such films as Giants and Toys, The Black Report and The Graceful Brute and became a well-reputed supporting actor.[1][6] In 1962, he left Daiei and became a freelance actor.[1] He won TV Guide Best Performer Award for his role in the Asadora series Kumo no jūtan in 1976.[6] In 1988, Takamatsu played the role of General Takashi Hishikari in The Last Emperor directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.[3]
Takamatsu died of myocardial infarction on February 26, in 2007.[3]
Selected filmography
Films
- A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) as Engineer
- Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) as Akamatsu Daijirō
- Giants and Toys (1958) as Aida Ryuji
- The Snowy Heron (1958) as Tatsumi Yokichi
- Lord Nobunaga's Early Days (1959)
- A False Student (1960) as Prosecutor
- A Wife Confesses (1961) as Kasai
- Black Test Car (1962) as Onoda Toru
- The Graceful Brute (1962) as Katori Ichirō
- The Black Report (1963)
- Yakuza (893) gurentai (1966)
- Shinka 101: Koroshi no Yojimbo (1966)
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) as Yamada Tobei
- Shōgun (1980) as Lord Toda Buntaro
- Eijanaika (1981) as Koide Yamato no Kami
- The Last Emperor (1987) as General Takashi Hishikari
- 226/Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
- Shaso (1989) as Okabe Kensuke
- Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru(1998) as Osawa Hikojirō
- Yomigaeri (2003) as Haruo Tsuda
Television dramas
- Jyudō Ichokusen (1969) as Kuruma Shusaku
- Ten to Chi to (1969) as Kanazu Shinbei
- Daichūshingura (1971) as Kakui Rinzō
- Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) as Tenjin no Koroku
- Genroku Taiheiki (1975) as Horiuchi Genzaemon
- Kumo no jūtan (1976) as Tone Yu
- Naruto Hichō as Tendō Ikkaku
- Fumō Chitai (1979) as Satoi Tatsuya
- Onihei Hankachō (1980) as Sashima Tadasuke
- Kage no Gundan IV (1985) (ep.16) as Inoue Koshu
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1985) (ep.648) as Konishi
- Mito Kōmon (1989-1996) as Yamanobe Hyōgō
- Onihei Hankachō (1992) (ep.17) as Suzuka no Matabei
- Hideyoshi (1996) as Hayashi Sado no Kami
- Horibe Yasubei (2007) as Horibe Yahei
