Masao Shimizu | |
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Masao Shimizu and Yumi Takano in 1955 | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 5 October 1908
Died | 5 October 1975 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1931-1971 |
Masao Shimizu (清水将夫, Shimizu Masao, 5 October 1908 – 5 October 1975) was a Japanese actor.[1][2] His wife was actress Yumi Takano.[3] His first starring role in the film was in Momoiro no Yuwaku in 1931.[3] In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company.[3] Shimizu often worked with Akira Kurosawa.[4][3] He appeared in more than 250 films between 1931 and 1976.
Selected filmography
[edit]- The 47 Ronin (1941)
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Professor Hakozaki
- A Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947) as the Dance Hall Manager
- Drunken Angel (1948) as Boss
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Bōryoku no Machi (1950)
- Scandal (1950) as Judge
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
- The Life of Oharu (1952)
- Children of Hiroshima (1952)
- The Life of Oharu (1952) as kikuoji
- Ikiru (1952) as Doctor
- Epitome (1953)
- Gate of Hell (1953)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Masauji Taira
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
- Season of the Sun (1956)
- Black River (1957)
- Rusty Knife (1958) as Shingo Mano
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
- Sanjuro (1962) as Kikui
- High and Low (1963) as prison director
- Kojiki taishō (1964) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Red Handkerchief (1964)
- Shiroi Kyotō (1966) as Masanori Kōno
- The Snow Woman (1968)[5]
- The Sands of Kurobe (1968) as Tayama
- Savage Wolf Pack (1969) as Yamamuro
- Samurai Banners (1969) as Yokota Takatoshi
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
- The Wild Sea (1969)
- Fuji sanchō (1970)
- The Militarists (1970), Saburō Kurusu
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972) as Yunaka
- Oreno Eranda Onna (1976) as Washio
Television
[edit]- Ako Roshi (1964) as Sengoku Hokinokami
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) as Fujiwara no Motonari
- Haru no Sakamichi (1972) as Asano Nagamasa
- Karei-naru Ichizoku (1975) as Miyamoto
References
[edit]- ^ "Masao Shimizu". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "清水 将夫(読み)シミズ マサオ新撰 芸能人物事典 明治~平成「清水 将夫」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "清水将夫". 映画DB. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "清水将夫デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「清水将夫」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "怪談雪女郎". Kadokawa. Retrieved 17 July 2021.