
Hideki Takahashi
Acting
Biography
Hideki Takahashi (born February 10, 1944 - ) is a Japanese actor, television host, and company executive. At age 17, Takahashi applied to Nikkatsu and became one of their popular stars in the 1960s. Before moving to television, he was well known as the lead actor of the Otoko no Monsho series, also known as "Symbol of a Man," Seijun Suzuki's Fighting Elegy (1966), and Men and War trilogy.
Born: February 10, 1944
Place of Birth: Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
Known For

Theater Of Life
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.

Lethal Three
A wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to solve the problems of innocent villagers along the way.

Atsuhime
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.

Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.

Clouds Over the Hill
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.

Hell Teacher Nube
Meisuke Nueno (Ryuhei Maruyama) is the homeroom teacher of a 2nd grade 3 class in high school. He is referred to as Nube. He sometimes carries himself as an idiot, but he does care about his students a lot. He also has a hidden side. Meisuke Nueno has a demon's hand. He solves monstrous case and fights desperately to save students from monsters.

Love Comes with Youth
During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Yoshinaga), one of the “odoriko”. Kawasaki is taken and cannot take his eyes off her. When he is invited to stay at the same lodgings, the two grow closer. In time, the two come to learn the pain of love.

Haunted Samurai
When his sister commits suicide as a result of his actions, Rokuheita, an enforcer for the Yagyu ninja clan, considers his choices and eventually deserts the organization. Hunted by an army of bizarre shadow warriors, the target turns on his pursuers when he finds something worth fighting for.

News Anchor
Promoted to lead anchor of a struggling news program, a journalist pushes the boundaries to investigate and expose truths others want buried.

The Last Samurai
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Filmography
as Yoshio Kunisada
as Ajigawa Nobushige
as Masahiko Kyogoku
as Inspector Totsugawa
as Isshin Shijima (voice)
as Inspector Totsugawa
as Isshin Shijima / Hâtorando-ô (King) (voice)
as Inspector Totsugawa
as Guest
as Murase Jidayu
as Mirokubo Ensai
as Zekrom (voice)
as Zekrom (voice)
as 児玉源太郎
as Fujiwara no Hidehira (Master of Mutsu Land)
as Moriguchi Keijirou
as Momotaro Shimazu
as Sugisaki Keizo
as Mayazumi Kuranosuke
as 高倉大造
as Araki Mataemon
as Date Masamune
as Fujiwara no Hidehira
as Shimazu Hisamitsu
as Ogami Ittō
as Sakoi Kanbei
as Shōzō Totsugawa
as Harada
as Sugi Toranosuke
as Shintaro Tsuge
as Musashi Miyamoto
as Oda Nobunaga
as Masayoshi Kikukawa
as Shintaro Tsuge
as Inazuma no Tanji
as Sakazaki Naomori
as Kusanagi Roppeita
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Shintaro Tsuge
as Katsuyuki Shinoda
as Kikumoto Rouhachi
as Tetsugoro Nonaka
as Tetsugoro Nonaka
as Sokichi
as Naoaki Yagiri
as Masakichi Murase
as Patrolman Hideki Takada
as Yamawaki
as Masakichi Murase
as Gengo Saotome
as Masakichi Murase
as Katsuya Misaki
as Kiroku Nanbu
as Seiji "The Rising Dragon"
as Ginjiro
as 塩田啓一
as Murakami Tetsutaro
as Saotome Gengo
as Oshima Ryuji
as Ryuji
as Shinji Asari
as 岡部雄吉
as Takeji Kusaka
as Nanjo
as Ryuji Oshima
as Eikichi Murata
as Yasukichi Tominaga
as Hiroshi Naya
as Takeshi Matsumoto