Shōhei Hino

Life and career Hino was born in Tokyo and raised in Osaka.

Hino began his acting career at the age of 13. 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. As a singer Hino debuted in 1977 with the single "Sonomamani".

In 2011, Hino hosted a travel program Nippon Judan Kokorotabi on NHK-BS which he travelled around Japan by bicycle.

In 2012, Hino played General Hideki Tojo in the film Emperor. He starred in Hayao Miyazaki's anime film The Boy and the Heron.

He died on November 14, 2024.

Selected filmography Films Year Title Role Director Notes Ref 1966 Izukoe Kinsuke Kozo Saeki 1979 Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku Anayama Kosuke Sadao Nakajima Vengeance Is Mine Jun'ichirō Yoshitake Shōhei Imamura 1980 Shogun's Ninja Gosuke Norifumi Suzuki 1981 Eijanaika Magohichi Shōhei Imamura 1982 The Gate of Youth: Part 2 TakujiKoreyoshi Kurahara 1986 Gonza the Spearman Hannojo Masahiro Shinoda 1994 Crest of Betrayal Kampei Kinji Fukasaku 1999 Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji Karasuma no Kengyō Shigeru Ishihara Hissatsu series Owls' Castle Kuroami Masahiro Shinoda 2002 Aiki Tokoname Daisuke Tengan 2012 Emperor Hideki Tojo Peter Webber American-Japanese film Last Love: My One and Only Iwata Hitoshi Ishikawa Lead role 2017 Alley Cat Yasuo Hashiba Hideo Sakaki Legend of the Demon Cat Kūkai's Teacher Chen Kaige Chinese film 2022 Life in the Fast Lane Kaitō Taichi Suzuki The Zen Diary Carpenter Yuji Nakae 2023 As Long as We Both Shall Live Yoshirō Tsurugi Ayuko Tsukahara The Boy and the Heron Great Uncle (voice) Hayao Miyazaki 2024 Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood Hikojū Tomohiko Yamashita Last Mile Akira Sano Ayuko Tsukahara

Television Year Title RoleNotes Ref1972 Taiyō ni Hoero! Kiyoshi Episode 5 Nantatte 18 sai! Hiroshi Episodes 37 and 39 1973 Kunitori Monogatari Hashiba Hideyoshi Taiga drama 1975–1976 Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun Ushimatsu 1977 Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin Shōhachi Hissatsu series 1979–1980 The Unfettered Shogun Suzuhei (ep. 85), Munakata (ep. 123) 1980 Shadow Warriors Daihachi 1982–1983 Nemuri Kyōshirō: Engetsu Sappō Kinpachi 1983–1991 Choshichiro Edo Nikki Tatsusaburō 1998–2001 Gokenin Zankurō Kumezō (S3, ep. 10), Shinjurō (S5, ep. 1) 2005 Ōoku Ryūkō Season 3 2006 Imo Tako Nankin Shōichi Tokunaga Asadora 2011 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo Eda Season 9, episode 15 2018 Anone Manpei Hanabusa 2021 Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Ichirō Aoba Mini-series

Discography 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)