Tatsuya Ishiguro

(July 1, 1911 – Dec. 18, 1965) was a Japanese stage and film actor.

Career Born Teruzō Ishiguro in Hiroshima Prefecture and a graduate of Okayama Prefecture First Junior High School, Ishiguro joined the Shin-Tsukiji Gekidan (New Tsukiji Theater Company), which split from the Tsukiji Little Theater, and appeared in plays such as Katsuichi Wada's 1939 Kaientai. On August 19, 1940, he was arrested along with 13 other troupe members in the crackdown on the new theater movement, and the troupe disbanded on August 23 of the same year. He made his film debut in March of that year in Hikoroku Naguraru (Hikoroku Gets Pinched), directed by Yasuki Chiba, and after his release, he moved into the film industry. The following year, he was cast in a major role in Tadashi Imai's The Ecology of Marriage. After that, he played major roles in films such as Kyohiko Ushihara's Genghis Khan and Beacon Fires Rise Over Shanghai, a Sino-Japanese co-production filmed in Shanghai, and was active as a veteran actor with his imposing appearance and acting ability.

After the war, he joined the Daiichi Kyodan, an acting group founded in 1940 that included Ichiro Sugai, and appeared in films from various companies, including Nikkatsu and Shochiku, primarily in period dramas for Daiei. Although he was not as fortunate with the types of roles he had before the war, he was active in supporting roles such as villains and intellectuals. In his later years, he also appeared in many television dramas.

He died of stomach cancer at the age of 55 on December 18, 1965.

Selected filmography