About Takahiro Tamura
Lived 1928 – 2006 (aged 77). Takahiro Tamura was a Japanese actor, film actor and narrator, known for Muddy River (film), Tasukenin Hashiru and Tempyō no Iraka.
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.
Biography Tamura graduated from Doshisha University. In 1953, he joined Shochiku and made his film debut with Onna no Sono. His final film appearance was in The Yakiniku mubi: Purukogi, released in 2007.
Selected filmography Film
The Garden of Women (1954), Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriend Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), Isokichi Tooi kumo (1955), Keizō Ishizu She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) Farewell to Dream (1956), Sudō Namida (1956) Kyoraku gonin otoko (1956) Sora yukaba (1957), Jirō Yoshino Akuma no kao (1957), Kikuo Furushima Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957), Mr. Nozu Musume sanbagarasu (1957) Ten no me (1957) Samurai Nippon (1957) Otoko no kiba (1957) Stakeout (1958), Kyūichi Ishii, the murderer Kono ten no niji (1958), Shirō Machimura Haru o matsu hitobito (1959) Karatachi nikki (1959) Kaze no naka no hitomi (1959), Mr. Terajima Thus Another Day (1959), Tetsuo Mori Teki wa honnoji ni ari (1959), Oda Nobunaga Asa o yobu kuchibue (1959) The River Fuefuki (1960), Sadahei Hatamoto Gurentai (1960) Onna no hashi (1961), Toshiya Kawazu Kako (1961) Haitoku no mesu (1961), Hideo Ue Nippon no obaachan (1962), Fukuda Mitasareta seikatsu (1962), Sadakichi Sanga ari (1961), Yoshio Inoue Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi (1962) Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962) Utae Wakôdotachi (1963) Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963), Yokouchi Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki (1963), Ryûji Matsuda Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa (1963) Ninja-gari (1964), Tosa Aizawa Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964), Tsurumatsu Revenge (1964), Jubei Goben no tsubaki (1964), Chodayu Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) The Forest of No Escape (1965), Hidemichi Kusuo The Hoodlum Soldier (1965), Arita Seisaku no tsuma (1965), Seisaku Miyamoto Musahi V (1965), Yagyu Tajima Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O (1965) Kanto hamonjo (1965) Hana to Ryu (1965) Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1966), Daijuro Fuma Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino (1966), Tadashi Yoshioka Nyohan hakai (1966), Hinata Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again (1966) Sora ippai no namida (1966) The Kii River (1966) – Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband Heitai yakuza datsugoku (1966) The Great White Tower (1966), Shûji Satomi, Assistant professor Shin heitai yakuza (1966) Heitai yakuza daidassō (1966) Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêttō (1966) Satogashi ga kowareru toki (1967), Katsumi Gorai Daraku suru onna (1967), Miyoshi Heitai yakuza nagurikomi (1967) Utage (1967), Asaichi Isobe Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero (1967) Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack (1967) Âa Kimi ga Ai (1967), Yûichi Ono Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968), Naruse Tatsuma Nemureru bijo (1968), Eguchi Ôoku emaki (1968), Shogun Gion Matsuri (1968), Sukematsu Heitai yakuza godatsu (1968) Keimusho yaburi (1969) Red Lion (1969), Sōzō Sagara Shinsengumi (1969), Koshitarō Itō Akumyo ichiban shobu (1969), Masakichi Mushyô yaburi (1969) Men and War Part I (1970) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida Tenkan no abarembo (1970) Tekkaba bojô (1970) Senketsu no kiroku (1970) Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972), Arita Hanzo the Razor (1972), Harada Kahei Seigen-ki (1973), Minoru Oyama The Twilight Years (1973), Nobuyoshi Tachibana Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1975) The Last Samurai (1974), Ikemoto Mohei Tsuma to Onna no Aida (1976), Masayuki Death at an Old Mansion (1976), Ichiyanagi Kenzō Furenzoku satsujin jiken (1977), Senbei Yashirō Empire of Passion (1978), Gisaburō Never Give Up (1978), Urakawa, pressman Ore-tachi no kokyogaku (1979) Shōdō satsujin: Musuko yo (1979), Hirayama Jigoku no mushi (1979), Danjurō Nichiren (1979), Nukina Shigetada Dōran (1980), Kanzaki Tempyō no Iraka (1980), Jianzhen The Young Rebels (1980) Harukanaru Sōro (1980), Toyota Sakichi Muddy River (1981), Shinpei Itakura Himeyuri no Tō (1982), Lt. Col. Sasaki Dai Nippon teikoku (1982), Sada Shimomura Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima (1986), Kouichiroh Shiraishi Katayoku dake no tenshi (1986) Oedipus no Yaiba (1986), Shuehei Osako The Sea and Poison (1986), Professor Hashimoto Hachiko Monogatari (1987), Furukawa Itazu Kuma (1987), Ginzō the Hunter The Silk Road (1988), Tsao Yanhui 226 (1989), Sohei Yuasa Senba-zuru (1989), Doctor Toki rakujitsu (1992), Ryutarō Rakuyô (1992), Yamashiro Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite (1992), Shigeki Kabayama Gekko no natsu (1993) Crest of Betrayal (1994), Kira Yoshinaka Sleeping Man (1996), Denjihei Sanctuary: The Movie (1996) Hisai (1998), Yoshio Miyarabe Chinpao chin ho-teki koji (1999) Komugironotenshi sugare oi (1999), Kumatarō I Love Friends (2001) Letters from the Mountains (2002), Shigenaga Kōda Jōhatsu Tabinikki (2003) I Love Peace (2003), Kashiwabara The Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi (2007), Kan Kuchita Teoshi Guruma (produced in 1984 but released in 2014) , Yasuda Tadao
Television Akō Rōshi (1964), Takada Gunbei Taikōki (1965), Kuroda Kanbei Daichūshingura (1971), Takadaya Gunbei Haru no Sakamichi (1971), Takuan Tasukenin Hashiru (1973), Nakayama Bunjūrō The Water Margin (1973), Chai Jin Onihei Hankachō (1975), Kishii Samanosuke On'yado Kawasemi (1980-1983), Kamibayashi The Women of Osaka Castle (1983), Azai Nagamasa Kawaite sōrō (1984), Tokugawa Yoshimune Miyamoto Musashi (1984–85), Nagaoka Sado Ōedo Sōsamō (1990-91), Matsudaira Sadanobu Kemonomichi (2006), Doctor
Honours Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor (1981) Medal with Purple Ribbon (1991) Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1999)
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Who was Takahiro Tamura?
Japanese actor (1928-2006)
When was Takahiro Tamura born?
Takahiro Tamura was born on 31 August 1928 in Kyoto.
When did Takahiro Tamura die?
Takahiro Tamura died on 16 May 2006 in Tokyo.
What was Takahiro Tamura's occupation?
Takahiro Tamura was an actor, film actor and narrator.
What was Takahiro Tamura known for?
Takahiro Tamura was known for Muddy River (film), Tasukenin Hashiru, Tempyō no Iraka, The Hoodlum Soldier, Tora! Tora! Tora! and Twenty-Four Eyes.
What nationality was Takahiro Tamura?
Takahiro Tamura was Japanese.
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