Ryosuke Kagawa
Japanese actor (1896–1987)
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Ryosuke Kagawa (香川良介, Kagawa Ryōsuke; 10 October 1896 – 17 April 1987) was a Japanese actor.[1][2]
Born10 October 1896
Saga Prefecture, Japan
Died17 April 1987 (aged 90)
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1928–1986
Ryosuke Kagawa | |
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Takada in the 1937 film Kettō Takadanobaba (Duel at Takadan-No-Baba) | |
| Born | 10 October 1896 Saga Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 17 April 1987 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1928–1986 |
His son was child actor Sō Shuntarō.[3] He appeared in more than 400 films between 1928 and 1986. His final film role was in the 1986 film Dixieland Daimyō directed by Kihachi Okamoto.[2][4]
Selected filmography
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
- Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
- Gate of Hell (1953)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- The Second Son (1955)
- The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story (1956)
- Suzakumon (1957)
- Enjō (1958)
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
- Nichiren: A Man of Many Miracles (1958) as Hōjō Sanemasa[5]
- Samurai Vendetta (1959)
- Scar Yosaburo (1960)
- The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Michiiku Itamiya
- Akō Rōshi (1961) as Matsumae Izunokami
- Hangyakuji (1961) as Ōkubo Tadayo
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
- 13 Assassins (1963) as Rōjū
- Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) as Kōzuki Genza
- Kojiki Taishō (1964)
- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
- Shinobi No Mono 6: Iga Mansion (1965) as Makino Hyōgo
- The Sword of Doom (1966) as Dansho Tsukue[6]
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Tadaatsu Ishiguro
- Kill! (1968) as Mizoguchi
- Shinsengumi (1969)
- Samurai Banners (1969) as Nagasaka Yorihiro
- Bakumatsu (1970) as Tōkichi
- Battle of Okinawa (1971) as Old man
- Daichūshingura (1971, TV) as Hara Sōemon
- The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Uchikawa Magozaemon
- Nichiren (1979) as Hōjō Masamura
- Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) as Tenkai
- Akō Rōshi (1979, TV) as Horibe Yahei
- The Fierce Battles of Edo (1979, TV) (ep.25) as Kuroda Gensai
- Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hokai (1980) as Takachika Mōri
- Onihei Hankachō (1980–82, TV) as Funagata no Sōhei
- The Funeral (1984) as President of the old people's association
- Dixieland Daimyō (1986)[2]
