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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (露口 茂, Tsuyuguchi Shigeru, born April 8, 1932 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime. He attended Ehime University, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His career as a screen actor started in 1959.
He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's Unholy Desire. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films( He also appeared on the stage "Paragy Kamigami to Butabuta" directed by Imamura in 1962.) such as Eijanaika in 1981,but he declined the Imamura's offer for the Taro's role in Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).He won white bronze Award for his roles in Woman of the Lake and Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino in 1966.
He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, in his early career he sometimes played villain roles. His most prominent roles in jidaigeki being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first season of Mito Kōmon and Fujiwara no Hidesato in the taiga drama Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. In Kaze to Kumo to Niji to, Tsuyuguchi played an important role that killed leading character Taira no Masakado in the final episode. Screenwriter Kōki Mitani quoted a Tsuyuguchi`s line in Kaze to Kumo to Niji to in 2016 Taiga drama Sanada Maru because Mitani is big fan of Tsuyuguchi.
In 1981, he played a leading role for the first time in TV drama seriesin Fubo no Gosan .
He is best known for his part in Taiyo ni Hoero!, one of the most famous dramas in Japanese television history. InTaiyo ni Hoero!,he played detective Yammura ("Yama san") for 14 years and won great popularity. Detective Yamamura who he played was killed while on duty in the episode 691 "Saraba Yamamura Keiji !（Good bye detective Yamamura)". His first photo book "Tsuyuguchi Shigeru in Taiyo ni Hoero!"(Tsuyuguchi's photos from Taiyo ni Hoero!)was released from NTV.
From the late 1980s to the mid 1990s Tsuyuguchi appeared a lot of two-hour special dramas and played lead role. Tsuyuguchi played lead role in Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki Series 1–4 (directed by Kazuo Ikehiro), it is relatively famous in Japan. His final appearance as an actor is Morimura Seiichi noShūchakueki Series 4 (Ao no Jūjika) which was broadcast on TV Asahi in 1994.
He also portrayed the voice of the "Baron Humbert von Gikkingen" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film Whisper of the Heart in 1995.
He stopped acting in the mid 1990s and announced his retirement in 2013.
Selected filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Insect Woman | Honda | Shohei Imamura | |
| 1964 | Kunoichi ninpō | Sakazaki | Sadao Nakajima | |
| 1964 | Unholy Desire | Hiraoka | Shohei Imamura | |
| 1964 | Kunoichi Keshō | Amakusa Senchiyo | Sadao Nakajima | Lead role |
| 1965 | Kiri no Hata | Masao Yanagida | Yoji Yamada | |
| 1966 | Woman of the Lake | Sakurai | Yoshishige Yoshida | |
| 1966 | Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino | Oshima | Masashige Narusawa | |
| 1967 | A Man Vanishes | Shigeru Tsuyuguchi himself | Shohei Imamura | |
| 1967 | Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja) | Akechi Mitsuhide (Voice) | Nagisa Oshima | |
| 1967 | Soshiki Bōryoku | Tazawa | Junya Sato | |
| 1968 | Outlaw: Black Dagger | Takemiya Kunimatsu | Keiichi Ozawa | |
| 1969 | Onna Tobakushi Saikorogeshō | Hachōarashi no Masakichi | Yoshio Inoue | |
| 1969 | Watashi ga suteta onna | A Detective | Kirio Urayama | |
| 1969 | Hiken yaburi | Ryunosuke Nagao | Kazuo Ikehiro | |
| 1969 | Daimon Otokode Shinitai | Nonaka Tetsujiro | Akinori Matsuo | |
| 1970 | Fuji sanchō | Tomizawa | Tetsutaro Murano | |
| 1971 | Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki | Ushio Keizō | Takashi Nomura | |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | Kurando Yagyū | Kenji Misumi | |
| 1981 | Eijanaika | Kinzō | Shouhei Imamura | |
| 1984 | Fireflies in the North | Oga | Hideo Gosha | |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Chatran | Narrator | Masanori Hata | |
| 1988 | Rabu Sutōri wo Kimini | Chiba Shigeki | Shinichiro Sawai | |
| 1990 | Ruten no umi | Tsutsui | Buichi Saitō | |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (voice) | Yoshifumi Kondō |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Mito Kōmon First season | Furukawa Hyōgo | |
| 1971 | Daichūshingura | Usuke | |
| 1973 | Kunitori Monogatari | Tsuzura Juzō | Taiga drama |
| 1973 | Kiso Kaido Isogitabi | Ginji | Tsuyuguchi and Yamaguchi's w Starring |
| 1974 | Amigasa Jūbei | Kobayashi Haihachi | |
| 1976 | Kaze to Kumo to Niji to | Fujiwara no Hidesato | Taiga drama |
| 1976-79 | Edo no Kaze | ShimazuHanzō | |
| 1978 | Edo no Uzu | Tatsuzō | |
| 1979 | Edo no Gekitou | Kemanai Izō | Tsuyuguchi and Kobayashi's w Starring |
| 1980 | Ashura no Gotoku Part2 | Satomi Takao | |
| 1981 | Fubo no Gosan | Nakabayashi | Lead role |
| 1983 | Darekaga Watashi wo Aishiteru | Yazaki | |
| 1983 | Ōoku | Tokugawa Ienobu | |
| 1972-86 | Taiyō ni Hoero! | Seiichi "Yama-san" Yamamura | |
| 1989 | Onna Nezumi kozou | Naitō Minonokami | |
| 1989 | Onihei Hankachō Two hours special Unryūken | Horimoto Hakudō (Guest starring) | |
| 1990 | Naruto Hichō | Yoami | |
| 1993 | Unmeitōge | Yagyū Munenori | 3 hours special drama |
| 1990-94 | Shūchakueki Series 1~4 | Masanao Ushio | Lead role |
Dubbing
- Doppelgänger (1972 TV Asahi edition) – Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes)
- The Invaders – David Vincent (Roy Thinnes)
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) – Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
