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Actor
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Gender
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Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Death
11 March 1980 (aged 60 years)
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Age
60 years
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Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor
(1963)
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Biography
Yūnosuke Itō (伊藤 雄之助, Itō Yūnosuke, 3 August 1919 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1947 to 1979.
Career
The son of the kabuki actor Sawamura Sōnosuke, Itō made his film debut at Toho in 1946. Although mostly a character actor, playing memorable figures such as the novelist in Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, he also played lead roles such as in Kon Ichikawa's Mr. Pu.
Selected filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Stray Dog | Manager of Bluebird Theatre | Akira Kurosawa | First collaboration with Akira Kurosawa |
| 1952 | Ikiru | Novelist | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1955 | Keisatsu Nikki | Seiji Hisamatsu | ||
| 1957 | Yellow Crow | Ichirō Yoshida | Heinosuke Gosho | |
| 1958 | Giants and Toys | Junji Harukawa | Yasuzo Masumura | |
| 1958 | The Ballad of Narayama | Matayan's son | Keisuke Kinoshita | |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | Mutsuta | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1963 | Kanto Wanderer | Okaru-Hachi | Seijun Suzuki | |
| 1963 | High and Low | Baba | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Kenmotsu Hoshino | Kihachi Okamoto | |
| 1967 | The Doctor's Wife | Seishu's father | Yasuzo Masumura | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | Toshio Nonaka | Kihachi Okamoto | |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | Retsudô Yagyû | Kenji Misumi | |
| 1979 | Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko | Bus Hijacker | Kazuhiko Hasegawa |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Kunitori Monogatari | NHK | Taiga drama |
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