Toshio Takahara

was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were Seven Samurai and Twenty-Four Eyes.

He started his acting career at the Bungakuza theatre company in 1941. He gave his film debut with Ginza no Odoriko in 1950. Takahara signed his contract with Nikkatsu studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate directed by Yūzō Kawashima and Pigs and Battleships directed by Shōhei Imamura.

Filmography Films

Ginza no Odoriko (1950) as Rickshaw man Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950) as combat medic Kaizoku-sen (1950) as Gyuhi Hino hate (1954) Taiyō no nai Machi (1954) as young man Seven Samurai (1954) as Samurai with Gun Okuman chōja (1954) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Chiririn'ya Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955) as Kawamura Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) as Kaneji Stolen Desire (1958) as Eisuke Katō Rusty Knife (1958) as detective Takaishi Naked Sun (1958) as Kenzō Sakiyama Voice Without a Shadow (1958) as Shigeo Kotani My Second Brother (1959) as shop assistant Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Doctor Miyaguchi Man with a Shotgun (1961) as Okumura The Jet That Flew Into the Storm (1961) Blood Red Water in the Channel (1961) as Hikawa Bad Girl (1963) as Takeda Shiroi Kyotō (1966) as Tsukuda Men and War (1971) Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974) as Tsunoda Himitsu Sentai Gorenger as Gonpachi Edogawa Niji wo Tsukamu Otoko (1996) Tokyo Lullaby (1997) Natsu Shōjo (produced in 1996, released in 2019)

Television Return of Ultraman (1972) (ep.45) as Teacher Hamamura Kogarashi Monjirō (1972) (ep.10) as Heikichi Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973) (ep.11) as Sakamoto Denemon The Water Margin (1974) (ep.15) Lone Wolf and Cub (1974) (2nd Season ep.2) as Harada Kazuemon Taiyō ni Hoero! (1974) (ep.77), (1977) (ep.266) as Gōda, (1978) (ep.301) as Saitō, (1979) (ep.341) as Toda, (1980) (ep.393) as Kazuhiko Kawakami, (1981) (ep.452) Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975–77) as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa G-Men '75 (1978) (ep.161) as Nishi, (1979) (ep.199) as Kinugasa The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) Shin Zatoichi (1979) (3rd season ep.6) Ōedo Sōsamō (1979) (ep.386) as Jyoshuya, (1980) (ep.428) as Eichibei Shin Edo no Kaze (1980) (ep.15) as Tokuei Denshi Sentai Denjiman (1981) (ep.31) Sanada Taiheiki (1985) as Nagai Shūchakueki Series Ao no Jūjika (1994) Onihei Hankachō (1995) (ep.4) as Isaburō