Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura ( Japanese田村 高 廣Tamura Takahiro ; born August 31, 1928 in Kyōto , † May 18, 2006 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese actor .

Life

Tamura was the son of the Japanese actor Bandō Tsumasaburō (1901–1953), who had been one of the most popular samurai actors in the country since the early days of silent films and who later set up his own studio production.

Tamura played his first highly acclaimed film role in 1954, directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, in the war drama Twenty-Four Eyes , which tells the ordeal of twelve high school students and their teacher during the Second World War . The production was awarded the Golden Globe for best foreign language film the following year .

Tamura became particularly popular in his home country through the film series Heitai Yakuza around the popular film star Shintarō Katsu (1931-1997). From 1965 Tamura worked in a total of eight films in the series, which was also shown in the Anglo-American region under the title The Hoodlum Soldier .

He also played in numerous adventure, war and samurai films ; often in the role of authorities (officers, governors and even as a shogun ). His films include Nagisa Ōshima's In the Realm of Passion , the post-war drama Dirty River, and the historical film The Blood of the Silk Road . In the successful television series The Rebels from Liang Shan Po (based on the Chinese folk book " The Robbers from Liang-Shan-Moor " from the 13th century) he played the governor Chai Chin . He played several times alongside the Japanese top stars Toshirō Mifune ( Akage , Gion matsuri , Shinsengumi ) and Takashi Shimura ( Doran , Satogashi ga kowareru toki and Über alle Meere ). In 1988 he also worked in a film about his father, Bantsuma - The Life of Bando Tsumasaburo . His internationally best-known role is probably that of “Lt. Commander “ Fuchida Mitsuo in the war film Torah! Torah! Torah! be about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor .

Takahiro Tamura died of a stroke on May 18, 2006 in the Japanese capital .

His younger brothers Masakazu Tamura (* 1943) and Ryo Tamura (* 1946) are also active as actors.

Filmography (selection)

• 1954: Onna no sono
• 1954: Twenty-four eyes ( Nijushi no hitomi )
• 1957: Samurai Nippon
• 1962: A fulfilled life ( Mitasareta seikatsu )
• 1965: Heitai yakuza ("The Hoodlum Soldier")
• 1965: Zoku heitai yakuza
• 1966: Shin heitai yakuza
• 1966: Heitai yakuza datsugoku
• 1966: Heitai yakuza daidasso
• 1967: Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero
• 1967: Heitai yakuza nagurikomi
• 1967: Satogashi ga kowareru toki
• 1968: Heitai yakuza godatsu
• 1968: Nemuri Kyoshiro 10: Onna jigoku
• 1968: Gion matsuri
• 1969: Shinsengumi
• 1969: Akage
• 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah!
• 1974: Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon
• 1977: The Liang Shan Po rebels ( The Water Margin )
• 1978: In the realm of passion ( Ai no borei )
• 1980: Doran
• 1980: Across all seas ( Tempyo no iraka )
• 1981: Dirty River ( Doro no kawa )
• 1985: Spring Horse ( Harukoma no uta )
• 1986: Oedipus no yaiba
• 1987: The Bear Catcher ( Itazu - Kuma )
• 1988: Bantsuma - The Life of Bando Tsumasaburo ( Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no shogai )
• 1988: The Blood of the Silk Road ( Dun Huang )
• 1996: Sanctuary: The Movie
• 1996: The Sleeping Man ( Nemuru otoko )
• 2001: I love Friends
• 2003: I love Peace

Web links

• Takahiro Tamura in the Internet Movie Database (English)