Shigeru Kōyama
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Shigeru Kōyama

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- Name
- Shigeru Kōyama
- Born
- 16 January 1929
- Birthplace
- Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
- Died
- 3 January 2017
- Place of death
- Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Tomoko Fumino (deceased) 16 January 1929 – 3 January 2017 was a Japanese actor.
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Shigeru Kōyama • Born — 16 January 1929 • Birthplace — Kure, Hiroshima, Japan • Died — 3 January 2017 • Place of death — Kyoto Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1952–2015 • Spouse — Tomoko Fumino (deceased) 16 January 1929 – 3 January 2017 was a Japanese actor.
Career
Career
Born in Kure, Hiroshima, Kōyama joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952, first as a directorial assistant and then as an actor. He made his film debut in 1953 in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water. He left Bungakuza in 1963 and participated in other troupes such as Gekidan Kumo and Engeki Shūdan En. He was also well known for his role in the hit TV show The Guardman. He died in Kyoto Prefecture from pneumonia on 3 January 2017, 13 days before his 88th birthday.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Network — Notes • 1965 — Taikōki — Yamanaka Shikanosuke — NHK — Taiga drama • 1965 — The Guardman (TV series) — NHK • 1970 — Mominoki wa Nokotta — Mizuno Jūrōzaemon — NHK — Taiga drama • 1978 — Ōgon no Hibi — Ankokuji Ekei — NHK — Taiga drama • 1980 — Shishi no Jidai — Iwashita Michihira — NHK — Taiga drama • 1981 — Onna Taikōki — Honda Masanobu — NHK — Taiga drama • Sekigahara — Ankokuji Ekei — TBS • 1987 — Dokuganryū Masamune — Endō Motonobu — NHK — Taiga drama • 1988 — Sanbiki ga Kiru! — Bessho Tanomo — TV Asahi • 1990 — Tobu ga Gotoku — Ii Naosuke — NHK — Taiga drama • 1990-93 — Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi — Okubo Hikozaemon — TV Asahi • 2000 — Aoi Tokugawa Sandai — Honda Masanobu — NHK — Taiga drama • 2002 — Hero — Sakanoue — Fuji TV • 2006 — Fugo Keiji — Ryūzō Katayama — TV Asahi • 2008 — Change — Sakae Nihei — Fuji TV • Kachō Kōsaku Shima — Tomabechi — NTV • 2009 — Fumō Chitai — Mishima — Fuji TV • Tenchijin — Sen no Rikyū — NHK — Taiga drama
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Hiroshima.
Birth place
Kyoto.
Death place
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1953 — An Inlet of Muddy Water — Unknown — Tadashi Imai — Uncredited • 1958 — Akujo no kisetsu — Terauchi, Assistant Professor — Minoru Shibuya • 1959 — High Teen — Shinsaku, Sanae's Brother — Kazuo Inoue • Yuganda tsuki — Yura — Akinori Matsuo • 1960 — Afraid to Die — Masa — Yasuzo Masumura • Kenka Tarô — Goi — Toshio Masuda • 1961 — Koi ni inochi o — Li — Yasuzô Masumura • Yûhi ni akai ore no kao — Unknown — Masahiro Shinoda • 1962 — Akitsu Springs — Tsuda — Yoshishige Yoshida • Namida o shishi no tategami ni — Kogure — Masahiro Shinoda • 1963 — Kuro no hôkokusho — Hitomi — Yasuzô Masumura • Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu — Azusa Ono — Kenji Misumi • 1964 — Otoko girai — Paul Okamura — Ryô Kinoshita • Adauchi — Okuno Magodayū — Tadashi Imai • Kwaidan — Unknown — Masaki Kobayashi — (segment "Chawan no naka") • 1965 — Nikutai no gakko — Otowa — Ryô Kinoshita • Chichi to musume no uta — Unknown — Buichi Saitô • 1966 — Dark the Mountain Snow — Unknown — Zenzô Matsuyama • 1967 — Samurai Rebellion — Geki Takahashi — Masaki Kobayashi • Japan's Longest Day — Susumu Katō — Kihachi Okamoto • 1968 — Kubi — Tashiro — Shirô Moritani • Kill! — Tamiya Ayuzawa — Kihachi Okamoto • Saraba Mosukuwa gurentai — Unknown — Hiromichi Horikawa • 1969 — Red Lion — Staff Chief Aragaki — Kihachi Okamoto • Tengu-tô — Mizuki — Satsuo Yamamoto • 1970 — The Militarists — Fumimaro Konoe — Hiromichi Horikawa • Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo — Jinzaburō Wakiya — Kihachi Okamoto • Bakumatsu — Katsu Kaishū — Daisuke Itō • Fuji sanchō — Unknown — Tetsutaro Murano • Jaga wa hashitta — Unknown — Kiyoshi Nishimura • 1971 — Battle of Okinawa — Akira Shimada — Kihachi Okamoto / Teruyoshi Nakano • Inn of Evil — Kaneko, Hacchôbori Officer — Masaki Kobayashi • 1973 — Gokiburi deka — Mita — Tsugunobu Kotani • Japan Sinks — Hideo Yoshimura — Shirō Moritani / Teruyoshi Nakano • 1974 — Karei-naru ichizoku — Wajima — Satsuo Yamamoto • Datsugoku Hiroshima satsujinshû — Unknown — Sadao Nakajima • Kaseki — Kihara — Masaki Kobayashi • 1975 — Graveyard of Honor — Unknown — Kinji Fukasaku • Wagahai wa neko de aru — Tojuro Suzuki — Kon Ichikawa • Kinkanshoku — Leader of Construction Firm — Satsuo Yamamoto • 1976 — Fumō Chitai — Satoi — Satsuo Yamamoto • Taiyô wa nakanai — Unknown — Jirô Iizuka • 1977 — Mount Hakkoda — Major Kinomiya — Shirō Moritani • Kiri-no-hata — Tanimura, Editor — Katsumi Nishikawa • 1978 — Queen Bee — Tsukumo — Kon Ichikawa • Inubue — Maekawa — Sadao Nakajima • Kôtei no inai hachigatsu — Masagaki — Satsuo Yamamoto • Blue Christmas — Unknown — Kihachi Okamoto • 1979 — Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko — Nakayama — Kazuhiko Hasegawa • Tooi ashita — Chief Public Prosecutor Suda — Tatsumi Kumashiro • 1980 — The Battle of Port Arthur — Yamagata Aritomo — Toshio Masuda • 1981 — Willful Murder — Unknown — Kei Kumai • Imperial Navy — Takeo Kaizuka — Shūe Matsubayashi • 1982 — Asuka e, soshite mada minu ko e — Unknown — Ryô Kinoshita • Kyôdan — Shuzo Morishita — Tôru Murakawa • Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni — Kashiwabara — Yasuzô Masumura • 1983 — Antarctica — Yūji Horigome — Kei Kumai • 1984 — Sukanpin walk — Toshikazu Tamikawa — Kazuki Ohmori • Zerosen moyu — Unknown — Toshio Masuda • 1985 — Ma no toki — Keiichiro, Ryoko's Husband — Yasuo Furuhata • Gray Sunset — The Doctor — Shunya Itō • 1986 — Rokumeikan — Unknown — Kon Ichikawa • The Sea and Poison — Gondō — Kei Kumai • Baby Elephant Story: The Angel Who Descended to Earth — Masahiro Murakami — Ryô Kinoshita • 1987 — Too Much — Police Chief — Éric Rochat • Gokudo no onna-tachi 2 — Iwaki — Toru Dobashi • 1989 — Daireikai: Shindara dou naru — Unknown — Akira Ishida • Black Rain — Chief Inspector Ōhashi — Ridley Scott — American film • 1990 — Haruka naru koshien — Unknown — Yutaka Osaka • Isan sôzoku — Tadayoshi Torii — Yasuo Furuhata • 1991 — Rainbow Kids — Kunijirō Yanagawa — Kihachi Okamoto • Edo Jō Tairan — Tokugawa Mitsusada — Toshio Masuda • Kagerô — Yoneyama — Hideo Gosha • Tenkawa densetsu satsujin jiken — Yoshinori Takazaki — Kon Ichikawa • Gubbai Mama — Unknown — Yasushi Akimoto • 1992 — Kantsubaki — Unknown — Yasuo Furuhata • Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 — Kotaro Katakura — Yôjirô Takita • 1993 — Bloom in the Moonlight — Rokushirō Uehara — Shinichiro Sawai • Waga ai no uta - Taki Rentaro monogatari — Unknown — Shinichiro Sawai • Sono kido o tootte — Kajima — Kon Ichikawa • Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô — Unknown — Kon Ichikawa • 1994 — 47 Ronin — Onodera Hidekazu — Kon Ichikawa • 1995 — Himeyuri no Tô — Schoolmaster Noguchi — Seijirō Kōyama • Kura — Unknown — Yasuo Furuhata • Onihei hankachô — Unknown — Yoshiki Onoda • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah — Army General Gotō — Takao Okawara • 1996 — Yatsuhaka Mura — Dr. Kuno — Kon Ichikawa • 1998 — Dr. Akagi — Unknown — Shohei Imamura • Bayside Shakedown: The Movie — Toshiaki Yoshida — Katsuyuki Motohiro • Diary of Early Winter Shower — Nomura — Shin'ichirô Sawai • 1999 — Niji no misaki — Unknown — Masahiko Okumura • 2000 — Dora-heita — Honda Ikki — Kon Ichikawa • 2001 — Red Shadow — Kanemitsu Kyougoku — Hiroyuki Nakano • Sennen no Koi Story of Genji — Fujiwara no Tametoki — Tonkō Horikawa • 2002 — Misutâ rûkî — Narita — Satoshi Isaka • 2003 — Bayside Shakedown 2 — Toshiaki Yoshida — Katsuyuki Motohiro • The Man in White — Unknown — Takashi Miike • 2005 — Azumi 2: Death or Love — Tenkai — Shusuke Kaneko • 2006 — I Am Nipponjin — Unknown — Takashi Tsukinoki • 2007 — Hokushin naname ni sasu tokoro — Honda — Seijirô Kôyama • 2009 — Shizumanu Taiyō — President Hiyama — Setsurō Wakamatsu • 2012 — Beyond Outrage — Fuse — Takeshi Kitano
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- 1.Nishiwaki, Hideo. Nihon eiga haiyū zenshu: Dan'yū hen. Kinema Junpō. 207. 1979.
- 2.Kōyama Shigeru. Tarento Dētabanku.
- 3.NHK news on January 16, 2017 (in Japanese)
- 4.Stuart Galbraith IV. The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. 375. 16 May 2008. 978-1-4616-7374-3.
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