Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō | |
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Born | 3 August 1919 |
Died | 11 March 1980 | (aged 60)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1924–1979 |
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.[1] 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 .[1]
Itō received the 1962 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor for his dual role in the seminal ninja film Shinobi no Mono.[2] In 2008, he was one of the actors commemorated in the Seven Supporting Characters film festival held at the now-defunct[3] Cinema Artone in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa entertainment district.[4]
Selected filmography[]
Films[]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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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 | |
1962 | The Graceful Brute | Tokizō Maeda | Yuzo Kawashima | |
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 | |
1968 | The Human Bullet | Kihachi Pkamoto | ||
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 |
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1973 | Kunitori Monogatari | NHK | Taiga drama |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Itō Yūnosuke". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Shinobi no Mono Liner Notes". www.animeigo.com. AnimEigo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "(Closed) Cinema Arton Shimokitazawa". Shibuya Bunka. Shibuya Bunka Project. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Comedy Limited Express Act 9: Seven Supporting Characters". Intro Creators Movie Magazine (in Japanese). Intro Cinema. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
External links[]
- Yūnosuke Itō at IMDb
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Tokyo
- Japanese male film actors
- Japanese screen actor stubs
- Japanese film biography stubs