Toshio Kurosawa (actor)
Japanese actor (born 1944)
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Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢 年男, Kurosawa Toshio; born February 4, 1944) is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.[1][2] Kuroswa joined Toho film studio as an actor and made his film debut with Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sanninyoreba in 1964.[2] His first starring role was in the 1966 film Hikinige.[2][3][4] In 1971, Kurosawa left Toho and became a freelance actor.[5]
BornFebruary 4, 1944
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
OccupationsActor, Singer
Yearsactive1964–present
AgentYume Group
Toshio Kurosawa | |
|---|---|
黒沢 年男 | |
| Born | February 4, 1944 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupations | Actor, Singer |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Agent | Yume Group |
| Spouse |
Machiko Miyazaki (m. 1976) |
His song Tokiniwa Shōfu no Yōni became a big hit in 1978.[2]
Selected filmography
Film
- Hibari・Chiemi・Izumi Sanninyoreba (1964)
- Samurai Assassin (1965)
- Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) as Izawa
- Hikinige (1966)
- Izu no Odoriko (1966)
- The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) as Bartender
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Hatanaka Kenji
- Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Kimura Keisuke
- Hymn to a Tired Man (1969) as Zensaku's son
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as Pfc. Maeyama Sankichi
- Yajyū-toshi (1970)
- The Militarists (1970) as Shimagaki
- Hakuchu no Shugeki (1970)
- The Wolves (1971) as Tsutomu Onodera
- The Water Margin (1972) as Shi Wengong
- The Human Revolution (1973)
- Lady Snowblood (1973) as Ryūrei Ashio
- Horror of the Wolf (1973) as Akira Jin
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Shigeru Takemoto
- Evil of Dracula (1974) as Shiraki
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Akira Nakagawa
- Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) as Muraguchi
- Best Guy (1990) as Lt. Colonel Tadayuki "Odyssey" Yamamoto
- Kimi no Manazashi (2017)
Television
- Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) (ep.4) as Seiten no Masagorō
- The Water Margin (1973) as Dai Zong
- Kage Dōshin II (1975–76) as Hotta Genpachiro
- Japan Sinks (1974–75)
- Kusa Moeru (1979) as Kokemaru
- Doberman Deka (1980) as Jōji Kanō
- The Hungman (1980–82)
- Aoi (2000) as Natsuka Masaie