Tsuyoshi Ihara
Born Yun Yu-gu; November 6, 1963 is a Japanese actor of Korean descent.
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Ihara Tsuyoshi "Last Kights" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Tsuyoshi Ihara
- Birth Name
- Yun Yu-gu
- Born
- 6 November 1963 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan · South Korea
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Tsuyoshi Ihara • Native Name — 伊原 剛志 • Birth Name — Yun Yu-gu • Born — 6 November 1963 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan • Citizenship — Japan (since 1995) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1982–present
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Tsuyoshi Ihara, recorded as an actor, was born on 6 November 1963. For the birthplace of Tsuyoshi Ihara, Kitakyushu, Japan is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Fukuoka (Japon) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early life
Early life
Ihara, a third-generation Zainichi Korean by birth, was born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu and grew up in Ikuno-ku "Korea Town" section of Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, Naniwa-ku, Osaka. He received his Japanese citizenship in 1995.
Career
Career
Ihara joined Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to work in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to a wider international audience. Ihara authored a book, Kokorozashite Sōrō, published in Japan by Amoeba Books. In 2016, he became an apprentice to Katsura. He made his debut as a rakugo artist.
Television dramas
Television dramas
• Takeda Shingen (1988), Oda Nobuyuki • Only You (1996) • Futarikko (1996), Masao kuroiwa • When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002), Hijikata Toshizō • Shinsengumi! (2004), Sasaki Tadasaburō • Hanako and Anne (2014), Kippei Ando • Burning Flower (2015), Sakamoto Ryōma • The Naked Director Season 2 (2021)
Books
• Kokorozashite Sōrō (author)
Films
• Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988), Kazuki Numayama • Jingi (1991), Jin Kanbayashi • Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), Yoshinari Yonemori • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Baron Takeichi Nishi • Thirteen Assassins (2010), Hirayama Kujuro • Samurai Hustle (2014), Kumogakure Danzo • Samurai Hustle Returns (2016), Kumogakure Danzo • La Campanella (2025) • Samurai Hustle: Full Throttle (2027), Kumogakure Danzo
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- 1.Peter Travers. Letters From Iwo Jima : Review : Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. 2007-12-06.
- 2.Amazon.co.jp： 志して候う: 本: 伊原 剛志.
- 3.スポーツニッポン新聞社. 伊原剛志が落語家デビュー 高座名は「雀々や剛々」. Sponichi Annex. 2016-12-04.
- 4.バカヤロー! 私、怒ってます. Eiga.com.
- 5.仁義 Jingi (1991). Eiga.com.
- 6.ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦. Eiga.com.
- 7.硫黄島からの手紙. Eiga.com.
- 8.十三人の刺客. Eiga.com.
- 9.超高速! 参勤交代. Eiga.com.
- 10.超高速! 参勤交代 リターンズ. Eiga.com.
- 11.ら・かんぱねら. Eiga.com.
- 12.超高速! 参勤交代 フルスロットル. Eiga.com.
- 13.武田信玄. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 14.オンリー・ユー〜愛されて〜の出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 15.ふたりっ子の出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 16.壬生義士伝. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 17.新選組!. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 18.花子とアンの出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 19.花燃ゆ. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 20.「全裸監督」シーズン2の新キャスト発表 渡辺大知、MEGUMI、西内まりや、宮沢りえ、石橋蓮司らが参戦. Eiga.com.
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