Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa (井川比佐志; born 17 November 1936) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Dodesukaden, Ran and Madadayo. He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, a surrealist play, in 1969.
Hisashi Igawa
- Name
- Hisashi Igawa
- Born
- 17 November 1936
- Birthplace
- Mukden, Manchukuo (present day Shenyang, China)
- Occupation
- Actor
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• Name — Hisashi Igawa • Born — 17 November 1936 • Birthplace — Mukden, Manchukuo (present day Shenyang, China) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1955–present
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1983 — Tokugawa Ieyasu — Okuhara Shinjūrō — Taiga drama
Film
• Year — Film — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1962 — Harakiri — Retainer • Pitfall — A miner — Lead role • 1966 — The Face of Another — Man with Mole • Zatoichi's Pilgrimage — Eigoro • 1969 — Goyokin — Takeuchi Shinjiro • 1970 — Where Spring Comes Late — Seiichi Kazami • Dodes'ka-den — Masuo Masuda • Tora-san's Runaway — Tsuyoshi Kimura • 1972 — Summer Soldiers • 1975 — The Fossil — Funazu • The Gate of Youth — Park • 1976 — Fumō Chitai • 1977 — The Far Road • 1978 — Double Suicide of Sonezaki • 1979 — Gassan — Iwazo • 1985 — Ran — Shuri Kurogane • Tampopo — Running Man • 1986 — Lost in the Wilderness — Osamu Uemura • 1987 — Hachiko Monogatari — Maekawa • 1988 — Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis — Ryokichi Tagami • 1990 — Dreams — Nuclear Plant Worker • Boiling Point — Otomo • 1991 — Rhapsody in August — Tadao • 1992 — Luminous Moss — prosecutor • 1993 — Madadayo — Takayama • 1998 — Bullet Ballet — Kudo • 2000 — After the Rain — Kihei Ishiyama • 2002 — Letters from the Mountains • 2004 — Half a Confession — Keiichi Fujibayashi • 2005 — Yamato — The Chairman • 2006 — The Professor's Beloved Equation — Housekeeper Agent • 2009 — Mt. Tsurugidake — Nagamaru Saeki • 2010 — Villain • 2015 — Have a Song on Your Lips • 2022 — The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Honours
• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2002) • Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2008)
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Shields, Nancy. Fake Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe. Weatherhill: New York & Tokyo. 1996. 978-0834803541.
- 2.おとし穴(1962). Japanese Cinema Database.
- 3.家族. eiga.com.
- 4.乱. eiga.com.
- 5.タンポポ. eiga.com.
- 6.植村直己物語. eiga.com.
- 7.劔岳 点の記. eiga.com.
- 8.悪人. eiga.com.
- 9.くちびるに歌を. eiga.com.
- 10.峠 最後のサムライ. eiga.com.
- 11.NHK大河ドラマ「徳川家康」. Rekishi Shōsetau Roman.
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