Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai (村井 國夫, Murai Kunio, born September 20, 1944 in Tianjin, China) is a Japanese actor and voice actor.^[1][2][3] He is famous for Japanese dubbing roles for Harrison Ford (Especially for Indiana Jones).

Filmography[]

Films[]

• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) (Takashi Shima)
• Japan Sinks (1973) (Kataoka)
• The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) (Teisuke Oki)
• Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō (1983) (Takakichi Asō)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984) (Secretary Henmi)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) (Masato Hinogaki)
• Tokyo Ghoul (2017) (Yoshimura)
• Kasane (2018)
• Tokyo Ghoul S (2019) (Yoshimura)

Television[]

• Mito Kōmon (1969) (Genjuro, Shichinosuke, etc.)
• Ten to Chi to (1969) (Kōsaka "Danjō" Masanobu)
• Daichūshingura (1971) (Ōno Gun'emon)
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1972) (Nagasawa (ep. 8), Imai (ep. 101) and Satake (ep. 268))
• Key Hunter (1973)
• Edo o Kiru (1973) (Mukai Kurando)
• Katsu Kaishū (1974) (Enomoto Takeaki)
• Ōedo Sōsamō (1975) (Izaburo)
• Fumō Chitai (1979) (Kaname Kaifu)
• Ōoka Echizen (1982) (Hashimoto)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) (Mizuno Nobumoto)
• Sanga Moyu (1984) (Orson Aikawa)
• Sanada Taiheiki (1985-86) (Ōtani Yoshitsugu)
• School Wars 2 (1990)
• Seibu Keisatsu Special (2004)
• The Family Game (2013) (Yasuhiko)
• Nobunaga Concerto (2014) (Azai Hisamasa)
• Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05 (2016) (Hiro Hiyama)

Theater[]

• Fiddler on the Roof (1975-1977) Perchik
• The Boys in the Band (a.k.a. Midnight Party) (Hank)
• Les Misérables (1989-2001) (Inspector Javert)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992) (Molina)
• The Sound of Music (1992) (Captain von Trapp)
• My Fair Lady (1993-1994) (Professor Henry Higgins)
• Hamlet (1998) (Claudius)
• Footloose (2001-2002) (Shaw Moore)
• Elisabeth (2004-2010) (Max)
• The Beggar's Opera (2006-2008) (Lockit)
• Me And My Girl (2006) (Sir John Tremayne)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007) (Oberon)
• Copenhagen (2007) (Niels Bohr)
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2009) (Vice Principal Douglas Panch)
• Henry VI (2009) (Duke of Suffolk)
• Candide (2010) (Martin)
• Himitsu wa utau (2011) (Sir Hugo Latimer)
• Hamlet (2012-Claudius, 2017-Cornelius)
• Rudolf (2012) (Emperor Franz Joseph)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2013-2014) (Faria)
• Sister Act (2014) (Monsignor Howard/Monsignor O'Hara)
• August: Osage County (2016) (Beverly Weston)
• Twilight (2018) (Norman Thayer Jr.)
• Little Women (2019) (Mr. Lawrence)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2020) (Jacob)
• Waitress (2021) (Joe)

Theatrical animation[]

• Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge (2005) (Miraiman)
• Tensai Bakavon: Yomigaeru Flanders no Inu (2015) (Dante)

Dubbing[]

Live-action[]

• Harrison Ford
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 NTV edition) (Han Solo)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1986 NTV edition) (Han Solo)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones)
  • Return of the Jedi (1988 NTV edition) (Han Solo)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Indiana Jones)^[4]
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Indiana Jones)
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Indiana Jones)
  • Air Force One (U.S. President James Marshall)
  • The Devil's Own (2000 NTV edition) (Sergeant Tom O'Meara)
  • Six Days Seven Nights (2001 Fuji TV edition) (Quinn Harris)
  • Random Hearts (2003 NTV edition) (Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck)
  • K-19: The Widowmaker (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (Alexei Vostrikov)
  • Paranoia (Augustine "Jock" Goddard)
  • The Expendables 3 (Max Drummer)^[5]
• Gérard Depardieu
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (Edmond Dantès)
  • Les Misérables (Jean Valjean)
  • Balzac: A Passionate Life (Honoré de Balzac)
• 500 Days of Summer (Narrator (Richard McGonagle))
• Angels & Demons (Richter (Stellan Skarsgård))^[6]
• Beauty and the Beast (Maurice (Kevin Kline))
• Edge of Darkness (Ronald Craven (Bob Peck))

Animation[]

• The legend of the Christmas tree (Fir Tree)

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Kunio Murai at IMDb