Ittoku Kishibe

, born , is a Japanese actor and musician.

Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award for The Sting of Death in 1991, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award in 1994. He appeared in Toshiyuki Morioka's Jokyo Monogatari in 2013.

Selected filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 1983 Toki o Kakeru Shōjo Toshimi Fukushima 1984 The Funeral Akira 1985 Lonely Heart Tetsu Yoshida Gray Sunset Yoshikazu Ishimoto 1986 His Motorbike, Her Island News reporter Final Take Director Ogata 1987 Tokyo Blackout Yasuhara 1989 Violent Cop Nito 1990 The Sting of Death Toshio 1991 Rainbow Kids Daisaku Yanagawa Chizuko's Younger Sister 1993 Rampo Cafe owner Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō Samurai Kids 1996 Sleeping Man Chief 1999 Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Tanuki Keiho Inspector Nagoshi 2000 Face Eiichi Hanada New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Awano 2001 Onmyoji The Emperor 2003 Get Up! Kaneyama Zatoichi Boss Inosuke Ginzo 2004 69 Matsunaga sensei Survive Style 5+ Tatsuya Kobayashi Vital Dr. Kashiwabuchi Lady Joker Seiichi Shirai 2005 Itsuka dokusho suruhi Takanashi 2006 Hula Girls Norio Yoshimoto Waiting in the Dark 2007 Battery Hero Kaoru Kayama Adrift in Tokyo Ittoku Kishibe (himself) 2008 10 Promises to My Dog Aibō The Movie Kohken Onoda Chameleon Jirocho Sangokushi Happy Flight Shoji Takahashi GS Wonderland 2009 Osaka Hamlet Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Seinosuke Yanagihara Nonchan Noriben Tsuribaka Nisshi 20: Final 2010 13 Assassins Sword of Desperation Tsuda 2011 Tada's Do-It-All House Someday Osamu 2012 Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer 2013 Jokyo Monogatari A Boy Called H The Backwater Detective Human Trust Kazuyoshi Honjo 2014 Lady Maiko Orikichi Kitano 2017 Tap The Last Show Kiichirō Mōri 2018 Sakura Guardian in the North Recall Takeshi Kanō Lying to Mom Yukio Suzuki 2019 Leaving the Scene Detective Yanagi 2020 I Never Shot Anyone Kazuyuki Ishida 2021 First Gentleman Kurō Hara 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie Haruhiko Madarame 2023 Kubi Sen no Rikyū 2024 Doctor-X: The Movie Akira Kanbara

Television Ashura no Gotoku Part2 (1980) Kenpō wa Madaka (1996), Toshio Irie AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2011) Boushi (2008) The Waste Land (2009), Satoi Doctor X (2012–2021), Akira Kanbara The Great White Tower (2019)