Junkichi Orimoto
Japanese actor and seiyū (1927–2019)
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Junkichi Orimoto (織本 順吉, Orimoto Junkichii; 9 February 1927 – 18 March 2019) was a Japanese actor.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Orimoto often worked with Kinji Fukasaku and Sadao Nakajima.[7]
Born9 February 1927
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Died18 March 2019 (aged 92)
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1949–2018
Junkichi Orimoto | |
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Orimoto in 1954 | |
| Born | 9 February 1927 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 18 March 2019 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949–2018 |
He started his acting career at the Shinkyō theatre company in 1949.[3] His first film appearance was in the 1952 film Yamabiko Gakkō directed by Tadashi Imai.[3] In 2019, he died of old age at the age of 92.[3] His final film appearance was in the 2018 film blank13.[8]
Filmography
Films
- Yamabiko Gakkō (1952)
- Gakusei Shinjū (1954)
- The Eternal Breasts (1955) as Shigeru Anzai
- Mahiru no ankoku (1956) as Sugita
- Jun'ai Monogatari (1956) as Detective
- The Rice People (1957) as Fisherman
- Planet Prince (1958) as Colonel Matsuda
- Three Outlaw Samurai (1958) as Kurahashi
- The Human condition Part1 (1959) as Sai
- Gang vs. G-Men (1962) as Yuichi Noguchi
- Assassination (1964) as Kamo Serizawa
- Revenge (1964)
- Kwaidan (1965)
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) as Owner of rice store
- Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) as Kurihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) as Hayakawa Hideo
- Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) as Kanzaki Yuichi
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) as Izeki Seiiji
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) as Motoyama Takao
- Yakuza Graveyard (1976) as Hatano Takeshi
- The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
- Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) as Yanaka
- New Female Convict Scorpion Special: Block X (1977) as Katō
- Message from Space (1977) as Kido
- The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Izeki Tokubei
- Nihon no Fixer (1979) as Tsunoma
- No More Easy Life (1979)
- Sōchō no Kubi (1979) as Tamai Shuzō
- Imperial Navy (1981) as Obayashi
- Willful Murder (1981)
- Station (1981) as Chief
- The Go Masters (1982)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) as JSDF Chief of Staff Mōri
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) as General Kanetoshi Mashita
- Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1985) as Kanō Heima
- Yuwakusha (1989)
- Rikyū (1989) as Imai Sōkyū
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (1992) as Ishiguro
- Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993)
- The 8-Tomb Village (1996) as Igawa
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000) as Mizoguchi Takeo
- Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001) as Kakuzen
- Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion (2005) as Kōan
- Be a Man! Samurai School (2008) as Kurosuki no Kokaku
- Kizumomo (2008) as Yumiya Miki
- Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (2008) as Matsuda
- Shodo Girls (2010) as Tomoya's grandfather
- Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012)
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2014) as Sakuno Yahei
- 0.5 mm (2014) as Shōzō Kataoka
- blank13 (2018)
Television drama
- Daichūshingura (1971) as Nagasawa Tenzen
- Kogarashi Monjirō (1973) (ep.11)
- Nemuri Kyōshirō (1973) (ep.23)
- Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) (ep.8) as Yamazaki Kakunoshin
- Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978)
- Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.48) as Tsuchida
- Yokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Ōkubo Tadayo
- Kawaite sōrō (1984)
- Kinpachi-sensei (1985–87) as Honda / (1999-2000) as Onishi
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1985) (ep.650) as Lawyer Ushijima
- Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitotsu (1991) (ep.2) as Okubo Hikojiro
- Taiheiki (1991) as Shioya Muneharu
- Hana no Ran (1994) as Zenami
- Hideyoshi (1996) as Sakuma Nobumori
- Saka no Ue no Kumo (2010) as Hasegawa Sokichi
- Yasuragi no Sato (2017) as Kanō Eikichi
Dubbing
- Battle of the Commandos (1975 NTV edition) (Col. Charley MacPherson (Jack Palance))[9]
