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Hisashi Igawa

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Hisashi Igawa
Born (1936-11-17) 17 November 1936 (age 88)
Mukden, Manchukuo (present day Shenyang, China)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active1955–present

Hisashi Igawa (井川比佐志 born 17 November 1936) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Dodesukaden, Ran and Madadayo. He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, a surrealist play, in 1969.[1]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Director Notes Ref
1962 Harakiri Retainer Masaki Kobayashi
Pitfall A miner Hiroshi Teshigahara Lead role [2]
1966 The Face of Another Man with Mole Hiroshi Teshigahara
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage Eigoro
1969 Goyokin Takeuchi Shinjiro
1970 Kazoku Yoji Yamada
Dodes'ka-den Masuo Masuda Akira Kurosawa
Tora-san's Runaway Tsuyoshi Kimura Yoji Yamada
1972 Summer Soldiers Hiroshi Teshigahara
1975 The Fossil Funazu Masaki Kobayashi
1976 Fumō Chitai
1977 The Far Road
1978 Double Suicide of Sonezaki
1979 Gassan Iwazo Tetsutaro Murano
1985 Ran Shuri Kurogane Akira Kurosawa
Tampopo Running man Juzo Itami
1987 Hachiko Monogatari Maekawa
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis Ryokichi Tagami
1990 Dreams Nuclear Plant Worker Akira Kurosawa
Boiling Point Otomo
1991 Rhapsody in August Tadao Akira Kurosawa
1992 Luminous Moss prosecutor Kei Kumai
1993 Madadayo Takayama Akira Kurosawa
1998 Bullet Ballet Kudo
2000 After the Rain Kihei Ishiyama Takashi Koizumi
2002 Letters from the Mountains Takashi Koizumi
2004 Half a Confession Keiichi Fujibayashi
2005 Yamato The Chairman
2006 The Professor's Beloved Equation Housekeeper Agent Takashi Koizumi
2009 Mt. Tsurugidake Nagamaru Saeki Daisaku Kimura
2010 Villain Lee Sang-il
2015 Have a Song on Your Lips Takahiro Miki
2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Takashi Koizumi [3]

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu Okuhara Shinjūrō NHK Taiga drama [4]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Shields, Nancy (1996). Fake Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe. Weatherhill: New York & Tokyo. ISBN 978-0834803541.
  2. ^ "おとし穴(1962)". Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ "峠 最後のサムライ". eiga.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ "NHK大河ドラマ「徳川家康」". Rekishi Shōsetau Roman. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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