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Junkichi Orimoto

1927 – 2019

Japanese actor and seiyū

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About Junkichi Orimoto

Lived 1927 – 2019 (aged 92). Junkichi Orimoto was a Japanese actor and seiyū.

was a Japanese actor. Orimoto often worked with Kinji Fukasaku and Sadao Nakajima.

He started his acting career at the Shinkyō theatre company in 1949.

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))

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Kanagawa Technical Senior High School

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Junkichi Orimoto?

Japanese actor and seiyū

When was Junkichi Orimoto born?

Junkichi Orimoto was born on 9 February 1927 in Yokohama.

When did Junkichi Orimoto die?

Junkichi Orimoto died on 18 March 2019 in Nasushiobara.

What was Junkichi Orimoto's occupation?

Junkichi Orimoto was an actor and seiyū.

What nationality was Junkichi Orimoto?

Junkichi Orimoto was Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Junkichi Orimoto

· Wikidata: Q11608233

· DBpedia: Junkichi Orimoto

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