Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura (戸浦 六宏, Toura Rokkō, 25 March 1937 – 30 April 1993) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1993.[1][2][3] Before he started his acting career, he was a high school teacher but became an actor by Nagisa Oshima's recommendation.[4]
Rokkō Toura | |
|---|---|
戸浦六宏 | |
| Born | 30 April 1930 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 25 March 1993 (aged 62) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–1993 |
In 1993, he died of Polyarteritis nodosa at the age of 62.[3]
Selected filmography
Film
- Taiyo no Sakaba (1960)
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960) as Higashiura
- Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) as crippled yakuza
- Violence at Noon (1966) as Genji
- Japan's Longest Day (1967)
- Double Suicide: Japanese Summer (1967)
- Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja) (1967) (Voice)
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968) as himself
- Curse of the Blood (1968)
- Death by Hanging (1968)
- Kuroneko (1968) as a warlord
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)[6] - Narrator
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) as Gondo
- The Ceremony (1971 film) (1971) as Sakurada Mamoru
- Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 (1971)
- Silence (1971) as The Interpreter
- Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) as Oribe
- Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi (1973) as Karasaki Gen
- Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
- Military Comfort Women (1974) as Yamagami
- The Life of Chikuzan (1977) as Hikoichi
- Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) as Ono Harunaga
- Edo Porn (1981)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Early Spring Story (1985)
- Tree Without Leaves (1986)
- Yearning (1993)
Television
- Taiga drama
- Akō Rōshi (1964) as Takebayashi Takashige
- Taikoki (1965) as Hosokawa Fujitaka
- Ten to Chi to (1969) as Suwa Yorishige
- Kunitori Monogatari (1973) as Shimozuma Rairen
- Katsu Kaishū (1974) as Takano Chōei
- Kusa Moeru as Minamoto no Yukiie
- Tokugawa Ieyasu as Hirate Masahide
- Unmeitōge (1974) as Yami no Hichibei
- Miyamoto Musashi (1985) as Sakai Tadatoshi[7]
- Sanada Taiheiki (1985-86) as Ninja Nakayama Nagatoshi
References
- "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). コトバンク. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "悪役列伝《総集編》④～戸浦六宏" (in Japanese). この映画を見ずに. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- 「個性光る、名脇役」 Asahi Shimbun読売新聞1993 March 26 朝刊31面
- "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). ピア. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "東海道お化け道中". eiga.com. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- "宮本武蔵". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
External links
- Rokkō Toura at IMDb
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