Yoshio Tsuchiya
Biography
Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.
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Acting History
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
2015Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction as Himself
2008Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects as Himself
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' as Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' as Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' as Self
1997The Seven Chefs
1991Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Businessman Yasuaki Shindo
1990Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
1989Tokyo: The Last War as Dr. Mizuno
1984Rouge as Akio Tsuchiya(土屋明雄)
1983The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983The Yoshida School as Jōji Hayashi
1982Lady Karuizawa as Gen'ichirô Nakagawa
1980Dangai kara no koe
1977Double Suicide at Nishijin as Yoshida
1974Submersion of Japan
1973Zatoichi's Conspiracy as Shobei
1972Kogarashi Monjiro as Naomitsu Kitamura
1971Haru no Sakamichi as Ōtani Yoshitsugu
1970The Militarists as Okawa
1970Space Amoeba as Dr. Kyoichi Mida
1970Incident at Blood Pass as Itahachi
1969Funeral Parade of Roses as Gonda
1969Battle of the Japan Sea as Staff Officer Akiyama
1969Samurai Banners
1968Admiral Yamamoto as Staff Officer Kuroshima
1968Destroy All Monsters as Dr. Otani
1968Kill! as Shinroku Matsuo
1968Golden Eyes as Kurokawa / Killer
1967Son of Godzilla as Furukawa
1967Two in the Shadow as Yumiko's husband
1967Japan's Longest Day as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
1967Kojiro
1967The Killing Bottle as General Rubesa
1966Zero Fighter
1966Moment of Terror
1966The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Hangoro Ose
1966Ultra Q as Ono
1965Invasion of Astro-Monster as Controller of Planet X
1965Stairs of Evil as Second division detective
1965Beast Alley as Katsuragi
1965Frankenstein Conquers the World as Daigo Kawai
1965The Retreat from Kiska as Terai
1965Red Beard as Dr. Handayû Mori
1964Fright Time
1963Young Swordsman
1963Matango as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
1963Legacy of the 500,000 as Yamazaki
1963High and Low as Detective Murata
1963Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1962Varan the Unbelievable as Military Officer Katsumoto
1962Chûshingura
1962Chihō kisha
1962Home-Brewed Tatsu as Kida
1962The Crimson Sky
1962The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
1962Sanjuro as Samurai
1961The Tenth Game of New Salarymen as Hiroshi Tsurumaki
1961Sir Galahad in Campus as Takizawa
1961Death on the Mountain as Jiro Makita
1961Yojimbo as Kohei
1960The Human Vapor as Mr. Mizuno
1960The Bad Sleep Well as ADA Secretary
1960Girls Behind Bars
1960The Storm of the Pacific
1960The Secret of the Telegian as Det. Capt. Onosaki
1959Battle in Outer Space as Iwomura
1959Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Tajima
1959Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version as Union Chairman
1959A Whistle in My Heart
1958The Hidden Fortress as Horseman (uncredited)
1958Varan as Military Officer Katsumoto
1958The H-Man as Detective Taguchi
1958Little Peach as Ishima
1958The Rickshaw Man
1958Song for a Bride
1957The Mysterians as Leader of the Mysterians
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Takeshi Shimada
1957Reign of Terror as Nebukawa
1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957Throne of Blood as Washizu samurai
1956A Wife's Heart
1956Settlement of Love
1956I Saw the Killer
1955I Live in Fear as Factory Worker after Fire
1955Stray Sheep as Nonomiya
1955New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain as Zenzaburō Matsudaira
1955No Response from Car 33
1955No Time for Tears
1955Godzilla Raids Again as Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps
1955All is Well 2
1954Invisible Man as Komatsu, reporter
1954The Black Fury
1954君死に給うことなかれ
1954Seven Samurai as Rikichi
1953Tower of Lilies
1952I Was a Prisoner in Siberia