Toshiyuki Hosokawa

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Toshiyuki Hosokawa ( Japanese 細 川 俊 之 , Hosokawa Toshiyuki ; born December 15, 1940 in Kitakyūshū , Japan ; † January 14, 2011 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese actor and radio host.

Life

Hosokawa was born in Kitakyushu and grew up in Fukuoka Prefecture . He started his career in 1964 when he, after the Gakushuin University left, the Bungakuza - Theater joined.

In 1967 he married the Japanese actress Mayumi Ogawa , with whom he has a child, and in 1973 the couple divorced. A year later, in 1974, he married his second wife, former Takarazuka Revue actress Norie Fujimoto , with whom he was married until his death.

In January 2011, Hosokawa suffered serious head injuries in a fall, as a result of which he died on January 14, 2011 at the age of 70 in hospital of a subdural hematoma .

Act

Hosokawa was best known in 1970 through the film Eros + Massacre by director Yoshishige Yoshida . Together with the actress Nana Kinomi he played in the musical Show Girl, which ran for 15 years .

He became better known in 1994 with the Nihon TV drama series Ie naki ko , and in 1997 with the comedy Radio-Zeit (Rajio no Jikan) . In addition to his acting career and work as a radio presenter, including at FM Tokyo in the program World of Elegance ( Japanese ワ ー ル ド ・ オ ブ ・ エ レ ガ ン ス ), Hosokawa has been a professor at Osaka University of Arts since 2004 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1967: Zatōichi the Outlaw
  • 1970: Eros + Massacre
  • 1970: Zatoichi meets Yojimbo
  • 1980: Ashita no Joe ... as Tōru Rikiishi (voice)
  • 1981: Ashita no Joe 2… as Tōru Rikiishi (voice)
  • 1990: Childhood Days
  • 1997: Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
  • 1997: Radio Time (Rajio no Jikan)
  • 2000: Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (TV series)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hosokawa Toshiyuki Dies After Fall . japan-zone.com. January 17, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Toshiyuki Hosokawa Dies At 70 . January 15, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eros Plus Massacre, 1969 . filmref.com. October 29, 2008. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 18, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / filmref.com
personal data
SURNAME Hosokawa, Toshiyuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 細 川 俊 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese actor and radio host
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2011
Place of death Tokyo , Japan