Akira Terao

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Akira Terao (Japanese 寺 尾 聰, Terao Akira, born May 18, 1947 in Yokohama ) is a Japanese musician , singer and actor .

life and career

Terao was born as the son of the film director and actor Jukichi Uno (1914–1988, including Onibaba - The Murderers ). From the mid-1960s he made music professionally, and in 1970 he released his first solo album. His greatest success was the album Reflections in 1981 , from which the single Ruby no Yubiwa was placed over ten weeks as the number one hit in Japan. With more than 1.65 million units sold, Reflection became the best-selling Japanese album of the 1980s. Further albums for the J-Pop star followed well into the new millennium .

In parallel to music, Terao has been in front of the camera for film and television productions from the late 1960s onwards. Between 1976 and 1978 he had one of the leading roles in the crime series Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi . However, he became internationally known for his roles in three late works by Akira Kurosawa : In his epic Ran (1985) he played the eldest son of the ruler who comes into conflict with him, and in Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) he embodied the central role of Kurosawa's alter ego and goes through various dream situations in this film. He won the Japanese Academy Award for the lead role of a samurai looking for a new master in the film drama After the Rain (1999). Akira Kurosawa wrote the screenplay for this film shortly before his death and was directed by his longtime assistant director Takashi Koizumi . After a few more cinema productions, Terao has appeared mostly in Japanese television series in recent years.

Between 1973 and 1974 he was briefly married to the Taiwanese actress Bunjaku Han, today he is married to Bunjaku Han. In the Japanese public, wearing sunglasses and nihilistic sayings are trademarks of Terao.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1968: Kurobe no taiyo
  • 1976–1978: Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (TV series, 80 episodes)
  • 1983: Meiso chizu
  • 1985: Ran
  • 1990: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Yume)
  • 1993: Madadayo (Mādadayo)
  • 1995: Hiroshima (TV movie)
  • 1997: Shitsurakuen
  • 1999: After the rain (Ame agaru)
  • 2001: Satorare
  • 2002: Amida-do dayori
  • 2004: Casshern (Kyashān)
  • 2005: Into the Sun - In the Net of the Yakuza (Into the Sun)
  • 2006: Hakase no aishita sûshiki
  • 2009: Samayou yaiba
  • 2016: Aogeba Tôtoshi (TV miniseries, 8 episodes)
  • 2017: Rikuô (TV miniseries, 10 episodes)

Awards

Akira Terao is the only man to have won the most important Japanese awards in the film and music industry, the Japanese Record Award and the Japanese Academy Award.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sponichi 寺 尾 聰 同 メ ン バ ー で 25 年 ぶ り 再 録音 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: sponichi.co.jp (Japanese), accessed March 28, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sponichi.co.jp
  2. ↑ asahi.com 寺 尾 聡 「ル ビ ー の 指環」 再 び . In: asahi.com (Japanese), accessed March 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ 【裕 次郎 番 記者 だ け が 知 る 寺 尾 聰 ワ ン パ ク 半生】 ド ル 箱 女優 と 隠 密 結婚 結婚 も… 寺 尾 聰 は イ ン タ ビ ュ ー で 「そ う ね 、」 な す す ね 、 」す す す い 、」 す す す 、 」」 す す Retrieved January 13, 2020 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Terao, Akira
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 寺 尾 聰 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama , Japan