Masami Shimojō
Acting
Biography
Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films. Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936. He made his film debut in 1940, but continued on stage well after World War II, primarily as a member of Gekidan Mingei. He was most known, however, for playing the uncle of Torajiro Kuruma in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born: August 26, 1915
Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea
Known For
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Talk of the Town Tora-san
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Tora-san's Matchmaker
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
Tora-san's Pure Love
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Filmography
as Kokichi Tawara
as Yakuza Chairman
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as 山田信助
as Original 'Kyoso'
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Doctor
as Tatsuzo
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Sakura's Grandfather
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Uncle
as Tatsuzo Kuruma
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Kuruma Tatsuzō
as Tatsuzō
as Kudo
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Isao Uzaki
as Tatsuzo
as Tatsuzo
as Nogava, Yuriko's uncle
as Chief Prosecutor Hattori
as Yoshioka
as Michiyuki Takasuga
as Gozo Masuda
as Deputy Director Yasui
as Shozo Kageyama
as Miura Hokuan
as Einoshin Tokuhisa
as Azusa's lawyer
as Prof. Kitazawa
as Aioi Station detective A
as Inukai
as 小島刑事
as Mr. Oyama
as Employment agent
as Zenji