Shōhei Hino

Hino was born in Tokyo and raised in Osaka.^[1]

Hino began his acting career at the age of 13.^[1] In 1966, he made his film debut with Izukoe. In 1973, he was given the stage name Shōhei Hino by novelist Shōtarō Ikenami.^[1] In the same year, he won popularity through his role Hashiba Hideyoshi in Kunitori Monogatari.^[4] In 1974, Hino made film appearance for the first time in eight years and played lead role for the first time in My Blood is the Blood of Others directed by Toshio Masuda.^[5] He was one of the candidates for the role of main character Genji in Shohei Imamura's film Eijanaika but eventually he played a smaller role.^[6] As a singer Hino debuted in 1977 with the single "Sonomamani".

From 2011, Hino has been hosting a travel program Nippon Judan Kokorotabi on NHK-BS which he travelled around Japan by bicycle.^[7]

In 2012, Hino played General Hideki Tojo in the film Emperor.^[8]

Hino died in Tokyo on November 14, 2024, at the age of 75.^[9]

Films

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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref
1966	Izukoe	Kinsuke	Kozo Saeki		[1]
1974	My Blood is the Blood of Others	Ryosuke Kinugawa	Toshio Masuda	Lead role	[5]
1979	Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku	Anayama Kosuke	Sadao Nakajima		[10]
	Vengeance Is Mine	Jun'ichirō Yoshitake	Shōhei Imamura		[11]
1980	Shogun's Ninja	Gosuke	Norifumi Suzuki		[12]
1981	Eijanaika	Magohichi	Shōhei Imamura		[13]
1982	The Gate of Youth: Part 2	Takuji	Koreyoshi Kurahara		[14]
1986	Gonza the Spearman	Hannojo	Masahiro Shinoda		[15]
1994	Crest of Betrayal	Kampei	Kinji Fukasaku		[16]
1999	Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji	Karasuma no Kengyō	Shigeru Ishihara	Hissatsu series	[17]
	Owls' Castle	Kuroami	Masahiro Shinoda		[18]
2002	Aiki	Tokoname	Daisuke Tengan		[19]
2012	Emperor	Hideki Tojo	Peter Webber	American-Japanese film	[8]
2014	The Light Shines Only There	Matsumoto	Mipo O		[20]
	Last Love: My One and Only	Iwata	Hitoshi Ishikawa	Lead role	[21]
2017	Alley Cat	Yasuo Hashiba	Hideo Sakaki		[22]
	Legend of the Demon Cat	Kūkai's Teacher	Chen Kaige	Chinese film	[23]
2022	Life in the Fast Lane	Kaitō	Taichi Suzuki		[24]
	The Zen Diary	Carpenter	Yuji Nakae		[25]
2023	As Long as We Both Shall Live	Yoshirō Tsurugi	Ayuko Tsukahara		[26]
	The Boy and the Heron	Great Uncle (voice)	Hayao Miyazaki		[27]
2024	Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood	Hikojū	Tomohiko Yamashita		[28]
	Last Mile	Akira Sano	Ayuko Tsukahara		[29]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1972	Taiyō ni Hoero!	Kiyoshi	Episode 5	[30]
	Nantatte 18 sai!	Hiroshi	Episodes 37 and 39	[31]
1973	Kunitori Monogatari	Hashiba Hideyoshi	Taiga drama	[4]
1975	Nagasaki Hankachō	Sanji		[32]
1975–1976	Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun	Ushimatsu		[33]
1977	Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin	Shōhachi	Hissatsu series	[1]
1979	Kusa Moeru	Adachi Kagemori	Taiga drama	[34]
1979–1980	The Unfettered Shogun	Suzuhei (ep. 85), Munakata (ep. 123)		[35][36]
1980	Shadow Warriors	Daihachi		[37]
1982–1983	Nemuri Kyōshirō: Engetsu Sappō	Kinpachi		[38]
1983–1991	Choshichiro Edo Nikki	Tatsusaburō		[1]
1991	Takeda Shingen	Yamamoto Kansuke	TV movie	[39]
1998–2001	Gokenin Zankurō	Kumezō (S3, ep. 10), Shinjurō (S5, ep. 1)		[40][41]
2005	Ōoku	Ryūkō	Season 3	[42]
2006	Imo Tako Nankin	Shōichi Tokunaga	Asadora	[43]
2011	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo	Eda	Season 9, episode 15	[44]
2018	Anone	Manpei Hanabusa		[45]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Ichirō Aoba	Mini-series	[46]

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Singles

• Sonomamani (1977)
• Tazunetemo Iikai (1978)
• Hitori (1978)
• Ore (1980)
• Fanny (1982)
• Kitakaze no Naka (1982)
• Akai Ito (1983)
• Yume no Tsuzuki (1983)
• Damatte Oreni Tsuitekoi (1986)
• Gomenne (1991)
• Omoideniserete tamaruka (1991)
• Kotoshi no Bara (2009)
• Akantare (2023)

Albums

• Fuyuyo Koi (1977)
• Yume Gokochi (1978)
• Doryuzu (1981)
• Furimuite (1983)
• Shikōro (1983)
• Gomenne (1991)
• Womantachi eno Komoriuta (2009)