Toshio Kurosawa (actor)

Japanese actor
Toshio Kurosawa
黒沢 年男
Born (1944-02-04) February 4, 1944 (age 80)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
Years active1964–present
AgentYume Group

Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢 年男, Kurosawa Toshio, born February 4, 1944) is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.[1][2] Kuroswa joined Toho film studio as an actor and made his film debut with Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sanninyoreba in 1964.[2] His first starring role was in the 1966 film Hikinige.[2][3][4] In 1971, Kurosawa left Toho and became a freelance actor.[5]

His song Tokiniwa Shōfu no Yōni became a big hit in 1978.[2]

Selected filmography

Film

  • Hibari・Chiemi・Izumi Sanninyoreba (1964)
  • Samurai Assassin (1965)
  • Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) as Izawa
  • Hikinige (1966)
  • Izu no Odoriko (1966)
  • The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) as Bartender
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Hatanaka Kenji
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Kimura Keisuke
  • Hymn to a Tired Man (1969) as Zensaku's son
  • Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as Pfc. Maeyama Sankichi
  • Yajyū-toshi (1970)
  • The Militarists (1970) as Shimagaki
  • Hakuchu no Shugeki (1970)
  • The Wolves (1971) as Tsutomu Onodera
  • The Water Margin (1972) as Shi Wengong
  • The Human Revolution (1973)
  • Lady Snowblood (1973) as Ryūrei Ashio
  • Horror of the Wolf (1973) as Akira Jin
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Shigeru Takemoto
  • Evil of Dracula (1974) as Shiraki
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Akira Nakagawa
  • Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) as Muraguchi
  • Best Guy (1990) as Lt. Colonel Tadayuki "Odyssey" Yamamoto
  • Kimi no Manazashi (2017)

Television

  • Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) (ep.4) as Seiten no Masagorō
  • The Water Margin (1973) as Dai Zong
  • Kage Dōshin II (1975–76) as Hotta Genpachiro
  • Japan Sinks (1974–75)
  • Kusa Moeru (1979) as Kokemaru
  • Doberman Deka (1980) as Jōji Kanō
  • The Hungman (1980–82)
  • Aoi (2000) as Natsuka Masaie

References

  1. ^ "Toshio Kurosawa" (in Japanese). VIPTIMES. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Toshio Kurosawa" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Toshio Kurosawa" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "黒沢年男" (in Japanese). 講演依頼COM. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Toshio Kurosawa" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  • Toshio Kurosawa at IMDb
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